Richard Tapia

Noah Harding Professor, Computational and Applied Mathematics (CAAM) Director, Center for Excellence and Equity in Education Rice University VGrADS Activities: Co-PI, working on Education and Outreach (unable to attend site visit) rat@caam.rice.edu http://www.caam.rice.edu/~rat/

Professional Preparation

• Ph.D., Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1967
• M.A., Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1966
• B.A., Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1961

Professional Appointments

• Director, Center for Excellence and Equity in Education, Rice University, 1999-present
• Cluster Leader, Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP), Rice University, 1999-present
• Noah Harding Professor of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University, 1991-present
• Associate Director of Graduate Studies, Office of Research and Graduate Studies, Rice University, 1989-present
• Director of Education and Outreach Programs, Center for Research on Parallel Computation, Rice University, 1989-2000
• Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Rice University, 1976-present
• Lecturer, Department of Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, 1986-1988
• Adjunct Professor, Texas Institute of Rehabilitation and Research, Baylor College of Medicine, 1978-1983
• Chair, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Rice University, 1978-1983
• Visiting Associate Professor of Operations Research, Stanford University, 1976-1977
• Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Rice University, 1972-1976
• Assistant Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Rice University, 1970-1972
• Assistant Professor, Mathematics Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1968-1970
• Instructor in Mathematics, University of California-Los Angeles, 1967-1968

Synergistic Activities

• Developed and directed Spend a Summer with a Scientist, a SMET graduate studies recruitment/retention program for underrepresented minorities and women, 1989. Institutionalized at Rice in 1998 and exported to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Developed and Directed K-12 Teacher Professional Development Programs: The Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness Workshop (1989) and GirlTECH (1995) that address the underrepresentation of women and underrepresented minorities in computational sciences.
• Chair Advisory Committee for Houston Independent School District's NSF Urban Systemic Initiative. (1998-present)
• Co-developing high school curriculum materials: Linear Algebra: An Introduction to Linear Algebra for Pre-Calculus Students, (with T. Carter and A. Papakonstantinou), (2000).
• Computational Science: Tools for a Changing World, (with C. McZeal and C. Lanius)

VGrADS and Other Significant Publications

• R. Tapia, D. Chubin, and C. Lanius, “Promoting National Minority Leadership in Science and Engineering: A Report on Proposed Actions,” (2000)
• R. Tapia and C. Lanius, “Underrepresented Minority Achievement and Course Taking - The Kindergarten-Graduate Continuum” (2000).
• R. Tapia, T. Carter, and A. Papakonstantinou, “Linear Algebra: An Introduction to Linear Algebra for Pre-Calculus Students” (2000)
• R. Tapia, “Assessing and Evaluating the Evaluation Tool - The Standardized Test”, Contributions to Session Two of the 1998 National Institute for Science Education Forum: Assessment and the Promotion of Change (1998).
• R. Tapia, “Contributions to Panel Session of the AAAS 150-th Anniversary Meeting: Meeting America’s Needs for the Scientific and Technological Challenges of the Twenty-First Century” (1998).