Office:             334 LeConte Hall
                       University of Georgia
                       Athens, Georgia 30602-6012
                       (706) 542-2660
 

Education:       Graduate: University of Wisconsin, M.A. & Ph.D. in History of Science, 1976 and 1984

                        Legal: Harvard Law School, J.D., 1979

                        College: Williams College, B.A., 1974

Employment:   Richard B. Russell Professor of History, History Dept. Chair and Talmadge 
                        Professor of Law, University of Georgia, 1987-present (Ass't Prof. to 1991; 
                        Asso. Prof. to 1996; Chair since 2001)

                        Counsel, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U. S. Dept. of Ed. 1986-87

                        Associate Counsel, Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. Congress, 1983-86

                        Attorney - Davis, Wright & Tremaine, Seattle, Washington, 1979-82

                        Counsel, Washington State House of Representatives, Olympia, Washington, 1981-82

                        Analyst, Wisconsin State Senate, Madison, Wisconsin, 1974-76
 

PUBLICATIONS:

Monographic Books: 

Evolution: A History of the Theory, New York: Random House, 2004 - forthcoming in the Modern
     Library Chronicles Series

Evolution's Workshop: God and Science on the Galapagos Islands, New York: Basic Books and
     London: Penguin,2001 - nominated for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize in General Non-Fiction.

Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and
     Religion, New York: Basic Book, 1997, and Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1998 -
     awarded the 1998 Pulitzer Prize in History.

Sex, Race, and Science: Eugenics in the Deep South, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press,
     1995. 

Trial and Error: The American Controversy Over Creation and Evolution, New York: Oxford
     University Press, 1985, 1989 (expanded edition), 2002 (updated edition). 
 

Co-Authored and Edited Books:

The Law of Property (with James Smith, John Kidwell, and John Nagle), New York: Aspen, 2004
     - forthcoming Property law casebook.

 The Scopes Trial: A Photographic History (with Edward Caudill), Knoxville: University of
     Tennessee Press, 2000.

The History of Science and Religion in the Western Tradition: An Encyclopedia (co-edited with
     Gary Ferngren and Darril Amundsen), New York: Garland Publishing, 2000.

A Different Death: Euthanasia in the Christian Tradition (with Darril Amundsen), Chicago:
     Intervarsity Press, 1998.

Euthanasia: Spiritual, Medical, and Legal Issues in Terminal Health Care (with Beth Spring),
     Portland: Multnomah Press, 1988.
 

Scholarly Articles and Book Chapters: 
          
"The Meaning of Human Gene Testing for Disability Rights," Cincinnati Law Review, 70 (2002),
     pp. 1-26.

 "Origin Was Just a Beginning," Science, 297 (2002), pp. 1812-13.

"Congressional Power over Presidential Elections: Lessons from the Past and Reforms for the
     Future" (with D. Coenan), William and Mary Law Quarterly, 43 (2002), pp. 851-926.

"The Scopes Trial," in ed. Gary B. Ferngren, Science and Religion: A Historical Introduction
     (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2002), pp. 289-98.

"Relations of Science and Religion," in ed. Stanley I. Kutler, Dictionary of American History (New
     York: Scribner's, 2003) - forthcoming.

"Clarence Darrow," in ed. Kermit L. Hall, Oxford Companion to American Law (New York:
     Oxford Univ. Press, 2002), pp. 718-19.

"Scopes Trial," in ed. Paul Boyer, Oxford Companion to American History (New York: Oxford
     Univ. Press, 2003) - forthcoming.

"Clarence Darrow," in ed. Kermit L. Hall, Encyclopedia of the Midwest (New York: Garland,
     2003) - forthcoming.

"The Scopes Monkey Trial," in ed. Brian Lamb, Booknotes Stories from American History:
     Leading Historians on the Events that Shaped Our Country (New York: Public Affairs, 2001), pp.
     197-205.

"Tales of Death: Storytelling in the Physician-Assisted Suicide Litigation," Washburn Law Journal,
     vol.39 (2000), pp. 159-83.

"Law and Society in the Courtroom: Introducing the Trials of the Century," University of Missouri-
     Kansas City Law Review, 68 (2000), pp. 543-48.

