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The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) is a non-profit organization affiliated with the American Association for the Advancement of Science. It defends the teaching of evolutionary biology and opposes the teaching of religious views in science classes in America's public schools. The center is located in Oakland, California. They are well known for coordinating Project Steve. This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is an organization that promotes cooperation between scientists, defends scientific freedom, encourages scientific responsibility and supports scientific education for the betterment of all humanity. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Various Religious symbols, including (first row) Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Bahai, (second row) Islamic, tribal, Taoist, Shinto (third row) Buddhist, Sikh, Hindu, Jain, (fourth row) Ayyavazhi, Triple Goddess, Maltese cross, pre-Christian Slavonic Religion is the adherence to codified beliefs and rituals that generally involve a faith in a spiritual... Part of a scientific laboratory at the University of Cologne. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Project Steve is a list of scientists with the name Stephen or a variation thereof (e. ...

History

The NCSE was founded in 1981 and incorporated in 1983, by several "Committees of Correspondence" that had been established to fight the promotion of "creation science" by Christian fundamentalists. In 1987, author and lecturer Eugenie Scott (PhD in Physical Anthropology) became its executive director. The Board of Directors and official supporters, as explained by NCSE, "reflects our scientific roots." The organization's supporters include Bruce Alberts, President of the National Academy of Sciences; Donald Johanson, discoverer of the "Lucy" fossil; and evolutionary biologist Francisco J. Ayala. Also the late Paleontologist and writer Stephen Jay Gould was a long-time supporter. Creation science is the attempt to find evidence and rationales to support a literal interpretation of the Biblical account of creation. ... Fundamentalist Christianity is a fundamentalist movement, especially within American Protestantism. ... Eugenie Scott. ... Dr. Bruce Alberts (b. ... President Harding and the National Academy of Sciences at the White House, Washington, DC, April 1921 The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine. ... Donald Carl Johanson (born June 28, 1943) is an American paleoanthropologist known for his discovery of the skeleton of a 3. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Francisco Jose Ayala (born 1934) is a Spanish American professor of biology and philosophy at the University of California, Irvine. ... Natural History magazine Stephen Jay Gould (September 10, 1941 – May 20, 2002) was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science. ...

The NCSE acts as a central information and resource clearinghouse, and helps to coordinate the activities of people fighting creationists. The NCSE also opposes "intelligent design theory or alternatives to evolution" because they are "misleading euphemisms" of creationism.[1] The organization also has a legal advisory panel, and offers free information/literature to parents to share with school officials. For other uses, see Intelligent design (disambiguation). ...

NCSE "is religiously neutral, though it cooperates nationally and locally with religious organizations, as well as scientific and educational organizations like the National Academy of Sciences, the National Association of Biology Teachers, and the National Science Teachers Association."[2] The group has over 4000 members who are "scientists, teachers, clergy, and citizens with diverse religious affiliations."[3] President Harding and the National Academy of Sciences at the White House, Washington, DC, April 1921 The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine. ... The National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) is an American-based scholarly society which states it empowers educators to provide the best possible biology and life science education for all students. ... The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), founded in 1944 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, is the largest organization in the world committed to promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all. ...

Staff & supporters

The NCSE's staff consists of Executive Director Eugenie C. Scott, Deputy Director Glenn Branch, Information Project Director Wesley R. Elsberry, Public Information Project Director Nicholas Matzke, Outreach Coordinator Eric Meikle, Public Information Project Director Susan Spath, Faith Project Director Peter M. J. Hess, Education Project Director Louise S. Mead, Director of Operations Philip T. Spieth, Archive Project Director Charles Hargrove and Archival Assistant Carrie Sager. Previous employees include Skip Evans (Network Project Director), Josephine Borgeson (Faith Network Project Director), and Alan D. Gishlick (Postdoctoral Scholar). Eugenie Scott. ... Wesley R. Elsberry Dr. Wesley Royce Elsberry (born January 23, 1960) is a marine biologist with an interdisciplinary background in zoology, computer science, and wildife and fisheries sciences. ... Nicholas J. Matzke is Public Information Project Director at the National Center for Science Education (NCSE), the leading American anti-creationist organisation. ...

• President: Kevin Padian -- University of California, Berkeley
• President-Elect: Elizabeth K. Stage -- Lawrence Hall of Science
• Past President: Jack B. Friedman -- Nassau Community College
• Secretary-Treasurer: Robert M. West -- Informal Learning Experiences, Inc.

Directors:

• Brian Alters -- McGill University
• John R. Cole -- science writer
• Barbara Forrest -- Southeastern Louisiana University
• Duane E. Jeffery -- Brigham Young University
• Michael McIlwrath -- Uff. Legale Nuove Pignone
• Andrew J. Petto -- University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
• Frank J. Sonleitner -- University of Oklahoma, Norman

Founder: Stanley L. Weinberg Brian J. Alters (B.Sc. ... Barbara Forrest, PhD. is a professor of philosophy at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana. ... Stanley L. Weinberg (August 21, 1911 -- March 28, 2001) was the founder of the National Center for Science Education. ...

