Services Related to Minority and Outreach Education  

 
2014

  • Invited talk, “Access and Opportunities in STEM Education: The Challenges of Building an Equitable Diverse Society,” 2014 Joint Mathematics Meeting, Baltimore, MD, January
  • Invited talk, “From the Barrios of Los Angeles to the National Medal of Science at the White House,” Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing, Seattle, Washington, February
  • Rice University Richard Tapia Center for Excellence & Equity, Something New for Lunch Lecture Series, Rice University, Houston, Texas, February
  • Invited talk, “My Unlikely Journey: From the Barrios of Los Angeles to the White House and the National Medal of Science,” Excellence in Mentoring Lecture Series, El Paso, Texas, February
  • Invited talk, “The STEM Education Crisis: Understanding the Needs to Ensure Diversity and Inclusion toward US Competitiveness in the Technical Fields,” 8th Annual Hispanic Family Conference, Engaging Hispanic Families: Why it Matters and How to do it Well, Pasadena, Texas, February
  • Invited speaker, “Racism in Mathematics: A Direct Factor in Underrepresentation,” Rice Undergraduate Scholars Program (RUSP), Rice University, Houston, Texas, March
  • “Racism in Mathematics: A Direct Factor in Underrepresentation,” Rice Undergraduate Scholars Program (RUSP), Rice University, Houston, Texas, March
  • “Racism in Mathematics: A Direct Factor in Underrepresentation, Highlighting Hispanic Figures,” Empowering Leadership Alliance, Rice University, Houston, Texas, March
  • Invited talk, “My Unlikely Journey: From the Barrios of Los Angeles to the White House and the National Medal of Science,” Empowering Leadership Alliance, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, Texas, April
  • “My Unlikely Journey: From the Barrios of Los Angeles to the White House and the National Medal of Science,” XSEDE and Empowering Leadership Alliance Webinar, Rice University, Houston, Texas, April
  • Closing remarks, American Latino Influencer Awards, Friends of the American Latino Museum, Grand Hall, Rice University, Houston, Texas, April
  • “My Unlikely Journey: From the Barrios of Los Angeles to the White House and the National Medal of Science,” Men of Honor Lecture Series, Houston Community College, Houston, Texas, May
  • “Crisis in Higher Education: The Need for New Understanding and New Leadership, National Science Board,” National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia, May
  • Panel discussion, Leading Change, Faculty Commitment, Leadership Challenges, Communication, Workshop on Faculty Leadership in Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, May
  • Panel discussion, Addressing Disparities in STEM Education, Symposium on Advancing Equity through More and Better STEM Learning, National Academy of Sciences, Keck Center, Washington, DC, May
  • “My Unlikely Journey: From the Barrios of Los Angeles to the White House and the National Medal of Science,” Young Owls Leadership Program, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June
  • Panel discussion, Latinos: We are here but we are Not There, Texas LULAC State Convention Education Workshop, Houston, Texas, June
  • “Racism in Mathematics: A Direct Factor in Underrepresentation,” Rice University School Mathematics Project (RUSMP) Colloquium Presentation, Houston, Texas, June
  • STEM Underrepresentation: Hugs and Kisses Are Great But Not Enough to Improve Representation, The Latino Education Summit ¿Making our world Better Together,¿ Rice University, Houston, Texas, August

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2013

  • “Crisis in Higher Education: The Need for New Leadership, Department of Mathematics,” University of Michigan’s Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium, Ann Arbor, Michigan, January
  • “From the Barrios of Los Angeles to the National Medal of Science at the White House,” 2013 Undergraduate STEM Research Symposium, Rice University, Houston, Texas, January
  • Presentation to the Rice Undergraduate Scholars Program, Rice University, Houston, Texas, January
  • “Crisis in Higher Education: The Need for New Understanding and New Leadership,” Spring Networking Conference, Rice University School Mathematics Project, Houston, Texas, February
  • Mellon Mays Program, Rice University, Houston, Texas, February
  • Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference, Washington, DC, February
  • “Crisis in Higher Education: The Need for New Understanding and New Leadership,” Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, February
  • “Crisis in Higher Education: The Need for New Understanding and New Leadership,” MGE@MSA, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona
  • Ahora Student Day, Latino Magazine, Rice University, Houston, Texas, March
  • Panel Discussion, Friends of the National Museum of the American Latino Town Hall Meeting, Rice University, Houston, Texas, May
  • Gear Up ¿ Student Leadership Conference, Rice University, Houston, Texas, May
  • The Road Ahead, Portland State University Commencement Address, Portland, Oregon, June
  • Energy Explorations Academy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June
  • Dr. Richard Tapia, My Story: Who am I?, XSEDE 13 Gateway to Discovery, San Diego, California, July
  • “Mathematics is Cool: Improving the Quality of My Non-Professional Life,” NWRC Cash Family Distinguished Lecture, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, July
  • “New student reception, Hispanic Association for Cultural Enrichment at Rice (HACER), Rice University, Houston, Texas, August
  • “Crisis in Higher Education: The Need for New Understanding and New Leadership,” College Career Counseling, Grand Hall, Rice Memorial Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas, October

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2012

  • Invited speaker, RUSP Talk, D. Wagner and M. Gillis course, Rice University, Houston Texas, January
  • Invited speaker, “The Need for New Leadership: Crisis in Texas Higher Education,” TACHE Conference, Galveston, Texas, February
  • Invited speaker, “The Need for New Leadership: Crisis in Texas Higher Education,” MLK Celebration, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, February
  • Invited speaker, “The Need for New Leadership: Crisis in Texas Higher Education,” ISSET, Rice University, Houston, Texas, February
  • Invited speaker on diversity panel, Alumni College Diversity Panel, Rice University, Houston, Texas, March
  • Invited speaker, Crisis in Academia: The Need for New Leader,” Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, March
  • Invited speaker, “Crisis in Texas Higher Education: The Need for New Leadership,” UT- Austin Undergraduate Distinguished Lecture Series, Austin, Texas, April
  • Invited speaker, “The Need for New Leadership: Crisis in Texas Higher Education,” Learning Activities for Mature People (LAMP) of the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, April
  • Invited speaker, “The Precious Few: Why Are There So Few?” Blackwell Memorial Conference, Washington, DC, April
  • Invited speaker, “Crisis in Higher Education: The Need for New Understanding,” Diaz-Herrera Inauguration, Keuka College, Keuka Park, New York, May
  • Invited speaker, “Crisis in Higher Education: The Need for New Understanding,” 2012 Diversity Summit, Keynote Address, Sugarland, Texas, May
  • “The Need for New Leadership: Crisis in Texas Higher Education.” International Space School Education Trust (ISSET) Leadership Program, Rice University, Houston, Texas, May
  • “How Will We Rise to the Challenge of Educating the Next Generation?,” Stephen F. Austin High School, HISD, White Rose Luncheon, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, May
  • “Crisis in Higher Education: The Need for New Understanding,” 10th Annual Disparities in Health in America: Working Toward Social Justice Workshop/Course, Houston, Texas, June
  • Barrera Student Group Visit, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June
  • “Crisis in Higher Education: The Need for New Leadership,” XSEDE12 Bridging from the eXtreme to the Campus and Beyond, Chicago, Illinois, July
  • SHPE Freshman Welcome, Rice University, Houston, Texas, August
  • “Choosing the Right Advisor - STEM,” Panel Discussion, office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Rice University, Houston, Texas, September
  • Invited speaker, Hispanic Alumni College, Rice University, Houston, Texas, September
  • Nuestro Futuro Latino Education Conference, Washington, DC, September
  • “Crisis in Texas Higher Education: The Need for New Leadership,” Families Weekend, Rice University, Houston, Texas, September
  • “Crisis in Higher Education: The Need for New Leadership,” Hispanic Heritage Month, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, October
  • “From Cars to Math and Back to Cars,” EMERGE Fellows Visit, Rice University, Houston, Texas, December

