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Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering University of Washington (UW), Seattle, WA 

Expected graduation: May 2025

• National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP)

• Research in privacy and education technology

• Teaching assistant

M.S. in Industrial Engineering UW: Graduated March 2023

• Coursework master’s

• Electives include Learning sciences for informatics; Gender, race, and information technology; Advance topics in human computer interaction; Human-centered design engineering methods

B.S. in Industrial and Management Systems Engineering 

Minor in Mathematics 

Montana State University (MSU), Bozeman, MT Graduated: November 2020

• Undergraduate researcher

• 2nd President of oSTEM club for LGBTQ+ students in STEM in 2019

Refereed Journal Articles (4)

• Maloy, J., Kwapisz, M. B., and Hughes, B. E. (2022). Factors Influencing Retention of Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students in Undergraduate STEM Majors. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.21-05-0136

• Kwapisz, M., B.E. Hughes, W.J. Schell, E. Ward, and T. Sybesma. (2021). “We’ve always been engineers:” Indigenous student voices on engineering and leadership identities. Education Science, 11(11), 675. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11110675.

• Hughes, B. E., Schell, W. J., Tallman, B., Sybesma, T., Kwapisz, M. B., Annand, E., Ranch, S., Krejci, C., Bozic, C., and Kotys-Schwartz, D. (2021). Entering the community of practice: changes in engineering students’ engineering identities and perceptions of the field. European Journal of Engineering Education, 46(6), 968–986. https://doi.org/10.1080/03043797.2021.1947197

• Schell, W.J., B.E. Hughes, B. Tallman, T. Sybesma, M. Kwapisz, E. Annand, S. Ranch, C. Bozic, C.C. Krejci, and D.A. Kotys-Schwartz (2022). Understanding the Joint Development of Engineering and Leadership Identities. Engineering Management Journal (EMJ), 34(3), 497-507. https://doi.org/10.1080/10429247.2021.1952021.

Refereed Conference Proceedings (9)

• Kwapisz, M.B., Kohli, A., and P. Rajivan. (2024). Privacy Concerns of Student Data Shared with Instructors in an Online Learning Management System. Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '24), Honolulu. https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642914

• Schell, W.J., B.E. Hughes, B. Tallman, M. Kwapisz, and Tessa Sybesma. (2021). Examining the Components of an Engineering Leadership Identity. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference and Exhibition, Virtual.

• Tallman, B., T. Sybesma, M. Kwapisz, E. Annand, S. Ranch, Hughes, B.E., and W.J. Schell. (2020). Developing Students’ Engineering Leadership Identity: Development and Results of a Pilot Effort with First Year Students. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference and Exhibition, Virtual. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--35156.

• Schell, W.J., B.E. Hughes, B. Tallman, T. Sybesma, M. Kwapisz, E. Annand, and S. Ranch. (2019). How Do Students View Leadership Identity in Engineering? Proceedings of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE) Conference Brisbane, Australia.

** Winner of Best Conference Paper in the Category of Motivation and Engagement of Students, Academics and Industry **

• Kwapisz, M.B., T.A. Sybesma, E. Annand, S. Ranch, R. Beigel, W.J. Schell, B.E. Hughes, and B. Tallman. (2019). The Effect of Engineering Leadership Identity Research on the Identities of Student Researchers. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM) International Annual Conference (IAC), Philadelphia, PA.

• B. Tallman, W.J. Schell, T. Sybesma, M. Kwapisz, B.E. Hughes, S. Ranch, C. Bozic, and D. Kotys-Schwartz. (2019). How Do Engineering Undergraduates Define Engineering Identity? Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM) International Annual Conference (IAC), Philadelphia, PA.

• Hughes, B.E., W.J. Schell, E. Annand, R. Beigel, M. Kwapisz, and B. Tallman. (2019). Do I Think I’m an Engineer? Understanding the Impact of Engineering Identity on Retention. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference and Exhibition, Tampa, FL.

