Dr. Carla Fehr: Strategies for Improving the Representation of Women in STEM, presented by FemPhys

Dr. Carla Fehr holds the Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy in the Philosophy Department at the University of Waterloo. She conducts research on ways that diversity promotes innovation and excellence in science and technology. Dr. Fehr is the Director of the Association for Feminist Epistemology, Metaphysics and Science Studies, Editor of the academic journal Feminist Philosophy Quarterly, Associate Director of the American Philosophical Association Site Visit Program, and Chair of the Status of Women and Equity Committee of the Faculty Association of the University of Waterloo. In addition, she is an award winning undergraduate teacher. Dr. Fehr lectures internationally about improving the representation of women and members of racialized group in Science and Engineering.