"The Cultural Wars at 75," in ed. R. M. Cornelius, Selected Orations of William Jennings Bryan
     (Dayton: Bryan College, 2000), pp. 119-30. 

"John Mitchell," ed. J. Garraty, American National Biography, vol. 15 (New York: Oxford Univ.
     Press, 1999), pp. 606-07.

"Scientists and Religion in America" (with L. Witham), Scientific American , vol. 281 (Sept.
     1999), pp. 88-93.

"The Scopes Trial and the Evolving Concept of Freedom," Virginia Law Review, vol. 85 (1999)
     pp. 503-29.

"Criminal Determinism in Twentieth-Century America," in eds.  J. Botkin, et al., Genetics and
     Criminality: The Potential Misused Scientific Information in Court (Washington, D. C.: American
     Psychological Assn., 1999), pp. 31-36.

"Aping Humanity," A.B.A. Updated on Law-Related Education, Summer, 1999, pp. 11-13.

 "Confronting Scientific Authority with Religious Values: Eugenics in American History," in T.
     Deny and G. Steward, Genetic Engineering (Gand Rapids: Kregal, 1999), pp. 105-26.

 "Leading Scientists Still Reject God" (with L. Witham), Nature, vol. 394 (1998), 313.

"The Limits of Advance Directives: A History and Assessment of the Patient Self-Determination
     Act" (with T. Eaton), Wake Forest Law Review, vol. 32 (1997), pp. 249-93.

"Scientists Are Still Keeping the Faith" (with L. Witham),  Nature, vol. 386 (1997), 435-37.

"Implementation of the Patient Self-Determination Act: A Comparison of Nursing Homes to
     Hospitals" (with M. Zwahr), Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol. 16 (1997), pp. 190-207.

"Original Intent and Article III" (with M. Wells), Tulane Law Review, vol. 70 (1995), pp. 75-135.

"In the Finest, Most Womanly Way:  Women in the Southern Eugenics Movement," American
     Journal of Legal History, vol. 39 (1995), pp. 119-47.

"Seeking Compassion in Dying:  The Washington State Law Against Asserted Suicide,"
     Seattle University Law Review, vol. 18 (1995), pp. 509-19.

 "Prescription for Death:  A Second Opinion," DePaul Law Review, vol. 44 (1995), pp. 461-82.

"Implementation and Impact of the Patient Self-Determination Act" (with Denise Parks et al.)
     Southern Medical Journal, vol. 87 (1994), pp. 971-77.

"The Blaine Amendment in State Constitutions," in ed. J. Skillen, The School-Choice Controversy,
     Grand Rapids:  Baker Books, 1993, pp. 35-50.

"Human Genome Project: Half a Tithe for Ethics," National Forum, vol. 73 (Spring 1993), pp.
     14-16. 

"Making a Virtue of Endurance: The New York Academy of Sciences," New York History, vol.
     73 (1992), pp. 459-67. 

"Scopes Trial" and "Social Darwinism," in History of Science in the United States: An
     Encyclopedia (forthcoming).

"Involuntary Sexual Sterilization of Incompetents in Alabama: Past, Present, and Future" (with L.
     Nelson), Alabama Law Review, vol. 43 (1992), pp. 399 - 444. 

"The Rhetoric of Eugenics: Expert Authority and the Mental Deficiency Bill," British Journal for
     the History of Science, vol. 24 (1991), pp. 45-60. 

"Experimenting with the Right to Die in the Laboratory of the States" (with T. Eaton), Georgia
     Law Review, vol. 31 (1991), pp. 1253 - 326. 

"Breeding Better Georgian," Georgia Journal of Southern Legal History, vol. 1 (1991), pp. 53-79. 

 "Science in the American South Through the Eyes of Four Natural Historians, 1750-1850," Annals
     of Science, vol. 48 (1991), pp. 231-40. 

"Belated Progress: The Enactment of Eugenic Legislation in Georgia," Journal of the History of
     Medicine and Allied Science, vol. 46, (1991) pp. 44-64. 
          
"Human Gene Therapy and the Law: An Introduction to the Literature," Emory Law Journal, vol.
     39 (1990), pp. 855-74. 

"Personhood: Current Legal Views," Second Opinion, vol. 14 (1990), pp. 40-53. 

"Constitutional Challenges to Textbooks," Educational Policy, vol. 3 (1989), pp. 137-51; rpt. in
     ed. P. Altbach, et. al, Textbooks in American Society:  Politics, Policy, and Petagogy, Albany: 
     Suny Press, 1991, pp. 71-90.
 
"Education Leadership: The History of a Legislative Proposal," Educational Considerations, vol.
     16 (1989), pp. 11-14. 

"Church and State on the Frontier: The History of the Establishment Clauses in the Washington
     State Constitution" (with R. Utter), Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, vol. 15 (1988), pp.
     451-78.

"Before the Crusade: Evolution in American Secondary Education Before 1920," Journal of the
     History of Biology, vol. 20 (1987), pp. 89-114. 

"Textbooks, Judges, and Science," Cumberland Law Review, vol. 17 (1986), pp. 116-37. 
 

Book Reviews: 

Over 45 book reviews in professional journals such as Isis, Journal of American History, Journal
     of Interdisciplinary History, British Journal for the History of Science and Journal of Southern
     History. 
 

Other Publications:

"History May Soon Forget," Atlanta Journal Constitution, Sept. 8, 2002, pp. D1-D3.

"Almost Everything Seems the Same," Atlanta Journal Constitution, Apr. 14, 2002, p. F7

"At Anchor in the Galapagos," The Atlantic Monthly, Jan. 2002, pp. 108-10

"Evolutionary Road," Washington Post Book World, Dec. 23, 2001, p. 5.

 "Window on Nature's Workings," Times Higher Education Supplement., June 29, 2001, p. 22.

"Science and Sentiment Surround Darwin's Eden," Atlanta Journal Const, 1/28/01, pp. E1 & E6.

"Birthplace of Evolution," Guardian, Jan. 23, 2001.

"The Man Who Found the Missing Link," Washington Post Book World, March 2001.

"Monkey Business," Oxford American, Nov.-Dec. 2000, pp. 35-37.

"Debating Evolution: The God Who Would Intervene," Christian Century, 11/ 27/99, pp. 1026-8.

 "Inherit an Ill Wind," The Nation, Oct. 4, 1999, pp. 25-29.

"God vs. Science," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Feb. 7, 1999, p. F-1.

"In God, Not Science, We Trust," Times Higher Education Supplement, Dec. 11, 1998, p. 5.

"1-900-GENOMES: Coming of Genetic Determinism," Regeneration, Fall 1996, pp. 30-31.

"Assisted Suicide Is a Slippery Slope," Insight, vol. 10 (1994), pp. 18-20.

"Life-defying Acts," Christianity Today, March 6, 1987, pp. 17-22. 

Op-ed articles in Wall Street Journal, Seattle Times and Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
 

Presentation of Lectures and Papers:

Presentation of named or funded lectures at Berry College, Bryan College, California Institute of
     Technology, California State University-Chico, Chapman School of Law (Commencement
     Address), Cumberland School of Law, Eastern Kentucky Univ., Eastern Nazarene College,
     Florida State Univ., Fordham Univ., Furman Univ., Harvard Univ., Hillsdale College, Iowa State
     Univ., Kansas State University, Kennesaw State Univ., Messiah College, North Georgia College,
     Notre Dame Univ., Ohio State Univ., Penn State Univ., Princeton University, Gainesville College,
     Southwest Georgia State College, Univ. of Alabama, Univ. of Cincinnati, Univ. of Kentucky,
     Univ. of Georgia (Commencement Address), Univ. of Minnesota, Univ. of Mississippi, Univ. of
     Nebraska, Univ. of Oklahoma, Univ. of the Ozarks, Univ. of Tennessee-Chattanooga, Univ. of
     Tennessee-Knoxville, Univ. of Utah, Univ. of Washington, Univ. of Wisconsin, Vanderbilt Univ.,
     Virginia Tech, Washburn Univ., Western Washington State  Univ., Williams College and Wingate
     Univ.

