Engineering Education Research Briefs 2.0: Scholars and Scholarship

This episode introduces the new hosts of Research Briefs, Dr. Jeremi London and Dr. Monique Ross, to the internationally followed podcast audience.  “I’m really excited about this new direction, in that we will carry on many of the wonderful things that Ruth started but also begin to make it our own…”

This episode rebroadcasts Dr. Ruth Streveler’s June 2020 conversation with Dr. Jeremi London – who shares her fascinating research on ‘impact’. “I started to look at what makes studying impact so difficult and realized that it was very value-laden and it’s a discussion on what is something worth.  And discussions on worth are always really tough to have.” - Jeremi London

This episode rebroadcasts Dr. Ruth Streveler’s conversation with Dr. Shawn Jordan, who shares how he uses storytelling principles in his research in an effort to broaden participation in engineering. Watch this practice in action! “One of the key points of storytelling, and particularly oral tradition storytelling, is that they believe whenever you tell a story, even if it is someone else’s story,...

This episode is a rebroadcast of Dr. Ruth Streveler’s interview with Dr. Nadia Kellam, who continually pushes the boundaries of “appropriate” research topics and methods.  Learn more about narrative methods, and I-poems, and hear about Nadia’s courage to keep doing what feels right, even in the face of strong opposition by trusted mentors. “I don’t know where … [the courage to do the risky thing]...

 [When teaching for conceptual change we have] “been focusing on … convincing people with evidence and wondering why they weren’t convinced.  …  [Instead of asking: ‘How can I convince people with evidence?’ the better] question might be, ‘How do I help people feel like they belong to this community?  How can they trust … that I’m telling them the truth?’ “  - Ruth Streveler, July 2021   This conv...

Should we think of ‘smartness’ as a verb instead of an adjective? Host Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews Dr. Emily Dringenberg, assistant professor of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University about her research about deeply held beliefs.   This episode was produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Host Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews Dr. Stephanie Farrell, professor and founding head of the Experiential Engineering Education Department (ExEED) at Rowan University.     This episode was produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Host Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews Dr. Jason Morphew, visiting assistant professor at Purdue, who tells us about his research in embodied cognition and learning.   This episode was produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Host Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews Dr. Jiabin [Emily] Zhu of Shanghai Jiao Tong University who shares her experience researching Chinese engineers and sharing that work with an English-speaking audience. Citation Zhu, J., Hu, Y., Zheng, T., & Li, Y. (2021) Engineering leadership in a chinese industry context: An exploration using the four capabilities model. Journal of Engineering Education, 110 (...

Host Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews the founding co-editors of Studies in Engineering Education, Drs. Marie Paretti and Shane Brown, who tell us about the journal’s focus, and provide recommendations for prospective authors.   This episode was produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue , and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

How can being an artist and a poet impact one’s life as a researcher? What are the common threads between seemingly disparate communities of practice? Chanel Beebe, artist, writer, social entrepreneur, engineer, and Doctoral Candidate in the School Engineering Education at Purdue shares her experience and thoughts about these questions. This episode was hosted by Dr. Ruth Streveler, produced by th...

Chanel Beebe is an artist, writer, social entrepreneur, engineer, and Doctoral Candidate in the School Engineering Education at Purdue . Join us as she shares her journey existing and thriving in various areas of expertise and how she uncovers her contributions to Engineering Education and beyond! This episode was hosted by Dr. Ruth Streveler, produced by the School of Engineering Education at Pur...

Dr. Kerrie Douglas, Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue shares research that has helped her answer the question, "how can we support all students, during and after the pandemic?"  This episode is hosted by Dr. Ruth Streveler, produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Learn about a new podcast featuring thought leaders in online learning. Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews Dr. Natasha Perova-Mello, STEM Learning Consulting, LLC, and Dr. Nicole Pitterson, Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech about their new podcast, Reflective Teaching in a Digital Age .   This episode was produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue, and features music composed by Patri...

How do you design online instruction to support and engage a community of learners? To explore this question, Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews Dr. Ruth Wertz (ENE PhD '14),  Assistant Professor of General Engineering at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso Indiana. This episode was hosted by Dr. Ruth Streveler, produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue, and features music composed by P...

This is an encore presentation of the 2018 interview with Dr. James Holly, Jr. James discusses his use of critical autoethnography in his dissertation, “A Critical Autoethnography of Teaching Engineering to Black Boys as a Black Man.”  This episode was hosted by Dr. Ruth Streveler, produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

What does it mean to be an anti-racist engineering education researcher? To help us think about that question, Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews Dr. James Holly, Jr., Assistant Professor of Urban Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education at Wayne State University in Detroit MI. This episode was hosted by Dr. Ruth Streveler, produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue, an...

How are empathy and engineering connected? On this Episode of the Research Briefs Podcast, Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews Dr. Justin Hess, Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue. Justin discusses a 4-part model of empathy he has developed. This episode is produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

How do we know if our research matters? On this Episode of the Research Briefs Podcast, Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews Dr. Jeremi London, Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Jeremi discusses Research’s Impact in Society and Education. This episode is produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews Dr. Julie Martin, Associate Professor of Engineering Education at the Ohio State University who discusses her research to promote diversity and inclusion in engineering. The Engineering Education Research Briefs podcast is produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews Dr. Julie Martin, Associate Professor of Engineering Education at the Ohio State University. She discusses her time as a Program Officer at the National Science Foundation and provides advice on how to write competitive research grant proposals. The Engineering Education Research Briefs podcast is produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue and features...

Dr. Streveler talks with Dr. Atiq, a recent alumna of the Purdue University School of Engineering Education PhD program, to discuss her journey to pursue a doctorate in engineering education and the methods used for her dissertation to tackle the Emotions Experienced by First-Year Engineering Students During Programming Tasks. 

This year-end episode of the Research Briefs Podcast has a twist. Dr. Ruth Streveler is interviewed by Dr. Emily Dringenberg, Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at the Ohio State University. Emily asks Ruth questions she thinks listeners might ask about the origin of the podcast and Ruth’s research trajectory. This episode is produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue and...

Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews Dr. Robin Adams, Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University who will discuss her use of photo elicitation. Citation mentioned in the episode: Hatten, K., Forin, T.R., Adams, R. (2013). A picture elicits a thousand meanings: Photo elicitation as a method for investigations cross-disciplinary identity development. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Am...

Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews Dr. Michael Loui, the recently-retired Dale and Suzi Gallagher Professor in Engineering Education at Purdue University. Before coming to Purdue, Dr. Loui spent 33 years at the University of Illinois where he served as a professor in electrical and computer engineering and associate dean of the graduate college. He has also been a program officer at the National Scienc...