Brief Biography:

    Prof. Robert S. Tannenbaum was Director of Academic Computing Services at the University of Kentucky from 1991 to 2001. For the years 1999 - 2001, he served as a special advisor on academic computing issues and planning for the Chancellor of the Lexington Campus. On July 1, 2001, he became Director of Special Projects and Initiatives and Associate Director of Undergraduate Education in the Office of Undergraduate Education. He is also on the faculties of the Colleges of Engineering and Education. Dr. Tannenbaum has been using and teaching others to use computers at several universities for many years.

    Dr. Tannenbaum is the editor of Kaleidoscope, the University of Kentucky Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship. To find out more about the journal and to see the current and previous issues, visit www.uky.edu/kaleidoscope. He directs the UK office of eUreKa!, which provides support for undergraduates engaged in all types of scholarly activities outside of the classroom. Prof. Tannenbaum is the Principal Investigator and Director of the AMSTEMM program, funded by the National Science Foundation. This program recruits, retains, and graduates Appalachian and Minority STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) majors. You can learn all about AMSTEMM at www.uky.edu/amstemm. He also administers the Beckman Scholars program at UK. For information on this program, visit www.uky.edu/beckman.

    He is the author of two textbooks and a large number of articles on the applications of computers in the humanities, social sciences, medical sciences, education, and multimedia. Early in his career, Dr. Tannenbaum was voted the "outstanding young science educator" by the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science, and he has received excellent teaching evaluations from his students at UK and other universities.

    Prof. Tannenbaum has been active in the field of Civil Liberties for many years. He served on the Board of Directors of the Brooklyn, NY, chapter of the ACLU when that chapter was the first in the country to call for the impeachment of President Nixon. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the ACLU of Kentucky and a member of the advisory committee for the ACLU of KY Reproductive Freedom Project. This is the fifth year that Dr. Tannenbaum has offered this seminar on civil liberties. Previously, for five years he offered a discovery seminar on multimedia.