Over 40 invited papers at conferences organized by professional institutions, such as American
     Association for the Advancement of Science (plenary address), American Association for the
     History of Medicine, Australian Society for the History of Medicine, British Society for History
     of Science, California Academy of Sciences, Clarence Darrow Society, Conference on Southern
     Literature, Harrisburg Museum of Science, History of Science Society, Los Angeles County
     Museum, Organization of American Historians, Royal Geographic Society, Southern Historical
     Association, and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.

 Frequent speaker at professional meetings for judges, attorneys, physicians and scientists.

Course on the history of the theory of evolution is available on video, tape and CD from The
     Teaching Company, Chantilly, VA 20151-1232 (1-800-832-2412).

Other Presentations:

Over 200 invited television and radio interviews on research topics including broadcasts on Today
     Show (NBC), American Experience (PBS), News Hour (PBS), Nova (PBS), Booknotes (C-Span),
     Fox Network, Odyssey Network, Showtime Network, Court-TV, and multiple appearances on
     NPR, BBC, CBC, History Channel, and C-Span.   
 

Academic Honors and Awards:

 2003-04, Participant, Antarctic Artists and Writers Program, National Science Foundation

 2003 American Spirit Award, Conference on Southern Literature

 2001 Christ-Janer Award for Outstanding Research in the Humanities, Univ. of Georgia

 2000-01 John Adams Chair of American History, Fulbright Program, Leiden, Netherlands.

2000 George Sarton Award, American Association for Advancement of Science.

1999 National Civil Liberties Award, American Civil Liberties Union.

1998 Pulitzer Prize for History.

1998 American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award Finalist.

1998 Washington State Governor's Writers Award.

1998 Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge Certificate of Recognition. 

1997 Templeton Prize for Outstanding Article in Science and Religion.

Resident Scholar, Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Study and Conference Center, Italy, 1996.

Richard B. Russell Award for Undergraduate Teaching, University of Georgia, 1992. 

Parks-Heggoy Award for Excellence in Teaching History, University of Georgia, 1989.

University Fellow, University of Wisconsin, 1983-84. 

Visiting Scholar, University of Washington, 1986, 1988, and 1992. 

Listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Law, and Who's Who in the South.

Member, Phi Beta Kappa, Williams College, 1974. 
 

Professional Activities:

Member, History of Science Society, 1984-present. 

Member, Washington State Bar Association, 1979-present. 

Admitted to practice law before the U. S. Supreme Court, Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals,
     U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, and the U.S. Tax Court. 
          
Editorial Board, Georgia Review, 1998-present.

Advisory Board, Georgia Repertory Theater, 2000-present. 

Senior Fellow, University of Georgia Foundation Fellows, 1998-present.

Member, Program Committee, American Historical Ass'n Annual Meeting, 2002.

Editorial Board, University of Georgia Press, 2000-present.

Grant Reviewer, National Science Foundation, 1997-present.

Panelist, National Institutes of Health, Ad Hoc Study Section for Ethical, Legal, and Social
     Consideration of the U.S. Human Genome Project, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2002.

Founding Member, International Society for Science and Religion, 2002.

Trustee, Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, 1992-99.

Visiting Professor, University of San Diego School of Law, 1999, 2001, 2002.

Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute, 1992-98.

Counsel, Ellis & Li, Seattle, WA 1985-97.

1996-1997 Templeton Foundation Lecturer at colleges and universities throughout America.

Visiting Professor, Institut de Driot Comparé, Université Jean Moulin, Lyon, France, 1996.

Panelist, Joint Dissemination and Program Effectiveness Panels, U.S. Dep't of Education,
     1986-1998.
          
University of Georgia Council Member, 1992-98; Executive Committee, 1993-95; and Chair,
     Student Affairs Committee, 1993-1996. 

Chair, Watson-Davis Prize Committee, History of Science Society, 1993-94 (Member, 1991-94).
 Member, Development Committee, History of Science Society, 2000-present. 

Chair, Coordinating Committee, Forum for the History of Science in America, 1993-95 (Member,
     1990-94; and Chair, Book Prize Committee, 1992). 

Science Education Project Reviewer, National Diffusion Network, U.S. Dep't of Education,
     1989. 

Reviewer, U.S. Dep't of Education School Recognition Program, 1987-89.
 

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