Academic Publications

Pappas, E. (2012). “A New Systems Approach to Sustainability: University Responsibility in Teaching Sustainability in Contexts.” Journal of Sustainability Education, Vol. 3, March 2012.
http://www.jsedimensions.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/PappasJSE2012.pdf

Nagel, R., Pappas, E. & Pierrakos, O. (2011). “On a Vision to Educating Students in Sustainability and Design—The James Madison University School of Engineering Approach.” Sustainability, 4(1), 72-91.
http://www.mdpi.com/search?q=pappas&journal=sustainability&volume=&authors=&section=&issue=&article_type=&special_issue=&page=&search=Search

Pappas, E. and Pappas, J. (2011) “A Dispositional Behavioral Approach to Teaching Cognitive Processes that Support Effective Thought and Action.” Innovative Higher Education, 36(5).
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10755-011-9178-8#"

Britz, J. and Pappas, E. (2010) “Sources and Outlets of Stress among University Students: Correlations between Stress and Unhealthy Habits.” Undergraduate Research Journal for the Human Sciences, 9(1), 32-47.
http://www.kon.org/urc/v9/britz.html

Pappas, Eric, Robert Hendricks, Steven Kampe, and Ronald Kander. “An Assessment Analysis Methodology and Its Application to an Advanced Engineering Communications Program.” Journal of Engineering Education, July, 2004.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/j.2168-9830.2004.tb00810.x/abstract

Pappas, Eric and Robert Hendricks. “Holistic Grading in Science and Engineering.” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 84, No. 4, October 2000.
http://ehis.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?sid=3d9acf2a-9d34-44de-8618-8f1a8c0cb8c7%40sessionmgr110&vid=1&hid=115&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#db=ehh&AN=48056527

Hendricks, Robert and Eric Pappas. “Advanced Engineering Communication: An Integrated Writing and Communications Program for Materials Engineers.” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 85, No. 4, October 1996.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/j.2168-9830.2004.tb00810.x/abstract

Pappas, Eric and James Garrison. “Towards a New Philosophy of Education: Extending the Conversational Metaphor for Thinking.” Studies in Philosophy and Education, Vol. 11, No. 4, Fall 1991.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00364546#page-1

Juried Conference Papers 1988-2019

Pappas, E. (2019). Teaching Students that Values Matter: Values-based Behavioral Instruction in the Classroom. Integrity, Civility, Grace: Yesterday’s Virtues? 17th yearly conference of the Department of JMU Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. Harrisonburg, Va., April. (Presentation with Kiersten Sanok)
http://www.jmu.edu/forlang/_files/Conference/2019Proceedings.pdf

Nagel, R.L., Barrella, E., Pappas, E.C., and Pappas, J. (2016). A Contextual Approach to Teaching Sustainability. Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Expo. New Orleans, La. June.
https://peer.asee.org/a-contextual-approach-to-teaching-sustainability

Nagel, R., Pappas, E. & Hazard, G. (2014). “Understanding How Students’ Value the Behaviors of Individuals in Engineering Teams.” ASEE National Conference, Indianapolis, Ind. June.
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C47&q=Nagel%2C+R.%2C+Pappas%2C+E.+%26+Hazard%2C+G.+%282014%29.+%E2%80%9CUnderstanding+How+Students%E2%80%99+Value+the+Behaviors+of+Individuals+in+Engineering+Teams.%E2%80%9D++ASEE+National+Conference%2C+Indianapolis%2C+Ind.+June.&btnG="

Pappas, E. (2013). “Individual Sustainability: Preliminary Research.” Frontiers in Education 2012 National Conference. Oklahoma City, October.
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/6685115

Pappas, E., Pierrakos, O., & Nagel, R. (2012). “Integrating Developmental Instruction in Sustainability Contexts into an Undergraduate Engineering Design Curriculum: Level Three.” Frontiers in Education 2012 National Conference, Seattle.
http://www.computer.org/csdl/proceedings/fie/2012/1353/00/06462212-abs.html

