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Academic Advisory Board ListSubmitted by august on Sun, 2005-12-04 11:50.
Dan Barker Dan's main areas of expertise include:
Dan Barker is the author of Just Pretend: A Freethought Book For Children , Maybe Yes, Maybe No: A Guide For Young Skeptics , Maybe Right, Maybe Wrong: A Guide For Young Thinkers , and Losing Faith In Faith: From Preacher To Atheist ; an autobiographical story of deconversion, and a critical analysis of Christianity and the bible. Mr. Barker became a teenage evangelist at the age of fifteen. He received a degree in Religion from Azusa Pacific University and was ordained to the ministry by the Standard Community Church, California, in 1975. He served as associate pastor at a Quaker Church, an Assembly of God, and an independent Charismatic church. Mr. Barker maintained a touring musical ministry for 17 years, including eight years of full-time, cross-country evangelism. An accomplished pianist, record producer, arranger and songwriter, he now produces freethought music and has completed three musical albums. Dan is a staff member of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. He writes a regular column for Freethought Today, the Foundation's newspaper. Mr. Barker has also travels extensively for debates and lectures. . For more about Dan Barker and his work, please visit the following online resources: Rob Boston Rob's main areas of expertise include:
Robert Boston is assistant director of communications for Americans United for the Separation of Church and State and also serves as assistant editor of AU's monthly magazine Church & State. Mr. Boston is recognized as a leading writer and researcher on church-state topics and an advocate for the separation of church and state. He frequently writes about the political goals of the Religious Right and other church-state issues, such as religion in public schools, tax aid to sectarian institutions and religious freedom. Boston is the author of Close Encounters with the Religious Right: Journeys into the Twilight Zone of Religion and Politics (Prometheus Books, 2000), The Most Dangerous Man in America? Pat Robertson and the Rise of the Christian Coalition (Prometheus Books, 1996) and Why the Religious Right Is Wrong About Separation of Church & State (Prometheus Books, 1993). His articles have appeared in numerous publications, including Liberty, Insight, The Public Eye, The Freedom Writer, Jewish Monthly and Free Inquiry. In addition, Boston often serves as a spokesman for Americans United and has appeared on NBC's "Nightly News," CNN's "Headline News," Fox News Channel's "In Depth," Odyssey Channel's "News Odyssey" and other programs. He has also appeared as a guest on talk-radio shows across the country and been interviewed by numerous print media outlets. He also represents Americans United at speaking engagements around the nation. For more about Rob Boston and his work, please visit the following online resources: Richard's main areas of expertise include:
Richard Dawkins won both the Royal Society of Literature Award and the Los Angeles Times Literary Prize in 1987 for The Blind Watchmaker. The television film of the book, shown in the 'Horizon' series, won the Sci-Tech Prize for the Best Science Programme of 1987. He has also won the 1989 Silver Medal of the Zoological Society of London and the 1990 Royal Society Michael Faraday Award for the furtherance of the public understanding of science. In 1994 he won the Nakayama Prize for Human Science and in 1995 was awarded an Honorary D.Litt. by the University of St Andrews. Humanist of the Year Award 1996 . Since 1996 has been Vice President of the British Humanist Association . Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1997 and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2001. Winner of the 1997 (Fifth) International Cosmos Prize in Commemoration of Expo' 90 as well as the Kistler Prize in 2001. Richard Dawkins's first book, The Selfish Gene (1976; second edition, 1989), became an immediate international bestseller and, like The Blind Watchmaker, was translated into all the major languages. Its sequel, The Extended Phenotype, followed in 1982. His other bestsellers include River Out of Eden (1995), Climbing Mount Improbable (1996), and Unweaving the Rainbow (1998). More recently, he has published A Devil's Chaplain (2003) and The Ancestor's Tale (2004). For more about Richard Dawkins and his work, please visit the following on-line resources: Greg Epstein
Christopher's main areas of expertise include:
