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Publications

Refereed Journal Publications and Book Chapters

(†) undergraduate student author
(*) graduate student author

Shanachilubwa, K.*, Huff, J. L., & Brooks, A. (2025). Emotional experiences of Black U.S. computer science and engineering students amid faculty-student interactions. European Journal of Engineering Education. Advance online. https://doi.org/10.1080/03043797.2025.2551308

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Wilson, D., Kamanda, H., Walther, J., Sochacka, N. W., & Huff, J. L. (2025). Marginalization in engineering programs through the perspectives of minoritized students’ encounters with expectations and professional shame. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 31(3), 71-103. https://doi.org/10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.2024044159

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Huff, J. L., & Brooks, A. (2024). The interview quality reflection tool: Honing the craft of experiential interviews. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 23, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069241300989​

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Lönngren, J.; Bellochi, A., Berge, M., Bøgelund, P., Direito, I., Huff, J. L., Mohd-Yusof, K., Murzi, H., Rahman, N. F. A., & Tormey, R. (2024). Emotions in engineering education: A configurative meta-synthesis systematic review. Journal of Engineering Education113(4), 1287-1326. https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20600

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Huff, J. L., & Ross, M. (2023). Advancing an integrative perspective of identity in engineering education. In A. Johri (Ed.), International Handbook of Engineering Education (pp. 183-198). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003287483-11

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Löngrenn, J., Dirieto, I., Tormey, R., & Huff, J. L. (2023). Emotions in Engineering Education: A nascent field of research with great potential to assist engineering education reform for the 21st century. In A. Johri (Ed.), International Handbook of Engineering Education (pp. 156-182). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003287483-10

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Kamanda, H.†, Walther, J., Wilson, D.†, Sochacka, N. W., & Huff, J. L. (2022). Professional engineering socialization at the intersection of collective constructions of expectations and individual shame experiences. Studies in Engineering Education, 3(1), 1-27. http://doi.org/10.21061/see.83

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Secules, S., Sochacka, N. W., Huff, J. L., & Walther, J. (2021). The social construction of professional shame for undergraduate engineering students. Journal of Engineering Education, 110(4), 861-884. https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20419

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Huff, J. L., Okai, B., Shanachilubwa, K.†, Sochacka, N. W., & Walther, J. (2021). Unpacking professional shame: Patterns of White male engineering students live in and out of threats to their identities. Journal of Engineering Education, 110(2), 414-436. https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20381

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[Outstanding Publication for AERA Division I: Education in the Professions] Ross, M., Huff, J. L., & Godwin, A. (2021). Resilient engineering identity development critical to prolonged engagement of Black women in engineering. Journal of Engineering Education, 110(1), 92-113. https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20374

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Kamanda, H.†, Walther, J., Wilson, D.†, Brewer, M. A., Sochacka, N. W., & Huff, J. L. (2020). The role of expectations in the educational experience and professional socialization of engineering students. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 20(15), 49-67. https://doi.org/10.33423/jhetp.v20i15.3937

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Huff, J. L., Walther, J., Sochacka, N. W., Sharbine, M. B.†, & Kamanda, H.† (2020). Coupling methodological commitments to make sense of socio-psychological experience. Studies in Engineering Education, 1(2), 1-13. http://doi.org/10.21061/see.29

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Huff, J. L., Smith, J. A., Jesiek, B. K., Zoltowski, C. B., & Oakes, W. C. (2019). Identity in engineering adulthood: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of early-career engineers in the United States as they transition to the workplace. Emerging Adulthood, 7(6), 451-467. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167696818780444 

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Kirn, A., Huff, J. L., Godwin, A., Ross, M., & Cass, C. (2019). Exploring tensions of using interpretative phenomenological analysis in a domain with conflicting cultural practices. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 16(2), 305-324. https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2018.1563270

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Oakes, W. C., Huff, James L., Zoltowski, C. B., & Canchi, D. (2018). Impact of the EPICS model for community-engaged learning and design education. International Journal of Engineering Education, 34(2B), 734-745.

