Integrating the Arts in Science

Vivian Poey, M.F.A., is Professor of Photography and Integrative studies at Lesley University. As an artist and educator, she works to reach multiple communities and collaborate with students of various ages. She is the recipient of the Massachusetts Art Education Association Higher-Education Art Educator of the Year Award.

Nicole Weber, Ph.D., is Professor of Science and Science Education at Lesley University. Dr. Weber served as the Director of the Science in Education, M.Ed. program, and taught graduate courses on integrating the arts into Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, making STEM become a STEAM curriculum.

Gene Diaz, Ph.D., Professor of Distinguished Achievement at Lesley University, has taught art education, ethnographic and arts-based research methods, and arts-integrated curriculum at the university. She formerly taught art, English as a foreign language, and computer science in K-12 schools.

Sam Smiley, M.F.A., is a documentarian and entrepreneur who works at the intersection of science, technology, and society, and qualitative arts-based research. Sam has many years' experience as an educator in STEAM and has presented at academic conferences around the world.