Blubaugh, F., & Main, J. B. (2015, June), Characterizing Student Music Preference and Engineering Major Choice  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.23686

\bibitem{asee_peer_23686}
  Blubaugh, F., \& Main, J. B. (2015, June), \emph{Characterizing Student Music Preference and Engineering Major Choice}
  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington.
  10.18260/p.23686

Frank Blubaugh and Joyce B. Main.  "Characterizing Student Music Preference and Engineering Major Choice".  2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2015.  https://peer.asee.org/23686 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_23686}
  Frank Blubaugh and Joyce B. Main.
  "Characterizing Student Music Preference and Engineering Major Choice".
  \emph{2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2015.
  https://peer.asee.org/23686 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

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AB  -              Student Music Preference and Engineering Major ChoiceWhat role does music preference play in engineering students’ sense of belonging andsubsequent major selection? Music penetrates all aspects of modern society, including academicsettings—students wear concert t-shirts showcasing their favorite music artists, instructors playmusic during class to promote a particular learning environment, groups of students listen tomusic as they work together on a project. Previous research has linked musical preference topersonality and values, both of which correlate to social identity, and to a lesser extent, academicstudy habits. Pierre Bourdieu's landmark text La Distinction also asserts that social classinfluences judgments of taste and choices in cultural activities. Thus, musical preference may beconsidered a proxy for diversity in the broad dimensions of experiences and social class. Thereare, however, few studies examining the role of music in the academic outcomes ofpostsecondary students. Thus, the goal of this study is to examine student music preference as amediating factor in engineering students’ sense of belonging and major choice.Empirical data include over 1,800 survey responses from freshman engineering students at alarge research institution. The survey includes questions regarding the student’s musicalpreferences, as well as the student’s perceptions of their peers’ music preferences. Other questiontopics include activities students undertake while listening to music—contextual activities toindicate whether the student uses music as a social tool or as an isolation technique in academiccontexts. Methods include descriptive statistics and regression analyses. Research findings willhelp to shed light on the diversity of engineering students, beyond more visible demographicfactors, and how diversity in taste and musical preference may influence the composition ofstudents in the different engineering disciplines—chemical, mechanical, electrical, industrial.The findings also have potential implications for how students’ sense of belonging measuredthrough music plays a role in the recruitment and persistence of students in engineering fields ofstudy. With the nation’s call for more diverse engineering professionals, engaging musicpreference may provide a unique approach to broadening participation in engineering.
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