STATEMENT ON INTELLIGENT DESIGN
BY IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FACULTY
We, the undersigned faculty members at Iowa State University, reject all attempts to represent Intelligent Design as a scientific endeavor.
Advocates of Intelligent Design claim that the position of our planet and the complexity of particular life forms and processes are such that they may only be explained by the existence of a creator or designer of the universe. However, such claims are premised on (1) the arbitrary selection of features claimed to be engineered by a designer; (2) unverifiable conclusions about the wishes and desires of that designer; and (3) an abandonment by science of methodological naturalism.
Methodological naturalism, the view that natural phenomena can be explained without reference to supernatural beings or events, is the foundation of the natural sciences. The history of science contains many instances where complex natural phenomena were eventually understood only by adherence to methodological naturalism.
Whether one believes in a creator or not, views regarding a supernatural creator are, by their very nature, claims of religious faith, and so not within the scope or abilities of science. We, therefore, urge all faculty members to uphold the integrity of our university of "science and technology," convey to students and the general public the importance of methodological naturalism in science, and reject efforts to portray Intelligent Design as science.
Mark R. Ackermann
Professor and JG Salsbury Endowed Chair
Department of Veterinary Pathology
Dean C. Adams
Assistant Professor
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
Department of Statistics
Roger Alexander
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics
Prof. Robert J. Angelici
Distinguished Professsor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Daniel Ashlock
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics
Hector Avalos
Associate Professor of
Religious Studies, and
Director of the U.S. Latino/a
Studies Program
Ethan R. Badman
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Jeffrey K. Beetham
Associate Professor
Departments of Veterinary
Pathology and Entomology
Roger Berger
Professor, emeritus
Industrial and Manufacturing
Systems Engineering
Cliff Bergman
Professor
Department of Mathematics
Terry L. Besser
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
Amy Bix
Associate Professor
Department of History
Co-Director, Graduate Program in History of Technology & Science
Bryony Bonning
Professor
Department of Entomology
Bonnie S. Bowen
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
E. Charles Brummer
Associate Professor
Forage Breeding and Genetics
Raymond F. Baker Center for Plant Breeding
Joseph W. Burnett
Lecturer,
Department of Chemistry
C. Lee Burras
Associate Professor
Department of Agronomy
Alexander Burstein
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Anson Call
Assistant Professor
Department of Art and Design, Architecture
Bille C. Carlson
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Ames Laboratory
Cinzia Cervato
Associate Professor
Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences
Silvia R. Cianzio
Professor
Department of Agronomy
Lynn G. Clark
Professor of EEOB and
Director of the Ada Hayden Herbarium
Dept. of EEOB
Michael P. Clough
Associate Professor
Center for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education
Joel R. Coats
Professor of Entomology & Toxicology
Department of Entomology
Jim Colbert
Associate Professor
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
Undergraduate Biology Program Coordinator
John D. Corbett
Professor of Chemistry
Senior Chemist, Ames Laboratory, DOE
Distinguished Professor in Liberal Arts
and Sciences
Paula J. Curran,
Associate Professor
Department of Art and Design
Dennis Dake
Professor
Department of Art and Design
Jane Dawson
Senior Lecturer in Geology
Dept. Geological. & Atmospheric Sciences
Vinay Dayal
Associate Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Dr. Alan A. DiSpirito
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
James H. Espenson
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Nancy J. Evans
Professor and Program Co-Coordinator
Higher Education Program
Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Steven L. Fales
Professor
Department of Agronomy
David Fernández-Baca
Professor
Department of Computer Science
Jan L. Flora
Professor and Community Extension Specialist
Department of Sociology
Herbert J. Fromm
Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor
Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and
Molecular Biology
Douglas A. Gentile
Assistant Professor,
Department of Psychology
B.C. Gerstein
Professor Emeritus
Department of Chemistry
Jack Girton
Associate professor
Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
David M. Gradwohl
Professor Emeritus
Department of Anthropology
Sara M. Gregg
Assistant Professor
Department of History
William J. Gutowski
Professor
Dept. of Geological and
Atmospheric Sciences, and
Department of Agronomy
Richard B. Hall
Professor
Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management
Interdepartmental Genetics Program
Interdepartmental Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program
Chris Harding
Assistant Professor
Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences
Virtual Reality Applications Center
Human-Computer Interaction Program
Mark S. Hargrove
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics,
and Molecular Biology
Thomas Harrington
Professor
Department of Plant Pathology
Rachel Haywood Ferreira
Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
Coordinator of the Portuguese Program
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Stan Henning
Assistant Professor
Department of Agronomy
Madeleine Henry
Professor of Classical Studies
Kristen Hessler
Bioethics outreach coordinator
Office of Biotechnology /
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Matthew G. Hill
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
Denise M. Hix
Academic Advisor
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
Department of Genetics, Development and Cellular Biology
Jim Holtz
Coordinator, Undergraduate Student Services
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
Department of Genetics, Development and Cellular Biology
Jesse Hostetter
Assistant Professor
Department of Veterinary Pathology
College of Veterinary Medicine
