Archive of Talks and Presentations
2009
2008
- Commentator, “The Christian Confrontation with Science,” History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, November 2008.
- Participant, “Liberty in the Scientific Enlightenment,” Liberty Fund Socratic Seminar, Indianapolis, October 2008.
- Participant, “Edges and Boundaries in the Philosophy of Biology,” Department of Philosophy, University of Utah, March 2008.
- Participant, “Systematics and Biodiversity: Concepts and Prospects,” International Center for Species Exploration, Arizona State University, March 2008.
- Lecture, "Was there a Darwinian Revolution?" Humanist Society of Greater Phoenix, February 2008
- Lecture, “Evolution is …” Spirit of the Senses Public Salon, Phoenix, January 2008
2007
- Commentator, “Critics of Scientific Naturalism,” History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Washington DC, November 2007.
- Lecture, "Designs on Darwin: A History of the Intelligent Design Movement," Humanist Society of Greater Phoenix, September 2007.
- Co-Organizer & Presenter, “New Methods for Teaching History and Philosophy of Biology: Museums, Field Stations, and the Internet,” International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology, Exeter UK, July 2007.
- Participant/Presenter, “What is the Value of History for Science?,” ASU-MBL History of Biology Seminar, Woods Hole MA, May 2007
- Lecture, “Designs on Darwin: Twenty Years of Anti-Evolution in America,” Greater Phoenix Mensa Regional Gathering, Phoenix, April 2007.
- Panel member, “Blogging for Life Scientists,” Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Phoenix, January 2007.
2006
- Session Chair, “Science in Victorian Britain,” History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Vancouver BC, November 2006.
- Lecture, “Hume, Faith and Religious Belief,” Private bookclub, Phoenix, April, 2006.
- Lecture, “Morphology Matters!” Department of Biology, Colby College, Maine, March 2006.
- Lecture, “Darwin, Design & Democracy,” Public lecture, Colby College, Maine, March 2006.
- Lecture, “Intelligent Design after Kitzmiller v Dover,” History of Science & Technology Program, Colby College, Maine, March 2006.
- Lecture, “Twenty Years A-Growing: Creationism Since Edwards v. Aguillard,” Secular Freethought Society, Arizona State University, March 2006.
- Lecture, “Cambrian Explosion?” Spirit of the Senses Public Salon, Phoenix, January 2006.
2005
- Session Chair, “A Good Body of Working Men: Vocation and the Darwinian Revolution,” History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, November 2005.
- Session Chair, “Judaism and the Phenomenon of Life: The Legacy of Hans Jonas,” Center for the Study of Religion & Conflict/Templeton Foundation, Arizona State University, November 2005.
- Lecture, “Darwin and Design,” Spirit of the Senses Public Salon, Phoenix, September 2005.
- Workshop organizer & chair, “Revisiting the Darwinian Revolution: In Memoriam – Ernst Mayr. Part II: Teaching the Darwinian Revolution,” International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology, Guelph, July 2005.
- Participant, “Cosmic Evolution and Astrobiology,” Dibner/MBL Summer Seminar in the History of Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, May 2005.
- Participant, “Are Humans Changing Human Nature? A Symposium on Religion, Science, Technology and Law,” Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict, Arizona State University, April 2005.
- Lecture, “Darwin and Design: Thoughts on the status of Intelligent Design,” ASU College of Law, March 2005.
- Lecture, “Darwin, Design & Democracy,” Honors Lecture Series, Arizona State University, March 2005.
2004
- Session Chair & Commentator, “From Collections to Populations in Life Science,” History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Austin, November 2004.
- Session Chair & Commentator, “Jewish Tradition and the Challenge of Evolution,” Arizona State University, February 2004.
- Lecture, “Anti-Evolutionism and Contested Authority in the Natural Sciences Since 1800,” History of Science & Technology Program, University of Minnesota, January 2004.
2003
- Session organizer & participant, Creationist Strategies and Legal Responses, Society for Evolutionary Analysis in Law, Annual meeting, Bloomington, October 2003.
- Lecture, “Intelligent Design Creationism and the Wedge,” ASU College of Law, March 2003.
2002
- Lecture, "The Myths of Darwinism," Humanist Society of Greater Phoenix, February 2002.
Before 2001
- Lecture, "Darwin's (R)Evolutionary Idea," ASU Interdisciplinary Humanities Program, March 2001
- Participant, Science and Judaism Workshop: What is the Human? Templeton Foundation, Tempe, February 2000.
- Lecture, "The Darwinian Perspective," Phoenix College Honors Program, March 1999
- Lecture, "Darwinian Myths," ASU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, College Council Guest Lecture, April 1998.
- Participant, Science and Postmodernism: Competing Epistemologies in an Age of Skepticism, ASU Graduate College, March 1998.
Scientific papers presented at numerous scientific conferences including annual meetings of American Association for Physical Anthropology, British Association for Biological Anthropology & Osteoarcheology, European Squirrel Workshop, Desert Fishes Council, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, and Mammal Society of Britain and Ireland.