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Mostafavi, A., Huff, J. L., Abraham, D. M., Oakes, W. C., & Zoltowski, C. B. (2016). Integrating service, learning, and professional practice: Towards the vision for civil engineering in 2025. Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 142(3), B4013001. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EI.1943-5541.0000179

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Huff, J. L., Zoltowski, C. B., & Oakes, W. C. (2016). Preparing engineers for the workplace through service-learning: Perceptions of EPICS alumni. Journal of Engineering Education, 105(1), 43-69. https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20107

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Mazzurco, A., Huff, J. L., & Jesiek, B. K. (2014). The Energy Conversion Playground (ECP) Design task: Assessing how students think about technical and non-technical considerations in sustainable community development. International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering, 9(2), 64-84. https://doi.org/10.24908/ijsle.v9i2.5585

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Oakes, W., Zoltowski, C. B., & Huff, J. (2014). Engineering service-learning: A model for preparing students for engineering practice while meeting the needs of the underserved. Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, 27(4), 46-57. https://doi.org/10.16920/jeet/2014/v27i4/53300

Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings

(†) undergraduate student author
(*) graduate student author

Clement, E.*, Brown, S. A., & Huff, J. L. (2025, June 22-25). Exploring student engagement and project outcomes in capstone design: Insights from a grounded theory study. [Paper presentation]. American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Montréal, Canada. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--56519

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Shanachilubwa, K.*, Bell, O. I.†, Beehn, J. R.†, Arnold, C. L.†, & Huff, J. L. (2025, June 22-25). Understanding the connection between faculty experiences and cultural climates of emotional well-being. [Paper presentation]. American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Montréal, Canada. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--57743

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Clement, E*, Huff, J. L., & Brown, S. A. (2025, June 22-25). Characterizing design activity engagement: Summary of insights from year three. [Paper presentation]. American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Montréal, Canada. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--55710

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Shanachilubwa, K.†, Huff, J. L., & Brooks, A. L. (2024, June 23-26). Faculty-student interactions as experienced by Black engineering and computer science students. [Paper presentation]. American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Portland, OR, United States. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--47461

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Clement, E.*, Huff, J. L., & Brown, S. A. (2024, June 23-26). Characterizing design activity engagement: A summary of insights from year two [Poster presentation]. American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Portland, OR. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--46793


Huff, J. L., Brooks, A. L., Beehn, J. R., Bell, O. I., & Arnold, C. L. (2024, June 23-26). Engineering faculty members’ experience of professional shame: Summary of insights from year three [Poster presentation]. American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Portland, OR. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--46831

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Clement, E.*, Huff, J. L., & Brown, S. (2023, October 18-21). Methodological commitments in grounded theory, experiences of a novice researcher [Paper presentation]. ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, College Station, TX, United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE58773.2023.10342904

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Brooks, A. L., & Huff, J. L (2023, June 25-28). Evaluating the quality of interviews with a process-based, self-reflective tool [Paper presentation]. American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Baltimore, MD, United States. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--43453

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Huff, J. L., Brooks, A. L., Miller, H.†, Countess, G. R.†, & Shanachilubwa, K. M.† (2023, June 25-28). Engineering faculty members’ experience of professional shame: Summary of insights from year two [Poster presentation]. American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Baltimore, MD. https://peer.asee.org/42727

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Clement, E.†, Oman, S., Huff, J. L., Brown, S. A. (2023, June 25-28). Understanding capstone design activity engagement in mechanical engineering [Poster presentation] American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Baltimore, MD. https://peer.asee.org/42742

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Huff, J. L., Sharbine, M. B.†, Walther, J., Sochacka, N., Shanachilubwa, K. M.†, & Countess, G.† (2022, June 26-29). Professional shame amid faculty-student interactions [Paper presentation]. American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Minneapolis, MN, United States. https://peer.asee.org/41136

