Bio_Kim_Wolfinbarger

About

Kim Graves Wolfinbarger, founding director of the Jerry Holmes Leadership Program for Engineers and Scientists, designs and delivers leadership development curricula tailored to the needs of collegiate engineering and science students. An assistant professor in the Engineering Pathways Program, she teaches leadership and professional development courses, supports student organizations, manages the engineering leadership certificate program, and provides advice and counsel to Holmes Leadership Associates and their professional mentors. Her research focuses on leadership development and teamwork among engineering and science students. She holds a PhD in industrial & systems engineering, an MS in industrial engineering, and a BBA in marketing, all from OU. She was the 2023-24 chair of the Engineering Leadership Development Division of the American Society for Engineering Education, and continues to serve on the division’s executive board

Courses Taugh

ENGR 1413 - Engineering Thinking

ENGR 4013 - Leadership and Management for Engineers

ENGR 3051 - Experiential Leadership

ENGR 3440 - Mentored Research

Publications/academic works/Research Interests:

• Research interests: leadership development and teamwork among engineering and science students.

• Wolfinbarger, K. G. (2022). Team leadership in engineering education. In M. R. Kendall & C. Rottmann (Eds.), New Directions for Student Leadership: No. 173. Student leadership development in engineering. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/yd.20479. View full text at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/XBDDKJHTVP5ZWB45VDQX?target=10.1002/yd.20479

• Wolfinbarger, K. G., Shehab, R. L., Trytten, D. A., & Walden, S. E. (2021). The influence of engineering competition team participation on students’ leadership identity development. Journal of Engineering Education, 110(3), 9225–948. https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20418

• Wolfinbarger, K. G., and Kittur, J. (2024). Assessing leadership development via a leadership practice project: A work in progress. In Proceedings of the 2024 ASEE Annual Conference, Portland, OR: American Society for Engineering Education. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--46607

• Wolfinbarger, K. G., and Kittur, J. (2024). Leadership capabilities exploration and development via an experiential leadership course: A work in progress. In Proceedings of the 2024 ASEE Annual Conference, Portland, OR: American Society for Engineering Education. https://10.18260/1-2--47717

• Davis, C. E., & Wolfinbarger, K. G. (2018). Assessing team development in an engineering project-based course. In Proceedings of the 2018 Frontiers in Education Conference, San Jose, CA: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/fie.2018.8658694

• Wolfinbarger, K. G., & Pan, R. (C.) (2016). Leadership attitudes and beliefs of students enrolled in an engineering leadership course. In Proceedings of the 2016 ASEE Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA: American Society for Engineering Education. https://doi.org/10.18260/p.25518

• Wolfinbarger, K. G., & Shehab, R. L. (2015). What behaviors and characteristics do engineering competition team members associate with leadership? In Proceedings of the 2015 ASEE Annual Conference, Seattle, WA: American Society for Engineering Education. https://doi.org/10.18260/p.25054

• Shehab, R. L., Wolfinbarger, K. G., & Page, S.–M. (2014). Amusement park engineer: An industrial and systems engineering activity for high-school students. In Proceedings of the 2014 Industrial & Systems Engineering Research Conference, Montreal, QC: Institute of Industrial Engineers.

• Wolfinbarger, K. G. (2010). A new approach to laboratory-based learning in an introductory ergonomics course. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 54th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. (Winner of the Best Student Paper award for the Education Technical Group.)