Christopher Hitchens, an author and journalist, contributes regularly to The Nation, Vanity Fair, Granta, The New York Review of Books, The London Review of Books, Vogue, Free Inquiry, New Left Review, Dissent, The Guardian and the Times Literary Supplement. Hitchens has been Washington editor of Harper's and book critic for Newsday. On television, Hitchens has appeared on CSPAN's Washington Journal , Larry King Live, Meet the Press with Tim Russert, Hardball with Chris Matthews and a recent appearance on Politically Incorrect with Bill Mahrer. Hitchens has been a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley , the University of Pittsburgh , and the New School of Social Research. Born in 1949 in Portsmouth, England, Hitchens received a degree in philosophy, politics and economics from Balliol College, Oxford, in 1970. He began his career as a staff writer with the New Statesman magazine and then worked as an editorial writer for the Evening Standard. From 1977 to 1979 he worked for London's Daily Express as a foreign correspondent and then returned to the New Statesmen as foreign editor, where he worked from 1979 to 1981. Mr. Hitchens has also been Washington editor for Harper's and the U.S. correspondent for The Spectator and The Times Literary Supplement. From 1986 to 1992 he was the book critic at New York Newsday. His books include The Missionary Position: Mother Theresa in Theory and Practice (Verso, 1995) Callaghan: The Road to Number Ten (Cassell, 1976); Hostage to History: Cyprus From the Ottomans to Kissinger (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1989); The Elgin Marbles: Should they be returned to Greece? (Verso , March 1998); Imperial Spoils: The Case of the Parthenon Marbles (Hill and Wang, 1989); Blood, Class and Nostalgia: Anglo-American Ironies (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1990); as well as two collections including many Nation essays: Prepared for the Worst (Hill and Wang, 1989) and For the Sake of Argument: Essays & Minority Reports (Verso, 1993). His most recent book is No One Left to Lie To: The Triangulations of William Jefferson Clinton (Verso , 1999). For more about Christopher Hitchens and his work, please visit the following on-line resources: Wendy Kaminer Wendy's main areas of expertise include:
Wendy Kaminer, a lawyer and social critic, writes about law, liberty, feminism, religion, and popular culture. Her latest book is Free for All: Defending Liberty in America Today. A former Guggenheim Fellow, she is the author of six previous books: Sleeping with Extra-Terrestrials: The Rise of Irrationalism and Perils of Piety; True Love Waits: Essays and Criticism; It's All the Rage: Crime and Culture; I'm Dysfunctional,You're Dysfunctional: The Recovery Movement & Other Self-Help Fashions; A Fearful Freedom: Women's Flight from Equality; and Women Volunteering: The Pleasure, Pain & Politics of Unpaid Work. Her articles and reviews have appeared in numerous publications including The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, The Wall Street Journal, The American Prospect, Free Inquiry, Dissent, The Nation, and Newsweek. Her commentaries have aired on NPR's Morning Edition. Before embarking on her writing career, Ms. Kaminer practiced law, as a staff attorney in the New York Legal Aid Society and the New York City Mayor's Office. She currently serves on the National Board of the American Civil Liberties Union. For more about Wendy Kaminer and her work, please visit the following on-line resources: Jeffery Jay Lowder Jeffery's main areas of expertise include:
Jeffery Jay Lowder is the co-founder and President Emeritus of Internet Infidels, Inc and the co-editor of The Empty Tomb: Jesus Beyond the Grave (Prometheus, 2005). In the past, Lowder has served as the leader of a campus skeptical group, the Colorado/Utah Regional Director of the Council for Secular Humanism, the moderator of several Internet atheism forums, including the newsgroup alt.atheism.moderated. A graduate of a Christian university, Mr. Lowder wrote his honors thesis on "The Historicity of the Resurrection: The Debate Between Christians and Skeptics." He has published numerous articles on the World Wide Web, as well as in Philo: The Journal of the Society of Humanist Philosophers and the Journal of Higher Criticism. He has appeared on several radio shows, including National Public Radio, various Christian talk radio programs, and T.J. Walker's radio talk show. He has also debated numerous theists, including David Hufford, Phil Fernandes, and William Gipson. For more about Jeffery Jay Lowder and his work, please visit the following on-line resources: Michael Martin Michael's main areas of expertise may include:
