Jennifer Blue
Associate Professor of
Physics, Miami
University
Affiliate, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Office: 202 Kreger Hall
Mailing Address:
Miami University
Department of Physics
500 E. Spring Street,
217 Kreger Hall
Oxford, Ohio 45056
Email: bluejm@muohio.edu
Voicemail: 513-529-1380
Courses Taught Regularly
Physics by Inquiry (PHY
215)
Astronomy and Space
Physics (PHY 111)
Observational
Foundations of Astronomy (PHY 211)
Teaching Assistant Seminar
(PHY 689)
Graduate Student
Teaching Enhancement (GSC 601)
College Teaching (GSC
602)
Academic Cultures (GSC
603)
Selected Publications
Jennifer Blue,
Adrienne L. Traxler, and Ximena C. Cid (2018) Gender in physics: Insights from
physics education. Physics
Today 71(3), 40-46.
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.
Amy Summerville, Brian
Kirkmeyer, and Jennifer Blue (2018) How Òwhat might
have beenÓ can shape whatÕs 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.
Jennifer Blue (2018) Assessing astronomy students' views about the nature of
scientific inquiry. Physical Review Physics Education Research 14(1), 010141.
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 EducationÕs Collaborative Network for
Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference Proceedings, 2018, Crystal City,
VA, Paper ID #21759.
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.
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.
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. Available at http://journals.aps.org/prper/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.12.020114.
Beth
Dietz and Jennifer Blue (2015) Alternatives to the SGID:
Instructor-administered mid-term evaluations for formative assessment.
Published on the Center for Teaching Excellence Blog Site March 11, 2015. Access at http://blogs.miamioh.edu/cte/2015/03/11/alternatives-to-the-sgid-instructor-administered-mid-term-evaluations-for-formative-assessment/.
Jennifer Blue, Gregg W. Wentzell, and Matthew
J. Evins (2014) What do students want? Small group
instructional diagnoses of STEM faculty, Proceedings
of the 2014 Physics Education Research Conference, 43-46. P.V.
Engelhardt, A.D. Churukian, and D.L. Jones, Editors. doi:10.1119/perc.2014.pr.007.
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,
78-81. P.V. Engelhardt, A.D. Churukian, N.S. Rebello, Editors. Melville,
NY: American Institute of Physics.
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.
Jennifer Blue and Joshua Jacob (2009) Student
perceptions of an introductory laboratory course. Proceedings
of the 2009 Physics Education Research Conference, 101-104. C.
Henderson, M. Sabella, & C. Singh, Editors.
Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics.
Jennifer
Blue (2009) Southwest Ohio science institutes: A partnership model for
professional development. Ohio Journal of Teacher
Education 22(1), 30-34.
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.
Debra
Gann and Jennifer Blue (2009) Converging paths: Girls,
science, and teachers. In The Art and Science of Partnership, 145-159.
T.S. Poetter and J.F. Eagle, Editors. Lanham, MD:
University Press of America.
Jennifer
Blue & Debra Gann (2008) When do girls lose
interest in math and science? Science Scope 32(2),
44-47.
Jennifer Blue and Stephen Kanim
(2008, Spring) A Ph.D. in physics education research. American
Physical Society Forum on Education Newsletter, 10-12.
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), Article 10. Available at http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1078&context=ij-sotl
Jennifer
Blue and Jane Butler Kahle (2005) The evidence base
for sciences: Classroom assessment in science education. Columbus, OH: Ohio
Department of Education, Availaable at http://ims.ode.state.oh.us/ode/ims/rrt/research/Topic_Science.asp
[Authors not identified online.]
Jennifer
Blue and Jane Butler Kahle (2005) The evidence base
for sciences: Physical sciences. Columbus, OH: Ohio Department of Education,
Available at http://ims.ode.state.oh.us/ode/ims/rrt/research/Topic_Science.asp
[Authors not identified online.]
Jennifer
Blue and Patricia Heller (2004) Using matched samples
to look for sex differences. Proceedings of the 2003
Physics Education Research Conference, 45-48. K. Cummings, J. Marx,
& S. Franklin, Editors. Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics.
External Funding
REU Sites: Miami University,
$355,531 for September 2018-August 2021 from the National Science Foundation. Co-PIs: Herbert Jaeger and
Jennifer Blue.
Miami University Robert Noyce Scholars Program. $1,172,821 for May 2017-April 2022 from the National
Science Foundation. PIs: Nazan Bautista, Tammy Schwartz, Jeffrey Wanko,
Ellen Yezierski, and Jennifer Blue.
Writing and Inquiry Stories to Explore
Science (WISE Science II). $96,558 for January 2017 – May
2018 from the Improving Teacher Qualiry program in
Ohio. PIs: Susan Hershberger, Jennifer Blue, and Tammy Schwartz.
Writing
and Inquiry Stories to Explore Science (WISE Science). $93,242
for June 2016-May 2017 from the Improving Teacher Quality program in Ohio.
PIs: Susan Hershberger, Jennifer Blue, and Tammy Schwartz.
A Preliminary Investigation of a
Social Cognitive Intervention in Early Courses. $367,563 for September 2015 - June 2019 from the National Science
Foundation. PIs:
Amy Summerville, Jennifer Blue, and Brian
Kirkmeyer,
Building Capacity for Miami University Robert Noyce Scholars. $74,956 for July 2015-June 2016, funded by the National Science
Foundation.
PIs: Nazan Bautista, Jeffrey Wanko, Tammy Schwartz,
Jennifer Blue, and Ellen Yezierski.
The
High School STEM Teacher Synergistic Institute, $15,660 subcontract
for January 2011-December 2013, with a no-cost extension through December 2014.
The grant was $845,975, funded by the Division of Undergraduate Education of
the National Science Foundation. PIs: George Sehi and Thomas Singer, Sinclair
Community College; Daniel Hall, Miami University; Thomas Isaacs, Warren County
Educational Services Center; and Melinda McCarty-Stewart, Mason High School.
Science
Content, Communication, and Argument. $159,765 for July
2013-August 2014, funded by the Ohio Department of Education. PIs: Susan
Hershberger and Jennifer Blue.
Scaffolding
Physical Science Inquiry through Reflective Writing, $120,488 for January
2012-May 2013, funded by the Improving Teacher Quality program of the Ohio
Board of Regents. PIs: Susan Hershberger, Jennifer Blue, Paula Saine, and
Valerie Ubbes.
Ohio
Science Institutes, Grades 3-6, $483,008 for February 2006 – June 2007,
$683,059 for July 2007 –June 2008, $626,593 for July 2008 – June
2009. Funded by the Ohio Department of Education. PIs: Terry McCollum, Miami
University Department of Teacher Education, Jennifer Blue, and John Rowe and
Kevin Stinson, Cincinnati Public Schools.
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Last Updated June 2018