Jennifer Bekki

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

• Brunhaver, S., Bekki, J.M., Carberry, A., London, J., & McKenna, A.  (2018). Development of the Engineering Student Entrepreneurial Mindset Assessment (ESEMA).  [Special Issue] Advances in Engineering Education, 7(1), https://advances.asee.org/wp-content/uploads/vol07/issue01/Papers/AEE-Mindset-10-Samantha.pdf.
• London, J., Bekki, J.M, Brunhaver, S., Carberry, A., & McKenna, A.  (2018). A framework for entrepreneurial mindsets and behaviors in undergraduate engineering students.  [Special issue] Advances in Engineering Education, 7(1), https://advances.asee.org/wp-content/uploads/vol07/issue01/Papers/AEE-Mindset-6-London.pdf.
• Batur, D. & Bekki, J.M, & Chen, X. (2018). Quantile regression-based metamodeling: Toward improved responsiveness to changing customer demand patterns in the high-tech electronics manufacturing industry.  European Journal of Operational Research, 264(1), 212-224.    DOI:  10.1016/j.ejor.2017.06.020.
• Bernstein, B.L., Bekki, J.M., Wilkins, K.G., & Harrison, C.J., & (2016).  Analysis of instructional support elements for an online, educational simulation on active listening for women graduate students in engineering and the physical sciences.  Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 28(2), 136-171.
• Azarnoush, B., Paynabar, K., Bekki, J.M., & Runger, G.C. (2016). Monitoring temporal homogeneity in network streams. Journal of Quality Technology, 48(1), 1 - 16. 
• Wilkins, K., Bernstein, B., & Bekki, J.M. (2015).  Measuring communication skills:  Development of the STEM-interpersonal communication skills assessment battery. Journal of Engineering Education, 104(4), 433-453.    
• Primé, D., Bernstein, B.L., Wilkins, K.G., & Bekki, J.M.  (2015). Measuring the advising alliance for female graduate students in science and engineering:  An emerging structure.  Journal of Career Assessment, 23 (1), 64-78. 
• Bekki, J.M., Bernstein, B.L. Fabert, N.S., Gildar, N.J., & Way, A. (2014).  Efficacy of an online resource for teaching interpersonal problem solving skills to women graduate students in engineering, Advances in Engineering Education, 4(2), 1 – 27.      
• Hildebrand, E.A., Bekki, J.M., Bernstein, B.L., & Harrison, C.J. (2013). Online learning environment design:  A heuristic evaluation, Computers in Education Journal, 4(4), 27 – 37. 
• Azarnoush, B., Bekki, J.M., Runger, G.C., Bernstein, B.L., & Atkinson, R.K. (2013).   Toward a framework for learner segmentation.  Journal of Educational Data Mining, 5(2), 102-126, available online at:  http://www.educationaldatamining.org/JEDM/index.php/JEDM/article/view/45/.
• Bekki, J.M., Smith, M.L., Bernstein, B.L., & Harrison, C.J. (2013). Effects of an online personal resilience training program for women in STEM doctoral programs. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 19(1), 17 – 35. 
• Bekki, J.M., Mackulak, G.T., Fowler, J.W., & Nelson, B.L. (2010). Indirect cycle time quantile estimation using the Cornish-Fisher expansion, IIE Transactions, 42, 31-44.
• Bekki, J.M., Fowler, J.W., Mackulak, G.T., & Kulahci, M. (2009). Simulation-based cycle-time quantile estimation in manufacturing environments employing non-FIFO dispatching policies,” Journal of Simulation, 3, 69-83.  
• Mackulak, G.T., Fowler, J.W., Park, S., & McNeill, J. (2005). A three-phase simulation methodology for generating accurate and precise cycle time-throughput curves,” International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling, 1(1/2), 35-48.   