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2011

  • Invited speaker, “Educating Texas,” Future Innovators 8th Annual Conference of The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST) Austin, Texas, January
  • Invited speaker, “Failure for CSCI 299,“ Rice University, Houston, Texas, March
  • Invited speaker, “The BFGS Secant Update as a Simple Average Update,” Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics Graduate Seminar, Rice University, Houston, Texas, March
  • Invited speaker, &rlquo;The Historical Development of the Rice CAAM Department,” Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University, Houston, Texas, March
  • Invited speaker, Rice Undergraduate Scholars Program (RUSP), Rice University, Houston, Texas, March
  • Invited speaker, “Educating the Nation“s Future Innovators - The Role of HBCUs and HSIs,&rsdquo; The Department of Defense Western Regional HBC/MI Meeting, Houston, Texas, June
  • Invited speaker, ,“Engaging Students with Exciting Math Applications,” IRACDA Conference, Baylor, Houston, Texas, June
  • Invited speaker, Commencement speaker, East Los Angeles College, Los Angeles, California, June
  • Invited speaker, Summer Math Days, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June
  • Invited speaker, RUSMP Summer Program, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June
  • Invited speaker, “Educating The Nation’s Future Innovators,” 2011 APS-IPPC Joint Meeting Honolulu, Hawaii, August
  • Invited speaker, “The Need for New Leadership: Crisis in Higher Education,” More Graduate Education at Mountain States Alliance (MGE@MSA), Albuquerque, New Mexico, September
  • Invited speaker, “The Need for New Leadership: Crisis in Texas Higher Education,” ELA/RCEL, Rice University, Houston, Texas, September
  • Invited speaker, “The Need for New Leadership: Crisis in Higher Education,” Presidential Lecture on Diversity, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, October
  • Invited speaker, “The Need for New Leadership: Crisis in Higher Education,” Fall Joint Meeting Texas Section of TSAPS, SPS and AAPT, Texas A&M University, Commerce, Texas, October
  • Invited speaker, “Crisis in Higher Education,” Fifth Annual Mathematical Field of Dreams Conference, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, October
  • Invited speaker, “In Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery, What Role Will You Play?”, XSEDE Meeting, SC11 Conference, Seattle, Washington, November
  • Invited speaker, Institutional Leadership and the Problem of Underrepresentation in STEM, AAAS Access and Diversity Workshop, Rice University, Houston, Texas, December
  • Invited speaker, “Crisis in Texas Higher Education: The Need for New Leadership,” Something New for Lunch, Rice University, Houston, Texas, December
  • Invited speaker, “The Need for New Leadership: Crisis in Texas Higher Education,” ExxonMobil Global Organization for the Advancement of Latinos, Petroleum Club of Houston, Houston, Texas, December
  • Invited speaker, “The Need for New Leadership: Crisis in Texas Higher Education,” M.D. Anderson Awards Ceremony, Houston, Texas, December

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2010

  • Invited speaker, Second Annual Arizona MGE@MSA Faculty Postdoctoral Mentoring Institute Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona, January
  • Invited speaker, “Yet Two More Bumps in the Road to Equitable Representation in Higher Education,” Seminar on Underrepresentation and the Mathematical Sciences Harvey Mudd College Claremont, California, January
  • Special Advisory Group to the UT System Board of Regents regarding the possible merger of San Antonio institutions Dr. Tapia was a committee member. San Antonio, TX February
  • Invited speaker, International Space School Education Trust (ISSET) - UK Group Visit, Chris Barber Director accompanied a group of teachers visiting Houston. Dr. Tapia gave a presentation and followed with a Q&A session in Duncan Hall. February
  • Invited speaker, “The Remarkable Isoperimetric Problem and the Euler-Lagrange Equation Revisited,” Stanford Operations Research Seminar Series Stanford University Stanford, California, March
  • Invited speaker, “It’s All About Math,” Plenary Session American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) 5th Annual National Conference Costa Mesa, California, March
  • Invited speaker, “Yet Two More Bumps in the Road to Equitable Representation in
  • Higher Education,” Community Dialogue Luncheon Rice University Houston, Texas, March
  • Invited speaker, Commencement Address University of Texas-Pan American Edinburg, Texas, May
  • Joint Advisory Board meeting, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Dr. Tapia is a committee member and reviewed proposals to the THECB Austin, Texas, June
  • LATINA VOICES: Smart Talk show on PBS Dr. Tapia was invited to discuss underrepresented minority issues. Houston, Texas, August
  • Invited speaker, “Science, Technology and Diversity for a Sustainable Future Global Excellence,” SACNAS Keynote Address, Society for the Advancement of Chicano and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Annual Conference Anaheim, California, September
  • “The Browning of America: Cause for Celebration or Concern?” National Hispanic Heritage Month National Science Foundation Arlington, Virginia, October
  • Invited speaker, MGE@MSA Doctoral Mentoring Institute, The University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah, October
  • Invited speaker, Blackwell-Tapia Conference Mathematical Biosciences Institute (MBI) Columbus, Ohio, November
  • Invited speaker, SOC 314 “Science at Risk,” Rice University, Houston, Texas, November
  • Invited speaker, Natural Sciences and Mathematics Career Forum University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas, November
  • Invited speaker, Commencement Address University of Nevada-Reno Reno, Nevada, December

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2009

  • Invited speaker, “Underrepresentation: External Factors,” Mathematics Leadership Institute, Pin Oak Middle School, Houston Texas, June
  • Invited speaker, “Underrepresentation: Internal Factors,” Mathematics Leadership Institute, Pin Oak Middle School, Houston Texas, June
  • Invited welcome address, Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference (HENAAC) Summit, Houston, Texas, July
  • Invited address, “The Flaws in the Mismatch Theory,” Testimony before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Briefing on Encouraging Minorities to Pursue Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, Washington, DC, September
  • Keynote address, 2008 Ford Fellows’ Conference “Bringing Our Research Home: Activist Scholarship for Systemic Change,” Washington, DC, September
  • Presentation to the Committee on Underrepresented Groups and the Expansion of the Science and Technology Workforce Pipeline, The National Academies, Washington, DC, October.
  • Organized “Engineering Speed-Student Day,“ 49th Annual Houston Autorama, George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas, November

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2009

  • Invited panelist, “The Status of Hispanics in America: Challenges and Opportunities,” American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) Conference, San Antonio, Texas, March
  • The Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing, Portland, Oregon, April
  • Invited address “Math is Cool,” Hispanic Male Summit, Lone Star College - North Harris, Kingwood, Texas, April
  • Invited address, MLI 3rd Cohort, Mathematics Leadership Institute, Pin Oak Middle School, Houston Texas, June
  • Invited speaker, “Contemporary Challenges to Increasing Representation in Research and Leadership Positions,” 15th Annual Conference for African-American Researchers in the Mathematical Sciences (CAARMS15), Rice University, Houston, Texas, June
  • Invited speaker, Diversity Symposium, Georgia Tech University, Atlanta, Georgia, September

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2007

  • Invited talk,“Underrepresentation: What American Universities Still Don’t Understand About Race,” Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California, January 23

