Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

  1. Woo J. Kim, Brielle N. Johnson, Jennifer Blue, Amy Summerville, and Brian P. Kirkmeyer (2022). Student Self-Efficacy as a Buffer Against Maladaptive Regret in Early Engineering Courses, Education 142(4), 174-187.
  2. Katemari Rosa, Jennifer Blue, Simone Hyater-Adams, Geraldine Cochran, and Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (2021) Resource Letter: RP-1: Race and Physics. American Journal of Physics 89(8), 751-768. This was an editor’s pick for August 2021.
  3. Adrienne Traxler and Jennifer Blue (2020) Sex and Gender as Non-binary: What Does this Mean for Physics Teachers? The Physics Teacher 58(6), 395-398.
  4. Jennifer Blue, Adrienne Traxler, and Geraldine Cochran (2019) Resource Letter: GP-1: Gender and Physics, American Journal of Physics 87(8), 616-626.
  5. Jennifer Blue (2018) Assessing astronomy students’ views about the nature of scientific inquiry. Physical Review Physics Education Research 14(1), 010141.
  6. Stone Oliver, Alexander Staron, and Jennifer Blue (2018) A Review of Eric Mazur’s Principles and Practice of Physics. The Physics Teacher 56 (1), 27-28.
  7. Jennifer Blue, Lana Rucks, and Charles Setterfield (2016) Improving Teaching Practices of STEM Teachers: The Teacher Synergistic Institute in Warren County. Ohio Journal of Teacher Education 30(2), 40-59.
  8. Adrienne L. Traxler, Ximena C. Cid, Jennifer Blue, and Ramon Barthelemy (2016) Enriching Gender in PER: A binary past and a complex future. Physical Review Physics Education Research 12 (2), 020114
  9. Jennifer Blue, S. Burcin Bayram, and S. Douglas Marcum (2010) Creating, implementing, and sustaining an advanced optical spectroscopy laboratory course. American Journal of Physics. 78(5), 503-509.
  10. Jennifer Blue (2009) Southwest Ohio Science Institutes: A Partnership Model for Professional Development. Ohio Journal of Teacher Education 22(1), 30-34.
  11. Jennifer Blue & Debra Gann (2008) When Do Girls Lose Interest in Math and Science? Science Scope 32(2), 44-47.
  12. Jennifer Blue, Beverley A.P. Taylor, and Jan Yarrison-Rice (2008) Full-Cycle Assessment of Critical Thinking in an Ethics and Science Course. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 2(1), 24 pages.

Feature Article

Jennifer Blue, Adrienne L. Traxler, and Ximena C. Cid (2018) Gender in Physics: Insights from Physics Education. Physics Today 71(3), 40-46.

Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings

  1. Christine Nattrass, Carlota Andres, Ron Belmont, Jennifer Blue, Geraldine L. Cochran, Megan Connors, Justin Frantz, Debora Mroczek, Jacquelyn Noronha-Hostler, Stacyann Nelson, Rosi Reed, Sevil Salur, Natasha Sharma, Patrick Steffanic, Deppa Thomas, Zhenyu Ye (2022). Demographic study of major conferences in heavy ion physics. Supplemento de la Revista Mexicana de Fisica. 37th Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics, 3(4), 1-7. Available from: https://rmf.smf.mx/ojs/index.php/rmf-s/article/view/6844
  2. Brielle Johnson, Woo J. Kim, Jennifer Blue, Amy Summerville, and Brian Kirkmeyer (2021). Gender difference in the functionality of regret on academic performance. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)’s Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity (CoNECD) 2021, Virtual Conference, Paper ID #28331.
  3. Woo J. Kim, Brielle Johnson, Jennifer Blue, Amy Summerville, and Brian Kirkmeyer (2020). Why motivation matters: The relationship between motivation to go to college, effort, and academic performance in early engineering courses, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference Proceedings, 2020, Virtual Conference. Paper ID #30430.
  4. Amy Summerville, Jennifer Blue, Brian Kirkmeyer, and Brielle Johnson* (2019) Coulda, Woulda, Will I?: An Experimental Investigation of Counterfactual Thoughts and Intention Generation in Engineering Student Success, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference Proceedings, 2019, Tampa, FL. Paper ID #26299.
  5. Jennifer Blue, Amy Summerville, and Brian Kirkmeyer (2019) Social belonging among engineering students in early required courses. American Association for Engineering Education’s Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference Proceedings, 2019, Crystal City, VA, Paper ID #24844.
  6. Jennifer Blue, Amy Summerville, Brielle Johnson, and Brian Kirkmeyer (2018) Succeeding but doubting: Effects of gender on performance and self-perception in early engineering courses. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference Proceedings, 2018, Salt Lake City, UT, Paper ID #21737.
  7. Amy Summerville, Brian Kirkmeyer, and Jennifer Blue (2018) How “what might have been” can shape what’s yet to come: Preliminary evidence for counterfactual thoughts as an intervention in early engineering courses. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference Proceedings, 2018, Salt Lake City, UT, Paper ID #21740.
  8. Jennifer Blue, Brielle Johnson, Amy Summerville, and Brian Kirkmeyer (2018) Beliefs and behaviors of first-generation and low-income students in early engineering courses. American Association for Engineering Education’s Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference Proceedings, 2018, Crystal City, VA, Paper ID #21759.
  9. Jennifer Blue, Gregg W. Wentzell, and Matthew J. Evins (2015) What Do Students Want? Small Group Instructional Diagnoses of STEM Faculty, 2014 PERC Proceedings [Minneapolis, MN, July 30-31, 2014], edited by P. V. Engelhardt, A. D. Churukian, and D. L. Jones.
  10. Jennifer Blue, Mary Elizabeth Mills, and Ellen Yezierski (2013) Self-Efficacy in Introductory Physics in Students at Single-Sex and Coeducational Colleges. Proceedings of the 2012 Physics Education Research Conference, pages 78-81. Paula V. Engelhardt, Alice D. Churukian, N. Sanjay Rebello, Eds. Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics.  
  11. Jennifer Blue and Joshua Jacob (2009) Student Perceptions of an Introductory Laboratory Course. Proceedings of the 2009 Physics Education Research Conference, pages 101-104. Charles Henderson, Mel Sabella, & Chandralekha Singh, Editors. Melville, NY:  American Institute of Physics.  
  12. Jennifer Blue and Patricia Heller (2004) Using Matched Samples to Look for Sex Differences. Proceedings of the 2003 Physics Education Research Conference, pages 45-48.  K. Cummings, J. Marx, & S. Franklin, Editors.  Melville, NY:  American Institute of Physics.

Chapters in Edited Volumes

  1. Ramón S. Barthelemy, Adrienne L. Traxler, Jennifer Blue, and Madison Swirtz, Research on gender, intersectionality, and LGBTQ+ persons in physics education research, in The International Handbook of Physics Education Research: Special Topics, edited by M. F. Taşar and P. R. L. Heron (AIP Publishing, Melville, New York, 2023), pp. 3-1–3-16.
  2. Adrienne Traxler and Jennifer Blue, “Disability in Physics: Learning from Binary Mistakes,” in Physics Education and Gender: Identity as an Analytic Lens for Research, edited by Allison J. Gonsalves and Anna T. Danielsson (Springer Nature Switzerland 2020), pp. 129-152. This chapter was highlighted by Springer for Pride Month in June 2021.
  3. Jennifer Blue, Beverley A.P. Taylor, Jan Yarrison-Rice, and Herbert Jaeger (2009). Assessing Scientific Research Skills. In Designing Effective Assessment:  Principles and Profiles of Good Practice, pages 91-95. T.W. Banta, E.A. Jones, and K.E. Black, Editors. San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass.
  4. Debra Gann and Jennifer Blue (2009) Converging Paths: Girls, Science, and Teachers. In The Art and Science of Partnership, pages 145-159. Thomas S. Poetter and Jean F Eagle, Editors. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.