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Huff, J. L., & Brooks, A. (2022, June 26-29). Engineering faculty members’ experience of professional shame: Summary of insights from year one [Poster presentation]. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, United States. https://peer.asee.org/42062

 

[Best Paper for Joint REES/AAEE Conference] Sharbine, M. B.†, Huff, J. L., Sochacka, N. W., & Walther, J. (2021, December 5-8). Professional shame as a socio-psychological mechanism for marginalization in engineering education [Paper presentation]. Research in Engineering Education Symposium, Virtual. https://aaee.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/REES_AAEE_2021_paper_313.pdf

 

Löngrenn, J., Bellocchi, A., Bøgelund, P., Dirieto, I., Huff, J. L., Mohd-Yusof, K., Murzi, H., & Tormey, R. (2021, December 5-8). Emotions in engineering education: Preliminary results from a scoping review [Paper presentation]. Research in Engineering Education Symposium, Virtual. http://umu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1622894/FULLTEXT01.pdf

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Sharbine, M. B.†, Huff, J. L., Sochacka, N. W., Walther, J. (2021, July 26-29). Investigating professional shame as experienced by engineering students who are minoritized in their programs [Poster presentation]. American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Virtual. https://peer.asee.org/37398

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Sharbine, M. B.†, Huff, J. L., Sochacka, N. W., & Walther, J. (2020, October 21-24). From outsider to advocate: The experience of shame as a minority student in engineering education [Paper presentation]. ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Virtual. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE44824.2020.9273895

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Löngrenn, J., Adawi, T., Berge, M., Huff, J. L., Murzi, H., Direito, I., Tormey, R., & Sultan, U. (2020, October 21-24). Emotions in engineering education: Towards a research agenda [Paper presentation]. ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Virtual. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE44824.2020.9273951

 

Huff, J. L., Lawrence, D.†, Coleman, A.† (2020, June 22-27). Reauthoring engineering identities as belonging to a community engaged profession [Paper presentation]. American Society for Engineering Education Conference. Virtual. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--35121

 

Kamanda, H.†, Wilson, D. †, Walther, J., Sochacka, N. W., Secules, S., Huff, J. L. (2020, June 22-27). The social construction and internalized experience of expectations in engineering programs [Paper presentation]. American Society for Engineering Education Conference. Virtual. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--34627

 

Huff, J. L. (2019, July 10-12). Identity in practice: Examining personal identities of engineering graduates in the transition to the workplace [Paper presentation]. Research in Engineering Education Symposium, Cape Town, South Africa.

 

[Best Paper Nominee - ASEE ERM Division] Beckmon, M. C.†, Huff, J. L., Sochacka, N. W., Walther, J., & Okai, B. (2019, June 15-19). Negotiating identity as a response to shame: A study of shame within an experience as a woman in engineering [Paper presentation]. American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Tampa, FL, United States. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--33133

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Huff, J. L., Okai, B., Shanachilubwa, K.†, Sochacka, N. W., Walther, J., Secules, S., Okai, B., Beckmon, M.†, Sullins, J., & Miller, S. E. (2019, June 15-19), Board 67: Shame in engineering: Unpacking the expectations that students co-construct and live within [Poster Presentation]. American Society for Engineering Education Conference. Tampa, FL, United States. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--32402

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Akpanudo, U. M., Huff, J. L., & Godwin, A. (2018, October 3-6). Exploration of relationships between conformity to masculine social norms and demographic characteristics [Paper presentation]. ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, San Jose, CA, United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2018.8658515

 

Huff, J. L., Shanachilubwa, K.†, & Secules, S. (2018, June 24-27). Shame amid academic success: An interpretative phenomenological analysis case study of a student’s experience with emotions in engineering [Paper presentation]. American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, United States. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--30959

