Dr. Kenneth R. Miller, professor of evolutionary biology at Brown University, and author of Finding Darwin's God, (A scientist's search for common ground between God and evolution), will lecture at Hamilton on Tuesday, Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel. The lecture, sponsored by the student group Biology Matters, is free and open to the public.
Miller's 1999 book, Finding Darwin's God, addresses the scientific status of evolutionary theory and its relationship to religious views of nature.
One of Miller's principal interests is the public understanding of evolution. He has written a number of articles defending the scientific integrity of evolution, answering challenges such as "intelligent design," and he has debated a number of anti-evolutionists over the years. Miller testified as an expert witness in September, 2005, in Kitzmiller v Dover (Pa.) School District on the question of whether intelligent design is a religious belief or a scientific theory. The judge concluded "that ID is an interesting theological argument, but that it is not science," thus ensuring a victory for science.
Miller's research work on cell membrane structure and function has produced more than 50 scientific papers and reviews in leading journals, including CELL and Nature, as well as leading popular sources such as Natural History and Scientific American. Miller is co-author, with Joseph S. Levine, of three different high school and college biology textbooks used by millions of students nationwide. He has received five major teaching awards, and in 2005 was given the Presidential Citation of the American Institute for Biological Sciences for distinguished service in the field of Biology.
Miller chairs the Education Committee of the American Society for Cell Biology. He serves as an advisor on life sciences to the NewsHour, a daily PBS television program on news and public affairs.
Miller did his undergraduate work at Brown, and earned a Ph.D. in 1974 at the University of Colorado. He spent six years as assistant professor at Harvard University before returning to Brown University in 1980.
Miller's 1999 book, Finding Darwin's God, addresses the scientific status of evolutionary theory and its relationship to religious views of nature.
One of Miller's principal interests is the public understanding of evolution. He has written a number of articles defending the scientific integrity of evolution, answering challenges such as "intelligent design," and he has debated a number of anti-evolutionists over the years. Miller testified as an expert witness in September, 2005, in Kitzmiller v Dover (Pa.) School District on the question of whether intelligent design is a religious belief or a scientific theory. The judge concluded "that ID is an interesting theological argument, but that it is not science," thus ensuring a victory for science.
Miller's research work on cell membrane structure and function has produced more than 50 scientific papers and reviews in leading journals, including CELL and Nature, as well as leading popular sources such as Natural History and Scientific American. Miller is co-author, with Joseph S. Levine, of three different high school and college biology textbooks used by millions of students nationwide. He has received five major teaching awards, and in 2005 was given the Presidential Citation of the American Institute for Biological Sciences for distinguished service in the field of Biology.
Miller chairs the Education Committee of the American Society for Cell Biology. He serves as an advisor on life sciences to the NewsHour, a daily PBS television program on news and public affairs.
Miller did his undergraduate work at Brown, and earned a Ph.D. in 1974 at the University of Colorado. He spent six years as assistant professor at Harvard University before returning to Brown University in 1980.
