Dr.
Carla
Fehr
(Wolfe
Chair
in
Scientific
and
Technological
Literacy) joined
the
Department
of
Philosophy
at
the
University
of
Waterloo
with
a
particular
mandate:
to
improve
both
the
scholarly
and
public
understanding
of
science
and
technology
in
society.
Her
research
focuses
on
the
importance
of
diversity
in
our
knowledge
production
practices,
the
nature
of
scientific
institutional
structures,
the
relationship
between
science
and
policy,
and
the
moral
terrain
of
science
and
technology.