She earned her PhD in philosophy and specializes in philosophy of science, philosophy of social science, and in science and policy. She is a co-PI UD’s ADVANCE-IT grant. A race and gender scholar, Dr. Andreasen is research director for UD ADVANCE. Her current focus is on diversity in the academic workforce. She is also well known for her numerous publications on ethnicity and human evolution as well as the concept of race in medicine. She is on the editorial board of journal Critical Philosophy of Race and was the editor for a special edition of the journal The Monist. Dr. Andreasen was an active participant in University of Delaware’s ADVANCE PAID grant and continues to devote her time to projects that aim to improve the advancement women faculty at UD.