James Huff, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Engineering Education
2108 Driftmier Engineering Center
597 D.W. Brooks Drive
Athens, GA 30602
Dr. James Huff is an Associate Professor within the Engineering Education Transformations Institute and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Additionally, he holds multiple courtesy affiliations at Clemson University (Engineering and Science Education), Harding University (Honors College), Oregon State University (Civil and Construction Engineering), and the University of Johannesburg (Psychology). Dr. Huff serves as a Senior Associate Editor with the Journal of Engineering Education and Chair of the Education Research and Methods Division in the American Society for Engineering Education. He earned his Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University, his M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue, and his B.S. in Computer Engineering from Harding.
Dr. Huff is a qualitative researcher whose work lies at the interdisciplinary 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 lived experiences of identity and emotion, facets often hidden within professional domains. As Principal Investigator of the Beyond Professional Identity lab, Dr. Huff has mentored undergraduates, doctoral students, and professionals from over fifteen disciplines in conducting their qualitative investigations on psychological phenomena relevant to equity and well-being in workplaces and degree programs. He has published numerous peer-reviewed publications, and has facilitated multiple workshops on qualitative research methodologies and coping with professional shame.
2108 Driftmier Engineering Center
597 D.W. Brooks Drive
Athens, GA 30602
