معرفی
Nadia Kellam is Professor of Engineering in The Polytechnic School of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University, where she also serves as Associate Director for Research Excellence and is core faculty in the Engineering Education Systems & Design (EESD) Ph.D. program. She holds additional affiliate appointments in the Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching & Learning Innovation and the Center for Organization Research and Design (CORD).
Education:
- Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, 2006
- M.E. Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, 2004
- B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, 2002
- B.S. Physics (minor Mathematics), College of Charleston, 2002
Research Interests:
Kellam’s qualitative scholarship centers on culture, power, and identity in engineering education. Employing narrative inquiry, arts-based methods, and speculative design, she investigates marginalized undergraduate experiences, gendered dynamics in makerspaces, neurodivergent faculty assets, and empathy-driven teaching. Her work advances justice-oriented institutional change and inclusive pedagogical innovation.
Recent Publication Trends:
Her newest corpus couples critical qualitative methodologies with futuristic, equity-centered lenses: speculative Africanfuturist visions for engineering education, AI as a catalyst for human connection, and creative analytic practices within communities of transformation. Across 2024-25 articles she interrogates intersectional power structures, global gender disparities (e.g., Ethiopian women faculty), and neurodivergent researchers’ communal sense-making, signaling a trajectory toward emancipatory, design-driven scholarship.
Grants & Recognition:
Since 2014 Kellam has attracted over $3.3 million in NSF funding as PI/co-PI, including awards on community-college pathways, makerspace culture, and additive-innovation ecosystems. She leads the interdisciplinary Dream Team and co-developed the EESD doctoral program at ASU.
Advising & Mentoring:
She presently advises three EESD doctoral students and mentors postdoctoral scholars and junior faculty within her research collective, emphasizing reflexive, collaborative inquiry.
Labs & Teams:
Kellam heads the Dream Team, a vibrant research group comprising Dr. Brooke Coley (asst. professor), Dr. Audrey Boklage (research scientist), Dr. Anna Cirell (post-doc), and graduate researchers, collaborating on NSF-funded projects addressing makerspace equity and community-college engineering pathways.