Nagel, R., Pappas, E. & Pierrakos, O. (2012) On a Client-Centered, Sophomore Design Course Sequence. American Society for Engineering Education National Conference, San Antonio, June.
http://www.asee.org/public/conferences/8/papers/4553/view

Nagel, J., Nagel, R., Pappas, E., & Pierrakos, O. (2012). Integration of a Client-based Design Project into the Sophomore Year. ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences August 12-15, Chicago.
http://www.gbv.de/dms/tib-ub-hannover/741111691.pdf (p.47)

Pierrakos, O., Pappas, E., Nagel, R., Nagel, J. (2012). “A New Vision for Engineering Design Instruction: On the Innovative Six Course Design Sequence of James Madison University.” American Society for Engineering Education National Conference, San Antonio, June.
http://www.asee.org/public/conferences/8/papers/5247/view

Pierrakos, O. and Pappas, E. (2011). “A New Vision for Undergraduate Engineering Design Education: An Innovative Design Course Sequence at James Madison University.” American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) National Conference. June, Vancouver, B.C.

Pappas, E. and Pierrakos, O. "Integrating Developmental Instruction in Sustainability Contexts into an Undergraduate Engineering Design Curriculum: Level Two." 2011 Frontiers in Education National Conference, October, Rapid City, South Dakota
http://fieconference.org/fie2011/papers/1039.pdf

Pappas, E. "A Behavioral Approach to Building Cognitive Foundations for Effective Thought and Action in a Freshman Critical Thinking Course." 2011 Frontiers in Education National Conference, October, Rapid City, South Dakota
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=6142714&abstractAccess=no&userType=inst

Benton, M., Pappas, J., and Pappas, E. "WordPress+Qualtrics: A Plugin Supporting Research and New Pedagogy to Develop Personal Sustainability via 360° Evaluation." AMCIS 2011: 17th Americas Conference on Information Systems, Detroit, August 2011.
http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2011_submissions/113/"

Nagel, R., Pierrakos, O., and Pappas, E. "The Integration of Sustainability, Systems, and Engineering Design in the Engineering Curriculum at James Madison University." 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. August 2011, Washington, D.C.
http://proceedings.asmedigitalcollection.asme.or/proceeding.aspx?articleid=1641385

Pappas, E. and Pierrakos, O. “Integrating Developmental Instruction in Sustainability Contexts into an Undergraduate Engineering Design Curriculum: Level One.” Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education National Conference, October 2010.
http://www.computer.org/csdl/proceedings/fie/2010/6261/00/05673160-abs.html

Prins, R. and E. Pappas. “Exploring the Value of Design and Build Experiences for Undergraduate Engineering Students.” Proceedings of the American Association for Engineering Education (ASEE) National Conference, Louisville, June 20-23, 2010.
http://www.asee.org/search/proceedings?search=Prins%2C+R.+and+E.+Pappas.++%E2%80%9CExploring+the+Value+of+Design+and+Build+Experiences+for+Undergraduate+Engineering+Students.%E2%80%9D++&commit=Search

Pappas, E. and Robert Prins. “Design and Build: Teaching Cognitive Skills through Tool Use.” Proceedings of the 2010 ASEE Southeastern Sectional Conference. April 18-20, 2010. Blacksburg, Virginia.
http://se.asee.org/proceedings/ASEE2010/Papers/PR2010Pap169.PDF

Pierrakos, O. and E. Pappas. “Special Session: Using Mixed-methods to Assess Students’ Learning Outcomes during a Problem-based Service Learning Experience in a Sophomore Engineering Design Course.” Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Louisville, June 20-23, 2010.
http://www.asee.org/search/proceedings?search=Pappas%2C+E.++%E2%80%9CCognitive+Processes+Instruction+in+an+Undergraduate+Engineering+Design+Course+Sequence.%E2%80%9D++&commit=Search

