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John M. Wilkes

Publications

Peer-Reviewed (Refereed) Journal Articles

• "Tradeoffs in Student Satisfaction: Is the 'Perfect' Course an Illusion?", The Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, forthcoming in 1993, Miller, J., Wilkes, J. Goodwin, L., Cheetham, R., Oxford, Ohio.

• "A Cognitive Interpretation of the Marginality and Underrepresentation of Women in Science", (co-author Gabriel Bar-Haim), Journal of Higher Education, Volume 60, No. 4, July/August, 1989.

• "Comparisons of Male and Female Student Aspirants to a Scientific Career: Perceptions of Promising Science Talents", International Journal of Comparative Sociology, (co-author Gabriel Bar-Haim), 1989.

• "A Cognitive Interpretation of the Marginality of Women in Science" with Gabriel Haim. Paper presented at the Midwest Sociological Association, April 9, 1981. Revised for journal publication, Journal of Higher Education, accepted January 1988.

• "Psychological & Background Characteristics Influence Student's Success in Computer Programming" (co-author - L. Goodwin) AEDS Journal 20, pp. 1-9, 1986.

• "Are New Courses The Answer?" Science Technology and Society Newsletter, Published by Lehigh University, Number 31, September 1982.

• Computer Science: Key to a Space Program Renaissance, Final Report of the 1981 NASA/ASEE Summer Study on the use of computer science and technology in NASA, "NASA and the Space Sciences: Conflict and Accommodation in a Changing Research Environment."

Review Papers

• "Is This Picket Fence Necessary?" by John M. Wilkes; a solicited review of "Rediscovering the Contexts of Discovery and Justification: by Steve Fuller for the Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society; Fall, 1996.

• "Case Studies; A Promising Way to Assess Technological Impacts?" Review Essay in 4S Review, Vol. 1, No. 4, Summer 1983.

Conference Publications/Proceedings, Reviewed

• "Psychological Effects of Computers" with Gregg Scragg. Paper presented at an International Symposium (Apollo Agonistes: The Humanities in a Computerized world) SUNY, Albany, New York, April 1979.

• "The Interaction of Publication, Styles and Evaluative Criteria in an Emerging Scientific Field: Case of Sociology" with Yoram Neumann. Paper presented at the Midwestern Sociological Association, Omaha, Nebraska, April 16, 1978.

• "Technology, Technologists and Social Problems" with Gerald Gordon. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, Illinois, September 5 - 9, 1977.

Book Chapters

• "Group Success and Group Failure: How Much Can A Teacher Do?" Miller, J., Trimbur, J. and Wilkes, J., A solicited chapter for New Directions in Teaching and Learning, Ed. Kris Bosworth, Indiana University, 1995.

• "Characterizing Niches and Strata in Science by Tracing Differences in Cognitive Style Distribution," Chapter 10 in The Social Psychology of Science, Shadish, W., and Fuller, S., The Guilford Press, New York, 1994.

Presentations

Conference Presentations

• "A Renewed Space Race Technology Assessment: 2010-2050" Wilkes et al ., 20th Annual Meeting of the International Association for STS, Baltimore, Maryland, Feb, 11-12, 2005.

• "Monitoring Students by Learning Style", NEFDC Fall Conference, Westford, MA, Nov. 12, 2004.

• Why Do Intuitives Have an Advantage on Both Aptitude and Achievement Tests?", Association for Psychological Type, International Conference, Toronto Canada, July 21-25, 2004

• "Guns, Germs and Steel-or Bhopal?" 19th Annual Meeting of the National Association for STS, Baltimore, Maryland, Feb 19-20, 2004

• "Are Civilian Space Agencies more Innovative than Military Labs?" 19th Annual Meeting of the National Association for STS, Baltimore ,Maryland, Feb 19-29, 2004

• "The SAT as a Technology that Filters the University Student Body" , 19th Annual Meeting of the National Association For STS, Baltimore, Maryland, Feb. 19-20, 2004

• "The NASA Mindset and the Normal Accident" 18th Annual Meeting of the National Association for STS, Baltimore, Maryland, Feb. 20-22, 2003

• "The MBTI, State Achievement Testing and Life Role Playing Games", Lighthouse Conference, Capital University, Columbus, Ohio April 6-7, 2002

• "The STS Educational Potential in LRPG’s", with Andrew Gallant and Patrick Groulx , 18th annual meeting of the National Association for STS, Baltimore, Maryland.

