Nov. 5, Opponent of Intelligent Design Author Kenneth R. Miller to Speak at UAB

Author and renowned defender of the theory of evolution, Kenneth R. Miller, Ph.D., will be the guest speaker for the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) University Honors Program First Thursday Lecture Series.

 

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Author and renowned defender of the theory of evolution, Kenneth R. Miller, Ph.D., will be the guest speaker for the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) University Honors ProgramFirst Thursday Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5 in the UAB Spencer Honors House, 1190 10th Ave. South.

Miller will discuss "Darwin, God, & Design: America's Continuing Problem With Evolution." The event is free and open to the public. Call the UAB University Honors Program at 205-934-3228 for more details.

Miller is known for his support of teaching evolution and his stance against intelligent design, the view that "certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not an undirected process such as natural selection."

Miller has been the lead scientific witness in several high-profile cases, including the Dover, Pa., case in which a federal judge in 2005 ruled against the Dover Area School Board that sought to incorporate intelligent design into the science curriculum.

Miller is the author of Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul and Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution. In addition, he is co-author of the standard high-school textbook Biology.

Miller has appeared on The Colbert Report" and was a scientific adviser for PBS's Nova series "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial."

Miller teaches in Brown University's Department of Biology and is the Royce Family Professor for Teaching Excellence at the university.

About the UAB University Honors Program

The UAB University Honors Program provides gifted students the opportunity to learn within a community of committed scholars. Courses are team taught by faculty from a changing variety of disciplines in a theme-driven learning environment in the liberal arts tradition. Lively discussion, challenging readings that require critical thinking and a learning approach that asks students to think about issues from multiple viewpoints are hallmarks of this nationally recognized program.