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2006

  • Invited talk, Computing Alliance for Hispanic Serving Institutions Advisory Board Meeting, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, December 11
  • Invited talk, “Underrepresentation: What Universities Still Don't Understand About Race,” CITI@20 Technical Symposium, Rice University, Houston, Texas, December 8
  • Invited talk, “Math Culture and Minority Success,“ Leadership Workshop: Finding and Keeping Diverse Graduate Students in the Mathematical Sciences, AIM Research Conference Center (ARCC), Palo Alto, California, December 4
  • Invited talk, “Minority Mathematics Professor: A Round Peg in a Square Hole,” HLSAMP Conference, Texas State University, Houston, Texas, November 11
  • “Education for All: Successes and Challenges,” UK Education Group Visit, Rice University, Houston, Texas, November 7
  • Invited panelist, “The Road to Maturity and Leadership in the Computing Community,” Second Academic Workshop for Underrepresented Junior Faculty, College Station, Texas, October 27
  • Invited panelist, “Negotiating the Ideal Faculty Position,” A Workshop for Women in Science and Engineering, ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Program, Rice University, Houston, Texas, October 24
  • “Education for All: Successes and Challenges,” UK Education Group Visit, Rice University, Houston, Texas, October 24
  • Invited speaker, “Judging Performance: The Hispanic Perspective,” Hispanic Heritage Month NIH-Hispanic, Employee Organization (HEO) Celebration, Bethesda, Maryland, October 12
  • Invited speaker, “What Universities Still Do Not Understand about Race in America,” Doctoral Education and the Faculty of the Future, 2006-2007 CHERI Policy Research Conference, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, October 8
  • Invited speaker, “Hispanics and the Challenges of  Texas,” Hispanic Heritage Month, Kinkaid School, Houston, Texas, September 15
  • Invited speaker, “Promoting Students’ Appreciation for Math through Applications to Very Cool Activities,” Mathematical Association of America, Mathfest 2006, Knoxville, Tennessee, August 11
  • Invited speaker, “Promoting Students’ Appreciation for Math through Applications to Very Cool Activities,” Research Alliance in Math and Science, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Knoxville, Tennessee, August 10

  • Invited speaker, “Diversity, Innovation, our Scientific and Technological Workforce, and You,” Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship Technical Forum (MLEF), Houston, Texas, August 8

  • Invited speaker, “Diversity, Innovation, and our Scientific and Technological Workforce,” SIAM Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, July 13

  • Invited speaker, “Diversity versus Underrepresentation,”  RUSMP/MLI, Pin Oak Middle School, Houston, Texas, June 27
  • Invited speaker, “The Changing Demographics of California and Texas and its Impact on Public Education,”  RUSMP/MLI, Pin Oak Middle School, Houston, Texas, June 20
  • Invited speaker, “Mathematics is Cool,” RUSMP/MLI, Pin Oak Middle School, Houston, Texas, June 14
  • “Challenges in Providing Quality Education in Science and Mathematics for All Children “, TeacherTECH '06 Awareness Day, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June 7
  • Invited speaker, “Challenges and Successes in Providing Quality Science and Math Education for All Our Children, ” 2nd International Conference on Youth & Education, Corpus Christi, Texas, May 31
  • Invited speaker, “Promoting Innovation Through Increased Diversity,”NSF & the National Center for Women & IT (NCWIT) joint Town Hall Meeting, Washington, D.C , May 17
  • Invited speaker, “Math is Cool Series,” Arlington Independent School District, Arlington, Texas, May 3
  • Invited speaker, “Maintaining the Health of the Nation through Diverse Workforce,” Diversity Summit 2006, Sugar Land, Texas, April 28
  • Invited speaker, “Math is Cool Series,” Yes College Preparatory Southeast, Houston, Texas, April 26
  • Invited panelist moderator, “USA Immigration: Truths and Myths,” Rice University, Houston, Texas, April 19
  • Invited speaker, “Texas Education Issues,” Rice Women's Center, Houston, Texas, April 19
  • Invited speaker, “Texas Education Issues,” Jewish Community Center, Houston, Texas, April 10
  • “Examining the Minority-Majority Achievement Gap,” UK Education Group Visit, Rice University, Houston, Texas, April 10
  • Invited speaker, “Minority Mathematics Professor: A Round Peg in a Square Hole?,” Berkeley Diversity Research Initiative Seminar, University of California-Berkeley, March 17
  • Invited speaker, “Underrepresentation, Diversity, and the Workforce in Science and Engineering,” University of California-Berkeley Regents’ Lecturer, March 16
  • Invited speaker, “Math is Everywhere in My Real Life: Fusing Art and Mathematics Through Cars,” University of California-Berkeley Regents’ Lecturer, March 14
  • Invited speaker, “Mentoring Underrepresented Minority Graduate Students,” Faculty Mentoring Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 24

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2005

  • Invited speaker, “Successes and Challenges in Diversifying Rice, Research Universities, and he National Scientific Workforce,” University Professor Lecture, Rice University, Houston, Texas, November 29
  • Reactor for the paper entitled “It’s Not Rocket Science:  25 Years of Successful Latino Student Advancement and the Prospects for 25 Years More” by Gary Keller, and Antonio G. García which will appear in the July 2006 issue of The Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, Latino Achievement in the Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Invitational Conference, Princeton, New Jersey, November 22
  • Welcome Address, SOLAR Homecoming, Rice University, Houston, Texas, November 11
  • Invited speaker, “Diversity is Stepping on the Toes of Underrepresentation,” Quarterly Community Dialogues, Rice University, Houston, Texas, November 10
  • Invited speaker, “Education Today: Challenges and Successes,” Society of Rice University Women, Houston, Texas, October 31
  • Invited speaker, “A Lifetime of Diversity: Challenges, Successes, and Rewards – Examining the Minority-Majority Achievement Gap,” COMPACT for Faculty Diversity, 2005 Institute on Teaching and Mentoring, Arlington, Virginia, October 30
  • Invited speaker, “Mentoring Underrepresented Minority Graduate Students,” COMPACT for Faculty Diversity, 2005 Institute on Teaching and Mentoring, Arlington, Virginia, October 29
  • “Education for All: Successes and Challenges,” UK Education Group Visit, Rice University, Houston, Texas, October 25
  • Invited Panelist, “Leadership: A Diverse Perspective,” Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Symposium 2005, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 20
  • Participant, EPIC All Hands Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 18-19
  • Invited speaker, “Mentoring Underrepresented Minority Graduate Students” Minority Graduate Education at Mountain State Alliance (MGE@MSA) Utah Faculty Mentoring Institute, September 29
  • Participant, Public and Research Advisory Committee Meeting, Austin, Texas, September
  • Invited speaker, “A Lifetime of Diversity: Challenges, Successes, and Rewards,” University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California, September 8
  • Keynote speaker, “Mathematics is Everywhere in My Real Life,” Title V Mathematics Workshop, Title V Faculty Leadership Program, Houston Community College System, Houston, Texas, August 27
  • Graduate Student Workshop on Diversity, Diversity Day, SIAM Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, July 13
  • Invited luncheon speaker, Diversity Day, SIAM Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, July 13
  • Keynote speaker: “STEM Leadership in the 21st Century: Are You Willing to Lead?”, 2005 National Science Foundation Intern Summit, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, July 1
  • “Promoting Students’ Appreciation for Math through Applications to Very Cool Activities,” Milby Yes Visit, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June 22
  • Invited speaker, “A Lifetime of Diversity: Challenges, Successes, and Rewards,” RUSMP/MLI, Pin Oak Middle School, Houston, Texas, June 17
  • Invited speaker, “Promoting Students' Appreciation for Math through Applications to Very Cool Activities,” RUSMP/MLI, Pin Oak Middle School, Houston, Texas, June 15
  • Invited speaker, “Examining the Minority-Majority Achievement Gap,” RUSMP/MLI, Pin Oak Middle School, Houston, Texas, June 10
  • “Success For All: Its Contradictions and Challenges,” TeacherTECH '05 Awareness Day, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June 8
  • “Promoting Students’ Appreciation for Math through Applications to Very Cool Activities,” South Texas Science Academy Visit, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June 7

