Michael Feder, PhD, is Program Manager at AAAS, where he manages a portfolio of diversity, equity, and inclusions projects, including the STEMM Opportunity Alliance, the Equity Pathway Partners Program, and the Scholarships in STEM Resource and Evaluations Center. In addition, he is a member of AAAS’ SEA Change team.

Dr. Feder previously managed Battelle’s STEMx network – a consortium of 21 statewide STEM education organizations. He has provided strategic opportunities for the network to address grand challenges in STEM through shared solutions and collaborative initiatives. During his tenure with STEMx, he grew the network by 25 percent, developed the organization’s first strategic plan, and created innovative services to expand the capacity of its members. Dr. Feder also served as a policy analyst at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where he provided the president and senior leaders with STEM education policy guidance. During his two years with the Obama administration, he led the interagency committee on STEM education, which wrote the five-year strategic plan for federal STEM education programs. During his career, Dr. Feder also provided guidance to the federal government, state decision-makers, and STEM education stakeholders as a senior program officer for the Board on Science Education at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. While there, he worked with interdisciplinary expert panels to write reports on topics such as science education standards, engineering education, persistence in STEM degrees, and federal investments in STEM.

Dr. Feder also has experience in program evaluation and has been published widely on STEM education. He earned his doctorate and master's degrees in developmental psychology at George Mason University. He earned his bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State University.