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Publications

Refereed Journal Publications and Book Chapters

(†) undergraduate student author

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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Wilson, D., Kamanda, H., Walther, J., Sochacka, N. W., & Huff J. L. (2024). 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. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.2024044159

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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

1. 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

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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