BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//NONSGML WPForms//NONSGML Sugar Calendar Feeds v3.12.1//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Fulton Schools of Engineering Education Seminars (SEEdS) †“ Building and Maintaining Chosen Family to Support Student Outcomes in Engineering with Justin C. Major X-WR-CALDESC:Learning and Teaching Hub X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Phoenix BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Phoenix BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 DTSTART:20250523T000000 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Phoenix BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 DTSTART:20250523T000000 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fulton Schools of Engineering Education Seminars (SEEdS) – Bui lding and Maintaining Chosen Family to Support Student Outcomes in Engin eering with Justin C. Major DESCRIPTION:Fulton Schools of Engineering Education Seminars (SEEdS) \n \nBuilding and maintaining chosen family to support student outcomes in engineering\n\nGuest Speaker: Justin C. Major\n\nDate: November 21\, 202 5 | 12:00 - 1:00pm MST\n\nLocation: Zoom\n\n \;\n\nSeminar Descript ion: Recruiting and retaining students is critical to the future of engi neering. However\, doing so is no easy task. In this presentation\, I wi ll discuss the concept of “chosen family\,” a type of family studen ts choose (Weston\, 1997)\, that emerged from my research on low-income engineering students\, and describe its pertinence to recruitment and re tention efforts. I will describe what chosen family are in depth\, descr ibe how to build and maintain students’ chosen family\, and explain th e implications for doing so. This conversation follows my four years of research on the topic using parallel quantitative and narrative strands of research.\n\n \;\n\nDr. Justin C. Major (they/them) is an Assista nt Professor of Experiential Engineering Education at Rowan University w here they leads ASPIRE Lab (Advancing Student Pathways through Inequalit y Research in Engineering). Justin’s research focuses on low-income st udents\, engineering belonging and marginalization mechanisms\, adverse childhood experiences\, and feminist approaches to EER\, and connects th ese topics to broader understandings of student success in engineering. Justin completed their Ph.D. in Engineering Education (’22) and M.S. i n Aeronautics and Astronautics (’21) at Purdue University\, and two B. S. in Mechanical Engineering and Secondary Mathematics Education at the University of Nevada\, Reno (’17). Atop their education\, Justin is a previous NSF Graduate Research Fellow and has won over a dozen awards fo r research\, service\, and activism related to marginalized communities\ , including the 2020 ASEE ERM Division Best Diversity Paper for their wo rk on test anxiety. As a previous homeless and food-insecure student\, J ustin is eager to challenge and change engineering engineering education to be a pathway for socioeconomic mobility and broader systemic improve ment rather than an additional barrier.\n\n \;\n\nMore about Fulton Schools of Engineering Education Seminars (SEEdS)\n\nLTH will continue t o host monthly guest speaker seminars for the community to regularly lea rn about and discuss topics related to Engineering Education. The semina rs\, formerly known as the Teaching Community of Practice (TCP)\, are op en to anyone interested in the FSE community.\n\nThird Fridays | 12pm-1p m MST | via Zoom\n\n Friday\, September 19\, 2025: Think. Write. Learn. Rethinking Writing in Engineering. with guest speakers Duane Roen (ASU) &\; Stefani Jenkins (ASU)\n Friday\, October 17\, 2025: What is Uni versal Design and How Can I Use it in the Engineering Classroom? with g uest speaker Rachel Figard (University of Georgia)  \n Friday\, Novem ber 21\, 2025: Building and maintaining chosen family to support student outcomes in engineering\, with guest speaker\, Justin C. Major (Rowan U niversity)\n\n \; URL;VALUE=URI:https://lth.engineering.asu.edu/events/fulton-schools-of-e ngineering-education-seminars-seeds-building-and-maintaining-chosen-fami ly-to-support-student-outcomes-in-engineering-with-justin-c-major/ UID:urn:uuid:8497e9c0-c831-48c8-a1f0-cd2024bba43d STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20260816T134034Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20251121T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20251121T130000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR