Selected Publications and Presentations
2025
Hamby, A., Ward, B., Pakala, K., Jankowski, E., & Lowenthal, P. R. (accepted). The stories we tell ourselves about ourselves: A narrative-based intervention to shape aspects of identity. Journal of the Association for Consumer Research.
Jankowski, E., Hagenah, S., Pakala, K., Hamby, A., Warrington, A., Trujillo Garcia, G., Schauer, S., Neeley, Ward, B., & Lowenthal, P. R. (2025). Using a storytelling intervention to develop professional identity in undergraduate engineering courses: An exploratory study. International Journal of Engineering Education, 41(3). https://www.ijee.ie/contents/c410325.html
2024
Hamby, A., Jankowski, E., Pakala, K., & Lowenthal, P. R. (2024, September). Empowering engineering students through storytelling. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/empowering-engineering-students-through-storytelling-235568
Caballar, R. D. (2024, Winter). Our stories, our selves: Educators are harnessing storytelling to help engineering students succeed. ASEE Prism, 34(2), 18-21. Access the story about some of our work here!
Ward, B., Jankowski, E., Hagenah, S., A. Hamby, A., & Pakala, K. (2024). Self-storytelling Interventions to promote engineering student success, Proceedings of 2024 ASEE Annual Conference, June 23 – 26, Portland, OR. https://peer.asee.org/board-380-self-storytelling-interventions-to-promote-engineering-student-success.pdf
Bakic M, Pakala K, Bairaktarova D, & Bose D. (2024). Enhancing engineering education: Investigating the impact of mobile devices on learning in a thermal-fluids course. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/03064190241252844
Ward, B., Jankowski, E., Hagenah, S., Hamby, A., & Pakala, K., (2024). Engineering narratives: Shaping identities and fostering belonging through storytelling interventions. In the Proceedings of 2024 ASEE PNW Section Conference, Bozeman, MT.
2023
Pakala, K., & Bakic, M., & Bairaktarova, D., & Bose, D. (2023, June). Mobile Learning in STEM: A Case Study in an Undergraduate Engineering Course. Paper presented at the 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, Maryland.
2022
Pakala, K., & Bairaktarova, D., & Bakic, M., & Bose, D. (2022, August). Work-in-Progress: Mobile Assisted Gains through Innovative Curriculum for Students in the Thermal-Fluids Science Course. Paper presented at the 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN.