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 across STEM, Social Sciences, and the Humanities. We promote arts integration not just with STEM, but also with the Social Sciences and the Humanities. 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, educators, field practitioners, 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 2025 we re-launched the journal as The Transdisciplinary STEAM+ Journal expanding arts integration not just with STEM but also with Social Sciences and the Humanities.
