Meet Dr. Lockwood

Dr. Lockwood is an accomplished educator, researcher, consultant, and author in STEAM Education. Her research includes Maker-Centered Learning, Challenge-Based Learning, Problem-Based Learning, and Design Thinking. Her expertise is featured in the documentary STEM Starts Now and premiered at STEMie Fest 2020. She is the author of The STEAM Kids Guide 2 Awesome! and A STEAM Mindset: Teaching the Next Generation to Problem Solve.

In 2020, she graduated from The University of South Carolina with her Doctorate in Education, specializing in STEAM Curriculum & Instruction. When Dr. Diana graduated from USC, she made history as the 1st person to study STEAM at the doctoral level. Her committee gave her special permission to graduate with a STEAM focus. She heard the word NO often and always thought, "How can I turn this into a YES?" 

The heart of Dr. Lockwood's work is focused on Women in STEAM & role models from all backgrounds. Her research and curriculum are designed around role models in the workforce and are focused on inclusion, diversity, equity, & access (IDEA). Her goal is to raise awareness and representation for the voices often left out of STEM. This way all kids see role models that look like them and can relate to models of success in the STEM fields. When kids believe they can achieve, they will.  

Dr. Lockwood shares the power of practicing a STEAM Mindset™ and learning how to foster innovation.  She has presented at numerous conferences around the world sharing her insights with leaders of STEM academia. Conferences such as The People of Color Conference, The National Science Teaching Association Conference, and Harvard Graduate School of Education's Project Zero Conferences (10x).  Her research offers user-centered design & an inquiry-based, hands-on approach to learning. Her featured research appears in media campaigns for FIRST Robotics, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Discovery Education, and more. 

She believes in giving back to the community and serves as a peer reviewer for Science & Children Magazine, a National Science Teaching Association publication, and the STEAM Education advisory board for Rising United. As a way of contributing to the community, STEAM Kids, LLC. publishes books featuring female and culturally inclusive role models in the workforce and donates books to schools around the world. Send a DM to join the free book raffle!

Thank you so much for all your support! Always remember that you're a star & your voice matters. Fail forward. 

Yours in problem-solving, 

Dr. Diana K. Lockwood

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