Pappas, E. “Cognitive Processes Instruction in an Undergraduate Engineering Design Course Sequence.” Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, June 2009.
http://www.asee.org/search/proceedings?search=Pappas%2C+E.++%E2%80%9CCognitive+Processes+Instruction+in+an+Undergraduate+Engineering+Design+Course+Sequence.%E2%80%9D++&commit=Search

Pierrakos O., R. Kander, E. Pappas, R. Prins. “An Innovative Engineering Curriculum at James Madison University: Transcending Disciplinary Boundaries Through Innovative Problem Based Learning Practices.” ASME 2008 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Boston, Mass., November 2008.

Pappas, E. and Kander, R. “Sustainable Engineering Design at James Madison University.” Frontiers in Education (FIE) 2008 National Conference, Saratoga Springs, New York, October 2008.

Prins, R., R. Kander, T. Moore, E. Pappas, O. Pierrakos. “Special Session –Engineering for a Sustainable World: How do We Incorporate Sustainability in Undergraduate Engineering Education?” The 38th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., October 2008.

Prins, R., O. Pierrakos, E. Pappas, R. Kander, “Work in Progress – A Freshman Engineering Course Designed to Convey the Essence of the Engineering Program at James Madison University.” The 38th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., October 2008.

Pappas, Eric and Ronald Kander. “Sustainable Societies: The Sustainable Engineering Design Program at James Madison University.” Proceedings of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) National Conference, Pittsburgh, Pa., June 2008.
http://www.asee.org/search/proceedings?search=session_title%3A%22Design+for+Society+and+the+Environment%22+AND+conference%3A%222008+Annual+Conference+%26+Exposition%22

Pappas, Eric. “Teaching Thinking and Problem Solving in the University Curriculum: A Rationale.” Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Southeastern Section Meeting, Auburn University, April 2004.
http://www.jmu.edu/ihot/Teaching_Thinking_Skills_A_Rationale.pdf

Pappas, Eric. “Towards a New Philosophy of Teaching: Creating a Center for Thinking and Metacognition in the Integrated Science and Technology Department at James Madison University.” Proceedings of the 2004 National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) National Conference, San Jose State University, April 2004.
http://www.nciia.net/conf_04/proceedings_04/htmldocs/papers/pappas.pdf

Pappas, Jesse and Eric Pappas. “Creative Thinking, Creative Problem Solving, and Design in the Engineering Curriculum: A Review.” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education, 2003 National Conference, Nashville.
http://www.jmu.edu/ihot/Pappas2325.pdf

Pappas, Eric. “Humanities Teaching Strategies for Engineering Courses.” Proceedings of the ASEE 2003 National Conference, Nashville, 2003

Pappas, Eric. “Creative Problem Solving in Engineering Design.” Proceedings of the 2002 American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Southeastern Section Meeting, University of Florida, Gainesville, April 2002.
http://www.jmu.edu/ihot/Pappas2002.pdf

Pappas, Eric, Robert W. Hendricks, and Jessamyn Franks. “Satisfying the Non-technical ABET ‘a-k’ Requirements: The Virginia Tech Materials Science and Engineering Communications Portfolio.” Proceedings of the Southeastern Regional ASEE Conference, Charleston, S.C., March, 2001.

Pappas, Eric and Dana Swartz. “The Virginia Tech / Honeywell International Summer Management Communication Skills Summer Program for Undergraduate Women in Engineering.” Proceedings of the 2001 NAMPA/WEPAN Conference on Diversity, Washington, D.C., April, 2001.
http://ojs.libraries.psu.edu/index.php/wepan/article/view/58245/57933

Pappas, Eric and Jack Lesko. “The Communications-centered Senior Design Class in Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Tech.” Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE National Conference, Albuquerque, N.M., June 2001.

