Chanel Beebe
Artist, Writer, Educator, Small Business Owner, Researcher, Activist
Hometown: Detroit, MI
Pronouns: she, her, hers
Gender Identity: Woman, Two-Spirited
Ethnicity: African American, Indigenous
Passions: Social Problem Solving, Community Building, Art Therapy, Personal and Communal Thriving and Well-being
Professional Roles:
Founder and CEO: Beebe Arts LLC
Editor-In-Chief: Bitten Magazine™
Apprentice Editor: Murmurations: Emergence, Equity, and Education
Inaugural Intern: The Isipho Collective
Chief People Officer: Family First Solar
Thought Leader: National Association of Multicultural Engineering Program Advocates (NAMEPA)
Founding and Board Member: Green Papers Venture Capital
Ph.D Candidate: Purdue University Department of Engineering Education
Master’s Student: Purdue University Department of Industrial Engineering
Chanel Beebe’s Biography:
Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Chanel Beebe is a creative artist, writer, and educator who designs, implements and conducts research on S.T.E.A.M. programming. Chanel's current projects investigate how non-engineers at various S.T.E.A.M. programming sites make sense of their experience and exhibit evidence of systems thinking. Chanel has a strong passion for nourishing the critical and social consciousness of youth and is the founder and C.E.O. of a research and design firm that focuses on social and educational equity (Beebe Arts LLC). Within this role, she provides consulting, research and various forms of media design to individuals, community groups, institutions and corporations.
In 2021, Chanel will graduate with both a Master's Degree in Industrial Engineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education and plans to continue to study socially situated design and learning experiences. As a growing "socio-technical activist," Chanel seeks to blend her values of equity, health and sustainability with her formal training as an Industrial Engineer. Ultimately, Chanel hopes her contributions will transform the experience of social reform and well-being for historically disenfranchised people. Creatively and professionally, Chanel seeks to use her background as an educator and engineer to create a more compassionate and sustainable relationship between people and the earth. More of Chanel's work and progress can be found at ChanelBeebe.com.