  • Invited speaker, “Reflections on the Achievement Gap,” RUSMP/MLI, Pin Oak Middle School, Houston, Texas, June 6
  • Invited workshop leader, “Mentoring Underrepresented Minority Graduate Students: A Faculty Workshop,” Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 24
  • Participant, EPIC Leadership Team Meeting, Rice University, Houston, Texas, May 11-12
  • Invited speaker, “Fusing Art and Mathematics through Cars,” Alma Public Schools, Alma, Michigan, April 28
  • Invited speaker, “Success and Failures of K-12 High Stakes Testing:  A Study of Recent Testing in Texas,” Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan, April 28
  • Invited speaker, “Promoting Appreciation for Mathematics through Applications to Very Cool Activities,” Kitchen Lecture, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan, April 28
  • Invited speaker, “A Lifetime of Diversity:  Challenges, Successes, and Rewards,” IMA, Minorities & Applied Mathematics Workshop, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 23
  • Invited speaker, “Mentoring Underrepresented Minority Graduate Students,” MGE@MSA, Tempe, Arizona, April 18
  • Invited speaker, “Science Research at your Service: Several Exciting Examples,” University of Texas, Brownsville, Texas, April 15
  • Invited speaker “Promoting Students’ Appreciation for Math through Applications to Very Cool Activities,” NCTM Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, April 6
  • Participant, EPIC Leadership Team Meeting, Washington, DC, March 17
  • Invited speaker, Center for Subsurface Modeling, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, March 2
  • Invited speaker, Latin American Experience 2005 Gala, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, February 26
  • “Examining the Minority-Majority Achievement Gap,” UK Education Group Visit, Rice University, Houston, Texas, February 15
  • Invited speaker, Costa Rica Alternative Spring Break Fundraiser, Rice University, Houston, Texas, February 3

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2004

  • Invited speaker, NSF-Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics Scholar Awards, Houston Community College, Houston, Texas, November 30
  • “A Lifetime of Diversity: Challenges, Successes, and Rewards,” Blackwell-Tapia Conference and Prize Presentation, Los Angeles, California, November 6
  • Participant, Workshop on Broadening Participation in Computing, Washington, DC, October
  • Invited address, H-LSAMP 4th Annual Student Presentation Conference, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, October
  • Invited address, “A Lifetime of Diversity: Challenges and Successes”, CIRTL Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, August 17
  • “Success For All: Its Contradictions and Challenges”, TeacherTECH ’04 Awareness Day, Rice University, Houston, Texas, July 21
  • Invited Panelist, “Politically Incorrect, Fast Pitch, Hardball Or Asking the Hard Questions about Diversity in Computing: An Inquisition of Richard Tapia”, CRA Conference, Snowbird, Utah, July 12
  • Invited address, “Mathematics is Everywhere in My Real Life”, Milby High School/YES Summer Workshop, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June 21
  • “Issues and Opportunities in Underrepresented Populations”, NAE Committee on Diversity in the Engineering Workforce, June 9
  • Invited address, “Mathematics is Everywhere in My Real Life”, South Texas Science Academy Workshop, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June 8
  • Invited address, Women@SCS Organization Presentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 15
  • “Examining the Minority-Majority Achievement Gap”, UK Educational Group, Rice University, Houston, Texas, April 15
  • Invited Address, “Fusing Art and Mathematics through Cars”, Burbank Middle School group, Rice University, March 30
  • Invited address, “Mentoring Underrepresented Minority Graduate Students,” Minority Graduate Education at Mountain State Alliance (MGE@MSA) Faculty Mentoring Institute, Arizona State University, March 29
  • “Fusing Art and Mathematics through Cars”, Say YES to Engineering Program, Rice University, February 27
  • Invited addresss, “Fusing Art and Mathematics through Cars”, Vision 2004, Rice University, February 20
  • “Promoting Teacher Leadership through University Collaboration”, UK Educational Group, Rice University, Houston, Texas, February 17

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2003

  • Invited speaker, “Mentoring Underrepreented Minority Graduate Students”, Minority Graduate Education at Mountain State Alliance (MGE@MSA) Utah Faculty Mentoring Institute, October 30
  • Panelist, “Politically Incorrect, Fast Pitch, Hardball Or Asking the Hard Questions about Diversity in Computing: An Inquisition of Richard Tapia”, Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Symposium 2003, Atlanta, Georgia, October 17
  • Keynote address, “Success for All: Its Challenges and Contradictions”, University of New Mexico AGEP, Socorro, NM, September 12
  • Invited panelist, “Changing Demographics and Challenges of the Future,” National Science Board Workshop, Broadening Participation in Science and Engineering Research and Education, August 12, 2003 [Online]
  • Keynote speaker, Texas Leadership, Education, and Diversity Conference at Jones Graduate School of Management, Rice University, Houston, Texas, August 1
  • Keynote address, 2003 Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) Conference, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, July 26
  • Invited address, “Some Applications in Mathematics in My Real Life”, Milby High School/YES Summer Workshop, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June 23
  • Invited address, “Post-Affirmative Action Challenges to Diversity in Higher Education”, AGEP Summer Program, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June 13
  • Invited address, “Some Applications in Mathematics in My Real Life”, South Texas Science Academy Workshop, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June 4
  • Invited address, “Maximizing the Impact on Higher Education”, GEM/NACME Engineering Collaborations Conference, Houston, Texas, May 29
  • Invited address, “Some Applications in Mathematics in My Real Life”, Role Model Program, Rice University, Houston, Texas, May 17
  • Invited address, “Post-affirmative Action Challenges to Diversity in Higher Education”, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, May 8
  • Invited address, “Mentoring Underrepresented Minority Graduate Students” Third Annual Minority Graduate Education at Mountain States Alliance (MGE@MSA) Student Research Conference and Graduate Fair, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, April 1
  • Invited address, “Success for all: A Personal and a National Challenge,” IMPACT 03, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 7
  • Invited speaker, Vision 2003, Rice University, Houston, Texas, February 21
  • Invited address, “Minority-Majority Learning Gap,” UK Educational Group, Rice University, Houston, Texas, February 21
  • Invited speaker, Say Yes to Engineering Group, Rice University, Houston, Texas, February 20
  • Invited address, “Promoting Participation of Underrepresented Groups in Science and Engineering,” Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, Kingwood, Texas, February 11
  • Invited address, “Some Applications in Mathematics in My Real Life”, Eastwood Academy, Houston, Texas, February 7
  • Invited address, “Let's Tackle the Hard Questions,” Engineering Bridges Symposium, Rice University, Houston, Texas, January 10

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2002

  • Invited address, “National Science Foundation: Priorities and Opportunities,” 2002 Governor's Conference on Science, Technology, and Mathematics Education, Leading Texas to the Next Level: No Child Left Behind and Beyond, Austin, Texas, November
  • Keynote address, RAMAS 30th Anniversary Celebration, Rice University, Houston, Texas, November
  • Plenary session, “Creating Environments for Change,” Sigma Xi Forum, Galveston, Texas, November 15
  • Panel discussion, National Campus Diversity Project Visit, Rice University, Houston, Texas, November
  • “Promoting Teacher Leadership through University Collaboration,” CEEE International Visitor Session, Rice University, Houston, Texas, October
  • Congressional testimony, BEST (Building Engineering and Science Talent) Leadership Meeting on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, September 26 [Online]
  • Invited plenary address, “Diversifying Computing: Its Successes, Challenges, and Contradictions,” MGE@MSA Doctoral Mentoring Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, September
  • Invited speaker, “Diversifying Computing: Its Successes, Challenges, and Contradictions,” CRA Conference at Snowbird 2002, Snowbird, Utah, July 15 [Online]
  • “Success for All: Its Contradictions and Challenges,” Milby High School/YES Summer Workshop, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June
  • “Success for All: Its Contradictions and Challenges,” Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Summer Program, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June
  • “Success for All: Its Contradictions and Challenges,” Keynote address, The Annual RSI Systemic Leadership Institute, Corpus Christi, Texas, June 19
  • “Success for All: Its Contradictions and Challenges,” South Texas Science Academy Workshop, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June 6 [Online]
  • “Success for All: Its Contradictions and Challenges,” TeacherTECH '02 Awareness Day, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June 4 [Online]
  • “Diversifying Computing: Its Successes, Challenges and Contradictions,” 2002 All Hands Meeting —“Expeditions for the Future,” Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, May
  • Invited panel participant, “Science and Engineering Education,” Space: A Critical Issues Workshop, James A. Baker III Institute, Rice University, Houston, Texas, May 6 [Online]
  • Invited speaker, Hogg Middle School, Houston, Texas, April
  • Invited speaker, Diaz Music Institute Gala, Houston, Texas, April
  • Invited speaker, Minority Graduate Educationat Mountain State Alliance (MGE@MSA) Faculty Doctoral Mentoring Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, March
  • “Contributions to Session Two of the 1998 NISE Forum: Assessment and the Promotion of Change: Assessing and Evaluating the Evaluation Tool - The Standardized Test,” Psychology Testing Class, Rice University, Houston, Texas, March
  • “Communication at the Heart of a Community for Underrepresented Minorities and Women in Graduate School,” The Sixth Annual Writing Across the Curriculum 2002 Conference, Rice University, Houston, Texas, March 9 [Online]
  • “How Computation is Changing Science and Mathematics,” A Texas Leadership Conference: Using Modeling, Visualization, and Data Management as Tools for Transferring Current Research into High School Mathematical Sciences, Rice University, Houston, Texas, March
  • HISD Engineer Activity Week, Rice University, Houston, Texas, February
  • “Minority Mathematics Professor: Confessions of a Round Peg in a Square Hole,” Issues for Ethnic Minorities and Women in Science and Engineering Lecture Series, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, February
  • “No Child Left Behind: Its Anticipated Successes, Challenges, and Contradictions,” Holland Lecture, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, February [Online]

