Rate My Professor Jim Ward

Jim Ward serves as Senior Academic Professional Lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Wyoming, with a focus on computer science. He earned his B.S. in Computer Science in 1993 and M.S. in Computer Science in 1997, both from the University of Wyoming. Ward joined the university in 1997 as Academic Professional Lecturer and System Administrator in the Computer Science department. From 1998 to 2000, he worked as Computer Information Specialist at the Student Development and Vocational Counseling center. He advanced to Assistant Academic Professional Lecturer from 2000 to 2006, Associate Academic Professional Lecturer from 2006 to 2011, and has held his current senior lecturer position since 2011, while continuing as System Administrator since 2000.

Ward teaches undergraduate courses including Computer Science II, Operating Systems Design, Mobile Application Programming, and Advanced Mobile Programming, as well as topics in computer hardware, networking, system administration, and computer security. He maintains departmental computing equipment and infrastructure. His research interests encompass mobile programming and web applications. Key publications include the co-authored paper 'Replicated Revision Control System' with S. Mishra in the International Journal of Parallel and Distributed Systems and Networks (2001), his presentation of 'Replicated Revision Control System' at the Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems (PDCS'99) conference (1999), and his master's thesis 'A distributed version control system for UNIX' (1997). Ward received the John P. Ellbogen Meritorious Classroom Teaching Award in 2020 for excellence in teaching. He has obtained grants and donations, including from the John and Sally Steadman Endowment and the College of Engineering and Applied Science Grant for Undergraduate Teaching Improvement, for equipment such as smartphones, virtual reality headsets, and Raspberry Pi devices to support student projects and learning.