SCIENCE
Evolution vs. intelligent design: The battle continues

IN THE NORTHEAST
• Laurie Godfrey is an anthropology professor at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. She and Andrew Petto are the co-editors of Scientists Confront Intelligent Design and Creationism (2007). Contact lgodfrey@anthro.umass.edu.
• Mark McPeak is a biology professor at Dartmouth College in Lebanon, N.H. He conducted a symposium titled “Darwinian Evolution Across the Disciplines” and wrote an article titled “Teaching Intelligent Design” for his local newspaper. Contact 603-646-2389, mark.a.mcpeek@dartmouth.edu.
• Jon Roberts is a history professor at Boston University. He participated in a panel on intelligent design and evolution at Arizona State University in 2006. Contact 617-353-2557, roberts1@bu.edu.
• Johanna Schmitt is a professor of environmental studies at Brown University in Providence, R.I., and president-elect of the Society for the Study of Evolution. She is on sabbatical through December but can talk to reporters beginning in January 2008. Contact 401-863-3435, Johanna_Schmitt@brown.edu.
• Jay Wexler is a law professor at Boston University, a Catholic school. He specializes in religion and the law and has written extensively on the evolution-intelligent design conflict in the public schools. He predicts the next legislative battleground will not be about teaching intelligent design, but about states and localities trying to get schools to teach “arguments against evolution.” This, he says, will be a more difficult legal battle than the one against intelligent design. Contact 617-353-2789, jaywex@bu.edu.

IN THE EAST
• Robin Collins is a philosophy professor at Messiah College, a Christian school in Grantham, Pa. He has written several articles on intelligent design that can be found on his Web page. Contact 717-766-2511, rcollins@messiah.edu.
• Philip Kitcher is a philosophy professor at Columbia University in New York City. In 2006, he delivered a public lecture titled “Darwin, Design and the Future of Faith” at the university. Contact 212-854-4884, psk16@columbia.edu.
• Hudson Kern Reeve is an associate professor in the department of neurology and behavior at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. At a panel discussion on evolution and intelligent design in 2006, he delivered a rebuttal to a speech given by Discovery Institute fellow Cornelius Hunter, another panelist. Contact 607-254-4352, hkr1@cornell.edu.
• David Sloan Wilson is an evolutionary biologist at Binghamton University in Binghamton, N.Y., and author of Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin’s Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives (2007), his fourth book on evolution. Contact 607-777-4393, dwilson@binghamton.edu.

IN THE SOUTHEAST
• Russell Carlson is a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Georgia in Athens and a fellow of the International Society for Complexity, Information and Design. He has been criticized by some of his colleagues for inviting students to after-class discussions about the religious implications of molecular biology. Contact 706-542-4439, rcarlson@ccrc.uga.edu. 
• Eugene Chaffin teaches physics at Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C. He is on the board of the Creation Research Society. Contact echaffin@bju.edu.
• The Rev. Diane Corlett is the rector of Episcopal Church of the Nativity in Raleigh, N.C., where she organizes “Faith and Science: A Parish Dialogue,” a public forum for people of faith interested in science. In 2006, the group held a series of talks on evolution and faith. Contact 919-846-8338, rector@nativityonline.org.
• Richard Martinez is a business professor at Charleston Southern University. In September 2007, he was one of several speakers at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s “Intelligent Design in Business Practice”   conference. He says among the things participants were interested in exploring was how the central principles of intelligent design research may help people understand business processes better. Contact 843-574-3220, rmartinez@csuniv.edu.
• Donald Musser is a professor of religious studies and chairman of the Stetson Center for Science, Nature and the Sacred at Stetson University in Deland, Fla. One of his specialties is religion and culture. Contact 386-822-8934, dmusser@stetson.edu.
• The Tallahassee Scientific Society is a group of laypeople, scientists, engineers and educators dedicated to increasing scientific literacy in Florida’s Big Bend area. Contact tss@eng.fsu.edu.

IN THE SOUTH
• J. Michael Plavcan is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. He contributed a chapter titled “The Invisible Bible: The Logic of Creation Science” to Scientists Confront Intelligent Design and Creationism (2007). He says there are two separate issues in the conflict – the first is an attempt to undermine evolutionary biology in public schools, and the second is that, as a result of fear of controversy, evolutionary biology is being quietly avoided or mistaught with disturbing frequency. Contact mplavcan@uark.edu.
• John W. Oller is a professor of communicative disorders at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is on the technical advisory board of the Institute for Creation Research, which lists him as a “creation scientist.” Contact via Carolyn Bruder in the office of academic planning and faculty development, 337-482-6914, cbruder@louisiana.edu. 
• Todd C. Wood is an adjunct professor of natural sciences in the Center for Origins Research at Bryan College, Tenn. He is listed by the Institute of Creation Research as a “creation scientist.” Contact 423-775-7277.

