Publications
Publications
Embedded Files
Dissertation
Dissertation
Funding: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (DGE- 133486)
Advisor: Dr. Allison Godwin
Committee: Dr. Alice Pawley, Dr. Matthew Ohland,
Dr. Paul Dean, (Ohio-Weslayan University), Dr. Kelly Cross (University of Nevada, Reno)
Journal Publications
Journal Publications
Perkins, H., Ge, J., Scheidt, M., Major, J. C., Chen, J, Berger, E., Godwin, A. (2021). Well-being supports and barriers for engineering student belonging. International Journal of Community Well-Being, 1-32.
Godwin, A., Benedict, B., Rohde, J., Thielmeyer, A., Perkins, H., Major, J. C.,
Clements, H. R., Chen, Z. (2021) New epistemological perspectives on quantitative methods: An example using topological data analysis.
Studies in Engineering Education, 2(1), 16-34.
Ge, J., Major, J. C., Berger, E., Loui, M., Froiland, J., Jenson, K., Godwin, A. (2021).
A theory of engineering thriving to redefine student success. Studies in Engineering Education, 2(2), 19-41.
Major, J. C. (2020). To cross the picket line, or join it: Facing engineering education’s role in the socioeconomic exploitation of marginalized peoples to further a discipline [Guest Editorial]. Journal of Engineering Education 109(2), pp. 1-7.
Major, J. C., Carberry, A., Kirn, A., (2020). Revisiting a measure of engineering design self-efficacy. International Journal of Engineering Education, 36(2), pp. 1-13.
Peer-Reviewed Conference Publications
Peer-Reviewed Conference Publications
Perkins, H. L., Godwin, A., Berger, E. J., Major, J. C. (2022, July). Potential of a values affirmation intervention for marginalized gender students’ belonging and recognition. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN.
Major, J. C., Tallman, T. N. (2021, July). Student Paper: The current state of pedagogy on nondestructive methods in engineering education. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting. Long Beach, CA.
Perkins, H., Scheidt, M., Major, J. C., Godwin, A., Berger, E. (2021, July). Modeling trajectories of latent classes to understand the academic performance of engineering students. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting. Long Beach, CA.
Major, J. C., Godwin A., Kirn, A. (2021, January). Working to achieve equitable access to engineering by redefining disciplinary standards for the use and dissemination of demographics in quantitative studies. Annual Conference of the Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity (CoNECD). Washington, D.C.
Foster, E., Riley, D. M., Haverkamp, A., Fatehiboroujeni, S., Major, J. C. (2021, January). Week of Action; #EngineersShowUp as intersectional advocates. Annual Conference of the Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity (CoNECD). Washington, D.C. https://peer.asee.org/week-of-action-engineersshowup-as-intersectional-advocates
Major, J. C., Scheidt, M., Godwin, A., Berger, E., Chen, J. (2020). Effects of test anxiety on engineering students' STEM success. 2020 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting.
Awarded 2020 "Best Diversity Paper" by the American Society for Engineering Education: Educational Research and Methods Division.
Rodriguez-Simmonds, H., Langus, T. C., Pearson, N. S., Major, J. C., Kirn, A., Godwin, A. (2020). Interpersonal interactions in engineering teams: Findings from a multi-year mixed methods study at three institutions. 2020 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting. (Link coming soon).
Krest, L., Major, J. C., Scheidt, M., Ge, J., Self, B. P., Chen, J., Widmann, J. M., Godwin, A., Berger, E. J. (2020). Examining the importance of noncognitive and affective (NCA) factors for engineering student success. 2020 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting. (Link coming soon).
Chen. J., Landy, J. M., Scheidt, M., Major, J. C., Ge, J., Chambers, C. E., Grigorian, C., Kerfs, M., Berger, E. J., Godwin, A., Self, B. P., Widmann, J. M. (2020). Learning in clusters: Exploring the association between noncognitive and affective profiles of engineering students and academic performance. 2020 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting. (Link coming soon).
Major, J. C. (2019). Class-passing and citizen-passing in engineering education: How Nando succeeded by hiding in plain sight. 2019 Frontiers in Education Conference.
Scheidt, M., Major J. C., Ge, J., Godwin, A., Berger, E., Chen, J., Self, B., Widmann, J., Gates, A. (2019). Exploring the relationship between non-cognitive and affective (NCA) competencies and first-year retention of undergraduates in engineering. 2019 Frontiers in Education Conference.
Major, J. C., Carberry, A., Kirn, A., (2019). Revisiting a measure of engineering design self-efficacy. 2019 Clive L. Dym Harvey Mudd Design Workshop.
Langus, T. C., Pearson, N., Major, J. C., Godwin, A., Kirn, A., (2019). How traumatic events help shape social exclusion in engineering teams. 2019 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting.
Major, J. C., Godwin, A., (2019). WIP: An intersectional conceptual framework for understanding how to measure socioeconomic inequality in engineering education. 2019 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting.
Ge, J., Major, J. C., Berger, E., Godwin, A., (2019). WIP: Teaching undergraduate engineering students gratitude, meaning, and mindfulness. 2019 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting.
Scheidt, M., Godwin, A., Major, J. C., Ge, J., Berger, E., (2019). Validity evidence for a survey measuring engineering and computing students’ non-cognitive and affective profiles. 2019 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting.
Dandridge, T. M, Al Yagoub, H., Cleare, S. S., Major, J. C., Raye, S. R., Wright, C. E., Pawley, A. (2019). Engaging in STEM education equity work through a course: Studying race, class, and gender theory in engineering education. Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity (CoNECD) Conference.
Major J. C., Godwin, A. (2018). Towards making the invisible engineer visible: A review of low-socioeconomic students’ barriers experiencing college STEM education. 2018 Frontiers in Education Annual Conference.
Miller, B., Major, J. C., Kirn, A., Feil-Seifer, D., (2018). WIP: Unplugged robotics to increase K-12 students’ engineering interest and attitudes. 2018 Frontiers in Education Annual Conference.
Major J. C., Godwin, A., Sonnert, G., (2018). STEM experiences of students from low-socioeconomic neighborhoods. 2018 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting.
Pearson, N., Major, J. C., Godwin, A., Kirn, A., (2018). Using social network analysis to study the social structures of inclusion. 2018 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting.
Rodriguez, H., Godwin, A., Major, J. C., Pearson, N., Langus, T., Kirn, A., (2018). Interpersonal interactions that foster inclusion: Building supports for diversity in engineering teams. 2018 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting.
Langus, T., Major, J. C., Pearson, N., Kirn, A., Rodriguez, H., Godwin, A. (2018). Social dialogue in the engineering classroom: The effect of national events on the political and social attitudes of first-year engineering students. 2018 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting.
Major, J. C., Kirn, A., (2017) Engineering identity and project-based learning: How does active learning develop student engineering identity? 2017 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting.
Major, J. C., Kirn, A., (2016) Engineering design self-efficacy and project-based learning: How does active learning influence student attitudes and beliefs? 2016 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting.
Major, J. C., Boone, H., Tsugawa, M., McGough, C., Kirn, A., and Benson, L. (2016). Engineering student's perceptions of the future: Transferability and replication of time perspective classifications. 2016 National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) Annual Meeting.
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