Kathleen Lanman

Kathleen Lanman

Sponsor: U.S. Department of Energy
Fellowship Placement: United States Senate
Hometown: Senoia, GA

Dr. Kathleen Lanman (Senoia, Georgia) teaches 7th grade Life Science and 8th grade Physical Science at JC Booth Middle School in Peachtree City, Georgia.  Over the span of her career, Dr. Lanman has taught a variety of subjects in both the arts and sciences, experiences that made her a perfect fit for STEM education. Dr. Lanman earned her B.S. in Elementary Education at Eastern Illinois University and her M.Ed. and Ed.D. in Educational leadership from the University of Georgia.  She is the 2020 winner of the Georgia Youth Science and Technology Centers STEM Scholars award, 2019 winner of the Georgia Governor’s Office of Student Achievement Innovation in Teaching award, and a 2018 winner of The Henry Ford Innovation Nation Teacher Innovator award.

Since 2015, Dr. Lanman has been an advocate for STEM and STEAM Education.  She started by building an integrated STEM program at her school, in collaboration with math and engineering subject area experts, parents, and business leaders. The STEM program she coordinates has produced local, regional, state, and national winners in science, technology, invention, and robotics competitions.  As a Middle Grades Lead Teacher for Georgia Tech’s InVenture Prize, she travels around the state conducting teacher workshops on Invention and Innovation in the classroom.  She is a frequent presenter at state and regional science and technology conferences on subjects relating to STEM integration .