INVITED PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

• Bekki, J.M , Huerta, M., London, J.S., Melton, D., Vigeant, M., & Williams, J. (2018).  OPINION:  Why EM?  An analysis of the impact of entrepreneurial mindset.  [Special Issue] Advances in Engineering Education, 7(1):  https://advances.asee.org/wp-content/uploads/vol07/issue01/Papers/AEE-Mindset-2-Margot.pdf  
• Dawson, A.E., Bernstein, B.L., & Bekki, J.M. (2015).  Providing the psychosocial benefits of mentoring to women in STEM:  CareerWISE as an online solution. New Directions in Higher Education, 171, 53-62. 
• Dawson, A. E., Bernstein, B. L., Bekki, J. M., & Wilkins, K. G.  (2016). Teaching interpersonal communications skills: Comparing the fidelity of online simulations.  Prevention and Health Promotion: Research, Social Action, Practice and Training, 9(1), 32-25. 

PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

• Arnold, A.C., Wilkins-Yel, K.G., Bekki, J.M., Bernstein, B.L., Natarajan, M., Randall, A.K., Francies, R., & Owku, E.C. (2020).  Examining the Effects of STEM Climate on the Mental Health of Graduate Women from Diverse Racial / Ethnic Backgrounds, in Proceedings of the 2020 American Society for Engineering Education Conference. 
• Kittur, J., Bekki, J.M., & Brunhaver, S.R. (2020).  Learner Analytics in Engineering Education:  A Detailed Account of Practices Used in the Cleaning and Manipulation of Learning Management System Data from Online Undergraduate Engineering Courses, accepted to appear in the Proceedings of the 2020 American Society for Engineering Education Conference. 
• Lee, E., Brunhaver, S.R., & Bekki, J.M.(2020).  Developing an Instrument to Measure Online Engineering Undergraduate Students’ Learning Experiences and Intentions to Persist, accepted to appear in the Proceedings of the 2020 American Society for Engineering Education Conference. 
• Ali, H., Abhyankar, R., Brunhaver. S.R., Bekki, J.M., Jordan, S.S., & Lande, M.  (2020) An Additive Innovation-Based Faculty Development Program: Methods for Case Study Research, accepted to appear in the Proceedings of the 2020 American Society for Engineering Education Conference. 
• Lee, E., Bekki, J.M., Carberry, A.C., & Kellam, N.K.  (2020).  Conceptualization and situating of sense of belonging among international engineering doctoral students: In light of the previous literature, accepted to appear in the Proceedings of the 2020 CoNECD (The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity) Conference. 
• Wilkins-Yel, K., Bekki, J.M., Bernstein, B.L., & Reed, A.  (2019). Intersectional Perspectives: Interpersonal Contributors to Moments of Doubt for Graduate Women of Color in STEM.  In Proceedings of the 2019 CoNECD (The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity) Conference. 
• Lee, E., Bekki, J.M., Kellam, N., & Carberry, A.  (2019). Understanding International Engineering Doctoral Students’ Sense of Belonging Through Their Interactions with Faculty and Peers.  In Proceedings of the 2019 CoNECD (The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity) Conference. 
• Huerta, M.  McKenna, A.F., Bekki, J.M., Brunhaver, S., Carberry, A., &. (2019).  The Process of Conceptualizing and Creating the Engineering Faculty Impact Collaborative to Support Faculty Development and Mentorship, in Proceedings of the 2019 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference.
• Huerta, M., Aukes, D, Bekki, J.M.,., Brunhaver, S.R., Carberry, A.R., Holloway, J.L., Lichtenstein, G.L., & McKenna, A.F (2019).  Master Mentors: The Process of Developing a Mentoring Model at Scale, in Proceedings of the 2019 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference.
• Ali., H., Bekki, J.M., Brunahver, S.R., Jordan, S.S., & Lande, M. (2019).  Pedagogical Ninjas: Using an Additive Innovation Cycle for Faculty Development of Teaching-Focused Faculty, in Proceedings of the 2019 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference.
• Bekki, J., Ayela-Uwangue, A., Brunhaver, S., Kellam, N., Lande, M., & McKenna, A. F. (2017). WIP: I Want to Try That Too!: Guiding Principles for Interventions That Encourage Pedagogical Risk-Taking Among Faculty, in Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Columbus, OH, , June 25-28, 2017, https://peer.asee.org/28454.
• McKenna, A., Kellam, N., Lande, M., Brunhaver, S., Jordan, S., Bekki, J., Carberry, A., & London, J.  (2016) Instigating a revolution of additive innovation:  An educational ecosystem of making and risk taking.  In the Proceedings of the 2016 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference (paper ID #15406).
