Rising Star Assistant Professor UF Engineering Education (EEd) Mentorship + Self-efficacy Researcher + Reluctant Nerd Singer for Jesus. Lover of the arts Co-Host of Modern Figures Podcast. 3x UF HWCOE Alum 🧡🐊💙https://bsky.app/profile/jwaisome.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwaisome.bsky.social/post/3m7nbd7i4a22yUpdates from my lab! Two students have completed milestones this term. Breuna Wilson passed her qualifying exam and Atayliya Irving passed her proposal defense!10 Dec 2025 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:acvsvsn2jnegy7qb2uumm3nv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7nbd7i4a22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwaisome.bsky.social/post/3lza3f6cnjc2wCongratulations to Dr. Dennis Parnell Jr for successfully defending his dissertation entitled, Chipping Away at Barriers: Informing the Design of Augmented Reality Environments to Shape Semiconductor Career Interest. He will be the third PhD to graduate from my lab #GoGators @ufresearch.bsky.social20 Sep 2025 00:04 +0000at://did:plc:acvsvsn2jnegy7qb2uumm3nv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lza3f6cnjc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jwaisome.bsky.social/post/3lxbgxsol6k24We just wrapped our 6th season of @modernfigures.bsky.social (I created the account but never post lol). Working on re-launching content on YouTube. Here’s the latest released on there with one of my favs, @quincykbrown.bsky.social! https://youtu.be/SKtLS3J21XI?si=4J8vWrs3vksmdVVP26 Aug 2025 02:14 +0000at://did:plc:acvsvsn2jnegy7qb2uumm3nv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxbgxsol6k24https://bsky.app/profile/jwaisome.bsky.social/post/3lwmkskqxkc2tThis weekend was the Annual New Fellows Orientation for the 2025 McKnight Doctoral Fellows. I was invited to serve as a panelist to discuss, “The PhD Roadmap: Graduate School Resources and Best Practices for Success.” I got to see my new students, who are both new McKnight Fellows! #AcademicSky17 Aug 2025 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:acvsvsn2jnegy7qb2uumm3nv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwmkskqxkc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/jwaisome.bsky.social/post/3lwfzu7dqfc2uI had the pleasure of being interviewed by Nate Pottker on the National Science Foundation (NSF) Discovery Files podcast. I am grateful to have my work highlighted in this way! Share your thoughts on the episode and the use of AI in K-12 education in the comments. #AcademicSky #Blacksky #scicomm https://youtu.be/hYsjIG6TKB015 Aug 2025 04:37 +0000at://did:plc:acvsvsn2jnegy7qb2uumm3nv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwfzu7dqfc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwaisome.bsky.social/post/3lwag6o2jt22pLast week I graduated my first students! I felt all of the emotions! I’m incredibly proud of both of them as you can see in these. And I’m super surprised I held it together and didn’t cry 😂 Shoutout to my hair, which was a (well) paid actress for the day!12 Aug 2025 23:02 +0000at://did:plc:acvsvsn2jnegy7qb2uumm3nv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwag6o2jt22phttps://bsky.app/profile/jwaisome.bsky.social/post/3luln4amzc227You ever have to rip your entire soul out of a research proposal because of government oversight and the politicization of science? No? Is that just me? 😅 #reviseandresubmit #academicsky #edusky #academicwriting22 Jul 2025 23:15 +0000at://did:plc:acvsvsn2jnegy7qb2uumm3nv/app.bsky.feed.post/3luln4amzc227https://bsky.app/profile/jwaisome.bsky.social/post/3lqgtprgkb22rCongratulations to Dr. Jabari Wilson for successfully defending his dissertation. Dr. Wilson’s dissertation is entitled, Shaping Futures: The Influence of Career & Technical Education Work-Based Learning Program Design on High School Students' Career Aspirations. He’s the 3rd to do so in UF EEd!31 May 2025 03:49 +0000at://did:plc:acvsvsn2jnegy7qb2uumm3nv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqgtprgkb22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwaisome.bsky.social/post/3lqam27amac2hCongratulations to Jasmine Smith for successfully defending her dissertation entitled, The Influence of Self-Awareness and its Related Dimensions on Engineering Research Mentoring Relationships. Jasmine is my first grad student to defend and the second in the UF Department of Engineering Education!28 May 2025 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:acvsvsn2jnegy7qb2uumm3nv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqam27amac2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwaisome.bsky.social/post/3lq6ktauc4s23Realizing now (after a convo with @Dr_Kyla) that I’m