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Huff, J. L., Secules, S., Sochacka, N. W., Walther, J., Okai, B., Shanachilubwa, K.†, Sullins, J., & Miller, S. E. (2018, June 24-27). Board 59: Shame in engineering: Unpacking the socio-psychological emotional construct in the context of professional formation [Poster presentation]. American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, United States. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--30066

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Akpanudo, U. M., Huff, J. L., Godwin, A., & Williams, J.† (2017, October 18-21). Hidden in plain sight: Masculine social norms in engineering education [Paper presentation]. ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Indianapolis, IN, United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2017.8190515

 

Huff, J. L., & Clements, H. R.† (2017, June 25-28). The hidden person within the frustrated student: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of a student’s experience in a programming course [Paper presentation]. American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Columbus, OH, United States. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--28971

 

Kirn, A., Godwin, A., Cass, C., Ross, M. S., & Huff, J. L. (2017, June 25-28). Mindful methodology: A transparent dialogue on adapting interpretative phenomenological analysis for engineering education research [Paper presentation]. American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Columbus, OH, United States. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--28669

 

Huff, J. L., Sochacka, N. W., Youngblood, K. M.†, Wood, K. M.†, Miller, S. E., Sullins, J., & Walther, J. (2016, October 12-15). Exploring shame in engineering education [Paper presentation]. ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Erie, PA, United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2016.7757586

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Dawidow, J. M.†, Huff, J. L., & Leahy, K. S. (2016, June 26-29), Investigating how design concepts evolve in engineering students [Paper presentation]. American Society for Engineering Education Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States. https://doi.org/10.18260/p.25477

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Huff, J. L., Jesiek, B. K., Zoltowski, C. B., Ramane, K. D.†, & Oakes, W. C. (2016, June 26-29). Social and technical dimensions of engineering identity [Poster presentation]. American Society for Engineering Education Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States. https://doi.org/10.18260/p.25816

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Huff, J. L. (2015, June 14-17). Integrating human values into a continuous-time signals and systems course [Paper presentation]. American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Seattle, WA, United States. https://doi.org/10.18260/p.24203

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Huff, J. L., Jesiek, B. K., Oakes, W. C., Zoltowski, C. B., Ramane, K. D., & Graziano, W. G. (2015, June 14-17), Tensions of integration in professional formation: Investigating development of engineering students’ social and technical perceptions [Poster presentation]. American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Seattle, WA, United States. https://doi.org/10.18260/p.24838

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Huff, J. L., Smith, J. A., Jesiek, B. K., Zoltowski, C. B., Graziano, W. B., & Oakes, W. C. (2014, October 23-26). From methods to methodology: Reflection on keeping the philosophical commitments of interpretative phenomenological analysis [Paper presentation]. ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Madrid, October 22‑25, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2014.7044253

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Huff, J. L., Zoltowski, C. B., Oakes, W. C., & Jesiek, B. K. (2013, October 23-26). Work in progress: Investigating how service-learning alumni construct their engineering selves [Paper presentation]. ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Oklahoma City, OK, United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2013.6685027

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Huff, J. L., Zoltowski, C. B., Oakes, W. C., & Adams, R. S. (2013, June 23-26). Making sense of design: A thematic analysis of alumni perspectives [Paper presentation]. American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Atlanta, GA, United States. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--22268

 

Mazzurco, A., Huff, J. L., & Jesiek, B. K. (2013, June 23-26). Raising students’ cultural awareness through design scenarios [Paper presentation]. American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Atlanta, GA, United States. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--22402

 

Cummings, A. T., Huff, J. L., Oakes, W. C., & Zoltowski, C. B. (2013, June 23-26). A research-informed assessment approach to project-based service learning [Paper presentation]. American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Atlanta, GA, United States. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--19165

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Huff, J. L., Oakes, W. C., & Zoltowski, C. B. (2012, October 3-6). Work in progress: Understanding professional competency formation in a service-learning context from an alumni perspective [Paper presentation]. ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Seattle, WA, United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2012.6462472

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Huff, J. L., Abraham, D. M., Zoltowski, C. B., and Oakes, W. C. (2012, June 10-13). Adapting curricular models for local service-learning to international communities [Paper presentation]. American Society for Engineering Education Conference, San Antonio, TX, United States. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--20890

 

Dorie, B. L., Dankenbring, C. A., Denick, D. L., Ferguson, D., Huff, J., Phillips, C., Schimpf, C., & Cardella, M. E. (2012, March 17). FILE: A taxonomy of formal and informal learning environments [Paper presentation]. American Society for Engineering Education Illinois-Indiana Section Conference, Valparaiso, IN.

