- Kenneth R. Miller
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birth_date = 1948
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fields =Biology
workplaces =Brown University
alma_mater = Brown UniversityUniversity of Colorado at Boulder
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religion =Roman Catholic
footnotes =Kenneth R. Miller (born 1948) is a
biology professor atBrown University . Miller, who isRoman Catholic , is particularly known for his opposition tocreationism , including theintelligent design movement. He has written two books on the subject. The first, "", argues that a belief in evolution is compatible with a belief in God. In "Only a Theory ", his second on the subject, explores ID and theKitzmiller v. Dover Area School District as well as its implications in science across America.Biography
Kenneth Miller graduated from
Rahway High School inRahway, New Jersey before going on to attend Brown University. Miller received his Sc.B. in Biology from Brown University in 1970 and Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Colorado in 1974.cite news | url=http://bms.brown.edu/faculty/m/kmiller/ | title=Ken Miller: Molecular, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry | publisher=Brown University |date= 2008 | first= | last= | accessdate =2008-06-17] From 1974 to 1980, he taught atHarvard University . His research involves problems of structure and function inbiological membrane s, often involvingelectron microscopy .cience advocacy
Miller has proudly voiced his support for what he calls "pro-science" candidates in politics. He has actively campaigned for school board and education candidates who support the teaching of evolution in Kansas and Ohio. In the science community, he has sought to elevate the understanding of scientists of the roots of the creationist movement, and to encourage the popularization of scientific concepts.
Miller has appeared in court as a witness, and on panels debating the teaching of intelligent design in schools. In 2002, the
Ohio State Board of Education held a public debate between two scientists, including Miller, and two proponents of intelligent design. [cite web |url=http://www.millerandlevine.com/km/evol/debate.html |title=Goodbye, Columbus< |accessdate=2007-09-20 |author=Ken Miller ] He testified for the plaintiffs, but only as a fact witness not as an expert, in "Selman v. Cobb County ", testing the legality of stickers calling evolution a "theory, not a fact" that were placed on the biology textbook Miller authored. In 2005, the judge ruled that the stickers violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to theUnited States Constitution [cite web |url=http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/news/2005/GA/201_victory_in_cobb_county_1_13_2005.asp |title=Victory in Cobb County |accessdate=2007-09-20|date=January 13, 2005|publisher=National Center for Science Education January 13, 2005] [cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/01/13/evolution.textbooks.ruling/index.html |title=Judge: Evolution stickers unconstitutional |accessdate=2007-09-20|date=January 14, 2005 |work= |publisher=CNN] . This decision was vacated on appeal because of missing records of the previous trial. The case was remanded for additional evidentiary inquiry and new findings, and a list of factual issues that the court would probably want to address included as item 15 a reference to Miller's testimony regarding “the colloquial or popular understanding of the term [theory] ” and the suggested question as to whether he has any qualifications to testify as an expert on the popular meaning of the word "theory". [ [http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/200510341.pdf Selman, et. al. vs. Cobb County Board of Education] May 25, 2006] The case was remanded back to the lower court and was eventually settled out of court. Miller was also the plaintiff's lead expert witness in theKitzmiller v. Dover Area School District , challenging the school board's mandate to incorporate intelligent design into the curriculum. The judge in that case also ruled decisively in favor of the plaintiffs.In 2006 the
American Society for Cell Biology gave him a Public Service Award. [ [http://www.ascb.org/filetracker.cfm?fileid=514 Forrest, Miller to receive ASCB Public Service Awards] ASCB Newsletter, July 2006. Note: slow link] TheAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) also recognized Miller for his contribution to the public education of evolution in the United States. Miller also appeared at the 2006Dwight H. Terry Lectureship at Yale, delivering a lecture entitled "Darwin, God, and Dover: What the Collapse of 'Intelligent Design' Means for Science and for Faith in America."Miller is popularly known for his appearances on
The Colbert Report . [cite web |url=http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2007/09/19/CampusNews/Prof-Ken.Miller.Life.As.Sciences.Media.Darling-2977311.shtml |title=Prof. Ken Miller: life as science's media darling |accessdate=2007-09-20 |author=Chaz Firestone |date=2007-09-20 |work= |publisher=Brown Daily Herald] [cite news | url=http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/news/2008/US/172_ken_miller_on_science_friday_6_13_2008.asp | title=Ken Miller on Science Friday and Colbert Report | publisher=National Center for Science Education | date= June 13, 2008 | first= | last= | accessdate = 2008-10-18] Most recently Miller was interviewed in June 2008 on The Colbert Report discussing his latest book "Only a Theory ". [cite news | url=http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?episodeId=173099 | title=Ken Miller | publisher=The Colbert Report |date= June 16, 2008 | first= | last= | accessdate =2008-06-17]He also speaks at conferences, notably the
Skeptics Society 's "Origins Conference" in October 2008 withNancey Murphy , Hugh Ross,Leonard Susskind ,Sean Carroll ,Paul Davies ,Christof Koch ,Nancey Murphy ,Donald Prothero , andVictor J. Stenger . [cite news | url=http://origins.skeptic.com/speakers_Ross.php | title=Origins Conference October 3–4, 2008 | publisher=Skeptics Society |date=2008 | first= | last= | accessdate =2008-10-10 ]Bibliography
* Miller, K.R. (2008) "" ISBN 978-0670018833
* Miller, K.R. (2000) "" ISBN 0-06-093049-7
* Miller, K.R. and Levine, J. (2002) "Biology: The Living Science" (Various editions of high school textbook.)ee also
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Creation and evolution in public education References
External links
* [http://www.millerandlevine.com/km/ Faculty homepage]
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4178920 "Teaching Evolution" Debate] onNPR November 19, 2004
* [http://www.bringyou.to/apologetics/p45.htm Firing Line Creation-Evolution Debate] December 4, 1997
* [http://www.meta-library.net/perspevo/preskm-frame.html Video Lecture: Ken Miller on Paley in a Test Tube]
* [http://www.yale.edu/terrylecture/thisyear.html Ken Miller at the Dwight H. Terry Lectureship] atYale University September 14, 2006
* [http://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/november/december-2005/the-evolution-of-ken-miller.html BAM: The Evolution of Ken Miller, Features, November/December 2005]
* [http://www.inoculatedmind.com/?p=139 Interview with Ken Miller] Jan 26, 2007, and [http://www.inoculatedmind.com/?p=311 Debate] withPZ Myers May 10, 2007 onThe Inoculated Mind
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