IN THE MIDWEST
• C. Loring Brace is an anthropology professor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He contributed a chapter about human emergence from both a scientific and religious perspective to Scientists Confront Evolution and Intelligent Design (2007). Contact clbrace@umich.edu.
• Donald DeYoung is chairman of the department of physical science at Grace College in Winona Lake, Ind. He lectures on astronomy and creation and the biblical flood for the Creation Research Society. Contact 574-372-5100 ext. 6441, dbdeyoung@grace.edu.
• Wesley Elsberry is a visiting research associate at Michigan State University, where he is studying the evolution of intelligent behavior. He is a former information project manager for the National Center for Science Education. He contributed a chapter on Discovery Institute fellow William Dembski’s work to Scientists Confront Intelligent Design and Creationism (2007). Contact Elsberry@msu.edu.
• Jed Macosko is an assistant professor of biophysics at Wake Forest University in Wake Forest, Ill. He is a fellow at the International Society for Complexity, Information and Design. Contact 336-758-4981, macoskjc@wakeforest.edu.
• Andrew Petto is a lecturer in the biology department at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. He and Laurie Godfrey are co-editors of Scientists Confront Intelligent Design and Creationism (2007). Contact 414-229-6784, ajpetto@uwm.edu.
• Alvin Plantinga is a philosophy professor at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. He has written several articles about faith and science and is a member of the International Society for Complexity, Information and Design.   Contact 574-631-6254, plantinga.1@nd.edu.
• Steve Rissing is a biologist at Ohio State University who has been active on behalf of school board candidates who support the teaching of evolution and science museums that accept evolution as the foundation for modern biology. He is concerned that the national focus of the 2008 elections may draw attention away from local school board elections, thus smoothing the way for pro-intelligent design candidates. Contact 614-688-4989, rissing.2@osu.edu.
• S. Brian Stratton is chairman of the religious studies program at Alma College in Alma, Mich. He is also chairman of Metaxu: The Alma College Society of Religion and Science, which devoted a year of its program to lectures and presentations on evolution. He says he expects intelligent design camp supporters to give up trying to influence science education and change their strategy. Contact 989-463-7291, stratton@alma.edu.
• Gayle Woloschak is a professor of molecular biology at Northwestern University and director of the Zygon Center for Religion and Science in Chicago. Contact g-woloschak@northwestern.edu.

IN THE SOUTHWEST
• Kevin Anderson is director of the Van Andel Creation Research Center, an extension of the Creation Research Society, in Chino Valley, Ariz. Contact 928-636-1153, vacrc@creationresearch.org.
• Raymond Bohlin is a biologist and president of Probe Ministries of Richardson, Texas, and is co-author of The Natural Limits to Biological Change. He is listed as a creation scientist by the Institute for Creation Research. Contact 972-480-0240.
• Walter Bradley is an engineering professor at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and a fellow of the International Society for Complexity, Information and Design. Contact via Lori Fogelman, director of communications, 254-710-6275.
• David Buchanan is a geneticist at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. He has taught a course titled “Creation, Evolution and Intelligent Design” at his church. Contact buck353@okstate.edu.
• Dr. Robert Eckel is a professor of medicine at the University of Colorado’s Health Sciences Center in Denver. He is on the technical advisory board of the Institute for Creation Research, which lists him as a “creation scientist.” Contact 303-724-3923, robert.eckel@uchsc.edu.
• Dan Hicks operates Jesus Created Ministries, a creationist ministry in Tulsa, Okla. Contact 918-720-6763.
• Evan Lenow is director of leadership development at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, which held an “Intelligent Design in Business Practice” conference in September 2007. Contact 817-923-1921 ext. 2510, elenow@swbts.edu.
• Barry Ritchie is chairman of Arizona State University’s department of physics and astronomy and moderated a panel on intelligent design and evolution at the school in 2006. Contact 480-965-4707, barry.ritchie@asu.edu.
• Holmes Rolston III is a philosophy professor at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. He has received the Templeton Prize and the Mendel Medal, both of which recognize achievement in science and religion. He participated in a panel on intelligent design and evolution at Arizona State University in 2006. Contact 970-491-6315, rolston@lamar.colostate.edu.
• Randall Scalise is a senior lecturer at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, where he teaches a class on scientific method. Last April, he asked his students to attend a “Darwin vs. Design” conference that sparked controversy on campus. Contact 214-768-2504, scalise@mail.smu.edu.

IN THE WEST/NORTHWEST
• David K. DeWolf is a law professor at Gonzaga Law School in Spokane, Wash., and a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute in Seattle. He wrote an opinion piece for the June 11, 2007, Boston Globe in which he defended the right of academics to question evolution. Contact 509-323-3767, ddewolf@lawschool.gonzaga.edu.
• Michael Keas teaches the history of science at Biola University, a Christian school in La Mirada, Calif. He is a senior fellow at the Center for Science & Culture at the Discovery Institute and is the primary author of the auxiliary materials for its new textbook, Explore Evolution. Contact 562-777-4049, mike.keas@biola.edu.
• Scott Minnich is an associate professor of microbiology at the University of Idaho in Boise. He is a co-author of Explore Evolution: The Arguments For and Against Neo-Darwinism (2007). He is a member of the International Society for Complexity, Information and Design. He testified on behalf of the defendants in Kitzmiller v. Dover. Contact 208-885-7884, sminnich@uidaho.edu.
• Kevin Padian is an evolutionary biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, where he operates the Padian Lab. Padian testified for the plaintiffs in the Dover case. He also received a copy of the Islamic anti-evolution text. Contact 510-642-7434, kpadian@berkeley.edu.
• Cameron Smith and Charles Sullivan are co-authors of The Top 10 Myths About Evolution (2006). Smith is an adjunct associate professor at Portland State University in Portland, Ore., and Sullivan teaches composition and creative writing at Portland Community College. Contact authors@toptenmyths.com.
• Joe Thornton is an assistant professor at the Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Oregon in Eugene. He has lectured on the subject of “Science and the Search for God” at Columbia University in New York City. Contact 541-346-0328, joet@uoregon.edu.
• Leslie Wickman is director of the Center for Research in Science at Azusa Pacific University, a Christian university in Azusa, Calif. She has delivered a public lecture titled “Science and the Bible” that examined creation and modern science. Contact 626-387-5738.