Supporters:

• Bruce Alberts -- National Academy of Science
• Francisco J. Ayala -- University of California, Irvine
• Frederick Borsch -- Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia
• Stephen G. Brush -- University of Maryland
• Sean B. Carroll -- University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Johnetta B. Cole -- Bennett College
• Joel Cracraft -- American Museum of Natural History
• Brent Dalrymple -- Oregon State University
• James E. Darnell, Jr. -- Rockefeller University
• Richard E. Dickerson -- University of California, Los Angeles
• Robert H. Dott, Jr. -- University of Wisconsin, Madison
• James D. Ebert† -- Chesapeake Institute of Johns Hopkins University
• Niles Eldredge -- American Museum of Natural History
• Milton Fingerman -- Tulane University
• Douglas J. Futuyma -- University of Michigan
• Alfred G. Gilman -- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
• Laurie Godfrey -- University of Massachusetts
• Stephen Jay Gould† -- Harvard University
• Donald Hornig -- Harvard University
• Norman H. Horowitz† -- California Institute of Technology
• Clark Howell -- University of California, Berkeley
• Duane E. Jeffery -- Brigham Young University
• Donald Johanson -- Institute for Human Origins
• Patricia Kelley -- University of North Carolina, Wilmington
• Philip Kitcher -- Columbia University
• Richard C. Lewontin -- Harvard University
• Paul MacCready -- Aerovironment, Inc.
• Lynn Margulis, University of Massachusetts
• Malcolm McKenna -- American Museum of Natural History
• Keith B. Miller -- Kansas State University
• Kenneth Miller -- Brown University
• John A. Moore† -- University of California, Riverside
• Dorothy Nelkin† -- New York University
• Bill Nye -- TV Scientist
• William S. Pollitzer† -- University of North Carolina
• Joseph E. Rall -- National Institutes of Health
• James Randi -- James Randi Foundation
• Michael Ruse -- Florida State University
• James W. Skehan, S.J. -- Weston Observatory
• Frank Sonleitner -- University of Oklahoma
• Richard Stucky -- Denver Museum of Nature & Science
• Marvalee Wake -- University of California, Berkeley
• Mary Jane West-Eberhard -- Smithsonian Institution
• Tim D. White -- University of California, Berkeley

Dr. Bruce Alberts (b. ... Francisco Jose Ayala (born 1934) is a Spanish American professor of biology and philosophy at the University of California, Irvine. ... Frederick Houk Borsch (born September 13, 1935) is an American Episcopalian clergyman. ... Sean B. Carroll is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. ... G. Brent Dalrymple is an American geologist, author of The Age of the Earth and National Medal of Science winner. ... James David Ebert (1921-- May 22, 2001) was an American developmental biologist. ... Dr. Niles Eldredge (born August 25, 1943) is an American paleontologist, who, along with Stephen Jay Gould, proposed the theory of punctuated equilibrium in 1972. ... Douglas Joel Futuyma (born 1942 in New York) is an American biologist. ... Alfred Goodman Gilman (born July 1, 1941) is an American scientist. ... Natural History magazine Stephen Jay Gould (September 10, 1941 – May 20, 2002) was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science. ... Norman Harold Horowitz (March 19, 1915-June 1, 2005) was a geneticist at Caltech who achieved national fame as the scientist who devised experiments to determine whether life might exist on Mars. ... Clark Howell (September 21, 1863 – November 14, 1936) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American newspaper man and politician from the state of Georgia. ... Donald Carl Johanson (born June 28, 1943) is an American paleoanthropologist known for his discovery of the skeleton of a 3. ... Philip Stuart Kitcher (born 1947) is a British philosophy professor who specializes in the philosophy of science. ... Richard Charles Lewontin (born March 29, 1929) is an evolutionary biologist, geneticist, and social commentator at Harvard University. ... Paul MacCready (born September 25, 1925 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American aeronautical engineer. ... Lynn Margulis Dr. Lynn Margulis (born March 15, 1938) is a biologist and University Professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. ... Keith Brady Miller is professor of geology at Kansas State University in the United States. ... There is also a different professor Kenneth Miller [1] Professor Kenneth R. Miller is professor of biology at Brown University in the United States. ... Dorothy Nelkin (30 July 1933–28 May 2003) was an American sociologist of science. ... William Sanford Nye (b. ... James Randi (born August 7, 1928), stage name The Amazing Randi, is a stage magician and scientific skeptic best known as a challenger of paranormal claims and pseudoscience. ... Michael Ruse (born June 21, 1940 in Birmingham, England) is a philosopher of science, a professor of philosophy and zoology largely concerned with the argument between creationism and evolutionary biology. ...

Media

In 2004, National Center for Science Education was represented by Dr. Scott on Penn and Teller's Showtime television show Bullshit! on the episode "Creationism." Dr. Scott offered scientific views about the creationist and intelligent design movements. She noted, "it would be unfair to tell students that there is a serious dispute going on among scientists whether evolution took place. There's not." She further noted that "a lot of the time the creationists... they'll search through scientific journals and try to pull out something they think demonstrates evolution doesn't work and there is a kind of interesting rationale behind it. Their theology is such that if one thing is wrong with the Bible you have to throw it all out so that's why Genesis has to be interpreted literally. They look at science the same way. If one little piece of the evolutionary puzzle doesn't fit the whole thing has to go." Scott then explained "that's not the way science is done." Penn (left) & Teller Penn and Teller are a two-man magic and comedy team, comprised of Penn Jillette and Teller. ... Bullshit! (also known as Penn & Teller: Bullshit!) is an American, Emmy-nominated documentary television series, running since 2003 on the premium cable channel Showtime. ...

External links

• National Center for Science Education
• Criticism of the group from the creationist group Answers in Genesis.