Eugenie C. Scott has been since 1987 the Executive Director
of the National Center for Science Education, Inc., a pro-evolution
nonprofit science education organization with members in every
state. She holds a Ph.D. in biological anthropology from the
University of Missouri, and an honorary D.Sc. from McGill University.
Scott has taught at the University of Kentucky, the University
of Colorado, and in the California State University system. A
human biologist, her research has been in medical anthropology
and skeletal biology. She has many published papers and monographs,
has served as chair of the Ethics Committee of the American Anthropological
Association, President of the American Association of Physical
Anthropologists, and chaired the Anthropology Section of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Scott is nationally-recognized as a proponent of church/state
separation, and serves on the National Advisory Council of Americans
United for Separation of Church and State, and on the National
Advisory Council of Americans for Religious Liberty. She is a
member of the Advisory Council of the AAAS Dialogue on Science,
Ethics and Religion committee. Scott has also served on the Board
of Directors of the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study. An
internationally-recognized expert on the creation/evolution controversy,
she has consulted with the National Academy of Sciences, several
State Departments of Education, and legal staffs in both the
United States and Australia.
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 school. She is 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, including appearances on Donahue,
Geraldo, Crossfire, Firing Line, Ancient Mysteries, The Pat Buchannan
Show, (Penn and Teller's) Bullshit!, and Science Friday. She
was featured in the Nova programs “In the Beginning: The
Creationist Controversy” and “What About God” in
the Nova/Clear Blue Sky “Evolution” series. Scott
is listed in Who's Who in Science and Engineering, and is a Fellow
of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and
a member of Sigma Xi. Awards include the University of Missouri
Arts and Sciences College Distinguished Alumna, the Isaac Asimov
Science Award from the American Humanist Association, the Defense
of Science Award from the Center for Inquiry, the Skeptics Society
James Randi Award, the Hugh H. Hefner First Amendment Award,
the American Society of Cell Biology’s Bruce Alberts Award,
and the Geological Society of America’s Public Service
Award. She has also been awarded the American Institute of Biological
Sciences Outstanding Service Award, the National Science Board’s
Public Service Award, and the California Science Teacher Association
Distinguished Service Award.
Scott has been both a researcher and an activist in the creationism/evolution
controversy for two decades, and can speak to problems created
by this sectarian challenge to science education from many directions:
educational, legal, scientific, and/or social. A dynamic speaker,
she offers stimulating and thought-provoking as well as entertaining
lectures and workshops.
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