• Dawson, A., Bernstein, B.L., Wilkins, K., & Bekki, J.M. (2015).  Honing interpersonal communication skills for difficult situations:  Evidence for the effectiveness of an online instructional resource.  In Proceedings of the 2015 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference. 
• Bekki, J.M., Chen, X., & Batur, D.  (2014).  Steady-state quantile parameter estimation:  Empirical comparison of stochastic kriging and quantile regression,   In A. Tolk, S. D. Diallo, I. O. Ryzhov, L. Yilmaz, S. Buckley, & J. A. Miller (Eds.)  Proceedings of the 2014 Winter Simulation Conference (3880-3891).
• Azarnoush, B., Bekki, J.M., Bernstein, B.L., & Runger, G.C. (2013). An associative based approach to analyzing an online learning environment.  In the Proceedings of the 2013 American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference (paper ID # 7142).
• Primé, D., Bernstein, B.L., Way, A., Hita, L., Liddell, T., Sarma, A., & Bekki, J.M. (2013).  Development of an internet-delivered communication curriculum for graduate women in STEM.  In the Proceedings of the 2013 American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference (paper ID # 7544). 
• Hynes, M., Carberry, A., Bekki, J.M., Lande, M., & McKenna, A. (2013).  What do engineers need to know: On the economics of product design, supply chain, and manufacturing.  In Proceedings of the 2013 Research in Engineering Education Symposium (REES).
• Bekki, J.M., Butler, C., & Dalrymple, O. (2012).  A mastery-based learning approach for undergraduate engineering programs.  In Proceedings of the 2012 ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (915 – 920).
• Wilkins, K.G., Bernstein, B.L., Bekki, J.M., Harrison, C.J., & Atkinson, R.K. (2012). Development of the science technology engineering and mathematics – active listening skills assessment (STEM-ALSA).  In Proceedings of the 2012 ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (1218 – 1223).
• Bekki, J.M., Nelson, B.L., & Fowler, J.W. (2010). Bootstrapping-based fixed-width confidence intervals for ranking and selection.  In B. Johansson, S. Jain, J. Montoya-Torres, J. Hugan, & E. Yücesan (Eds.) In Proceedings of the 2010 Winter Simulation Conference (1024-1033). 
• Murguia, E., Kube, E., Bekki, J.M., & Bernstein, B.L. (2010) CareerWISE:  An interdisciplinary experience for graduate students.  In Proceedings of the 2010 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition (AC 2010-2235).  
• Doss, A.N., Bekki, J.M., Henderson, M., Akhavan, O., & Tsang, J. (2010) Creating supply chains for new ventures in developing countries.  In Proceedings of the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance 2010 Annual Conference.  
• Rohlfing, J., Yabko, B., Kube, E., Murguia, E., Bekki., J.M., & Bernstein, B.L. (2009) Improving STEM doctoral students’ relationships with their advisors: Web-based training in interpersonal problem solving.  In Proceedings of the 2009 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition (AC 2009-914).  
• Bekki, J.M., Bernstein, B.L., Ellison, K., Sridharan, A., Hita, L., Spadola, Q. (2008).  Work in progress:  Using case studies to increase the retention of female doctoral students in STEM fields.  In Proceedings of the 38th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (T4F9-T4F10).
• Bekki, J.M., Fowler, J.W., Mackulak, G.T., & Nelson, B.L. (2007). Using quantiles in ranking and selection procedures.  In S. G. Henderson, B. Biller, M.-H. Hsieh, J. Shortle, J. D. Tew, & R. R. Barton (Eds.) Proceedings of the 2007 Winter Simulation Conference (1722-1728).  
• Bekki, J.M., Mackulak, G.T., & Fowler, J.W.  (2006). Indirect cycle-time quantile estimation for non-FIFO dispatching policies.  In L.F. Perrone, F.P. Wieland, J. Liu, B.G. Lawson, D.M. Nicol, & R.M. Fujimoto (Eds.) Proceedings of the 2006 Winter Simulation Conference (1829 – 1835). 
• McNeill, J.  Nelson, B.L., Fowler, J.W., & Mackulak, G.T. (2005). Cycle-time quantile estimation in systems employing dispatching rules. In E. Kuhl, N. M. Steiger, F. B. Armstrong, & J. A. Joines (Eds.)  Proceedings of the 2005 Winter Simulation Conference (751-755). 
• McNeill, J. Mackulak, G.T., & Fowler, J.W. (2003). Indirect estimation of cycle time quantiles from discrete event simulation models using the Cornish-Fisher expansion.  In S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, &  D. J. Morrice (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (1377 – 1382). 

