:Sara Wachter-Boettcher

Sara Wachter-Boettcher is an author, consultant and speaker.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sarawb.com/|title=Sara Wachter-Boettcher|website=Sara Wachter-Boettcher|access-date=2019-03-10}} She is the author of Technically Wrong{{Cite book |title=Technically wrong : sexist apps, biased algorithms, and other threats of toxic tech|first=Sara |last=Wachter-Boettcher |isbn=9780393634631|edition=First |location=New York, NY|oclc=993134234|year=2017 }} and Content Everywhere and the co-author, with Eric Meyer, of Design for Real Life.{{Cite book|title=Design for real life|last1=Meyer|first1=Eric A.|last2=Wachter-Boettcher|first2=Sara|isbn=9781937557409|location=New York|oclc=946884891|year = 2016}} Her book Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech was recommended by Wired magazine as one of the best tech books in 2017{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/story/the-top-tech-books-of-2017-part-1/|title=The Top Tech Books of 2017: Part I |date=2017-12-27|magazine=Wired|access-date=2019-03-10|issn=1059-1028}} and by Fast Company as one of the best business and leadership books in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/40507459/the-best-business-and-leadership-books-of-2017|title=The Best Business And Leadership Books Of 2017|last=Horton|first=Anisa Purbasari|date=2017-12-20|website=Fast Company|access-date=2019-03-10}}

She has written for various newspapers and magazines, including Slate{{Cite web|url=https://slate.com/technology/2017/11/tech-products-and-their-designers-should-cater-more-to-diverse-edge-cases-not-average-users.html|title=Technology Should Stop Catering to the "Average" User. We're All Edge Cases.|last=Wachter-Boettcher|first=Sara|date=2017-11-14|website=Slate Magazine|access-date=2019-03-10}} and The Guardian.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/18/facebook-youtube-revenge-porn-science-and-tech-feature-sara-wachter-boettcher|title=How algorithms are pushing the tech giants into the danger zone|last=Wachter-Boettcher|first=Sara|date=2017-11-18|work=The Observer|access-date=2019-03-10|issn=0029-7712}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/d2a1ab08-f63e-11e7-a4c9-bbdefa4f210b|title=Tech's sexist algorithms and how to fix them|last=Kuchler|first=Hannah|date=2018-03-09|website=Financial Times|access-date=2019-03-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.sciencemag.org/books/2017/10/17/technically-wrong/|title=Biased tech design prompts a writer to call for resistance|first=Anna Lauren |last=Hoffmann|date=2017-10-17|website=Books, Et Al.|access-date=2019-03-10}}

Wachter-Boettcher is considered an expert on FemTech and the lack of diversity in technology in general.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/11/13/18079458/menstrual-tracking-surveillance-glow-clue-apple-health|title=Who are period-tracking apps really built for?|last=Tiffany|first=Kaitlyn|date=2018-11-13|website=Vox|access-date=2019-03-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://thenextweb.com/artificial-intelligence/2018/11/27/google-disables-some-gmail-smart-suggestions-because-it-cant-fix-ai-gender-bias/|title=Google disables some Gmail smart suggestions because it can't fix AI gender bias|last=Sankaran|first=Vishwam|date=2018-11-27|website=The Next Web|access-date=2019-03-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://wtop.com/tech/2017/10/toxic-tech-silicon-valleys-lack-diversity-leaks-products/|title='Toxic tech': How Silicon Valley's lack of diversity leaks into its products|date=2017-10-10|website=WTOP|access-date=2019-03-10}} Her works have also received attention in academic literature on technology and algorithms.{{Cite journal|last1=Zambonelli|first1=Franco|last2=Salim|first2=Flora|last3=Loke|first3=Seng W.|last4=De Meuter|first4=Wolfgang|last5=Kanhere|first5=Salil|date=June 2018|title=Algorithmic Governance in Smart Cities: The Conundrum and the Potential of Pervasive Computing Solutions|journal=IEEE Technology and Society Magazine|volume=37|issue=2|pages=80–87|doi=10.1109/MTS.2018.2826080|issn=0278-0097|hdl=11380/1167772|s2cid=46937194 |hdl-access=free}}{{Cite journal|last1=Jandrić|first1=Petar|last2=Ryberg|first2=Thomas|last3=Knox|first3=Jeremy|last4=Lacković|first4=Nataša|last5=Hayes|first5=Sarah|last6=Suoranta|first6=Juha|last7=Smith|first7=Mark|last8=Steketee|first8=Anne|last9=Peters|first9=Michael|date=2018-10-27|title=Postdigital Dialogue|journal=Postdigital Science and Education|volume=1|pages=163–189|doi=10.1007/s42438-018-0011-x|issn=2524-485X|doi-access=free|url=https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/128640/1/Jandric_et_al_PDSE.pdf}}{{Cite journal|last1=Pleasants|first1=Jacob|last2=Olson|first2=Joanne K.|date=January 2019|title=What is engineering? Elaborating the nature of engineering for K-12 education: PLEASANTS and OLSON|journal=Science Education|volume=103|issue=1|pages=145–166|doi=10.1002/sce.21483|doi-access=free}}