About This Journal
The Transdisciplinary STEAM+ Journal is a transdisciplinary, theory-practice, peer-reviewed, open access, online journal with a focus on arts and arts integration. Moving beyond STEM, the + in our name signals arts integration across all disciplines and into community. This expansion helps us better explore the connecting complexities of science, social phenomena, human behavior, and experiences of being and becoming through the lens of the Arts. We welcome researchers, artists, community practitioners and arts activists, educators, and young voices (undergraduate and K-12) from multiple disciplines and practice spaces within and beyond academia to share work that supports deep learning, social impact, and human flourishing through the arts and arts integration..
The Transdisciplinary STEAM Journal was launched in 2013, by graduate scholar Sara Kapadia (PhD. Education, 2016) as a transdisciplinary project to explore spaces in academia that represent the STEAM movement. The acronym STEAM emerged in the early 2000s, especially at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Then-President John Maeda championed arts integration with STEM subjects as critical in addressing complex problems and innovation. This found strong support, especially among educators who took STEAM forward as a holistic approach to learning that combined analysis, synthesis, and creativity. Dr. Kapadia brought together a strong global community engaged in STEAM practices.
In 2026 we re-launched the journal as The Transdisciplinary STEAM+ Journal