Pappas, Eric and Robert Hendricks. “Writing- and Communications-across-the Curriculum in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Virginia Tech.” Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education 25th Annual Conference, Atlanta, April 1996.
"http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabsall.jsp?arnumber=483175&abstractAccess=no&userType=inst"

Garrison, James and Eric Pappas. “Gender, Thinking, and the Educational Ideal: A Reconsideration.” Proceedings of the South Atlantic Philosophy of Education Society, Spartanburg, S.C., 1988
http://philpapers.org/rec/PAPTAN-2

Other Publications

Pappas, E. (editor). Managing Quality and Productivity. Scott Sink and Paul Rossler. Blacksburg, Virginia: Virginia Productivity Center, 1988, 202 pp. (Book on planning and productivity for middle-level managers in the aerospace industry).
http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a215186.pdf

Pappas, Eric. A Rural Community Organizer’s Manual. Blacksburg: Virginia Tech Extension, 1988. Out of print / hard copy available, 20 pp.

Pappas, E. & Garrison, J. (1991). Education, Modernity, and Fractured Meaning: Towards a Process Theory of Teaching and Education, Donald Oliver. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 1989, 261 pp. Book Review published in Educational Studies, Vol. 23, No. 2, Fall 1991.

Juried Conference Presentations and Invited Lectures 1989-2019

Pierrakos, O., Nagel, R., Watson, H., Pappas, E., Gipson, K., Barella, E., Karabelas, J., Kander, R. (2013). All Problems Are Not Created Equal: Intentional Design of Learning Experiences Grounded on an Innovative and Versatile Problem-based Learning Model. 2013 Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy. Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia.

Pappas, E., Benton, M., Frazier, C., Nagel, R. and Pappas, J. (2013). A Contextual Approach to Researching and Teaching Sustainability (Poster Session). Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy. Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia.

Ferenbaugh, J.; Pappas, E.; Stockwell, S. “New Opportunities in STEM Disciplines.” Virginia School Counselor Association Annual Conference, March 24, 2011, Midlothian, Virginia.

Pappas, Eric. (Invited speaker) “Toxicity of Indoor Environments.” Central Virginia Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute Product Expo. Charlottesville, Va. March 9, 2011.

Pappas, Eric, Ronald Kander, Olga Pierrakos, and Robert Prins. “Liberal Education in Engineering: Social Contexts Instruction in the Sustainable Societies Engineering Program at James Madison University.” American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) National Conference, Pittsburgh, Pa., June 2008.

Pappas, Eric and Ronald Kander. “New American College: A Conceptual Model for Higher Education.” Association of Integrative Studies/Association for General and Liberal Studies Conference, George Mason University, October 8, 2005.

Pappas, Eric. “A Theory of Intrinsic Learning.” Association of Integrative Studies/Association for General and Liberal Studies Conference, George Mason University, October 8, 2005.

Pappas, Eric. (invited lectures and consulting) “Intrinsic Learning Theory.” March 20-24, 2005. University of Caen, France.

Pappas, Eric. (invited speaker) “Course Portfolios and the Scholarship of Teaching.” Baltimore 2004 Civil Engineering Conference and Exposition, Baltimore, October 20, 2004.

Kampe S.L., E.C. Pappas, R.W. Hendricks, and R.G. Kander; “The MSE Communications Program at Virginia Tech,” 18th Annual National Educators Workshop, 19-22 October 2003, Newport News and Hampton, Virginia.

Pappas, E. “Engineering and Art.” American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) National Conference, St. Louis, Mo., June 2000.

Pappas, Eric. “Developing Writing and Communication Programs in Science and Engineering Departments.” 16th Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, University of Ottawa, Canada, June 1996.

Pappas, Eric. “Creative Thinking: Teaching Ourselves to Teach Our Students.” Northern Virginia Council for Gifted / Talented Education Annual Conference, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1990.

Pappas, Eric. “Teaching the Creative Process.” Virginia Association for the Education of the Gifted Annual Conference, Roanoke, Virginia, 1989.