Dr. Kathryn (Katie) Plaisance is Professor of Knowledge Integration. Her research interests include interdisciplinary collaboration, psychological safety in teams, foundational skills development, and the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). Her main area of research draws on quantitative and qualitative methods to study broad interdisciplinary collaboration between humanities scholars and researchers working in science, engineering, technology, and math (STEM). As part of her SoTL work, she recently published a study about students’ attitudes, experiences, and skills related to working in diverse teams. Dr. Plaisance currently leads Waterloo’s contributions to a $2.5 million SSHRC Partnership Grant designed to equip graduate students with important skills for the future of work, such as critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and real-world problem solving.