Michael Martin is a Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Boston University. He has been a visiting Professor at the University of Oslo in Norway. Dr. Martin received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard University in 1962. Dr. Michael Martin's publications include: Legal Realism: American and Scandinavian (New York: Peter Lang, 1996); The Big Domino in The Sky and Other Atheistic Tales, (Buffalo: Prometheus Books, 1996); Readings in the Philosophy of Social Science (Cambridge:The MIT Press, 1994) with L. McIntyre; The Case Against Christianity (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1991); Atheism: A Philosophical Justification (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1990); The Legal Philosophy of H.L.A. Hart: A Critical Appraisal (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1987); Social Science and Philosophical Analysis: Essays on The Philosophy of The Social Sciences (Washington, D.C.: University Press Of America), 1978 ; Concepts of Science Education: A Philosophical Analysis (Chicago: Scott-Foresman,1972); Probability, Confirmation and Simplicity (New York: Odyssey Press, 1966) with M. Foster; Atheism, Moralilty and Meaning (Amherst, NY; Prometheus Books, 2002); Verstehen (New Brunswick,NJ:Trasaction Books 2000); The Impossibility of God (Amherst, NY; Prometheus 2003) with Ricki Monnier. For more about Michael Martin and his work, please visit the following on-line resources: David Noelle David's main areas of expertise include:
David C. Noelle studies learning in the human brain, focusing on the mechanisms which allow people to acquire new skills and new concepts through interaction with a knowledgeable teacher. His work involves the construction of detailed computational models of learning processes and the evaluation of such models in the light of behavioral and physiological data. He received his Ph.D. in Cognitive Science and Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego in 1997. After a period of postdoctoral research at the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, a joint project of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, he joined the faculty of Vanderbilt University in 2001. In addition to his interest in the neural basis of human learning abilities, he has recently become interested in efforts to uncover the neural basis of religious experiences, and he has written and spoken on the current evidence for an innate "God module" in the human brain. Noelle has actively contributed to the humanist and skeptic movements for almost two decades. He has participated in the formation of a number of local activist groups, including the Secular Humanists of Los Angeles, the San Diego Association of Secular Humanists, and the San Diego Association for Rational Inquiry. He also designed and maintained the original World Wide Web site for the Council for Secular Humanism. For more about David Noelle and his work, please visit the following on-line resources: Massimo Pigliucci Massimo's main areas of expertise include:
Massimo Pigliucci is an associate professor of Ecology and Evolution at SUNY - Stony Brook. He has been awarded the prestigious Dobzhansky Prize by the Society for the Study of Evolution. As a skeptic, he has debated creationist Duane Gish and Christian theologian William Craig, and has published in Skeptic and Skeptical Inquirer. His recent book is entitled Tales of the Rational: Skeptical Essays About Nature and Science. Massimo is a member of the Rationalists of East Tennessee and the Tennessee Darwin Coalition where he helped found Darwin Day. For more about Massimo Pigliucci and his work, please visit the following on-line resources: The Secular Web Skeptic Magazine Skeptical Inquirer Magazine Massimo's Lab Page Massimo's Skeptic Web Page Robert Price Robert's main areas of expertise include:
Dr. Price is the author of Beyond Born Again (1993), The Widow-Traditions in Luke-Acts: A Feminist-Critical Scrutiny (1997) and Deconstructing Jesus (2000). Also, with his wife Carol Selby Price, he co-authored a book on the rock band Rush entitled Mystic Rhythms: The Philosophical Vision of Rush. He has written extensively on religion, theology and the Bible for The Christian Century, The Evangelical Quarterly, Christian Scholars Review, The Journal for the Study of The NY, The Journal of Psychology and Theology, Religious Studies, The Reformed Journal, Religious Humanism, Playboy, American Rationalist and others. He occasionally appears on A&E Bible documentaries. He is also the editor of The Journal of Higher Criticism. Dr. Price holds a Ph.D. in Theology (Drew, 1981) as well as a Ph.D. in New Testament (Drew 1993). As an undergraduate at Montclair State College he served as chapter president for Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship and later became both a campus chaplain for the United Ministries in Higher Education and a Baptist pastor. He was Professor of Religion at Mount Olive College and Affiliate Professor of New Testament and Biblical Interpretation at Drew University. He know works for the Council for Secular Humanism as a professor of Biblical Criticism for the Center for Inquiry Institute. For more about Robert Price and his work, please visit the following on-line resources: Steven Schafersman Steven's areas of expertise include:
Steven Schafersman is currently a science consultant in Midland, Texas, where he works in the environmental and petroleum industries. He was formerly a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Geology of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Science and Mathematics at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin in Odessa, Texas, where he taught biology, geology, and environmental science. He has won a number of teaching awards for his efforts in undergraduate science education. Steven is active in organized skepticism and serves as a Scientific and Technical Consultant for CSICOP He founded the Houston local skeptics group and the Texas local group of NCSE. Steven also belongs to the AHA and CSH. The following websites are administered by him: www.freeinquiry.com www.skeptic.ws www.badgeology.com and www.texscience.org. For more about Steven Schafersman and his work, please visit the following on-line resources: Michael Shermer Michael's main areas of expertise include:
Dr. Michael Shermer is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, the Director of the Skeptics Society, a monthly columnist for Scientific American, the host of the Skeptics Distinguished Science Lecture Series at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), and the co-host and producer of the 13-hour Family Channel television series, Exploring the Unknown. He is the author of Science Friction: Where the Known Meets the Unknown, about how the mind works and how thinking goes wrong. His book The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, Share Care, and Follow the Golden Rule, is on the evolutionary origins of morality and how to be good without God. He wrote a biography, In Darwin's Shadow, about the life and science of the co-discoverer of natural selection, Alfred Russel Wallace. He also wrote The Borderlands of Science, about the fuzzy land between science and pseudoscience, and Denying History, on Holocaust denial and other forms of pseudohistory. His book How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God, presents his theory on the origins of religion and why people believe in God. He is also the author of Why People Believe Weird Things on pseudoscience, superstitions, and other confusions of our time. Dr. Shermer received his B.A. in psychology from Pepperdine University, M.A. in experimental psychology from California State University, Fullerton, and his Ph.D. in the history of science from Claremont Graduate University. Since his creation of the Skeptics Society, Skeptic magazine, and the Skeptics Distinguished Science Lecture Series at Caltech, he has appeared on such shows as 20/20, Dateline, Charlie Rose, Larry King Live, Tom Snyder, Donahue, Oprah, Lezza, Unsolved Mysteries, and other shows as a skeptic of weird and extraordinary claims, as well as interviews in countless documentaries aired on PBS, A&E, Discovery, The History Channel, The Science Channel, and The Learning Channel. For more about Michael Shermer and his work, please visit the following on-line resources: Edward Tabash Edward's main areas of expertise include:
Civil rights attorney Edward Tabash is the Chair of the National Legal Committee for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, as well as the Honorary Chair of the Center for Inquiry West, and Chair of the First Amendment Task Force. Since 1980 Mr. Tabash has been California's most active debater advocating women's reproductive rights. He has published numerous articles on civil rights and religious liberty in Beverly Hills Bar Journal, Daily Breeze, Los Angeles Times, and Los Angeles Daily Journal. Mr. Tabash graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.A. from UCLA in 1973 and earned his Juris Doctorate from Loyola Law School of Los Angeles in 1976. Mr. Tabash has participated in debates with many prominent religious spokesmen, including a successful 1999 debate with William Lane Craig before an audience of 1300 at Pepperdine University, and a debate with philosopher Peter Van Inwaagen, on the issue of "Does God Exist?" For more about Edward Tabash and his work, please visit the following on-line resources: Fred Whitehead Fred's main areas of expertise include:
Fred Whitehead edits a newsletter, Freethought History (PO Box 5224, Kansas City, KS 66119) which is the only publication in the world entirely devoted to the heritage of atheism, agnosticism and related movements, and was co-editor of a pioneering anthology, Freethought on the American Frontier (Prometheus, 1992). He has published widely on themes of American midwestern social, cultural and intellectual history, and has been a featured speaker at international conferences in London, Berlin, Freiburg and Paris. For more about Fred Whitehead and his work, please visit the following on-line resources: ( categories: )
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