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Eugenie C. Scott
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Eugenie Scott is Executive Director
of the National Center for Science Education, Inc., a pro-evolution
nonprofit science education organization with membership in every
state. A human biologist, Dr. Scott has taught at the University
of Kentucky and the University of Colorado, where her research
has been in medical anthropology. The author of Creationism
vs. Evolution: An Introduction, and co-editor of Not in Our Classrooms:
Why Intelligent Design is Wrong for our Schools, she has served
as chair of the Ethics Committee of the American Anthropological
Association, as President of the American Association of Physical
Anthropologists, and has chaired both the Anthropology and Education
Sections of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
(AAAS). She also serves on the National Advisory Council of
Americans united for Separation of Church and State, and has
served on the Advisory Council of the AAAS Dialogue on Science,
Ethics, and Religion committee.
Frequently called upon by the
print, radio, and television media as a spokesperson for the
scientific view when conflicts arise between scientific and pseudoscientific
explanations, Dr. Scott has worked nation-wide to communicate
the scientific method to the general public and to improve how
science as a way of knowing is taught in schools. She holds
a PhD in biological anthropology from the University of Missouri
and honorary Doctor of Science degrees from McGill, Ohio State,
Mt. Holyoke, and Rutgers Universities, as well as the University
of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. |
