Wednesday Welcome and Keynote Address
Room: Enyon Ballroom in the Chamberlain Student Center (CSC)

Jennifer Turns
Professor Human Centered Design & Engineering, College of Engineering at the University of Washington
 
Keynote Title: Reflection and the First Year Experience
Room: Enyon Ballroom in the Chamberlain Student Center (CSC)
 
 

Biography:

Jennifer Turns is a professor in Human Centered Design & Engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of Washington (UW) and a faculty affiliate with the UW Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching. Dr. Turns' research focuses on studying and supporting reflection across the engineering education ecosystem. This work has included a focus on engineering students reflecting on educational experience, engineering educators reflecting on their teaching activities, and members of the engineering education research community reflecting on the translation of research findings to practical implications. Dr. Turns has been an associate editor of the Journal of Engineering Education, a member of the governing board for the international Research in Engineering Education Network, and a holder of the J. Ray Bowen Professorship for Innovation in Engineering Education. Dr. Turns holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. FYEE
 

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