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Justin L. Hess

Decision Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1991
Ethics in Business and EducationEngineering Education and Curriculum DevelopmentBiomedical and Engineering EducationDesign Education and PracticeEthics in medical practice

Publications

131

Citations

1,506

Est. group size

~6

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

36

Publishing since 1991

Research summary
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Justin L. Hess works on engineering ethics education, studying how empathy, ethical reasoning, and civic engagement are taught and assessed in engineering and STEM programs. His work combines curriculum development, survey and qualitative research methods (including natural language processing for coding student responses), and reviews of exemplary ethics programs to improve how ethics is integrated into technical education.

Engineering ethics educationEmpathy and civic engagement in STEMEthics assessment methodsHuman-centered design educationCurriculum development in engineering and health professions

Publication output has fluctuated over the past decade but shows a notable increase in recent years (2023-2024) after a dip in 2019 and 2021-2022.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 8.8/year recently
2017: 9 publications172018: 9 publications182019: 2 publications192020: 20 publications20202021: 8 publications212022: 7 publications222023: 11 publications232024: 17 publications242025: 8 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Science and Engineering Ethics×7
  • IUScholarWorks (Indiana University)×5
  • Journal of Engineering Education×4
  • International journal of engineering education×4
  • Teaching Ethics×3
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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