Potvin, Geoffrey
- Associate Professor, Physics , College of Arts, Sciences & Education
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2020Anyone, but not Everyone: Undergraduate Engineering Students' Claims of Who Can Do Engineering. ENGINEERING STUDIES. 12:82-103.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/19378629.2020.1795181 Web of Science: 000549060000001
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2020The context dependence of physics identity: Examining the role of performance/competence, recognition, interest, and sense of belonging for lower and upper female physics undergraduates. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN SCIENCE TEACHING.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/tea.21644 Web of Science: 000545481400001
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2020Developing a Computing Identity Framework: Understanding Computer Science and Information Technology Career Choice. ACM TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTING EDUCATION. 20.Full Text via DOI: 10.1145/3365571 Web of Science: 000535726100007
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2019Impact of out-of-class science and engineering activities on physics identity and career intentions. PHYSICAL REVIEW PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH. 15.Full Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.15.020137 Web of Science: 000490759100001
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2019High school experiences and climate change beliefs of first year college students in the United States. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION RESEARCH. 25:925-935.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2017.1293009 Web of Science: 000487522100010
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2019Admissions practices in terminal master's degree-granting physics departments: A comparative analysis. PHYSICAL REVIEW PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH. 15.Full Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.15.010104 Web of Science: 000455369600001
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2019Engineering Role Identity Fosters Grit Differently for Women First- and Continuing-Generation College Students. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION. 35:1037-1051.Web of Science: 000473265200006
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2018Gendered Interests in Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering: Intersections With Career Outcome Expectations. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON EDUCATION. 61.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/TE.2018.2859825 Web of Science: 000448615700006
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2018Understanding the development of interest and self-efficacy in active-learning undergraduate physics courses. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENCE EDUCATION. 40:1587-1605.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2018.1488088 Web of Science: 000444090100003
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2017Fixed and growth mindsets in physics graduate admissionsFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.13.020133
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2017Half of Students Interested in Civil Engineering Do Not Believe in Anthropogenic Climate Change. JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND PRACTICE. 143.Full Text via DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EI.1943-5541.0000323 Web of Science: 000398726500011
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2017Interest in STEM is contagious for students in biology, chemistry, and physics classes. SCIENCE ADVANCES. 3.Full Text via DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1700046 Web of Science: 000411589900025
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2017Investigating approaches to diversity in a national survey of physics doctoral degree programs: The graduate admissions landscape. PHYSICAL REVIEW PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH. 13.Full Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.13.020142 Web of Science: 000419017000001
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2017Pushing and Pulling Sara: A Case Study of the Contrasting Influences of High School and University Experiences on Engineering Agency, Identity, and Participation. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN SCIENCE TEACHING. 54:439-462.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/tea.21372 Web of Science: 000395996900002
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2016Beyond performance metrics: Examining a decrease in students' physics self-efficacy through a social networks lens. PHYSICAL REVIEW PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH. 12.Full Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.12.020124 Web of Science: 000393397900001
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2016Career Outcome Expectations Related to Sustainability among Students Intending to Major in Civil Engineering. JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND PRACTICE. 142.Full Text via DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EI.1943-5541.0000253 Web of Science: 000366748900006
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2016How gender and reformed introductory physics impacts student success in advanced physics courses and continuation in the physics major. PHYSICAL REVIEW PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH. 12.Full Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.12.020118 Web of Science: 000393396900016
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2016Identity, Critical Agency, and Engineering: An Affective Model for Predicting Engineering as a Career Choice. JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION. 105:312-340.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/jee.20118 Web of Science: 000374644700005
