Computer Science
Stephen Rainwater
Title: Chair and Associate Professor of Computer Science
Department: Computer Science
Building: COB 315.01
Email: srainwater@uttyler.edu
Phone: 903.566.7089
Degrees
- Ed.D. Texas A&M University - Commerce
- M.S. Texas A&M University - Commerce
- M.S. Stephen F. Austin State University
- B.S. Stephen F. Austin State University
Biography
Dr. Stephen B. Rainwater is Chair and Associate Professor of Computer Science at the
University of Texas at Tyler. His professional career spans more than four decades
as an educator in computer science and mathematics at the postsecondary level; the
last forty years as a faculty member at UT Tyler. Over the course of this time, he
has taught more than twenty-five undergraduate and fifteen graduate courses.
Dr. Rainwater's professional leadership has included service as President of the Texas
Computer Education Association, Computer Science Representative on the Board of Directors
of the International Society for Technology in Education, President of ISTE Computer
Science Network, President of the East Texas Council of Teachers of Mathematics, program
co-chair of the 1988 NCTM Southwestern Regional Conference, and mathematics section
chair of the Texas Academy of Science. His professional organization affiliations
include ISTE, ISTE Computer Science Network, ACM, ACM-SIGCSE, CSTA, CS4TX, NCWIT,
TCEA, TCEA CS/TA-SIG, and Phi Delta Kappa.
At UT Tyler, he has served as President of the Faculty Senate and since 1992 has been
the campus director/PI of an NSF-funded undergraduate research grant program (LSAMP)
which endeavors to increase the number of students from underrepresented populations
pursuing graduate degrees in STEM fields. In 2006, Dr. Rainwater was recognized with
the UT System Chancellor's Council Outstanding Teaching Award. In 2011, he received
the US President's Volunteer Service Award for his work in computing education. From
2008 to 2015, he held appointment as the Lecil and Barbara Chandler Professor of Computer
Science. Dr. Rainwater has published over twenty-five articles in refereed journals
and conference proceedings as well as thirty-five presentations at academic conferences.
Dr. Rainwater earned a doctorate in education from Texas A&M University-Commerce as
well as graduate degrees in computer science and mathematics. His doctoral dissertation
researched the predictive effects of community college student characteristics on
academic achievement in computer science at the university level.
Teaching and Research Interests
Professor Rainwater’s primary teaching interests include algorithm design and analysis,
computer organization, compiler design and construction, data structures, operating
systems and programming languages. His research interests and publications have primarily
focused on the effectiveness of using low/no-cost software tools and techniques for
teaching concepts in computer science including animations for teaching algorithms
and dynamic processes, operating systems, and data communications.
Recursive Algorithms Animations
Data Communications Animations
Digital Principles Excel Workbook (.xlsx)
Curriculum Vitae