Rob Byrd, Ed.D., Associate Director and Associate Professor of Information Technology and Computing

Degrees, Licenses & Certificates:

• Ed.D., Educational Administration, Emphasis in Organizational Leadership, University of Louisville, (2002) Dissertation Topic: Values-Leadership Congruence and Internet Surveying.
• M.S., Mathematics, Concentration in Computer Science Creighton University, Omaha, Neb. (1992).
• Military Instructor, U.S. Air Force Instructor School (1986).
• Navigator, U.S. Air Force Flight School, Mather Air Force Base, Calif. (1984).
• B.S., Mathematics, Minor in Physics, Harding University, Searcy, Ark. (1981).

Courses Taught:

• Critical Infrastructure Security
• Security Policy, Standards and Compliance
• Web Development
• Cybersecurity
• Managing Technical Projects
• System Integration and Administration
• Introduction to Information, Technology and Computing

Research Areas:

• Cybersecurity
• Academic Pedagogies and Assessment

Professional and Organizational Memberships: 

• Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
• Association for Computing Machinery
• Association of Old Crows (defense electronics & information ops industry)
• Air Force Association
• National Rifle Association
• Phi Kappa Phi (national honor society for all disciplines – top 10% of doctoral class)
• Upsilon Pi Epsilon (national honor society for computer scientists)

Achievements and Awards:

• Departmental Teacher of the Year 2013-2014
• Certified Manager of Quality and Organizational Excellence, American Society for Quality, Cert#: 05492 (Since 2000)
• Listed in the September 2005 issue of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers

Representative Research Publications/Presentations:

• Byrd, R. R. “Cybersecurity: 1) What Math Is Necessary And 2) Developing Ubiquitous Cybersecurity In Current Computing Programs “, Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, April 6, 2018.
• Peters, A. & Byrd, R. R.  “Securing Organizations: A Framework For Implementing Optimized Security Measures”, WorldComp’15 World Congress on Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing: Conference on Security and Management, Las Vegas, NV, July 27, 2015.
• Clark, A. & Byrd R. R. “Securing the Internet of Things: Developing Security Standards”, WorldComp’15 World Congress on Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing: Conference on Security and Management, Las Vegas, NV, July 27, 2015.
• Byrd, R. R., & Beier, M. “Web Programming Curriculum: What Changes, What Remains the Same Over Time”, WorldComp’14 World Congress on Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing: Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science, Las Vegas, NV, July 20 – 24, 2014.
• Byrd, R. R. “Optimizing teaching and learning through the appropriate use of learning management systems,” Southwest Teaching and Learning Journal, Fall 2012, Volume 2, Number 1.
• Byrd, R. R. “Using appropriate e-learning systems to optimize teaching and learning”, Journal on Computing, October 2012, Volume 2, Number 3.
• Byrd, R. R. “Accrediting online programs in computing disciplines ”, WorldComp’12 World Congress on Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing: Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science, Las Vegas, NV, July 16 – 19, 2012.
• Byrd, R. R. “Accredited online programs: Is that possible?”, 2012 ABET Symposium, St Louis, MO, April 21, 2012.
• Byrd, R. R. “Developing an online or hybrid course using Moodle”, Southwest Teaching and Learning Conference, San Antonio, Texas, March 20, 2012.
• Byrd, R. R. “Optimizing teaching and learning through the use of appropriate content management systems”, Southwest Teaching and Learning Conference, San Antonio, Texas, March 20, 2012.
• Byrd, R. R. “Using the cloud and virtual machines to teach IT integration”, 2011 Innovative Professor Conference, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, November 8, 2011.
• Byrd, R. R. “Transferring information technology and epistemological concepts across disciplines”, Southwest Teaching and Learning Conference, San Antonio, Texas, April 3, 2011.
• Byrd, R. R. “Ontologies in the school: Managing information and creating organizational intelligence”, Southwest Teaching and Learning Conference, San Antonio, Texas, April 2, 2011.
• Byrd, R. R. “Mobile learning with Moodle”, Innovative Professor Conference, Austin Peay State University, November 8, 2010.
• Byrd, R. R. “Does the early bird get the worm?: Analyzing response patterns for quizzes and assignments”, Southwest Teaching and Learning Conference Proceedings, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, System Center San Antonio (TAMUK-SA), March 27-28, 2009 Available on: http://orglearn.com/research/early_bird_patterns2009.pdf
• Byrd, R. R., & Marr, J. (January 2009.) “Realtime attendance,” Moodle Modules and Plugins Repository, http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=13&rid=2100&filter=1
• Byrd, R., “The Argument for Open,” Campus Technology Magazine, November 2008. Available online: http://campustechnology.com/articles/2008/11/the-argument-for-open.aspx?sc_lang=en
• Byrd, R., & Balaji, R. “Real Time 2-D Face Detection Using Color Ratios and K-Mean Clustering,” ACMSE 2006 Conference Proceedings, Melbourne, FL: ACM Press. March 2006