Robert G. Rittenhouse
School of Business Box 398
McMurry Station
Abilene TX 79697
rrittenhouse at acm.org
1987 Ph.D. Information and Computer Science
Program in Computers, Organizations, Policy and Society
University of California at Irvine
Dissertation: The Social Dynamics of Computer-Based Text Processing
Committee: Professor Rob Kling, Professor John L. King, Professor Kenneth L. Kraemer
1976 MS Computer Science
San Diego State University
MS Thesis: A Survey of Turing Type Automata
1974 BA Mathematics
University of California at San Diego
2007-date Associate Professor
School of Business
McMurry University
1993-2007 Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science
McMurry University
Chair: 2003 to 2007.
1988-1993 Assistant Professor
Decision and Information Systems
Florida Atlantic University
1984-1988 Assistant Professor,
Information and Decision Systems
San Diego State University
1982-1983 Assistant Specialist II (research)
Public Policy Research Organization
University of California at Irvine
Social Informatics
Computerization Movements
Open Source Software
Computer and Internet adoption and use
Current project: Moodle Course Management System Evaluation
"Hacker", Encyclopedia of Computer Science, Fourth Edition, Ralston, Reilly, and Hemmendinger, Eds., pp. 763-765, Groves Dictionaries, 2000, reprinted in the Concise Encyclopedia of Computer Science, Wiley 2004 (note: this is a revised and rewritten version of the article with the same title below).
"Hacker" Encyclopedia of Computer Science, Third Edition, Anthony Ralston, Ed., pp. 593-595, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1993.
"Electronic Mail" Encyclopedia of Computer Science, Third Edition, Anthony Ralston, Ed., p. 507, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1993.
"Word Processing and the Transformation of Clerical Work" Advances in the Implementation and Impacts of Information Systems, John Morrell and Mitchell Fleischer, Eds., Vol. 1 pp. 93-110, JAI Press, 1991.
"The Market for Wired City Services," (Japanese) Journal of the Japan Techno-Economic Society, Nos. 166 and 167, 1981. English version: Computers and Society, Vol. 10 No. 2, pp. 2-13, Fall 1979.
“Design Considerations for a Linux Lab” with Agirre, J., Liles M., Liu L. International Conference on on Computer Science and its Applications (ICCSA 2004), 2004.
“Learning to Build Web-based Systems Using Open Source Software,” 7th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI2003), 2003.
"Sources of Open Source" 4th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI2000), 2000
"Productivity and the Microcomputer" Management of Technology III, Institute of Industrial Engineers, 1992.
"Assimilating the Microcomputer" Management of Technology II: The Key to Global Competitiveness, Institute of Industrial Engineers, 1990.
"Issues in Academic Computer Proliferation," Proceedings of the Western Educational Computer Conference, December 1988.
"Microcomputer Proliferation: Causes and Effects," Proceedings of the Western Decision Sciences Conference, March 1988.
"Productivity Assessment Issues in Office Automation," Proceedings, 16th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 1983.
"Computer Based Messaging in a Research Organization," Proceedings, 43rd ASIS Annual Meeting, 1980.
Closed Loop Operations Management, (with S. Joe Puri) Motorola PTSG Group, 1992-1993.
The Organizational Dynamics of the Implementation and Use of Office Automation: A Multiple Perspective Approach, (with R. Kling) NSF grant MCS81-17719, 1981.
Invited Discussant: Social Informatics Workshop. University of California, Irvine 2005.
Panel co-chair: Globalization and IT Education International Conference on on Computer Science and its Applications (ICCSA 2005).
Dissertation Examiner: S. Kumar RMIT University, Melbourne Australia.
Panel co-chair: Radical Ideas in CS Education International Conference on on Computer Science and its Applications (ICCSA 2004).
Panel Chair, Challenges in IT Education. International Conference on on Computer Science and its Applications (ICCSA 2002).
Session Chair SCI2003
Panel Chair: "Linux and Open Source Software", AITP Big Country Chapter, June 2000.
"Internet Services", International Association of Assembly Managers, August 2000.
Session Chair, 1997 Decision Sciences Conference
Session Chair, 1991 Decisions Science Conference
Program Committee/Reviewer IFIPS Workshop on Desktop Information Technology, June 1989.
Session Chair, Decision Support System Concepts, 1988 Western Decision Sciences Conference
Chair, Panel on Computer Education and Careers, San Diego ACM Joint Meeting, March 24, 1988.
Editorial Board: International Journal of Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering 2007-date
Board of Directors, Big Country Chapter AITP, 1998-2000.
Associate Editor, Curriculum, CIS-L, 1994-1997.
Broward County Information Technology Policy Advisory Committee, 1989-1993.
Advisory Board, Broward County Urban League 1988-1990.
Chair, San Diego Chapter, Association for Computing Machinery, 1987-88.
Advisor McMurry University AITP student Chapter 1995-2002
Chair Information Resource Committee, McMurry, 1997-1998.
Chair, Broward Tower Computer Committee, FAU University Tower 1989-1990
Core Curriculum Review Committee, FAU College of Business, 1988-1990.
Chair, Recruiting Committee, FAU Decision and Information Systems, 1989-1990.
Chair, Curriculum Committee, FAU Decision and Information Systems, 1989.
Undergraduate: I've taught most of the courses in the undergraduate CS and CIS curriculum.
Other: Human Knowledge: interdisciplinary, team-taught. “This course examines three major scientific achievements (e.g. Euclidean geometry, Newtonian Physics, modern genetics), showing their roots in the perceived needs of societies and their impact in transforming those societies.”
MBA: Information Systems, Information Resource Management, Database Management Systems
Ph.D.: Office Automation (co-taught)