Carla Fehr

Education

Ph.D., Philosophy, Duke University
B.A., Biology and Philosophy, University of Saskatchewan

Research Interests

• Diversity in scientific communities
• Social features of scientific rationality
• Biology of sex and gender

Selected Publications

Fehr, C., "The evolution of sex: Domains and explanatory pluralism,"Biology and Philosophy, 16:2 145-170, 2001.

Fehr, C., "Pluralism and sex: More than a pragmatic issue,"Philosophy of Science, 68, S237-S250, 2001.

Fehr, C., "Feminism and science: Mechanism without reductionism,"National Women's Studies Association Journal, 16:1, 136-156, 2004. Reprinted in Jill M. Bystydzienski and Sharon R. Bird (eds.)  Removing Barriers: Women in Academic Science, Engineering, Technology and Mathematics. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2005.

Fehr, C. and Rausher, M., "Effects of variation at the flower-color A locus on mating system parameters of Ipomoea purpurea,"Molecular Ecology 13 (7): 1839-1847 July 2004.

Fehr, C., "Explanations of the evolution of sex: A plurality of local mechanisms,"Scientific Pluralism, Minnesota Series in the Philosophy of Science, 2006. eds. Stephen H. Kellert, Helen E. Longino, C. Kenneth Waters.

Schutler, D., Clark, R., Fehr, C. and Diamond, A. "Time and Recruitment costs as currencies in manipulation studies on the costs of reproduction: Evidence from Tree Swallows,"Ecology, November 2006 87(11): 2938-2946.