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2001

  • “Contemporary Successes, Challenges, and Contradictions in Diversifying Education,” Invited address, Rice University Chinese American Association, Rice University, Houston, Texas, November
  • “Diversifying Computing: Its Successes, Challenges, and Contradictions,” Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Symposium 2001, Houston, Texas, October 19 [Online]
  • Invited speaker, Hogg Middle School Visit, Rice University, Houston, Texas, October
  • Invited speaker, Institute of Technology-Monterrey, Mexico Visit, Rice University, Houston, Texas, October
  • “Diversity and Underrepresentation at Rice and Beyond,” Parents Weekend, Rice University, Houston, Texas, October
  • Invited speaker, Burbank Middle School Visit, Rice University, Houston, Texas, October
  • “The need for Minority Leadership at the National Level” Invited speaker, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, September
  • “Computational Science in K-12,” Contemporary Topics in Computational Science Education Session, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, July
  • “What Is Computation? How Has It Changed the Way Science is Done?" TeacherTECH '01 Awareness Day, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June
  • “Promoting Participation of Underrepresented Groups in Science and Engineering,” TeacherTECH '01 Awareness Day, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June
  • “Diversity Awareness,” Milby/YES Summer Visitation Program, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June
  • “Diversity Awareness,” South Texas Science Academy Summer Visitation Program, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June
  • Invited address, United Way Scholars, Enron and United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast, Houston, Texas, June
  • Design, implement and direct the following Center for Excellence and Equity in Education (CEEE) Rice University outreach programs:
      1. Two week TeacherTECH - Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness summer course for K-12 mathematics and science teachers from schools with significant minority enrollment;
      2. Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) provides a year-round community experience that encourages science, mathematics, and engineering graduate enrollment, supports Ph.D. degree completion, and exposes students to rigorous academic disciplines.

  • Welcome address, GK-12 Fellows Reception, Rice University, Houston, Texas, May
  • “Some Fundamental Issues in Affirmative Action, Admissions, Retention, and Faculty Hiring,” Alfred P. Sloan Engineering and Science Underrepresented Minority Ph.D. Recruitment and Retention Conference, The City College of New York of The City University of New York, New York, New York, April
  • “Work Habits, Education, and Self Worth: Ingredients for Success,” Joe Barnhart Lectureship, Beeville, Texas, April
  • “Texas K-12 Educational System: Should it be a national model?” National Council for Supervisors in Mathematics, Orlando, Florida, April 24 [Online]
  • “Serving as a Mentor and Collaborator in Your Discipline and at Your Institution,” QEM/TSU Scholarly Productivity Workshop, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas, March
  • “State of EOT-PACI”, NPACI All Hands Meeting, San Diego, California, February
  • “Work Habits, Education, and Self Worth: Ingredients to Success,” Invited speaker, Travis Elementary School, Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), Houston, Texas, February

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2000

  • “The History of La Posada,” Hispanic Association for Cultural Enrichment at Rice (HACER), Rice University, Houston, Texas, December
  • “US Hispanics: Diversity Within Diversity,” Keynote address in honor of Hipanic Heritage Month, Compaq Computers, Houston, Texas, October
  • “Tenure: You Can't Get There Without It,” Session on Junior Faculty Issues, SACNAS National Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, October
  • "U.S. Hispanics: Diversity within Diversity, Keynote address in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence, California, October
  • Featured guest: "Underrepresentation: K-12 Education and the Cities," Math Medley talk show, Renaissance Radio, Phoenix, Arizona, July
  • K-12 Teacher Workshop, SIAM National Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, July
  • "Diversity Awareness," Milby/YES Summer Visitation Program, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June
  • "Diversity Awareness," South Texas Science Academy Summer Visitation Program, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June
  • Design, implemented and direct the following Center for Excellence and Equity in Education (CEEE) Rice University outreach programs:
    1. Two week GirlTECH - Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness summer courses for K-12 mathematics and science teachers from schools with significant minority enrollment;
    2. Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) provides a year-round community experience that encourages science, mathematics, and engineering graduate enrollment, supports Ph.D. degree completion, and exposes students to rigorous academic disciplines
  • “Diversity: Achievement,” NISE Forum: Diversity and Equity Issues in Mathematics and Science Education, Detroit, Michigan, May
  • Keynote address, McDonald's Award Luncheon, Houston, Texas, May
  • Invited address, Racial Solidarity Week, Rice University, Houston, Texas, April
  • Presented at the Undergraduate Research Symposium 2000, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, April
  • “Research and Education: Bridging the Gap,” Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas, March
  • Chaired the Retention Session of the Workshop 2000: A National Dialogue to Move Minority Graduate Education Forward, Atlanta, Georgia, February
  • Attended the Public Affairs Advisory Group (PAAG) Meeting, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, February
  • “Mentoring Women and Minorities,” NPACI All Hands Meeting, San Diego, California, February
  • Keynote address, “Balancing the Role of Minority and Scientist,” 7th Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved, and Cancer, Washington, DC, February
  • Keynote address, “Education and the Parents' Role: Important Components of your Child's Future,” Magnolia Learning Community Conference, Houston, Texas, January

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1999

  • Consulted with T.J. Watson Research Center’s Vice President for Research Paul Horn on issues of diversity and inclusiveness, December
  • “How is Society Failing our Children,” Schools of Excellence Conference for all secondary division teachers, administrative officials, and counselors, Houston, Texas, November
  • “Mentoring Effectively: Preparing Minority Students for Careers in Physical and Mathematical Sciences,” MURPPS Annual Orientation, University of California, Davis, California, October
  • “Lack of Minority Leadership: Possible Causes and Plausible Solutions,” National Science Foundation Summit Meeting on Promoting National Minority Leadership in Science and Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, October
  • Welcoming address, National Science Foundation Summit Meeting on Promoting National Minority Leadership in Science and Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, October
  • Keynote address, Faculty Senate Meeting, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, October
  • “Views on Latinos in the Academia,” (SOLAR) Society of Latino Alumni of Rice, Rice University, Houston, Texas, September
  • “The Educational, Outreach and Training Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure,” 99 Conference, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, August
  • But We’re Not an Internet Company, Houston Hispanic Professionals Leadership Day, Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management, Rice University, Houston, Texas, August
  • U.S. Department of Energy Faculty and Student Undergraduate Research Education Conference, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, July
  • “Diversity Awareness,” Milby Summer Visitation Program, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June
  • “Diversity Awareness,” South Texas Science Academy Summer Visitation Program, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June
  • “Promoting National Minority Leadership,” The University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, June
  • “Some Fundamental Issues in Affirmative Action, Admissions, Retention, and Faculty Hiring,” The University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, June
  • Keynote address, SSRC-Mellon Summer Conference, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, June
  • Design, implement and direct the following CRPC Rice University minority programs:
    1. One week Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness Summer Course for K-12 mathematics and science teachers from schools with significant minority enrollment
    2. Spend the Summer with a Scientist program for minority science undergraduates
  • Commencement speaker, Jesse H. Jones High School, Houston, Texas, May
  • “Mentoring Minority Women in Science: Special Struggles,” Committee on Women in Science and Engineering Symposium - Careers of Women in Science: Who Will Do the Science of the Future, Washington, DC April
  • “Some Fundamental Issues in Affirmative Action Admissions, Retention, and Faculty Hiring,” Sloan Conference, Rice University, Houston, Texas, March

