The IDEA Center Advisory board consists of scholars, authors, and scientists who have a pro-intelligent design perspective in their academic and professional work. The purpose of the Advisory Board is to inform the IDEA Center in its endeavors as its members see fit or whenever called upon.
All our Advisory Board members share with the IDEA Center a common belief in the scientific merit of intelligent design theory and a commitment to promoting a better understanding of these issues to the public. We are therefore pleased to announce that our Advisory Board consists of:
All our Advisory Board members share with the IDEA Center a common belief in the scientific merit of intelligent design theory and a commitment to promoting a better understanding of these issues to the public. We are therefore pleased to announce that our Advisory Board consists of:
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John Baumgardner, Advisory Board MemberFormer Geophysicist, Los Alamos National Laboratory; B.S. Electrical Engineering, Texas Tech University; M.S. Electrical Engineering, Princeton University; Ph.D. Geophysics and Space Physics, UCLA.
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Michael Behe, Advisory Board MemberProfessor of Biochemistry, Department of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University; Ph. D. Biochemistry, University of Pennsylvania.
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William Dembski, Advisory Board MemberAssociate Research Professor, Conceptual Foundations of Science, Baylor University; Ph.D. Philosophy, Univerity of Illinois at Chicago; Ph.D. Mathematics, University of Chicago; Masters of Divinity, Princeton Theological Seminary.
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Mark Hartwig, Advisory Board MemberPh.D. Educational Psychology, UC Santa Barbara.
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Phillip Johnson, Advisory Board MemberProfessor of Law, UC Berkeley; B.A. Harvard; J.D. University of Chicago Law School. Former Supreme Court Clerk.
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Jay Wesley Richards, Advisory Board MemberPh.D. (honors) Philosophy and Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary
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Dennis Wagner, Advisory Board MemberExecutive Director, Access Research Network.
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Jonathan Wells, Advisory Board MemberPh.D. Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley; Ph.D. Religious Studies, Yale University.
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