Dr. Eugenie Scott to Speak at ASTC 2013 Annual Conference
June 3rd, 2013 - Posted in ASTC News, Annual Conference by Mary MathiasASTC is excited to announce that Dr. Eugenie Scott will give the keynote presentation on Saturday, October 19 at ASTC’s 2013 Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr. Scott spoke at the 2005 annual conference in Richmond, Virginia and we are very pleased to welcome her back!
Dr. Eugenie C. Scott is Executive Director of the National Center for Science Education, Inc., a not-for-profit membership organization of scientists, teachers, and others that works to improve the teaching of science as a way of knowing, the teaching of evolution, and the teaching of climate change.
A former college professor, Dr. Scott lectures widely, and is called upon by the press and other media to explain science and evolution to the general public.
Scott is the author of Evolution vs Creationism: An Introduction, co-editor (with Glenn Branch) of Not In Our Classrooms: Why Intelligent Design Is Wrong For Our Schools, and the author of many articles in science journals. She has served as President of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, and has been honored by both scientists and educators in having been awarded the National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal, the National Science Board Public Service Award, the AIBS Outstanding Service Award, the Geological Society of America Public Service Award, the AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility, the California Science Teachers Association Distinguished Service Award, and the National Association of Biology Teachers Honorary Membership award, “the association’s highest honor.” In 2009, Scientific American named her “one of 10 outstanding leaders involved in research, business or policy pursuits that have advanced science and technology.” She holds honorary D.Sc. degrees from McGill University, Ohio State University, Mt. Holyoke University, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Rutgers University, the University of New Mexico, Colorado College, the University of Missouri, and Chapman University, and was awarded the University Medal from the University of California-San Francisco.

Best-selling author Neal Stephenson will participate in a dialogue called Science and the Imagination as a part of the keynote session on Monday, October 21, during ASTC’s 2013 Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
With three host institutions for the first time ever—Explora, the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, and the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, ASTC’s 2013 Annual Conference will have triple the value and excitement!