Research Dissemination
Journal Publications
Published
Bahnson, M., Satterfield, D., Perkins, H., Parker, M., Tsugawa, M., Cass, C., & Kirn, A. (2023). Engineer identity and degree completion intentions in doctoral study. Journal of Engineering Education, 1– 17. https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20516
Bahnson, M., Perkins, H., Tsugawa, M., Satterfield, D., Parker, M., Cass, C., & Kirn, A. (2021). Inequity in graduate engineering identity: Disciplinary differences and opportunity structures. Journal of Engineering Education, 110(4), 949-976.
Perkins, H. L., Bahnson, M., Tsugawa-Nieves, M. A., Satterfield, D. J., Parker, M., Cass, C., & Kirn, A. (2019). An intersectional approach to exploring engineering graduate students’ identities and academic relationships. International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology, 11(3), 440-465.
Tsugawa, M. A., Palmre, V., Carrico, J. D., Kim, K. J., & Leang, K. K. (2015). Slender tube-shaped and square rod-shaped IPMC actuators with integrated sensing for soft mechatronics. Meccanica, 50, 2781-2795.
In Press
Kelly Cross, Stephanie Farrell, Rocío Chavela, Jeanne Sanders, & Marissa Tsugawa
Title: Queerness in STEM: STEM Professionals Previously Developed LGBTQ+ Advocacy Identity
Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
Revise/Resubmit
Marissa Tsugawa, Adam, Kirn, Heather Perkins, Derrick Satterfield, & Cheryl Cass
Title: “The Perfect Storm”: Engineering Graduate Students’ Identity Management
Journal of Engineering Education
Marissa Tsugawa, Ethan Ris, Heather L. Perkins, Matthew Bahnson, Blanca Miller, Cheryl Cass, & Adam Kirn
Title: Measuring and Comparing the Future-Oriented Motivations of Engineering Graduate Students
Studies in Higher Education
In Preparation
Sarah Principato, Brady Webster, Sydney Sessions, & Marissa Tsugawa
Title: What does it Mean to be Neurodivergent? Exploring Experiences Shared on #NeurodivergentTikTok
Autism
Conference Proceedings and Presentations
Conference Proceedings
Autumn Cuellar, Brady Webster, Sakshi Solanki, Catherine Spence, & Marissa Tsugawa
Title: Examination of Ableist Educational Systems and Structures that Limit Access to Engineering Education through Narratives
Proceedings of the 2022 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2022.
Catherine Spence, Luke Nyberg, Justine Chasmar, Jodi Nelson, & Marissa Tsugawa
Title: Working Full Time and Earning an Engineering Degree: Wellbeing in a Co-Op-Based Engineering Program
Proceedings of the 2022 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2022.
Derrick Satterfield, Marissa Tsugawa-Nieves, Heather Perkins, Cheryl Cass, & Adam Kirn
Title: Engineering Graduate Students’ Salient Identities as Predictors of Perceived Task Difficulty
Proceedings of the 2019 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting, 2019.
Marissa Tsugawa-Nieves, Heather Perkins, Cheryl Cass, & Adam Kirn
Title: WIP: Testing an Integrated Framework of Motivation and Identity in a Doctoral Engineering Context
Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 2018.
Heather Perkins, Matthew Bahnson, Marissa Tsugawa-Nieves, Cheryl Cass, & Adam Kirn
Title: WIP: Influence of Laboratory Group Makeup on Recognition and Identity Development in the Engineering Graduate Student Population
Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 2018.
Matthew Bahnson, Heather Perkins, Marissa Tsugawa-Nieves, Cheryl Cass, & Adam Kirn
Title: WIP: Influence of Research Experience on Recognition and Identity Development in the Engineering Graduate Student Population
Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 2018.
Derrick Satterfield, Marissa Tsugawa-Nieves, & Adam Kirn
Title: WIP: Factors Affecting Graduate STEM Student Attrition Rates
Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 2018.
Marissa Tsugawa-Nieves, Heather Perkins, Blanca Miller, Cheryl Cass, & Adam Kirn
Title: The Role of Engineering Doctoral Students’ Future Goals on Perceived Task Usefulness
Proceedings of the 2017 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting, 2017.
Blanca Miller, Marissa Tsugawa-Nieves, Heather Perkins, Cheryl Cass, & Adam Kirn
Title: The Influences of Perceived Identity Fit on Engineering Doctoral Student Motivation and Performance
Proceedings of the 2017 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting, 2017.
Heather Perkins, Marissa Tsugawa-Nieves, Blanca Miller, Cheryl Cass, & Adam Kirn
Title: The Role of Engineering Identity in Doctoral-Level Engineering Students’ Experiences
Proceedings of the 2017 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting, 2017.
Alicia DeVault, Marissa Tsugawa, Jacob Blackard, & Marta Elliott
Title: Race, Class, Gender, and Contact with Police: Predicting Attitudes Toward Police in America
Proceedings of the American Psychology Law Society Conference, 2017.