• "When Scientists Err as Peer Reviewers", 17th Annual NASTS Conference, Baltimore, MD, February 21-23, 2002.

• "Science Education Reform, STS and LRPGs from a Cognitive Styles Perspective", with George Spino, Joshua Carvalho and Mirek Cymer, 17th Annual NASTS Conference, Baltimore, MD, February 21-23, 2002.

• "Ascertaining Whether Different Types of Learners are Served Equally Well", 2001 Lilly Conference on College & University Teaching, Boston, MA, November 2-3, 2001.

• "Cognitive Clash and Complementarity in Team Dynamics: A Cognitive Styles Perspective", 5th Annual NCIIA National Conference on Creativity & Innovation in Higher Education, Arlington, VA, March 6-9, 2001.

• "A Contemporary Microcosm of the Nuclear Power Debate", with Patrick Kaplo, 16th Annual NASTS Conference, Baltimore, MD, March 2-3, 2001.

• "Health Problems as an STS Curriculum Theme - Why the Many Failures?", 16th Annual NASTS Conference, Baltimore, MD, March 2-3, 2001.

• "Student Pugwash and the STS Movement: Why we should advise SP chapters", 16th Annual NASTS Conference, Baltimore, MD, March 2-3, 2001.

• "The MBTI-GCSI Connection: Complementary or Converging Measures of Learning Style?", John Wilkes, 4th Biennial CAPT Education Conference, March 11, 2000 Gainesville, Florida

• "Does the "Intuitive Advantage" Inform One about the MBTI, the SAT or the College Admissions Process?", John Wilkes and Keith McCormick,4th Biennial CAPT Education Conference, March 10, 2000, Gainesville, Florida

• "When Education Becomes Policy Research: Six Rounds of the AEGIS Game at WPI" by John Wilkes, 15th National Association for Science, Technology National Association for Science, Technology and Society Society meeting, March 2-4, 2000 Baltimore MD

• "Feedback and Accountability in Education - The ISIS Concept," by John M. Wilkes, 14th National Association for Science, Technology & Society, March 4-6, 1999, Baltimore, MD.

• "Envisioning Computer Based Organizational Change," by John M. Wilkes and Duane Morin, presented at the 13th National Association for Science, Technology & Society Meeting, March 5-7, 1998, Naperville, IL.

• "School-College Collaboratives: The WPI S-STS Curriculum Development and Evaluation Initiative" by John M. Wilkes and Lance Schachterle, presented at the National Association for Science, Technology & Society Annual Conference, March 6-9, 1997, Worcester, MA.

• "The Differential Equations Class Experiment with Cognitively Diverse and Type Alike Study Sections: The Case for Homogeneous Groupings" by John M. Wilkes and Monaca McNall, presented at the National Association for Science, Technology & Society Annual Conference, March 6-9, 1997, Worcester, MA.

• "World Space Agency 'Mindsets': Their Implications for Global Competition and Cooperation" by John M. Wilkes, Andrea Kodys, and Michael Riley, presented at the National Association for Science, Technology & Society Annual Conference, March 6-9, 1997, Worcester, MA.

• "Which Students Like STS-based Science Best in Elementary and Middle School?" by John M. Wilkes, presented at the National Association for Science, Technology & Society Annual Conference, March 6-9, 1997, Worcester, MA.

• "Can Learning Styles Feedback Lead to Systemic Reform in Public Schools?" by Greg Doerschler and John M. Wilkes, presented at the National Association for Science, Technology & Society Annual Conference, March 6-9, 1997, Worcester, MA.

