Melinda Bonnie Fagan is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Utah, where she holds the Sterling M. McMurrin Chair. Her research focuses on experimental practice in biology (particular stem cell and developmental biology), explanation, and philosophical conceptions of objectivity and evidence. Before joining the philosophy faculty in 2014, she was Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Rice University (2007-2014) where she taught courses in philosophy of science, theory of knowledge and social epistemology. obtained degrees in History and Philosophy of Science (Ph.D. 2007, Indiana University), Philosophy (M.A. 2002, University of Texas at Austin) and Biology (B.A. 1992, Williams College; Ph.D. 1998, Stanford University). Her research in biology focused on colonial organisms (plants and protochordates) and the evolution of histocompatibility. Her newest book, published by Oxford University Press (2025), proposes an account of explanation centered on collaboration and interdisciplinary relations.