• Annand, E., R. Beigel, M. Kwapisz, B.E. Hughes, W.J. Schell, and B. Tallman. (2019). Engineering Leadership Identity: Understanding the Intersection of Engineering and Leadership Identities. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference and Exhibition, Tampa, FL.

• Schell, W.J., B. Tallman, E. Annand, R. Beigel, M. Kwapisz, and B.E. Hughes. (2019.) Understanding the Relationship Between Engineering Identity and Leadership. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference and Exhibition, Tampa, FL.

Conference Posters with Refereed Abstracts (3)

• Tallman, B., T. Sybesma, W. Schell, B. Hughes, M. Kwapisz, and S. Ranch. (2020). Developing Students’ Engineering Leadership Identity: Development and Results of a Pilot Effort with First Year Students. Poster presented at ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, Virtual.

•  Kwapisz, M.B., S. Ranch, T. Sybesma, and E. Annand. (2019). Industrial Engineering Research Projects at Montana State University. Poster presented at The Crossroads of Discovery, Bozeman, MT.

• Kwapisz, M.B., S. Ranch, T. Sybesma, B. Tallman, B.E. Hughes, and W.J. Schell. (2019). The Formation of Undergraduate Engineers as Engineering Leaders. Poster presented at the ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, Tampa, FL.

Works in Progress (2)

• Kwapisz, M.B., Banks, M., and P. Rajivan. Working title “Student Responses to Privacy Preserving Solutions in LMS”

• Kwapisz, M.B. and Lindah Kotut. Working title “SoK: Education Technology and Panoptic Surveillance"

Other Engagements

• Rutten, K., M. Kwapisz, J. Paxton, and B.E. Hughes. “Out in the Mountain West: Cultivating an oSTEM Chapter at Montana State University”

• Organizer of “Fostering LGBTQ+ STEM Student Success” and “An Evening with Sam Brinton” featuring speaker Sam Brinton presented by oSTEM at Montana State University 

Work Experience

Graduate Research Fellow, UW, October 2023 - Present

• Conducting research about privacy and education technology

• Designing and conducting semi-structured interviews, qualitative coding with inductive content analysis methods, systematically reviewing academic literature, writing papers for publication in academic journals and conferences

• Mentoring undergraduate students to support development of diverse future researchers

• Funded by NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

Graduate Teaching Assistant, UW, September 2021 - May 2023

• Communicating with students to foster academic success

• Instructing students during office hours and occasionally in class

• Grading assignments, quizzes, and exams

• Skilled in using and managing Canvas web-based learning management system

• Classes: Probability and statistics for engineers, Introduction to manufacturing systems, Simulation, Manufacturing scheduling and inventory, Technology-based entrepreneurship, Fundamentals of engineering economy, User interface design

Undergraduate Researcher, MSU, November 2018 - April 2021

• Collaborated with a team of researchers to conduct grounded theory qualitative human subjects research, code in Nvivo, and author papers about engineering leadership identity development

• Funding by NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and MSU Undergraduate Scholarships Program scholarship

• Co-authored a Best Paper in “Motivation and Engagement of Students, Academics, and Industry” at Australasian Association for Engineering Education 2019

Non-Profit Clinic Volunteer, BridgerCare, Bozeman, MT, September 2016 - December 2020

• Assistant taught at-risk youth, incarcerated women, and in-classroom puberty and sex education

Cross-Country Ski Coach, Bridger Ski Foundation, Bozeman, MT, March 2015 - February 2019

• Certified United States Ski/Snowboard Association Level 100 Coach

• Planned and led ski lessons for 6- to 13-year-old athletes

Summer Lab Intern, MSU Civil Engineering Snow Science, June 2016 - August 2016

• Researched the artificial creation of glacial ice in a lab setting,

• Assisted with a study of avalanche propagation

Awards and Interests

• NSF GRFP Fellowship

• UW Reusser Family Fellowship

• Finished 2018 Ed Anacker Bridger Ridge Run (19.85 miles)

• Lavender Leader Award 2020 for exceptional support for LGBTQ+ students