Justin Hess
Assistant Professor
Mailing Addresses
PURDUE UNIVERSITYARMSTRONG HALL
701 WEST STADIUM AVENUE
WEST LAFAYETTE, IN 47907-2045
Email:
jhess@purdue.edu
Hometown
Indianapolis, IN, USA
Education
Purdue University, Civil Engineering, B.S., 2011
Purdue University, Civil Engineering, M.S., 2015
Purdue University, Engineering Education, PhD, 2015
Purdue University, Civil Engineering, M.S., 2015
Purdue University, Engineering Education, PhD, 2015
Research Interests
Designing and implementing pedagogical methods to enhance engineering students’ ethical development, with a focus on ethical sensitivity, ethical reasoning, and care; Exploring the functional role of empathy in engineering design, ethics, and innovation; and Synthesizing the influence of societal and individual worldviews on decision-making
Selected Publications
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: 82-102.
Hess, J, L. & Fore, G. (2018). A systematic literature review of US engineering ethics interventions. Science and Engineering Ethics, 24(2), 551-583. doi:10.1007/s11948-017-9910-6
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.
Hess, J, L. & Fore, G. (2018). A systematic literature review of US engineering ethics interventions. Science and Engineering Ethics, 24(2), 551-583. doi:10.1007/s11948-017-9910-6
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.
Experience
- 2016-2019, Assistant Director, STEM Education Innovation & Research Institute, IUPUI
- 2015, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University
- 2009, Project Management Co-op, OPUS West