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1998

  • Invited speaker: 1998 SHPE Region V RSLC, Rice University, Houston, Texas, November
  • Invited panelist: “Achieving Diversity in the Science and Engineering Professoriate,” National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia, November
  • Invited speaker: "Diversifying the Student Body in a Post Hopwood Era: The Rice Experience," Boston University, Boston, Massachusettes, November
  • Invited speaker: “A Pyramid of Mentoring,” Achieving Graduate Diversity Conference, University of California, Berkeley, California, September
  • Invited Speaker: “Diversifying the Student Body in the Post Hopwood Era: The Rice Experience,” Achieving Graduate Diversity Conference, University of California, Berkeley, California, September
  • Keynote address: “Mentoring for the 21st Century,” Mentoring for the 21st Century: A Symposium, Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring Program, Washington, DC, September
  • Invited speaker: “National Agenda and Societal Issues Affecting Contemporary Mathematics Education,” Rice University School Mathematics Project, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June
  • Commencement Address: “The Civic Scientist: Participation in Current National, Societal and Educational Problems,” Division of Physical Science, University of California, Los Angeles, June [Online]
  • Keynote address: “National Agenda and Societal Issues Affecting Contemporary Mathematics Education,” Fourth Conference for African American Researchers in the Mathematical Sciences, Rice University, Houson, Texas, June
  • Design, implement and direct the following CRPC Rice University minority programs:
    1. One week Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness Summer Course for K-12 mathematics and science teachers from schools with significant minority enrollment
    2. Spend the Summer with a Scientist program for minority science undergraduates
  • Invited speaker: HISD Outstanding Progress Awards Event, Rice University, Houston, Texas, April
  • Invited speaker: "Our National Health: Underrepresentation and Other Issues," University of Texas, Pan American, Edinburg, Texas April
  • Invited speaker: “What Can Computer Center Directors Do to Improve Underrepresentation,” Coalition of Academic Supercomputing Centers (CASC) Meeting, Houston, Texas, April
  • White House invited panelist: Meeting America’s Needs for the Scientific and Technological Challenges of the Twenty-First Century, AAAS 150th Anniversary Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February
  • “Assessing and Evaluating the Evaluation Tool - The Standardized Test,” 1998 NISE Forum: Assessment and the Promotion of Change, Washington, DC, February

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1997

  • "Integrating Applications, Computation, and Technology into Eduacation," Computational Biomedicine Symposium, Baylor College of Medicine. Houston, Texas, December
  • Keynote address (Education Component): “National Agenda and Societal Issues Affecting Contemporary Mathematics Education,” Supercomputing ’97, San Jose, California, November
  • “U.S. Hispanic: Diversity within Diversity,” Office of the President, Rice University, Houston, Texas, November
  • “Awareness and Sensitivity Issues Affecting K-12 Education,” K-12 Science and Mathematics Enrichment Seminar, SACNAS National Conference, Houston, Texas, October
  • Conduct K-12 Science and Mathematics Enrichment Seminar for K-12 teachers from schools with large minority enrollments, SACNAS National Conference, Houston, Texas, October
  • Invited speaker: “U.S. Hispanics: Diversity within Diversity,” National Hipanic Heritage Month Celebration, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, September
  • Invited speaker: “Diversity: A Contemporary National Challenge,” Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, September
  • Invited speaker: “The Changing Role of Mathematics: Enter the Computational Sciences,” New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, July
  • Invited speaker: “National Agenda and Societal Issues Affecting Contemporary Mathematics Education,” Conference for the Advancedment of Mathematics Teaching, Houston, Texas, July
  • Invited speaker: “The Changing Role of Mathematics: Enter the Computational Sciences,” Alliance for Minority Participation Conference, Las Cruces, New Mexico, July
  • Invited speaker: “Orchestrating Mathematics Instruction to the National Needs of Science and Society,” Rice University School Mathematics Project, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June
  • Design, implement and direct the following CRPC Rice University minority programs:
    1. One week Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness Summer Course for K-12 mathematics and science teachers from schools with significant minority enrollment
    2. Spend the Summer with a Scientist program for minority science undergraduates
  • Commencement speaker: George I. Sanchez High School, Houston, Texas, May
  • Keynote speaker: “National Agenda Issues in Science and Underrepresentation,” National Alliance of Research Centers of Excellence, El Paso, Texas, March
  • Invited speaker: “Balancing Professional and Minority Issues,” ADVANCE (Advocating Diversity and Assisting Career Exploration), Rice University, Houston, Texas, March
  • Invited speaker: “The Death of Affirmative Action: What has Rice learned?” Association of Rice Allumni, Rice University, Houston, Texas, January

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1996

  • Invited Speaker: “Ways Industry and Universities Can Cooperate to Improve the Prepresentation of Hispanics in Science and Engineering,” Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference (HENAAC), Houston, Texas, October
  • Invited speaker: “Retention Issues at Rice University,” Stanford and Sloan Conference on Increasing the Minority Ph.D.s in Engineering, Science, and Mathematics, Stanford, California, October
  • Motivational address to the high school program at the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Conference (HENAAC), Houston, Texas, October
  • Radio Interview: Hispanic Radio Network, September
  • Invited speaker: “Issues that Impact K-12 Math Education,” HISD Math Summit Meeting, Houston, Texas, September
  • Motivational address to the entire second grade class at West University Elementary, Houston, Texas, September
  • “Educational Outreach in the Computational and Mathematical Sciences,” W.M. Keck Center for Computational Biology, Keck Retreat 96, Galveston, Texas, September
  • Design, implement and direct the following CRPC Rice University minority programs:
    1. One week Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness Summer Course for K-12 mathematics and science teachers from schools with significant minority enrollment
    2. Spend the Summer with a Scientist program for minority science undergraduates
  • Keynote speaker: 1996 Fifth Annual Scholar Banquet, Houston Independent School District, Houston, Texas, May
  • “Affirmative Action: What have we learned, what must we do?”, Office of the President, Rice University, Houston, Texas, April
  • Invited speaker: “A Case for Affirmative Action at Research Universities,” Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, April
  • Featured in six-part documentary “Breakthrough: The Changing Face of Science in America,” Public Broadcasting Service National Showing, April 22,1996
  • Featured interview on “Week Night Edition,” Channel 8, Houston, Texas, April
  • Invited speaker: “A Case for Affirmative Action at Research Universities,” Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, April
  • Invited speaker: “Orchestrating Mathematics Instruction to the National Needs of Science and Society,” Student Conference on Mathematics and Its Applications, Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, Texas, February
  • Invited panel member: “Affirmative Action and Underrepresented American Minorities in Mathematics at the Graduate and Professional Levels,” NAM Panel Discussion, Joint Mathematics Meeting, Orlando, Florida, January
  • Invited speaker: “Mathematics Education and National Concerns,” MAA Student Lecture, Joint Mathematics Meeting, Orlando, Florida, January

