Jesse Pappas

About
Jesse Pappas is Assistant Professor of Engineering and Society in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. As one of the only social psychologists in the U.S. with a full-time appointment in engineering, he works at the intersection of individual experience and sociotechnical systems. Jesse currently teaches STS 2600: Engineering Ethics and serves as co-director of UVA's Engineering Character Strength Initiative (sponsored by the Lilly Endowment) and West Point's Character Assessment Planning Initiative (sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation). He has a long record of interdisciplinarity and an affinity for longitudinal research he developed as a fellow of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development. Jesse's work has been featured in places like Social Psychology Quarterly, Journal of Personality, International Journal of Engineering Education, and the Journal of Cleaner Production. Off grounds, he is father of two, husband to one, and an inveterate dilettante. For instance, he is cofounder of The Lupulin Exchange, a peer-to-peer hops marketplace that powers the North American craft brewing industry.
Education
Ph.D. Social Psychology, University of Virginia, 2012
M.A. Psychological Science, James Madison University, 2006
B.S. Psychology, Virginia Tech, 1998