Citizens for Science

Given the high media profile of discussions about evolutionary biology and educational policy for public schools, several Citizens for Science have agreed to make themselves available to representatives of the media. Citizens for Science often have credentials and expertise in relevant fields and/or long experience in analyzing the arguments presented by various antievolutionary groups. The following list gives concise background information about each member of our Media Advisory Panel.

Marshall Berman, Ph.D.

Email: mberman60@earthlink.net
Phone: 505-296-5640
Affiliation: Sandia National Labs Manager, retired
Affiliation: Past Vice-President, New Mexico State Board of Education
Affiliation: Past Executor Director for Education, Council on Competitiveness, Washington, DC
Affiliation: Past President, Coalition for Excellence in Science and Math Education
Affiliation: Past President, New Mexico Academy of Science
Affiliation: Past Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico
Affiliation: National Advisory Council, Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Highest Degree: Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics, Wayne State University
Specialties: Experimental, theoretical and computational physics, science and math education, intelligent design and creationism, politics

Reed A. Cartwright

Email: reed@citizensforscience.org
Phone: 706-248-4259 (cell)
Affiliation: Director, CitizensForScience.Org
Affiliation: Doctoral Candidate, Department of Genetics, University of Georgia
Affiliation: Georgia Citizens for Integrity in Science Education
Affiliation: Administrator, The Panda's Thumb Weblog
Highest Degree: B.S. Genetics & A.B. Latin, University of Georgia (2000)
Interests: evolutionary theory, bioinformatics, science education

Wesley R. Elsberry, Ph.D.

Email: welsberr@pandasthumb.org
Phone: 619-890-0632 (cell)
Affiliation: Information Project Director, National Center for Science Education (http://www.ncseweb.org)
Affiliation: President and Director, TalkOrigins Archive Foundation (http://www.talkorigins.org)
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University (2003)
Interests: Biosonar in dolphins, psychophysics, artificial intelligence and artificial neural systems, history of the antievolution movement in the USA, critiques of "intelligent design" argumentation (especially Dembski's "specified complexity")

Benjamin Z. Freed, Ph.D.

Email: bzfreed@emory.edu
Phone: 404-727-4021
Affiliation: Chair, Georgia Citizens for Integrity in Science Education
Affiliation: Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Highest Degree: Ph.D. Anthropology, Washington University, St. Louis (1996)
Interests: Primate behavior, biology, conservation, ecology, and evolution

Richard B. Hoppe, Ph.D.

Email: rbh@pandasthumb.org
Phone: 740-393-7033 (cell) 704-427-4218 (fixed)
Affiliation: CEO, IntelliTrade, Inc. (uses evolutionary elgorithms to model financial markets)
Affiliation: Affiliated Scholar in Biology, Kenyon College (Ohio)
Affiliation: Ohio Citizens for Science
Highest Degree: Ph.D. Experimental Psychology, U of Minnesota (1972)

Victor H. Hutchison, Ph.D.

Email: vhutchison@ou.edu
Phone: 405-325-6721
Affiliation: Founder, Oklahomans for Excellence in Science Education
Affiliation: Cross Research Professor Emeritus, Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Zoology, Duke University, Durham, NC (1959)
Publications: 149 scientific papers, 4 book chapters
Interests: Physiological ecology, evolution, herpetology, scientific methodology

M. Kim Johnson

Email: kimber@comcast.net
Phone: 505-897-3364 (H) 505-247-9660 (W)
Affiliation: Coalition for Excellence in Science and Math Education (CESE - New Mexico), President
Affiliation: New Mexico Academy of Science, Past President
Affiliation: New Mexicans for Science and Reason, Board Member and Physics Consultant
Highest Degree: MS Physics, University of New Mexico

Jack Krebs

Email: jkrebs@sunflower.com
Phone: 785-840-5113 (cell)
Affiliation: Vice-President, Kansas Citizens for Science
Affiliation: Member, Kansas State Science Standards Writing Committee

Sarah L. Pallas, Ph.D.

Email: spallas@gsu.edu
Phone: 404-651-1551
Affiliation: Advisory Board member, Georgia Citizens for Integrity in Science Education
Affiliation: Associate Professor, Graduate Program in Neurobiology, Dept of Biology, Georgia State University
Highest Degree: Ph.D. in Neurobiology & Behavior, Cornell University (1987).
Interests: Developmental neuroscience, sensory neurophysiology, brain evolution, teaching evolution, and creationist strategies to undermine science education

Robert T. Pennock, Ph.D.

Email: pennock5@msu.edu
Phone: 517-432-7701
Affiliation: Professor, Lyman Briggs School of Science, Michigan State University
Affiliation: Co-Founder and President, Michigan Citizens for Science (MCFS)
Affiliation: Chair, Education Committee, Society for the Study of Evolution
Affiliation: National Advisory Council, Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Author: Tower of Babel: The Evidence against the New Creationism and Intelligent Design Creationism and Its Critics.
Highest Degree: Ph.D. in History & Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh (1991)
Interests: Philosophy of Science, Evolution and the Nature of Science, Artificial Life, Experimental Evolution, Science Education and Policy.

Victor J. Stenger, Ph.D.

Email: vstenger@mindspring.com
Phone: 720-890-9655
Affiliation: President and Founder, Colorado Citizens for Science
Affiliation: Emeritus professor of physics and astronomy, University of Hawaii
Affiliation: Adjunct professor of philosophy, University of Colorado
Highest Degree: Ph.D. Physics, UCLA (1963)
Author: Five published books
Interests: Interfaces between science, religion, philosophy, pseudoscience, alternative medicine