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1995

  • Invited speaker: “Underrepresentation and the Lack of Homogeneity in the Minority Population,” Diversity Day, Shell Oil Company, Houston, Texas, November
  • Moderator: “The Real Deal: An Informal Graduate Student Session,” SIAM National Meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina, October
  • Keynote address: “The Ingredients of Success,” The First SC-COSMIC Student Conference on Computational Sciences, University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, Texas, October
  • Invited speaker: “Encouraging Minorities in Computational Science and Engineering,” Association of Computer and Information Science/Engineering Departments at Minority Institutions, ADMI 95 Workshop, New Orleans, Louisiana, August
  • Invited speaker: “A National Need: Enhanced Interaction with the K-12 Community,” Seminars on Academic Computing, Snowmass Village, Colorado, August
  • Invited speaker: “Orchestrating Mathematics Instruction to the National Needs of Science and Society,” Rice University School Mathematics Project and GirlTECH ’95, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June
  • Design, implement and direct the following CRPC Rice University minority programs:
    1. One week Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness Summer Course for K-12 mathematics and science teachers from schools with significant minority enrollment
    2. Spend the Summer with a Scientist program for minority science undergraduates
  • Invited speaker: “Underrepresentation: Anatomy of Failure and Steps Toward Success,” Minorities in Computing, National Science Foundation, Washington, District of Columbia, May
  • Invited speaker: Cinco de Mayo Celebration, Dickinson High School, Dickinson, Texas, May
  • “Rice Minority and Educational Outreach Activity,” National Science Foundation Site Visit, Rice University, Houston, Texas, April
  • Invited speaker: “On the Retention of Minorities and Women in Mathematical Sciences Graduate Programs,” 1995 American Association for the Advancement of Science, Atlanta, Georgia, February
  • Keynote speaker: “Challenges of Contemporary Mathematics Education,” Annual Mathematics Conference for K-12 Mathematics Teachers, Houston Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Houston, Texas, February
  • Invited guest: Latin America into the 21st Century, Rice University, Houston, Texas, February
  • Invited speaker: “Computational Science: The Contemporary Challenge of Mathematics,” Department of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February
  • Invited speaker: “Value of Education, Value of Mathematics, and Career Options,” Westbury High School Luncheon, Houston, Texas, January
  • Invited speaker: “The Rice Computational and Mathematical Sciences Awareness Workshop for K-12 Educators,” Texas Education Agency, Austin, Texas, January

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1994

  • Invited speaker: “Orchestrating Mathematics Instruction to the National Needs of Science and Society,” 1960 Area Council Teachers of Mathematics, Tomball School District, Tomball, Texas, September
  • Invited speaker: “Orchestrating Mathematics Instruction to the National Needs of Science and Society,” Fiesta Young Leaders of the National Hispanic Institute, Houston, Texas, August
  • Invited speaker: “Orchestrating Mathematics Instruction to the National Needs of Science and Society,” Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Teaching, Houston, Texas, August
  • Keynote speaker: “Education: The Key to Success Not Only for the Individual but the Nation,” 11th Annual Scholarship Banquet, Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists, Houston, Texas, July
  • Invited speaker: “Increasing the Representation of Minorities and Females in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics: Focusing on Educational Strategies,” Texas Education Agency, Austin, Texas, July
  • Invited speaker: “Contemporary Issues in Mathematics,” The Rice K-8 School/La Escuela Rice, Houston, Texas, June
  • Invited speaker: “Contemporary Issues in Mathematics,” Rice University School Mathematics Project, Houston, Texas, June
  • Invited speaker: “Contemporary Issues in Mathematics,” CalTech, Pasadena, California, June
  • Invited speaker: “Societal and Contemporary Issues in Mathematics Education,” California Institute of Technology Awareness Workshop for Secondary School Mathematics Teachers, Pasadena, California, June
  • Invited Speaker: “Society and Contemporary Issues in Mathematics Education,” Rice University School Mathematics Project, June
  • Commencement Speaker, Jefferson Davis Night School, Houston, June
  • Participate in Center for Research on Parallel Computation, California Institute of Technology, Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness course for mathematics teachers from high schools with significant minority enrollment, June
  • Design, implement and direct the following CRPC Rice University minority programs:
    1. One week Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness Summer Course for K-12 mathematics and science teachers from schools with significant minority enrollment
    2. Spend the Summer with a Scientist program for minority science undergraduates
  • Keynote Speaker: Semana Latina program, California Institute of Technology, invited by Latino Graduate Student Association, Pasadena, California, May
  • Keynote speaker: Hispanic Heritage Program, University of Illinois, invited by Latino Graduate Student Association, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, April
  • Keynote speaker: “Diversity Issues in Higher Education: 25 Years Later - What Has Changed,” University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, April
  • Keynote speaker: Promoting Representation of Women and Minorities in Mathematics, University of Houston Clear Lake Conference, Houston, Texas, April
  • Invited speaker: “Multicultural Issues in Mathematics,” Education Department Symposium, Rice University, Houston, Texas, April
  • Keynote speaker: Rice Undergraduate Minority Student Program Advance Annual Banquet, Houston, Texas, April
  • Invited address: The Role of the Computational Sciences in Mathematics, SACNAS (Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science) National Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March
  • Organize and lead one-day workshop: “Say ‘Yes’ to a Youngster’s Future” The workshop was held on the Rice campus and attended by approximately 120 teachers, students and parents from Eighth Avenue Elementary School (predominantly Hispanic) in Houston, February
  • Address student body, staff, and teachers on the value of education, Scarsborough Elementary School, Houston, February
  • Invited speaker: Diversity Issues, staff development program, Dupont Corporation, LaPorte, Texas, February
  • Invited speaker: Hispanic Forum Career Day, George Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas, February

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1993

  • In-service presentations to teachers and students of Dibol Independent School District, Dibol, Texas, September
  • Special lecture: “The Health of the Nation,” Families Weekend, Rice University, Houston, September
  • Graduation speaker: Math/Science Institute mini-graduation, Kincaid High School, Houston, Texas, July
  • Graduation speaker: (MS2) Middle School Math and Science Project, San Jacinto Community College, Pasadena, Texas, June
  • Invited speaker: “The Changing Role of Mathematics and National Agenda Issues,” Rice University School Mathematics Project, June
  • Design, implement and direct the following CRPC Rice University minority programs:
    1. One week Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness Summer Course for K-12 mathematics and science teachers from schools with significant minority enrollment
    2. Spend the Summer with a Scientist program for minority science undergraduates
  • Participate in Center for Research on Parallel Computation, California Institute of Technology, Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness course for mathematics teachers from high schools with significant minority enrollment, June
  • Keynote speaker at the Cinco de Mayo celebration, King Middle School, Crosby, Texas, May

  • Keynote speaker: Jackson Middle School First Annual Girl’s Athletic Banquet, Pasadena, Texas, May
  • Speaker: Hispanic Awareness Week, Poe Elementary School, Houston, May
  • Keynote speaker: “The Mayan Connection,” Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans Cinco de Mayo celebration, Houston, May
  • In-service presentation: “Hispanic Heritage and Awareness,” Hispanic Awareness Week, West Elementary School, Houston, May
  • Keynote address: “The Value of Education,” California Institute of Technology Minority Youth Program, Los Angeles, March
  • Presentation: “Why be a Good Student,” second grade class, West University Elementary School, Houston, March
  • Presentation: “Rice Outreach Educational Activities,” Society of Rice University Women, February
  • Presentation: “Math is Necessary,” 1993 Hispanic Forum Career and Education Day, Houston, February

