Select Publications and Presentations
2026
Minichiello, A., Nguyen, T. K. U., Pokimica, J., Hamby, A., Pakala, K., & Jankowski, E. (2026). Using personal storytelling, narrative structure, and critical incident techniques to examine transformative shifts in graduate student self-beliefs of STEM fit. 2026 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2–61202 (Award # 2325041)
Pakala, K., Minichiello, A., Jankowski, E., Nguyen, T. K. U., Hamby, A., & Pokimica, J. (2026). IGE: Narrative identity in STEM: Storytelling as a catalyst for graduate student success. 2026 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2–59874 (Award # 2325041)
Hamby, A., Pokimica, J., Minichiello, A., Pakala, K., & Jankowski, E. (2026). Institutional storytelling as a catalyst for identity transformation and social change. Journal of Macromarketing, 46(1), 69–83. https://doi.org/10.1177/02761467261417522 (Award # 2325041)
Nguyen, T. K. U., & Minichiello, A. (2026). Using storytelling for sustainable development education in STEM: A systematized literature review. 2026 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2–61214 (Award # 2325041)
Heller, B., Pakala, K., Lowenthal, P. R., Hamby, A., & Jankowski, E. (2026). Telling their stories: A narrative intervention to support belonging, identity, and persistence in engineering students. Education Sciences, 16(5), Article 710. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci16050710 (Award #2142137)
Heller, B., Pakala, K., Lowenthal, P. R., Jankowski, E., Hamby, A., & Adams, S. (2026). Inclusive curricular interventions and pedagogy in undergraduate engineering: A literature review. Discover Education, 5, Article 353. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44217-026-01379-z (Award #2142137)
Hamby, A., Heller, B., Pakala, K., Jankowski, E., & Lowenthal, P. (2026). The stories we tell ourselves about ourselves: A narrative-based intervention to shape aspects of identity. Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, 11(1), 39–50. https://doi.org/10.1086/738473 (Award #2142137)
2025
Pakala, K., Minichiello, A., Jankowski, E., Nguyen, U. T. K., Hamby, A., & Pokimica, J. (2025, June). IGE: Transforming STEM graduate education: Enhancing identity, belonging, and reducing impostorism through storytelling [Paper presentation]. 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2–55746 (Award # 2325041)
Minichiello, A., Pakala, K., Nguyen, U. T. K., Hamby, A., Pokimica, J., & Jankowski, E. (2025). Actualizing graduate student identity, belonging, and feelings of competence in STEM via personal story-telling. 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2–55427 (Award # 2325041)
Heller, B. (2025). Storytelling in undergraduate engineering courses as inclusive curriculum: Improving students’ sense of belonging, identity, and persistence [Doctoral dissertation, Boise State University]. Boise State University ScholarWorks. https://doi.org/10.18122/td.2410.boisestate (Award #2142137)
Bakic, M., Pakala, K., Bairaktarova, D., & Bose, D. (2025). Enhancing engineering education: Investigating the impact of mobile devices on learning in a thermal-fluids course. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, 53(3), 631–662. https://doi.org/10.1177/03064190241252844 (Award #2106345)
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), 586–597. https://www.ijee.ie/contents/c410325.html (Award #2142137)
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 (Award #2142137)
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!
Pakala, K., Jankowski, E., Hagenah, S., Hamby, A., & Ward, B. (2024). Self-storytelling Interventions to promote engineering student success. In Proceedings of the 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2–46965 (Award #2142137)
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
Bakic, M. R. (2023). Affordances of mobile technology to facilitate learning in undergraduate thermal-fluid sciences [Master’s thesis, Boise State University]. ScholarWorks. https://doi.org/10.18122/td.2146.boisestate (Award #2106345)
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. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2–42961 (Award #2106345)
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. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2–41031 (Award #2106345)