JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Hess, J. L., Fila, N. D., Kim, E., & Purzer, Ş. (2021). Measuring empathy for users in engineering design. International Journal of Engineering Education, 37(3), 733-743. https://www.ijee.ie/latestissues/Vol37-3/15_ijee4064.pdf

Hess, J. L., Miller, S., Higbee, S., Fore, G., & Wallace, J. (2020). Empathy and ethical becoming in biomedical engineering education: A mixed methods study of an animal tissue harvesting laboratory. Australasian Journal of Engineering Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/22054952.2020.1796045

Hess, J. L., Beever, J., Zoltowski, C. B., Kisselburgh, L. G., & Brightman, A. O. (2019). Enhancing engineering students’ ethical reasoning: Situating Reflexive Principlism within the SIRA Framework. Journal of Engineering Education, 108(1): 82-102. https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20249

Hess, J. L., Fore, G., Chase, A., & Sorge, B. (2018). Quantifying interpersonal tendencies of engineering and science students: A validation study. International Journal of Engineering Education, 34(6), 1754-1767. https://www.ijee.ie/latestissues/Vol34-6/04_ijee3689.pdf

Hess, J. L., Strobel, J. & Brightman, A. (2017). The development of empathic perspective-taking in an engineering ethics course. Journal of Engineering Education, 106(4), 534-563. https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20175

Hess, J. L., Strobel, J., Pan, R., & Wachter Morris, C. A. (2017). Insights from industry: A quantitative analysis of engineers’ conceptualizations and perceptions of empathy and care. European Journal of Engineering Education, 42(6), 1128-53. https://doi.org/10.1080/03043797.2016.1267717

Hess, J. L., Strobel, J., & Pan, R. (2016). Voices from the workplace: Practitioners’ perspectives on the role of empathy and care within engineering. Engineering Studies, 8(3), 212-242. https://doi.org/10.1080/19378629.2016.1241787

Hess, J. L. & Fila, N. D. (equal authorship, 2016). The manifestation of empathy within design: Findings from a service-learning course. CoDesign: International Journal of CoCreation in Design and the Arts, 12(1-2), 93-111. https://doi.org/10.1080/15710882.2015.1135243

Hess, J. L., Fila, N. D., & Purzer, S. (2016). The relationship between empathic and innovative tendencies among engineering students. International Journal of Engineering Education, 32(3A), 1236-1249. https://www.ijee.ie/latestissues/Vol32-3A/18_ijee3259ns.pdf

Fila, N. D., Hess, J. L., Purzer, Ş., & Dringenberg, E. (2016). Engineering students' utilization of empathy during a non-immersive conceptual design task. International Journal of Engineering Education, 32(3B), 1336-1348. https://www.ijee.ie/latestissues/Vol32-3B/04_ijee3219ns.pdf

Strobel, J., Hess, J. L., Pan, R. C., & Wachter Morris, C. A. (Hess & Strobel shared equal authorship, 2013). Empathy and care within engineering: Qualitative perspectives from engineering faculty and practicing engineers. Engineering Studies, 5(3), 137-159. https://doi.org/10.1080/19378629.2013.814136

BOOK CHAPTERS

Hess, J. L. & Fila, N. D. (2017). Empathy in design: A discourse analysis of industrial co-creation practices. In Analysing Design Thinking: Studies of Cross-Cultural Co-Creation, edited by Bo T. Christensen, Linden J. Ball, and Kim Halskov, 483-498. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Hess, J. L., Beever, J., Strobel, J., & Brightman, A. O. (2017). Empathic perspective-taking and ethical decision-making in engineering ethics education. In Philosophy and Engineering: Exploring Boundaries, Expanding Connections, edited by Diane Michelfelder, Byron Newberry, and Qin Zhu, 163-179. Switzerland: Springer.

Fila, N. D. & Hess, J. L. (equal authorship, 2015). Exploring the role of empathy in a service-learning design project. In Analyzing Design Review Conversations, edited by Robin S. Adams and Junaid Siddiqui, 135-154. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Abu-Malaweh, N., Oakes B., & Hess, J. L. (2022). Empathy development in community-engagement course. Paper presented at the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. https://peer.asee.org/empathy-development-in-community-engagement-course

Hess, J. L., Sanders, E., & Fila, N. D. (2022). Measuring and promoting empathic formation in a multidisciplinary engineering design course. Paper presented at the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. https://peer.asee.org/measuring-and-promoting-empathic-formation-in-a-multidisciplinary-engineering-design-course

Hess, J. L., Carrillo Fernandez, A., Fila, N. D., & Schimpf, C. (2021). Exploring how empathy manifests with/for teammates in a junior-level biomedical engineering course. Paper presented at the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Virtual. https://peer.asee.org/exploring-how-empathy-manifests-with-for-teammates-in-a-junior-level-biomedical-engineering-course

Lin, A., Hess, J. L., & Carrillo Fernandez, A. (2021). The relationship between empathy and civic-mindedness in first-year engineering students. Paper presented at the Frontiers in Education Annual Conference, Lincoln, NE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9637217

Hess, J. L. & Fila, N. D. (2016). Empathy in design: A discourse analysis of industrial co-creation practices. Paper presented at the 11th Design Thinking Research Symposium, 13-15 November, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Hess, J. L. & Fila, N. D. (2016). The development and growth of empathy among engineering students. Paper presented at the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. https://peer.asee.org/the-development-and-growth-of-empathy-among-engineering-students

Fila, N. D. & Hess, J. L. (2016). In their shoes: Student perspectives on the connection between empathy and engineering. Paper presented at the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. https://peer.asee.org/in-their-shoes-student-perspectives-on-the-connection-between-empathy-and-engineering

Hess, J. L., Fila, N. D., Strobel, J. & Purzer, S. (2015). Exploring the relationship between empathy and innovation amongst engineering students. Paper presented at the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Seattle, WA. https://peer.asee.org/development-and-application-of-the-sustainability-skills-and-dispositions-scale-to-the-wicked-problems-in-sustainability-initiative

Hess, J. L., Brownell, S., House, R. A., & Dale, A. T. (2015). Development and application of the Sustainability Skills and Dispositions Scale to the Wicked Problems in Sustainability Initiative. Paper presented at the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.

Fila, N. D. & Hess, J. L. (equal authorship, 2014). Exploring the role of empathy in a service-learning design project. Paper presented at the 10th Design Thinking Research Symposium, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1037&context=dtrs

Jaycox, H., Hess, J. L., Zoltowski, C. B., & Brightman, A. O. (2014). Developing novel practices of somatic learning to enhance empathic perspective-taking for ethical reasoning and engineering design. Paper presented at the IEEE Frontiers in Education Annual Conference, Madrid, Spain. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/7044278

Fila, N. D., Hess, J. L., Hira, A., Joslyn, C., Tolbert, D., & Hynes, M. H. (2014). The people part of engineering: Engineering for, with, and as people. Paper presented at the IEEE Frontiers in Education Annual Conference, Madrid, Spain: IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/7044106

Hess, J. L., Strobel, J., Pan, R., & Wachter Morris, C. W. (2014). Practicing engineers’ perceptions of empathy and care: Findings from a 37-Item survey. Paper presented at the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN. https://peer.asee.org/practicing-engineers-perceptions-of-empathy-and-care-derived-exploratory-factor-structure-from-a-37-item-survey

Hess, J. L., Sprowl, J. E., Pan, R., Dyehouse, M., Wachter Morris, C. A., & Strobel, J. (2012). Empathy and caring as conceptualized inside and outside of engineering: Extensive literature review and faculty focus group analyses. Paper presented at ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, TX. https://peer.asee.org/empathy-and-caring-as-conceptualized-inside-and-outside-of-engineering-extensive-literature-review-and-faculty-focus-group-analyses