• "How Close is Too Close? Professional Socialization of Engineers in Terms of Tolerance for Cultural Diversity" by John Taoultsides, John M. Wilkes and Blong Yang, presented at the National Association for Science, Technology & Society Annual Conference, March 6-9, 1997, Worcester, MA.

• "The WPI S-STS Initiative: Creating New Roles for Social Science Majors in the Public Schools," by John M. Wilkes, presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, March 30, 1996, Boston, MA.

• "Reaching the ESF's with Science Via the S-STS Format, by John Wilkes published in the Proceedings of the CAPT Biennial International Conference on: Quality Education: Evolution and Revolution, the Role of Psychological Type Conference, March 7-9, 1996, Orlando, FL.

• "Type Based Differences in Performance on the Old and New S.A.T." by John M. Wilkes, John Pieper and Keith McCormick, at the Quality Education: Evolution and Revolution, the Role of Psychological Type Conference, March 7-9, 1996, Orlando, FL.

• "Cognitive Bias in the SAT: A Filter in the Personpower Pipeline?" (with Paula Brezniak and Danielle Batey), presented at the National Association for Science, Technology & Society Meeting and Technological Literacy Conference, February 9, 1996, Arlington, VA.

• "Who is Flourishing and Who is Fidgeting: Blending Curriculum Evaluation and Learning Styles Research," by John Wilkes, presented at the National Association for Science, Technology & Society Meeting and Technological Literacy Conference, February 9, 1996, Arlington, VA.

• "A Learning Styles Based Curriculum Evaluation Procedure for S-STS Units," presented at the National Association for Science, Technology & Society Meeting and Technological Literacy Conference, March 5, 1995, Arlington, VA.

• "Tradeoffs in Student Satisfaction: Is the `Perfect' Course an Illusion?" Wilkes, John M., and Miller, Judith. Presented at Lilly Conference on College Teaching, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, November 20 - 22, 1992.

• "Science Education Reform Viewed through the MMTIC," Wilkes, John M., and McCormick, Keith. Presented at the Southeastern Region Association for Psychological Type Conference, Raleigh, North Carolina, September 25 - 26, 1992.

• "Learning Style as a Reflection of Cognitive Abilities and the MBTI: Revelations based on the Chem Com Study," Wilkes, John M., and McCormick, Keith. Presented at the Southeastern Region Association for Psychological Type Conference, Raleigh, North Carolina, September 25 - 26, 1992.

• "A Comparative Perspective On Space Science and Space Policy: ESA, ISAS, and NASA", Wilkes, John M. Presented at 4S/EASST-Joint Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, August 12 -15, 1992.

• "Group Dynamics and Cognitive Interplay in Applied Scientific Working Groups," Wilkes, John M., and Zink, S. Presented at 4S/EASST-Joint Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, August 12 -15, 1992.

• "The Role of Cognitive Style in Student Response to Active Learning in Freshman Biology," Miller, J. and Wilkes, J., Conference on the Freshman Year Experience, Worcester, MA, June 1992.

• "The Role of Cognitive Style in Student Response to Active Learning in Introductory Biology," Miller, Judith E., Wilkes, John M. Presented at The Freshman Year Experience Conference at WPI, hosted by University of South Carolina, June 11 - 13, 1992.

• "Is There a Future for Space Commercialization," Winship, R., Wilkes, J., Seventh Technological Literacy Conference, Alexandria, VA, February 6 - 9, 1992.

• "Cognitive Styles, Learning Styles, and the Response to S-STS and M-STS Curricula," (along with Keith McCormick, WPI student), National Association for Science, Technology, and Society, Sixth Annual Technological Literacy Conference, Washington, D.C., February 1 - 3, 1991.