PEER-REVIEWED conference presentations

• Wilkins-Yel, K.G., Bernstein, B.L., Bekki, J.M., Arnold, A.C., Natarajan, M.W., Francies, R.F., Coley, C.E., & Randall, A.K.  (2020) Understanding the Impact of STEM Climate on the Mental Health of Graduate Women from Diverse Racial / Ethnic Backgrounds.  American Psychological Association, Washington, DC. 
• Arnold, A., Francies, R., Bernstein, B. L., Wilkins-Yel, K.G., Bekki, J.M., & Okwu, C.E. (2019). Benefits of Counseling for Women Experiencing Challenges in STEM Doctoral Programs American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL
• Wilkins-Yel, K., Bernstein, B.L., Bekki, J.M., Zounlome, N. O.O & Reed, A. (2019). Understanding Interpersonal Contributors to Moments of Doubt for Graduate Women of Color in STEM. American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL
• McBurnett, L.R., Bekki, J.M., Kellam, N. (2019). Complex Systems Approach for Interpreting Educational System Dynamics. 2019 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, April 8, 2019. AERA Online Paper Repository
• McKenna, A.F., Kellam, N., Lande, M., Brunhaver, S., Jordan, S., Carberry, A., Bekki, J., & London, J.  (April, 2016).  Capturing the Ecosystem and Culture to Support Risk-Taking and Additive Innovation:  Laying the Groundwork.    Under review to be presented at the Envisioning the Future of Undergraduate STEM Education: Research and Practice Symposium, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the National Science Foundation’s Division of Undergraduate Education, Washington, D.C. 
• Dawson, A.E., Bernstein, B.L, Bekki, J.M, & Wilkins, K.G. (August, 2015).  Teaching Interpersonal Communication Skills:  Comparing the Fidelity of Online Simulations.  American Psychological Association, Toronto, CA. 
• Primé, D. R., Bernstein, B. L., Wilkins, K. G., Bekki, J. M., & Yel, N. (August, 2015).  A Model of Factors that Predict Women’s Intention to Persist in STEM Programs and Careers.  American Psychological Association, Toronto, CA.
• Wilkins, K. G., Bernstein, B. L., Bekki, J. M., & Prime, D. R. (August, 2015).  Women Communicating in STEM:  Effectiveness of Online Training via Text and Interactive Simulations. American Psychological Association, Toronto, CA.
• Dawson, A.E., Bernstein, B.L., & Bekki, J.M.  (November, 2014).  Graduate Persistence and Psychosocial Mentoring for Women in STEM:  An Online Approach for Addressing the Need.  Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conference, Washington, DC. 
• Primé, D., Bernstein, B.L., Wilkins, K.G., Bekki, J.M., & Dawson, A.E. (August, 2014).  An Examination of the Impact of Barriers for At-Risk Doctoral Women in Science and Engineering, American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. 
• D. Primé, B.L. Bernstein, K.G. Wilkins, & J.M. Bekki.  (August, 2013).   Measuring the Advising Relationship:  An Emerging Structure for Female Graduate Students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI.
• Dawson, A.E., Bernstein, B.L., Harrison, C.J., Bekki, J.M., & Primé, D. (August, 2013).  Mentors for Women in STEM:  Documenting and Filling the Void, American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI.
• Wilkins, K.G., Bernstein, B. L., Bekki, J.M., & Primé, D.  (August, 2013).  Measuring Interpersonal Communication Skills: Development of the STEM-Communication Skill Assessment Battery, American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI.
• Bernstein, B.L., Bekki, J.M., Smith, M.L., & Harrison, C.J.  (August, 2012).   Effectiveness of an Online Intervention for STEM Women.  American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.