Academic Papers
Our HE faculty are active researchers who publish in a variety of fields, such as engineering studies, engineering education, science and technology studies, and anthropology, to name a few. Below are links to recent publications by HE faculty, grouped by topic. If you do not have access to academic journals, please email the author directly for an electronic copy of the article.
FACULTY WEBSITES AND PAPERS
ENGINEERING & SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Bridging Sustainable Community Development and Social Justice
Towards an ethics of international service learning: How history, engineering cultures and views of communities should matter to engineers’ serving abroad
Engineers and Community: How Sustainable Engineering Depends on Engineers' Views of People
Making the human dimensions of sustainable community development visible to engineers
Social Justice: A Missing, Unelaborated Dimension in Humanitarian Engineering and Learning Through Service
Are engineering and social justice (in)commensurable? A theoretical exploration of macro-sociological frameworks
ENGINEERING EDUCATION
Engineering Students’ Views of Corporate Social Responsibility: A Case Study from Petroleum Engineering
Invisible Innovators: How Low Income, First Generation (LIFG) Students Use Their Funds of Knowledge to Belong in Engineering
“How do I show them I’m more than a person who can lift heavy things?” The Funds of Knowledge of Low Income, First Generation Engineering Students
Engineering by Doing: Diversity, Innovation and Hands-On Learning
Making the Funds of Knowledge of Low Income, First Generation (LIFG) Students Visible and Relevant to Engineering Education
Teaching the ethics of science and engineering through humanities and social science: A case study of evolving student perceptions of nanotechnology
Nanoethics and Policy Education: A Case Study of Social Science Coursework and Student Engagement with Emerging Technologies
LOW INCOME, FIRST GENERATION ENGINEERING STUDENTS
Invisible Innovators: How Low Income, First Generation (LIFG) Students Use Their Funds of Knowledge to Belong in Engineering
“How do I show them I’m more than a person who can lift heavy things?” The Funds of Knowledge of Low Income, First Generation Engineering Students
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Corporate Social Responsibility and the Perils of Universalization
Climate Change Justice and Corporate Responsibility
Engineering Students’ Views of Corporate Social Responsibility: A Case Study from Petroleum Engineering
Turning Mine Protesters into Collaborators: The Opportunities and Challenges of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Mining Industry
RESOURCE GOVERNANCE
Memorandums of Understanding and Public Trust in Local Government for Colorado’s Unconventional Energy Industry
Supraregulatory Agreements and Unconventional Energy Development: Learning from Citizen Concerns, Enforceability and Participation in Colorado
Memorandums of Understanding and the Social License to Operate in Colorado’s Unconventional Energy Industry
Shaffer, Austin***, Skylar Zilliox* and Jessica M. Smith. 2017. Memorandums of Understanding and the Social License to Operate in Colorado’s Unconventional Energy Industry. Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law 35 (1): 69-85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02646811.2016.1216696
ARTISANAL MINING
Promises and Perceptions in the Guianas: The Making of an Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Reserve
MINING & LABOR
Mining Coal and Undermining Gender: Rhythms of Work and Family in the American West
(Finalist for the Society for Economic Anthropology book prize and the Society for the Anthropology of Work’s book prize.)
Blind Spots of Liberal Righteousness. Cultural Anthropology hot spots series on “The Rise of Trumpism"
Smith, Jessica. Blind Spots of Liberal Righteousness. Cultural Anthropology hot spots series on “The Rise of Trumpism.” January 18, 2017. https://culanth.org/fieldsights/1044-blind-spots-of-liberal-righteousness
ENGINEERING & SOCIAL JUSTICE