• "A Cognitive Perspective on the Experience of Women in Science and Engineering: or Shadow Variables that Can Complicate Relations Across the Gender Line," National Association for Science, Technology, and Society, Sixth Annual Technological Literacy Conference, Washington, D.C., February 1 - 3, 1991.

• "Clashing Images of the Commercial Potential of Space", (Co-author Richard Custer) 1989 Conference of the 4S (Society for Social Studies of Science), Costa Mesa, California, November 15 - 18, 1989.

• "Knowledge, Confidence, and Perspective as Factors Shaping Perceptions of Nuclear Power", Society for Risk Analysis, 1989 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, October 29, 1989 - November 1, 1989.

• "A Cognitive Styles Perspective on Interdisciplinary Collaborations and Team Research", CESDIS Conference, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, August 8, 1989.

• "Journey Into Space: Visions and Current Realities of NASA's Industrialization Initiative". Technology Strategy and Policy Colloquium Series, February 1, 1989, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.

• American Sociological Annual Meeting "Attitudes toward Controversial Technologies: The Case Of Nuclear Energy," Atlanta, Georgia, August 1988.

• "Are Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Technology Related?" and "International Perspectives on S.T.S. Programs" 3rd Annual Technology Literacy Conference, Arlington, Virginia, February 1988.

• "Comparative and Connective Research on the Cognitive Styles Typology." Annual Meeting of the Social Studies of Science, Worcester, Massachusetts, November 20, 1987.

• Colloquium on "Cognitive Styles of Male and Female Science Students." Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society - New York City, April 5, 1986.

• "Public Knowledge and Interpretation of Nuclear Power Before and After TMI," Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social Study of Science, RPI, Troy, New York, October 25 - 27, 1985.

• "An Experimental Approach to Specifying Cognitive Orientation Using Qualitative Methods of Analysis" with Brian Starr, David Vacheon and James Coggins. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social Study of Science, RPI, Troy, New York, October 25 - 27, 1985.

• "Searching for the Source of Technology's Social Force," Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social Study of Science, Ghent, Belgium, November 16, 1984.

• "The Computerized Therapist Debate: A Case Study in the Social Impact of Technology," Invited presentation at the session on Current Applications of the Massachusetts Psychological Association, Worcester, Massachusetts, June 1, 1984.

• "The Hacker Challenge: Artistry, Addiction, or Subversion?" (with R. Mangu and D Gewirtz) Expanded and refined, written version of the 1982 oral presentation. Paper presented at the Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, Massachusetts, March 1983.

• "Sex Differences in Perceptions of Science and Scientists" with Haim, G. and McCormack, A. Presented at the November 1982 meeting of Society for Social Study of Science, Blacksburg, Virginia.

• "NASA's Great Computer Debate (or Technology and the Politics of Space Science)." Presented at the November 1982 meeting of the Society for Social Study of Science, Blacksburg, Virginia.

• "Technical Nuclear Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Nuclear Power Before and After Three Mile Island." with Reed, J. H. and Wilkes, J. Presented at the Annual 4S meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1981.

• "Creativity and the Management of Research Productivity." Presented at the conference of Productivity, Washington, D.C. November 1981. Included in The Science of Productivity, by Franke, R. H.

• "Knowledge, Social Perspective and Three Mile Island as Factors Affecting Nuclear Opinion." Presented at the annual meeting of the New England Chapter of the Health Physics Society, Wakefield, Massachusetts, May 21, 1981.

• "Sex and Attitudes Toward Nuclear Power" with John Reed. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York City, 1980.

• "Cognitive Issues Arising from Study in the Sociology of Science." Prepared for the meeting of the American Psychological Association, New York City, September 1979.

• "Comparison of Two Climates of Opinion on Nuclear Power" with Lovington, M. and Horne, R. Paper prepared for the annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society, Atlanta, Georgia, June 3 - 8, 1979.

• "Cognitive Emphasis of Academic Researchers in Four Scientific Disciplines." Presentation at the Boston University Conference on Cognitive Style and Organization Emphasis, November 18, 1976

Poster Presentations

• "Nuclear Knowledge and Nuclear Attitudes: An Examination of Informed Opinion" (AAAS meeting Poster Session report), Unpublished Manuscript, July 21, 1980.

