Carla Fehr

Areas of interest

Philosophy of Biology, Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, Feminist Science Studies, Philosophy of Science

Selected publications

• Fehr, C., 2012, “Feminist Engagement with Evolutionary Psychology, Hypatia, 27 (1): 50–72.
• Fehr, C., 2011. "Feminist Philosophy of Biology", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2011 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), forthcoming.
• Fehr, C., 2011. “What is in it for me? The benefits of diversity in scientific communities,” in Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science: Power in Knowledge, ed. Heidi Grasswick, Dordrecht: Springer.

Selected grants, fellowships, awards

• “Science, technology, and gender: Challenges and opportunities,” Social Sciences and Humanities Research council of Cananda Connection Grant, Principal Investigator, 2014, $24,967

• “Comprehensive Institutional Intervention Strategy at Iowa State University,” National Science Foundation ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award, co-Principal Investigator, 2006-2011, $3,300,000

• “Pragmatic mechanism and explanatory pluralism,” National Science Foundation, Science and Technology Studies Scholar Award, Principal Investigator, 2005, $73,000

Affiliations

• Chair of the Status of Women and Equity Committee (Faculty Association, University of Waterloo),
• Director of the Association for Feminist Epistemologies, Methodologies, Metaphysics, and Science Studies (FEMMSS)
• Associate Director of the American Philosophical Association Committee on the Status of Women Site Visit Program
• Editor of the Feminist Philosophy Quarterly

Contact information

carla.fehr@uwaterloo.ca
519-888-4567  x31386
Office: HH 367
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