Heather E. Douglas

Heather Douglas is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University. Her work focuses on the interface between science and democracy, including the role of values in science, the relationship between experts and the public, and the use of science in policy-making.

She was named a fellow of AAAS in 2016. Her work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, and she was a visiting fellow at the Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh (2010-2011). Previously, she was the Waterloo Chair in Science and Society at the University of Waterloo (2012-2018), an Assistant then an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Tennessee (2004-2011), and the Phibbs Assistant Professor of Science and Ethics at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA (1998-2004). She received her Ph.D. from the History and Philosophy of Science Department at the University of Pittsburgh in 1998.