experiencing a trauma response to my students defending. My body was BIG MAD all weekend and I haven’t been able to figure it out until today. The anxiety of MY defense and experience in grad school is still with me…27 May 2025 20:49 +0000at://did:plc:acvsvsn2jnegy7qb2uumm3nv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq6ktauc4s23https://bsky.app/profile/jwaisome.bsky.social/post/3lneum2lq2s23Yes, my grants have been canceled. No, I don’t want to talk about it. I’m just deeply saddened and simultaneously infuriated for me, my colleagues, my students, and the communities I serve.22 Apr 2025 04:44 +0000at://did:plc:acvsvsn2jnegy7qb2uumm3nv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lneum2lq2s23https://bsky.app/profile/jwaisome.bsky.social/post/3lm4h5nt6cs2nToday was a beautiful day.06 Apr 2025 02:57 +0000at://did:plc:acvsvsn2jnegy7qb2uumm3nv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm4h5nt6cs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwaisome.bsky.social/post/3llansek2rs2xMy allergies were insufferable in Gainesville. Went to ATL for 4 days and it got WORSE! How?! I can’t even chaotically sing and I’m supposed to teach Thursday. Teach how? At least when I got back the azaleas were gorgeous.26 Mar 2025 01:41 +0000at://did:plc:acvsvsn2jnegy7qb2uumm3nv/app.bsky.feed.post/3llansek2rs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwaisome.bsky.social/post/3likatjq46s2hOne student passed their proposal defense and another their qualifying exam! 🎉🎉🎉 And I’m excited to start recruiting with 3 students nearing graduation! Our progress will continue regardless of the changing landscape.19 Feb 2025 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:acvsvsn2jnegy7qb2uumm3nv/app.bsky.feed.post/3likatjq46s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwaisome.bsky.social/post/3lihl2rtkrc2aMe: Submits mid-tenure packet 🎉 Journal: Congrats, we’ve accepted your article! 🤗 Me: 😒😒😒18 Feb 2025 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:acvsvsn2jnegy7qb2uumm3nv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lihl2rtkrc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jwaisome.bsky.social/post/3ligbsqxx7k2xBarometric pressure headaches are AWFUL. This is NOT the superpower I deserve! 😩18 Feb 2025 03:07 +0000at://did:plc:acvsvsn2jnegy7qb2uumm3nv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ligbsqxx7k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwaisome.bsky.social/post/3lhyctmkmnk2qOutreach with my tiny human last weekend. These kids from a Title 1 school in Florida toured our NSF-sponsored facility and learned about wind hazards. Then they got to build wind turbines to test them in our boundary layer wind tunnel.12 Feb 2025 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:acvsvsn2jnegy7qb2uumm3nv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhyctmkmnk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwaisome.bsky.social/post/3lhecn7hlgc2jI’m genuinely surprised that folks didn’t see this coming. Florida (the state government) was over here doing the most and people pretended like it wouldn’t extend beyond the confines of red states. Our country’s comprehension of if-then conditions is truly astounding. Black women understood.04 Feb 2025 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:acvsvsn2jnegy7qb2uumm3nv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhecn7hlgc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwaisome.bsky.social/post/3lh5mca6ltk2aThere is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives. Malcolm knew this. Martin Luther King, Jr. knew this. Our struggles are particular, but we are not alone... Black people have been here before us and survived. Audre Lorde https://media.tenor.com/txx9dF-SX2IAAAAC/mental-health-black-voices.gif?hh=498&ww=49801 Feb 2025 22:56 +0000at://did:plc:acvsvsn2jnegy7qb2uumm3nv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh5mca6ltk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jwaisome.bsky.social/post/3lh2zh4gjc22x93 days ago, when January began 😅 I posted about how excited I was for #NationalMentoringMonth to start. Y’all. I’m so ready for February and to celebrate being Black. Every. Single. Day ✊🏽 https://media.tenor.com/Efwxey6iNTkAAAAC/issa-rae-rooting-for-everyone-black.gif?hh=270&ww=48031 Jan 2025 22:13 +0000at://did:plc:acvsvsn2jnegy7qb2uumm3nv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh2zh4gjc22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwaisome.bsky.social/post/3lgyrn72qds2xBe joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. 💜31 Jan 2025 00:48 +0000at://did:plc:acvsvsn2jnegy7qb2uumm3nv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgyrn72qds2x