Justin Major, Hank Boone, Marissa Tsugawa, Catherine McGough, Adam Kirn, & Lisa Benson
Title: Engineering students’ perceptions of the future: Transferability and replication of time perspective classifications
Proceedings of the National Association of Research in Science Teaching Conference, 2016.
Marissa Tsugawa, Viljar Palmre, Kwang Kim, & Kam Leang
Title: Sectored Tube-Shaped Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite (IPMC) Actuator with Integrated Sensor
Proceedings of the ASME 2013 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems.
Oral Presentations
Marissa Tsugawa-Nieves, Heather Perkins, Cheryl Cass, & Adam Kirn
Title: WIP: Testing an Integrated Framework of Motivation and Identity in a Doctoral Engineering Context
Presented at the 48th Annual Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference.
Marissa Tsugawa-Nieves, Heather Perkins, Matthew Bahnson, Cheryl Cass, & Adam Kirn
Title: Engineering Graduate Students: Future Time Perspective and Gender Identity
Presented at the 4th Biannual Gender & STEM Network 2018, August 2, 2018.
Marissa Tsugawa-Nieves, Heather Perkins, Blanca Miller, Cheryl Cass, & Adam Kirn
Title: The Role of Engineering Doctoral Students’ Future Goals on Perceived Task Usefulness
Presented at 2017 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting, June 2017.
Marissa Tsugawa-Nieves & Adam Kirn
Title: University and K-12 STEM Collaborations
Presented at the University of Nevada, Reno STEM Education Conference, April 11, 2016.
Marissa Tsugawa, Viljar Palmre, Kwang Kim, & Kam Leang
Title: Sectored Tube-Shaped Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite (IPMC) Actuator with Integrated Sensor
Presented at the 2013 ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, September 17, 2013
Poster Presentations
Matthew Bahnson, Marissa Tsugawa-Nieves, Heather Perkins, Cheryl Cass, & Adam Kirn
Poster Title: Intersection of Identity and Engineering Graduate Student Experience: Academic Relationships
Presented at the 4th Biannual Gender & STEM Network 2018, August 1, 2018.
Marissa Tsugawa-Nieves, Cheryl Cass, & Adam Kirn
Poster Title: The Identities and Motivation of Engineering Graduate Students: Implications for Graduate Student Retention and Persistence
Presented at the GEM-ASEE Research Showcase 2018, January 23, 2018.
Marissa Tsugawa-Nieves, Blanca Miller, Cheryl Cass, & Adam Kirn
Poster Title: Weaving Together Motivation and Identity Frameworks Using Past, Present, and Future
Presented at the Southwest Consortium for Innovative Psychology in Education, October 19, 2017.
Marissa Tsugawa-Nieves, Heather Perkins, Matthew Bahnson, Cheryl Cass, & Adam Kirn
Poster Title: Engineering Students’ Academic Role Identities and Perceptions of the Future
Presented at the University of Nevada, Reno Fall 2017 GSA Poster Symposium, November 1, 2017, Second Place Award in Liberal Arts/Social Science Division.
Marissa Tsugawa-Nieves, Heather Perkins, Blanca Miller, Jessica Chestnut, Cheryl Cass, & Adam Kirn
Poster Title: Future Goals and Perceived Task Usefulness of Engineering Doctoral Students (EDS)
Presented at the University of Nevada, Reno Fall 2016 GSA Poster Symposium, November 14, 2016, Second Place Award in Liberal Arts/Social Science Division.
Marissa Tsugawa-Nieves & Adam Kirn
Poster Title: Use of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis to Understand Graduate Student Fellowship Experiences
Presented at the 2016 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting, June 2016.
Panels and Workshops
Panels
Marissa Tsugawa, Héctor E. Rodríguez-Simmonds, Theor Sorg, Sage Maul, Taylor Williams, Alice Pawley, & Nadia Kellam
Title: Panel - Neurodivergent Graduate Students and Faculty Members’ Experiences of (In)Accessibility in Engineering Education through a Domains of Power Lens (Equity, Culture, & Social Justice Division)
Presented at the 2023 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 2023.
Anita Patrick, Stephen Secules, Hank Boone, Anahid Behrouzi, Emily Miller, & Marissa Tsugawa-Nieves
Title: Engineering Education Pathways Panel (Student Division)
Presented at the 2017 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 2017.
Workshops
Marissa Tsugawa, & Leslie Brown
Title: GEAR UP Workshop: Engineering and Gamification
Presented Virtually at Utah State University, September 2023.
Marissa Tsugawa-Nieves, Nick Nemsgern, & Megan Beckam
Title: Workshop - Authentic Engineering Problems to Engage Learners in Scientific Concepts
Presented at National Science Teachers Association's National Conference in Atlanta, March 2018.