Holly VandeWall

Holly VandeWall is associate professor of the practice in the Philosophy Department at Boston College. She received her Ph.D. in the history and philosophy of science at the University of Notre Dame and also holds a Master’s degree in science and ethics from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. Her research includes work on the provision of scientific advice for environmental policy, the history of U.S. water policy, environmental ethics, and the use of history and philosophy of science in the improvement of scientific literacy. She is co-author of a textbook in the history and philosophy of science with Bloomsbury Press. Her Enduring Question course was titled “Inquiring about Humans and Nature.”