CAS Dean's Office Sponsored Event:
INTELLIGENT DESIGN AND
THE
ASSAULT ON SCIENCE AND
RELIGION
Wednesday, September 30th - 4:30 p.m.
St. Francis Room
Presented by:
Dr. M. Lee Allison, State Geologist of Arizona
Director, Arizona Geological Survey
Dr. M. Lee Allison was Policy Advisor for Science and Energy to
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas in 2005 when the Kansas State Board of
Education put Darwin on trial as the culminating event in a six-year long battle
to impose the teaching of certain religious beliefs, including Intelligent
Design, in primary and secondary science classes. Dr. Allison worked together
with others in the State and nation to help assure that science classes covered
scientific topics and not include supernatural explanations of natural
phenomena. The circumstances surrounding this case focused national attention
of the teaching of Evolution, Creationism and Intelligent Design. Dr. Allison
will discuss the nature of the controversy and provide commentary on this
important topic. | 