Kareem Edouard, PhD

Edouard is an expert in the field of learning technologies and co-director of Drexel’s Informal Learning Linking Engineering, Science and Technology (ILLEST) Lab. His work explores how design, as a cultural, creative and communal practice, intersects informal STEM education and children’s media to promote meaningful knowledge transfer across learning spaces. He is the creative producer of PBS KIDS’ “Work It Out Wombats!” and executive producer of YouTube Kids’ “MayNERD’s Wild World of Science” and “Built From Scratch.”

Edouard examines how storytelling and co-creation cultivate belonging, purpose, and imagination in environments shaped by inequity. He uses media as a conduit to share STEM learning and engagement, which remains at the heart of his work with children’s media.

Through initiatives like the Black Male Animation Lab, Edouard redefines STEM as a space for cultural creation and collective care, empowering Black boys as designers, storytellers, and innovators. Edouard integrates his vision into children’s STEM media. This approach combines his experience as a former music video and commercial director with his academic research.

He has published and presented extensively on educational inclusion and his design framework examines how collaborative creation transforms educational systems and expands equity and representation. Edouard was also appointed as a member of the National Academies for Media Literacy.

Edouard earned his PhD from Stanford in learning sciences and technology design with a focus on STEM education and informal learning. He has a master’s degree in is in teaching with an emphasis on history education from the University of Southern California.