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Steven Weiner is a University Innovation Fellow and PhD student in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University. Steven has spent the last two years studying the intersections between Making, STEM education, and organizational culture. His first major study, recently published in the International Journal for Engineering Education, explored the development of Maker identity in young adults who frequent community makerspaces. Before returning to graduate school, Steven assisted in the physical design, program development, and operation of CREATE, a 6,500 sq ft.[[File:Steven Weiner - Headshot.jpg|thumb|Steven Weiner - Headshot.jpg]] education-oriented makerspace at Arizona Science Center. During that project, he had the opportunity to work with architects, designers, artists, and engineers and help bring to life a center whose mission was to develop a culture of innovation and creativity in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. His previous job as high school Physics teacher taught him that learning happens best in cultures that develop curiosity and wonder.