2025 ASEE Fellows (Huff pictured third from right)
University of Georgia associate professor of engineering education James Huff was named Fellow of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) at the 2025 ASEE Annual Conference this summer.
ASEE confers the grade of Fellow Member to recognize outstanding contributions to engineering education or engineering technology education and considerable individual contributions to ASEE. Individuals must be nominated by an active member of ASEE.
Huff is an associate professor within the UGA College of Engineering’s Engineering Education Transformations Institute and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He serves as a Deputy Editor with the Journal of Engineering Education and recently completed his two-year tenure as Chair of ASEE’s Educational Research and Methods Division.
James Huff
Huff’s research lies at the nexus of engineering education research and applied personality and social psychology. An NSF CAREER Awardee, he is committed to fostering care as a central mindset of engineering and other professions through his in-depth examinations of personal experiences of identity and emotion, facets often hidden within professional domains. As Principal Investigator of the Beyond Professional Identity lab, Huff has mentored undergraduates, doctoral students, and professionals from over fifteen disciplines in conducting in-depth qualitative investigations on psychological phenomena. He further contributes to qualitative research literature through his work in interviewing and using interpretative phenomenological analysis. He has published numerous peer-reviewed publications, and has facilitated multiple workshops on qualitative research methodologies and coping with professional shame.
“I am honored to be UGA’s third ASEE fellow alongside Julie Martin and John Brocato,” said Huff. “I am immensely grateful to Dr. Julie Martin for her work in nominating me, Dr. Fred Beyette for his support, and Dr. Durham and the College of Engineering for sponsoring a table for friends and colleagues to join me at the ASEE Award Luncheon. I feel grateful to be a part of the UGA College of Engineering!”
Writer: Lillian Ballance