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2016Student evaluations of physics teachers: On the stability and persistence of gender bias. PHYSICAL REVIEW PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH. 12.Full Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.12.020107 Web of Science: 000393396900005
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2016Sustainability Goals of Students Underrepresented in Engineering: An Intersectional Study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION. 32:1742-1748.Web of Science: 000389147200019
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2015Fostering Female Belongingness in Engineering through the Lens of Critical Engineering Agency. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION. 31:938-952.Web of Science: 000358934100004
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2015STEM and STEM education in the United States. AGE OF STEM: EDUCATIONAL POLICY AND PRACTICE ACROSS THE WORLD IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS. 129:102-133.Web of Science: 000350351800008
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2015Using survey questions to identify and learn more about those who exhibit design thinking traits. DESIGN STUDIES. 38:92-110.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.destud.2015.02.002 Web of Science: 000355023100004
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2014Sustainability as a Route to Broadening Participation in Engineering. JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION. 103:137-153.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/jee.20034 Web of Science: 000331404600007
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2013Factors that affect the physical science career interest of female students: Testing five common hypotheses. PHYSICAL REVIEW SPECIAL TOPICS-PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH. 9.Full Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.9.020115 Web of Science: 000326054100001
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2013Understanding engineering identity through structural equation modeling. 50-56.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2013.6684787
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2018A Minimally Disruptive Approach of Integrating Testing into Computer Programming Courses. 2018 IEEE/ACM INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING EDUCATION FOR MILLENNIALS (SEEM). 1-7.Full Text via DOI: 10.1145/3194779.3194790 Web of Science: 000455044200001
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2018Investigating the Intersection of Career Aspirations and Engineering Beliefs in First Year Engineering Students. 2012 FRONTIERS IN EDUCATION CONFERENCE (FIE).Web of Science: 000468396903050
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2017Understanding the Pathways of Students with Normative Attitudes in Engineering. 2012 FRONTIERS IN EDUCATION CONFERENCE (FIE).Web of Science: 000426974900182
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2015Determining strategies that predict physics identity: Emphasizing recognition and interest. 2013 PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH CONFERENCE. 199-202.Full Text via DOI: 10.1119/perc.2015.pr.045 Web of Science: 000375147300047
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2015In search of distinct graduate admission strategies in physics: An exploratory study using topological data analysis. 2013 PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH CONFERENCE. 107-110.Full Text via DOI: 10.1119/perc.2015.pr.022 Web of Science: 000375147300024
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2014Do Engineers Beget Engineers? Exploring Connections Between the Engineering-related Career Choices of Students and their Families. 2011 ASEE ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION.Web of Science: 000383779705057
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2014Exposure to Underrepresentation Discussion: The Impacts on Women's Attitudes and Identities. 2013 PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH CONFERENCE. 211-214.Full Text via DOI: 10.1119/perc.2014.pr.049 Web of Science: 000375145900051
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2014The Impacts of Modeling Physics in Upper Level Courses: The Persistence of Men and Women. 2013 PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH CONFERENCE. 219-222.Full Text via DOI: 10.1119/perc.2014.pr.051 Web of Science: 000375145900053
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chaired theses and dissertations
Research
principal investigator on
co-principal investigator on
- Building Capacity: Catalyzing Change in Calculus (C3) awarded by National Science Foundation 2018 - 2023
- Collaborative Research: Mobilizing Teachers to Increase Capacity and Broaden Women's Participation in Physics awarded by National Science Foundation 2017 - 2021
- Understanding the implications of gamification on women computer science students' engagement and women-CS fit awarded by National Science Foundation 2017 - 2020
- Collaborative Project: Engaged Student Learning - Design and Development Level II: Impact of Learning and Engagement Strategies for Software Courses using a Cyberlearning Environment awarded by National Science Foundation 2015 - 2019
- Community for Faculty Development awarded by Howard Hughes Medical Institute 2015 - 2018
investigator on
- Graduate Research Fellowship Program awarded by National Science Foundation 2018 - 2019
Teaching
teaching activities
- PHY2048-U31: General Physics Laboratory I Fall Term 2019
- PHY2048-U31: Physics with Calculus I Fall Term 2019
- PHY2048-U31: Physics with Calculus I Fall Term 2019
- PHY2048-U33: Physics with Calculus I Fall Term 2019
- PHY2048-U33: Physics with Calculus I Fall Term 2019
- PHY2049-U31: General Physics Laboratory II Spring Term 2019
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- Geoffrey Potvin
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publication subject areas
- Education & Educational Research
- Engineering
- Science & Technology - Other Topics