Gordon Hull
Lecturer,
Department of Philosophy and
Religious Studies
Neal R. Iverson
Professor
Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences
Carl Jacobson
Professor
Department of Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
Jean-Luc Jannink
Assistant Professor
Small Grains Breeding and Quantitative Genetics
Department of Agronomy
Yan-Bin Jia
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science
Thomas W. Jurik
Associate Professor
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
April Katz
Associate Professor
Department of Art and Design
Fritz Keinert
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics
Margo Kitts
Lecturer
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Erwin E. Klaas
Professor Emeritus of Animal Ecology
Allen Knapp
Associate Professor
Department of Agronomy
Elliot Scoville Krafsur
Emeritus Professor of Entomology
Dan Krier
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
Bill Kunerth
Emeritus Professor of Journalism
Gary T. Leavens
Professor
Department of Computer Science
Howard A. Levine
Distinguished Professor
Department of Mathematics
Barb Licklider
Professor
Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Director, Project LEA/RN
Ingrid Lilligren
Associate Professor
Art and Design
Gustavo MacIntosh
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
Barbara M. Mack
Associate Professor
Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication
Roger D. Maddux
Professor
Department of Mathematics
Surya Mallapragada
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Michael E. Martin
Lecturer
Materials Science and Engineering
R. William McCallum
Senior Materials Scientist
Materials and Engineering Physics
Ames Laboratory
Morris H. Mericle
Associate Professor Emeritus,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Carl Mize
Associate Professor
Department of Natural Resource
Ecology and Management
Kirk A. Moloney
Associate Professor
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
Megan J. Murphy
Assistant Professor
Department of Human Development & Family Studies
Alan Myers
Professor
Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
Ronald K. Myers
Professor Veterinary Pathology
Department of Veterinary Pathology
College of Veterinary Medicine
Marit Nilsen-Hamilton
Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
James H. Oliver
Director, Virtual Reality Applications Center
Director, Graduate Program in Human Computer Interaction
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Joanne Olson
Associate Professor
Center for Excellence in Science & Mathematics Education
John W. Patterson
Emeritus Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
James Pease
Assistant Professor and Extension Wildlife Specialist
Dept. of Natural Resource Ecology and Management
Justin R. Peters
Professor and Chair
Department of Mathematics
Reuben J. Peters
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics,
and Molecular Biology
Carla A. Peterson
Associate Professor
Department of Human Development and Family Studies
Clay L. Pierce
Assistant Leader (Fisheries)
Iowa Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management
Barbara Pleasants
Assistant Professor
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
James Pritchard
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Natural Resource Ecology & Management
and Department of Landscape Architecture
Jill D. Pruetz
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
Jim Raich
Associate Professor
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
Sue Ravenscroft
Professor
Department of Accounting
College of Business
Mark W. Rectanus
Professor of German Studies
Director, Languages and Cultures for Professions
Peter J. Reilly
Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Dirk Reiners
Assistant Professor of Computer
Science and Human-Computer Interaction
Carl W. Roberts
Associate Professor
Departments of Statistics and Sociology
William S. Robinson
Professor
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
John F. Robyt
Professor of Biochemistry
Dept. of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
Ann E. Russell
Affiliate Assistant Professor
Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management
Paul Sacks
Professor
Department of Mathematics
Ricardo J. Salvador
Associate Professor of Agronomy
Interim Faculty Director, University Honors Program
Director of Graduate Education, Graduate Program in Sustainable
Agriculture
Joseph A. Schaefer
Lecturer
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Klaus Schmidt-Rohr
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Richard C. Schultz
Professor
Department of Natural Resource Ecology & Management
Taner Z. Sen, PhD
L.H. Baker Center for Bioinformatics and Biological Statistics
Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
Dan Shechtman
Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Mack C. Shelley, II
Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Director, Research Institute for Studies in Education,
College of Human Sciences
William W. Simpkins
Professor of Hydrogeology
Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences
Daniel Sipe
Assistant Professor of French
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Giora Slutzki
Professor
Department of Computer Science
John Smith
Research Associate
Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management
Tony Smith
Professor
Department of Philosophy
and Religious Studies
John E. Snyder
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Materials Science and Engineering Department
Steven D. Sorden
Associate Professor
Department of Veterinary Pathology
College of Veterinary Medicine
Matthew Stanley
Assistant Professor
Department of History
Program in the History of Technology and Science
Gary Michael Tartakov
Professor of Art & Design History
and Intirem Director of African American Studies
Patrica Ann Thiel
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Dr. Nicole Valenzuela
Assistant Professor
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
Kan Wang
Associate Professor
Department of Agronomy
Center for Plant Transformation
Ronald Jay Werner-Wilson
Associate Professor
Department of Human Development and Family Studies
Clark Wolf
Director of Bioethics
William F. Woodman
University Professor of Sociology
Department of Sociology
Xiaoqing Wu
Assistant Professor
Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences
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