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Huff, J. L., Mostafavi, A., Abraham, D. M., & Oakes, W. C. (2012, May 21-23). Exploration of new frontiers for education engineers through local and global service-learning projects [Paper presentation]. Construction Research Congress, West Lafayette, IN, United States. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784412329.209

 

Huff, J. L., Patten, T. A., Wells, R. L., & Cox, M. (2011, September 28-30). Ansanm: A cross-cultural, interdisciplinary approach to learning human-centered design [Paper presentation]. American Society of Engineering Education Midwest Section Conference, Russellville, AR, United States.

Peer-Reviewed Workshops

Huff, J. L., Henderson, J. A., Rivera-Jiménez, S. M., & Brooks, A. (2024, October 13-16). Special session: Improving interview skills using the interview quality reflection tool (IQRT) [Workshop]. ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Washington, DC, United States.

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Rivera-Jiménez, S. M., Huff, J. L., & Henderson, J. A. (2023, October 18-21). Special session: Honing the craft of conducting interviews in engineering education research [Workshop]. ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, College Station, TX, United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE58773.2023.10343431

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Rivera-Jiménez, S. M., Henderson, J. A., & Huff, J. L. (2023, June 25-28). The art of conducting research interviews [Workshop]. American Society for Engineering Education, Baltimore, MD, United States.

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Huff, J. L. (2022, November 2-6). Promoting healthy strategies to cope with professional shame in honors education [Workshop]. National Collegiate Honors Council, Dallas, TX, United States.

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Miller, J. E., Huff, J. L., & Kehl, K. (2022, November 2-6). From challenge to contribution: Building generative cultures in honors education [Workshop]. National Collegiate Honors Council, Dallas, TX, United States.

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Huff, J. L., & Brooks, A. (2022, October 8-11). Using interpretative phenomenological analysis to study psychological experience within engineering education [Workshop]. ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Uppsala, Sweden. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE56618.2022.9962480

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Coley, B. C., & Huff, J. L. (2022, October 8-11). Special session: Inhibition to antiracist progress–Confronting the intersection of shame and racism in engineering education [Workshop]. ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Uppsala, Sweden. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE56618.2022.9962538

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Huff, J. L., & Turner, J. E. (2021, October 13-16). Special session – Fostering well-being amid cycles of shame in faculty-student interactions [Workshop]. ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Lincoln, NE, United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE49875.2021.9637454

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Huff, J. L., & Turner, J. E. (2021, July 26-29). Fostering well-being amid cycles of professional shame in faculty-student interactions [Workshop]. American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Virtual.

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Huff, J. L., Lönngren, J., Adawi, T., Kellam, N. N., & Villanueva, I. (2020, October 21-24). Special session: Emotions in engineering education – A roadmap to possibilities in research and practice [Workshop]. ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Virtual. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE44824.2020.9274069

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Huff, J. L., Summerville, A., Sochacka, N. W., Walther, J. (2019, July 16). Emotions in engineering formation: Constructing a research agenda [Workshop]. American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Tampa, FL, United States.

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[Helen Plants Award for Best Nontraditional Session] Huff, J. L., Walther, J., Jesiek, B. K., Zoltowski, C. B., Oakes, W. C. (2015, October 21-24). Qualitative research on psychological experience – A starting point for using interpretative phenomenological analysis [Workshop].  ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, El Paso, TX, United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2015.7344230

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