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1992

  • Panelist: Duke Graduate School Symposium, “The Future of Minorities in American Higher Education,” November
  • Featured guest: “Hola Houston,” Fox Channel 26 talk show, Houston, November
  • In-service presentation: “The Need for Sensitivity in Diversity Issues,” West University Elementary School faculty, Houston, October
  • In-service presentation: “What Universities Expect from Today’s Student,” Milby High School faculty, Houston, September
  • Keynote speaker: “Contemporary Educational and Diversity Issues,” Sandia National Labs. Outreach Program for high school students and teachers, Livermore, California, September
  • In-service presentation: “The Necessity of High Expectations for Minority Youth,” LaGrange Middle School faculty, LaGrange, Texas, August
  • Conduct Computational and Mathematical Sciences Awareness Workshop for K-12 teachers from schools with large minority enrollments:
    1. July 19 SIAM National Meeting, Los Angeles
    2. July 31 Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque
  • Participate in Snowbird Conference, Computing Research Board, The Association for the Advancement of Computing Research, Snowbird, Utah and discuss Rice minority programs and minority pipeline issues in science and engineering, July
  • Design, implement and direct the following CRPC Rice University minority programs:
    1. One week Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness Summer Course for K-12 mathematics and science teachers from schools with significant minority enrollment
    2. Spend the Summer with a Scientist program for minority science undergraduates
  • “Why should I go to College?”, address to graduating seniors, Milby High School, Houston, June
  • Commencement speaker, High School for the Health Professions, Mercedes, Texas, June
  • Invited speaker: “The Dynamics of Exclusion,” Changing the Culture Workshop, Center of Research in Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley, June
  • Participate in Center for Research on Parallel Computation, California Institute of Technology, Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness course for mathematics teachers from high schools with significant minority enrollment, June
  • “Our Hispanic Heritage and Science,” address to the fourth and fifth grade class, West University Elementary School, Houston, May
  • Keynote speaker: “Diversity and the Changing Role of Mathematics,” Hispanic Heritage Week, Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, May
  • “The Changing Role of Mathematics,” North Harris Community College Math Club, Houston, April
  • Participant: “Gender Equity,” panel discussion, Pacifica Radio, Houston, March
  • Keynote speaker: “Building the Future,” Mathematics 2000; California Coalition for Mathematics, Sacramento, March (invited by the Governor's Office)
  • Invited speaker: “Computation: An Indispensable Part of Today’s Science,” SACNAS (Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science), National Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, January

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1991

  • Invited speaker: “The Changing U.S. Demographics and the Mathematical Sciences Pipeline,” 1991 Mathematical Sciences Department Chairs Colloquium, Board on Mathematical Sciences, Washington, DC, October
  • Invited speaker: “Diversity Issues in Science and Engineering” Address Echo 1, Undergraduate Minority Support Group, University of Texas, Austin, November
  • Invited speaker and participant: “Equality of Opportunity,” Workshop on Human Resources in Computer Science and Technology, National Research Council, Irvine, California, October
  • Invited speaker: “Meeting Today’s Challenges: Minorities in the Sciences” Celebrating Diversity Conference, University of Houston, October (invited by President of the University)
  • Invited speaker: "Recruitment and Retention of Graduate Minority Students" Address Chairs of Departments, College of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University, College Station, September
  • Participate in Snowbird Conference, Computing Research Board, The Association for the Advancement of Computing Research, Snowbird, Utah and discuss Rice minority programs and minority pipeline issues in science and engineering, July
  • Participate in Center for Research on Parallel Computation, California Institute of Technology, Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness course for mathematics teachers from high schools with significant minority enrollment, June
  • Design, implement and direct the following CRPC Rice University minority programs:
    1. One week Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness Summer Course for K-12 mathematics and science teachers from schools with significant minority enrollment
    2. Spend the Summer with a Scientist program for minority science undergraduates
  • Invited speaker: "Diversity Issues in Mathematics" Address combined Math Department faculties of the University of California, San Francisco, April
  • Invited speaker: "Recruitment and Retention of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering" Address science faculty, University of Utah, April
  • Invited speaker: “Opportunities in Science and Engineering” Address parents of first and second graders at J.P. Henderson Elementary School (predominantly Hispanic), Houston, April
  • Invited speaker: “Recent Developments in Interior-point Methods for Linear Programming: An Overview,” Exxon Production Research, Houston, Texas, March
  • Invited speaker: “Minority Educational Issues: Motivation and Opportunities,” presented to faculty and students of the High School for the Health Professions, Mercedes, Texas, February
  • Invited speaker: “The Changing Role of Mathematics and its Implication to Minority Education,” Teacher in-service, High School for the Health Professions, Houston, Texas, February
  • Invited speaker: “Nurturing Minority Graduate Students in Mathematics,” American Mathematical Society and Mathematical Association of America Joint National Meeting, San Francisco, California, January
  • Invited speaker: “A Career in Industry or University,” SACNAS (Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science), National Meeting, Irvine, California, January

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1990

  • Invited speaker: “Minority Women in the Mathematical Sciences,” National Conference on Women in the Mathematical Sciences, Austin, Texas, December
  • Keynote speaker: “Minority Educational Issues and their Impact on Houston and Texas,” Rice President's Luncheon Series, Houston, Texas, November
  • Invited speaker: “Minority Issues in Mathematics Education,” RUSMP (Rice University Science and Mathematics Project) Program for High School Teachers, Houston, Texas, July
  • Participate in Snowbird Conference, Computing Research Board, The Association for the Advancement of Computing Research, Snowbird, Utah and discuss Rice minority programs and minority pipeline issues in science and engineering, July
  • Participate in Center for Research on Parallel Computation, California Institute of Technology, Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness course for mathematics teachers from high schools with significant minority enrollment, June
  • Design, implement and direct the following CRPC Rice University minority programs:
    1. One week Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness Summer Course for K-12 mathematics and science teachers from schools with significant minority enrollment
    2. Spend the Summer with a Scientist program for minority science undergraduates
  • Invited participant: National Convocation of Mathematical Sciences Education Board Making Mathematics Work for Minorities project, Washington, DC. Received award from National Research Council as one of twenty most influential leaders in minority mathematics education, May
  • Consult with the administration of the University of California-Davis, concerning the design and implementation of minority education programs, May
  • Invited speaker: Hispanic Education Summit, Houston, Texas, April
  • Invited speaker: “Minority Scientist - Conflicting Roles,” Western regional meeting of Danforth-Compton Minority Fellows, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, April
  • Invited speaker: Recruitment and Retention of Minority Students in Science and Engineering. Consult with the administration of the University of Tulsa concerning the design and implementation of minority education programs, March

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1989

  • Invited speaker: Region VI workshop - Making Mathematics Work for Minorities, a project of the Mathematical Sciences Education Board, San Antonio, Texas
  • Design, implement and direct the following CRPC Rice University minority programs:
    1. One week Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness Summer Course for K-12 mathematics and science teachers from schools with significant minority enrollment
    2. Spend the Summer with a Scientist program for minority science undergraduates
  • Invited speaker: “A Career in Education: The Right Choice,” The 1989 Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference, Houston, Texas, October
  • Keynote speaker: “The Role of American Minorities in Science and Engineering,” NIH MBRS National Meeting, Houston, Texas, October

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1988

  • Commentary: “American Minority Students: A Valuable and Neglected Resource,” SIAM News, November
  • Invited speaker: The National Chicano Council for Higher Education Research Symposium for Undergraduate Science Fellows, Irvine, California

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1987

  • Invited speaker: Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) National Conference, El Paso, Texas

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1986

  • Keynote speaker: Hispanic Week, University of Texas, El Paso

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1985

  • Judge: High School Science Essay Contest, Sponsored by Organization of Chinese American Women

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1979

  • Invited speaker: Symposium on Contemporary Role Models, sponsored by SACNAS and AAAS, Houston, Texas

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1978

  • Keynote speaker: Conference on the Status and Issues of Chicanos and Native American Participation in Science, sponsored by SACNAS, Boulder, CO

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1976

  • Invited guest: Channel 2 show “All the People” to discuss Mexican-Americans in science, Oakland, California

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1975

  • Participant: American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) conference on evaluation of the MCAT (Standard entrance examination for medical schools) and its relationship to Mexican-American students, Los Angeles, California

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1974

  • Invited speaker: “Interpretation of College Board Scores for Mexican-American Students,” American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting, San Francisco, California

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1973

  • Featured guest: 30-minute interview on Channel 13 show “La Raza” to discuss the problems of the Mexican-American in education, Houston, Texas
  • Keynote speaker: "“Why are there so few Mexican-Americans in Texas Universities?"”, University of Houston Symposium on Mexican-American Problems in Texas

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1972

  • Invited speaker: University of Houston Workshop on Recruitment and Retention of Mexican-American Students
  • Keynote speaker: “Why are there so few Mexican-Americans in Texas Universities?”, University of Houston Symposium on Mexican-American Problems in Texas

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