J. Thomas Allen tom.allen@furman.edu Professor Department Chair Education Teaching and Work Experience Publications Scholarship Grants Professional Memberships Course Schedule

Education

Teaching and Work Experience

Publications

Books

Exploring the Digital Domain: An Introduction to Computing with Multimedia and Networking. First Edition.
Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, 1999. 776 pp. (with Ken Abernethy)

Exploring the Digital Domain: An Introduction to Computing with Multimedia and Networking. Beta Edition.
Boston, MA: PWS Publishing Company, 1997. 474 pp. (with Ken Abernethy)

Exploring the Science of Computing: A Laboratory Approach to Introductory Computer Science with Pascal Programming.
Boston, MA: PWS Publishing Company, 1994. 619 pp. (with Ken Abernethy)

Experiments in Computing: Laboratories for Introductory Computer Science in TURBO Pascal.
Boston, MA: PWS Kent Publishing, 1993. 391 pp. (with Ken Abernethy.)

Experiments in Computing: Laboratories for Introductory Computer Science in THINK Pascal.
Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing, 1992. 375 pp. (with Ken Abernethy)

Articles, Presentations, Panels, and Workshops

"Teaching Visual Communication Using the Web," WebNet 98 Proceedings, World Conference of the WWW. Orlando, FL, November, 1998. (with Robert Chance)

CS Pilot Workshop: "Computer Literacy in the 21st Century," sponsored by the Association of Colleges of the South, Furman University, July 7-11. (with Ken Abernethy).

"A Virtual Exploration Laboratory for Implementing an Inquiry-based Classroom," ED-MEDIA/ED-TELECOM 98 Proceedings, June, 1998. (with Ken Abernethy)

"How Can College/University Computer Science Departments Support K-12 Computing," NECC98 Proceedings, National Educational Computing Conference, San Diego, CA, June, 1998. (panel discussion with Ken Abernethy, Paula Gabbert, and Kevin Treu)

"Narrowcasting the Computer Literacy Course," NECC98 Proceedings, National Educational Computing Conference, San Diego, CA, June, 1998. (with Ken Abernethy)

"What's the Next Step in In-service Teacher Technology Education," Proceedings of SITE 98, Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, March, 1998. (with Ken Abernethy)

"A New Approach to Introductory Scienctific Computing," Journal of Computing in Small Colleges, Vol. 13, Number 3, 1997, 83-87. (with Ken Abernethy and Ray Nanney.)

"CSLabNet: Virtual Laboratory for Introduction to Computing," Proceedings of the NECC '96. 1996 National Educational Computing Conference, Minneapolis, MN, June, 1996. (with Ken Abernethy)

"Computer Literacy in the 21st Century," Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Eastern Small College Computing Conference, New Rochelle, N.Y., 1995, 160-64. (with K. Abernethy)

"Using a Summer Enrichment Program to Attract Students to Computing as a Discipline," Proceedings of the Southeastern Small College Computing Consortium, Nashville, TN, 1993, 9-15. (with Ken Abernethy and Kevin Treu)

"Panel: Going Digital: Faculty Development Programs in Liberal Arts Colleges." Ninth Annual Southeastern Small Computing Conference (November, 1995), Nashville, TN. (moderator, with panelists Ken Abernethy, Art Moore, Jimmie Purser, and Angela Shiflet)

"Lab Partners vs. Individual Work for Structured Laboratories in Introductory Computer Science," Proceedings of the Southeastern Small College Computing Consortium, Statesboro, GA, 1993, 27-34. (with Kevin Treu)

"Mainstreaming Multimedia Computing in the Computing Curriculum," Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 93-World Conference on Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, Orlando, FL, 1993. (with Ken Abernethy)

"Structured Laboratories in the Introductory Computer Science Curriculum." invited lecture for the first Amoco Foundation Seminar Series in Computer Science (September, 1992), College of Charleston, Charleston, SC.

"Panel: Issues in Implementing Structured Laboratories for Computer Science." Twenty-third SIGSCE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (March, 1992), Kansas City, Missouri. (moderator; with co-presenters Ken Abernethy, Thomas Cheatham, and John McGregor)

"Workshop: Creating Structured Laboratories for Computer Science." Twenty-third SIGSCE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (March, 1992), Kansas City, Missouri. (with Ken Abernethy and John McGregor)

"Panel: Implementing Structured Computer Science Laboratories in CS 1 & 2." Seventh Annual Eastern Small College Computing Conference (October, 1991), Tarrytown, New York. (moderator; with co-presenters Ken Abernethy, Dennis Martin, and Pat Woodworth)

"Integrating Laboratories into the Computer Science Curriculum Parts I & II." 29th ACM Southeast Regional Conference (April, 1991), Auburn, Alabama. (moderator; with co-presenters Ken Abernethy and John McGregor)

"Panel: Implementation of Structured Laboratories in Introductory Computer Science Courses." Fourth Annual Southeastern Small Computing Conference (November, 1990), Hickory, North Carolina. (with Ken Abernethy, Thomas Cheatam, and John McGregor)

"Re-examining the Introductory Computer Science Course in Liberal Arts Institutions." SIGSCE Bulletin 22 (February, 1990), 100-104. (with Hayden Porter, T. Ray Nanney, and Ken Abernethy)

"Alternatives for the Image Segmentation Problem," Proceedings of the 1990 IEEE Southcon (March, 1990), 138-143. (with Hayden Porter)

"An Alternative to CS1 as the Introductory Course for Computer Science at Liberal Arts Institutions." Proceedings of the 27th ACM Southeast Regional Conference (April, 1989), 98-102. (with Hayden Porter and Ken Abernethy)

"Comparing Color Edge Detection and Segmentation Methods," Proceedings of the 1989 Southeastcon (April, 1989), 722-28. (with T. L. Huntsberger)

Scholarship Grants

Co-investigator, NSF CCLI-EMD grant for Discovery-based Learning Modules in the Introductory Computing Course for Non-Majors, 1999-2001.

Principal investigator and project director, NSF grant for Young Scholars in Computing at Furman University, 1996-1998.

Principal investigator and project director, NSF ILI-IP grant for Integrating Multimedia Computing and Data Visualization into an Introductory Computing Course, 1994-96.

Co-investigator and faculty, NSF grant for Young Scholars in Computing at Furman University, 1994-1996.

Co-investigator, NSF ILI-IP grant for Designing a New CS1 Course at Furman University, 1988-89.

University of South Carolina Faculty Exchange Program, 1983, 1984, 1985.

Principal investigator and project director, NEH grant for Interdisciplinary Studies Pilot Project, 1981-82.

Professional Memberships

Association for Computing Machinery

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Computer Society

Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education