Other Presentations

• "A Learning Styles Perspective (MBTI) on the Freshman Year Academic Experience: WPI Class of 2002", by John Wilkes ( A Food for Thought, Luncheon Presentation) May 10, 2000, at WPI.

• "Predicting Which Freshmen Will Struggle: The WPI Class of 2001 Study," invited presentation by the Center for Educational Development, WPI, January 28, 1999.

• "Learning Styles and Cognitive Styles: Crossing Two Traditions to Open a Window into the World of Student Experience," by John M. Wilkes, A Professional Development Institute of the Alliance for Education; April 18, 1997, Marlboro, MA.

• "The Learning Styles Significance of the MBTI and MMTIC as Revealed by the Worcester Science Curriculum Unit Evaluation Studies," by John M. Wilkes; Invited Orientation Presentation for an E.D.S. client elementary school in Boston at the time the faculty was "typed" using the MBTI. May 3, 1996.

• "Workshop on Advisory and Counseling Implications of Learning Styles from a Cognitive Perspective," by John M. Wilkes and Keith McCormick, Invited Presentation at EAW for the Worcester Public Schools Department of Pupil Services, March 20, 1996, Worcester, MA.

• Invited Panelist to speak on "Producing STS Curricula for the Public Schools: An Outreach Effort Based on the WPI Student Projects Program," AMSIE '96, sponsored by AAAS, February 13, 1996, Baltimore, MD.

• "Cognitive Styles, Learning Styles and Student Response to Different Curriculum Formats," Invited Seminar Presentation, Clemson University, April 9, 1993, Clemson, SC.

• "Cognitive Patterns, Creativity, Product Development and You," A seminar presentation to the Polaroid Corporation Helios 14x17 Systems Group, January 12, 1993, Newton, MA.

• "Confusion and Cross-Fertilization Between Psychology of Creativity and Sociology of Science", F.I.R.S.T.S., Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 6, 1988.

Other

Other Publications or Works

• "Pioneering Women of Science: Echoes of Their Struggle Still Heard in Young Voices" Bates College, Class of 1970 Reunion Presentation, Lewiston, Maine, June 11, 2005.

• "Evaluating an Introduction to Sociology in the S.T.S. Tradition", John Wilkes and Matthew J. Chowaniec, New England Sociological Association Annual Meeting, St. Regis College, Weston, MA, April 23, 2005.

• "Testing the Stanford Model of forming Design Teams using WPI MQP data" WPI Food For Thought Luncheon, Feb 21, 2005

• "Curriculum Revisions in Sociology: An Opportunity for STS? " with Jeff Faria and Ben Silverman, 20th Annual Meeting of the International Association for STS, Baltimore, Maryland, Feb, 11-12, 2005.

• "Aptitude and Achievement Measures: A Quick MBTI Led Tour of Education Data ranging from the 4th Grade MCAS to College Graduation", Boston Area Chapter of the Association for Psychological Type, Boston, MA, May 16, 2002.

• "Science Policy or Social Policy for Women in Science: From Historical Case-Studies to an Agenda for the 1990s," A workshop sponsored by NSF--Programs for Women at The Johns Hopkins University, Homewood Campus, December 6 - 8, 1991.

• "Cognitive Styles and Group Dynamics in Interdisciplinary Research and Evaluation Teams," (along with Tamara Payne, Principal Consultant - Management Consultant and Training), National Cancer Institute, Radiation Research Program, Rockville, Maryland, December 1990.

• "Styles of Thought, Styles of Research and Development of Scientific Fields". Unpublished Manuscript, July 15, 1980.

• "Nuclear Attitudes and Nuclear Knowledge in Massachusetts Prior to Three Mile Island" with John H. Reed. Report to Research Sponsors, July 1979.

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