Stuart Reges
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Stuart Reges is a senior lecturer of Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...

 Department at the University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...

 in Seattle, Washington. Reges is currently in charge of redesigning their introductory Computer Science courses using a late-objects approach in Java
Java (programming language)
Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities...

. Along with coauthor Marty Stepp
Marty Stepp
Marty Stepp is a lecturer of Computer Science at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. Stepp is coauthor, along with Stuart Reges, for an introductory Java programming textbook titled...

, Reges has written an introductory Java programming textbook titled Building Java Programs: A Back to Basics Approach.

Reges has lectured at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

 where he was awarded with the Dinkelspiel Award for Outstanding Service to Undergraduate Education and the Distinguished Advisor Award for Stanford's School of Engineering. He has been awarded the University of Washington's Distinguished Teaching Award for his work there. He has also taught at the University of Arizona
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...

 where he was awarded with University of Arizona's College of Science Distinguished Teaching Award.

Reges's history at Stanford is marked with recognized excellence in teaching, his dismissal on the grounds of violating a number of policies including the university's drug policy
School district drug policies
School district drug policies are measures that administrators of a school district put into place to discourage drug use by students.-Background:...

 by consulting a student on his use of MDA, and by allegedly carrying illegal drugs in his backpack (among other violations). The legitimacy of the policies and what constitutes their violation remains contested by Reges .

Reges is also active in the Libertarian Party
Libertarian Party (United States)
The Libertarian Party is the third largest and fastest growing political party in the United States. The political platform of the Libertarian Party reflects its brand of libertarianism, favoring minimally regulated, laissez-faire markets, strong civil liberties, minimally regulated migration...

 and the Gay Rights movement.

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