SUSAN
COGAN. Susan Cogan is a graphic
designer with the University of Oklahoma Printing Services. She is
the author of the Pocket Darwin, two published novels,
Jubilee and Murder on the Waterfront and numerous
short stories and essays. More to the point she has written
thousands of e-mails explaining evolution to thousands of
creationists around the world.
Topics include:
Only a Theory? Some Common Creationist Arguments
Current State of the Evolution/Creation Controversy
Finding Lucy: The Search for Human Origins
The True Story Behind "Evolutionist Frauds"
Arguments Creationists Should Not Use and Why
The Pocket Darwin in a Nutshell.
Contact Susan Cogan at: www.coganbooks.net or susan-brassfield@ou.edu.
Dr. ANTHONY A. ECHELLE
Regents Professor and evolutionary systematist in the Department of Zoology at Oklahoma State University. He received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Oklahoma, and taught at Baylor University before coming to OSU. His research focuses on population genetics, molecular systematics, and conservation biology of fishes, primarily of the American Southwest. At OSU, he teaches evolution, human evolution, and biology of fishes, amphibians, and reptiles.
Dr. OLA FINCKE.
Professor and evolutionary ecologist in the Department of Zoology at the University of Oklahoma. She received an M.A. in science education from Tufts University, and taught high school science in the US and Europe before getting her Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Iowa. She was a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, and a NATO Fellow at Oxford University. Her research focuses on the evolution of reproductive behavior, sexual conflict and speciation, and consequences of tropical forest fragmentation on insect populations. At OU, she teaches evolution, behavioral ecology, and evolutionary ecology.
JIM
HUFF. Jim
is a Deacon and Sunday School teacher at First Baptist Church in
Oklahoma City. After graduating from Capital Hill High School
in Oklahoma City, Jim served two years in the Army. After his
discharge, he earned a Bachelor's degree in secondary education
from the University of Oklahoma and a Master of Arts in Teaching from
Oklahoma City University. Now retired, he taught High School Social
Studies courses in Oklahoma City Public Schools for twenty-nine years
(12 years at Capitol Hill High and 17 years and Douglass High).
He taught courses on the Bible as History, Religions of the World,
U.S. History, World History, Economics, Government, Geography,
Sociology, Psychology, and Human Relations. Jim is a member of the
American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, past member the Oklahoma
Council for the Social Studies, Americans United for Separation of
Church and State, and Phi Delta Kappa Education Fraternity. He
served as the Coordinator of the Professional Development Program --
the Mike Allen Teacher Training Institute (M.A.T.T.I.) for the
Oklahoma City Federation of Teachers, as President of the Oklahoma
Chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, as
Chair of the Oklahoma Coalition to Preserve Religious Liberty, as a
member of the Coordinating Council and past Moderator of the
Cooperating Baptist Fellowship of Oklahoma, as Treasurer for
Mainstream Oklahoma Baptists, as a past member of the Steering
Committee of the Interfaith Alliance of Oklahoma, and as a member of
the Advisory Committee of the Oklahoma City Public Schools "Goals
2000 Project."
Dr.
VICTOR H. HUTCHISON. George Lynn
Cross Research Professor Emeritus, in the Department of Zoology at
the University of Oklahoma. He received his Ph.D. in Zoology from
Duke University, was a faculty member at the University of Rhode
Island for 11 years, and served as Chair of Zoology at the University
of Oklahoma from 1970-1980. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship for
study in Colombia, has published approximately 150 scientific papers
and book chapters and served as major professor of 29 Ph.D. and 18
M.S. students. He has served as President of The American Society of
Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, and of the Society for the Study
of Amphibians and Reptiles. He is a Fellow of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science and a co-founder of
Oklahomans for Excellence in Science Education and a recipient of the
Constitutional Heritage Award from the Oklahoma Chapter of Americans
United. He served during the Korean War and in the U.S. Army
Reserve, Medical Service Corps, retiring as a Colonel in 1982.
Dr.
CECIL M. LEWIS, JR..
Dr. Lewis is an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Oklahoma. He received is PhD in Anthropology at the University of New Mexico which was followed by a National Institutes of Health postdoctoral training fellowship sponsored by University of Michigan's Medical School and Center for Statistical Genetics. Dr. Lewis is the director of OU's Molecular Anthropology Laboratories. He studies and teaches human population history and human evolution, including research that involves extracting and analyzing DNA from ancient remains.
Dr.
JOSEPH D. MANESS.
Dr. Maness is currently Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Biological Sciences at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford (although he plans to retire in May 2014). He is currently president of Oklahomans for Science Education and is a member of the Board of Directors. His education includes a BA in Biology from Austin College in Sherman, TX, an MS in Biology from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX, and a Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Maness is a herpetologist and physiological ecologist with supporting areas of study in ecology and behavior. He currently is the Coordinator for Biological Concepts, the non-majors biology course at SWOSU. He has over 35 years of experience teaching biological sciences from an evolutionary perspective. Dr. Maness is an active member of The Federated Church (Christian Church (DOC), United Church of Christ, and Presbyterian Church) in Weatherford, teaches the Seekers Adult Sunday School Class, and sings in the Chancel Choir.
Dr.
BRUCE PRESCOTT. Dr.Prescott
is Executive Director of 
DR. DOREN A. RECKER.
Dr. Recker is Associate Professor and Department Head in the Philosophy Department at Oklahoma State University. He received his P.D. in Philosophy and his M.A. in History of Science at OU, followed by an Andrew Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the History and Philosophy of Science at Johns Hopkins University. His main areas of research include the 17th Century Scientific Revolution, the Darwinian Revolution of the 19th Century, and current Philosophy of Biology and Philosophy of Mind. He was also the co-director of The Summer Paleontology Academy for high school students and Ancient Life in Oklahoma for high school science teachers from 1992-2000. He debated Hugh Ross on creation/evolution at OSU in the early 90s, participated in the debates in Tulsa sponsored by the Tulsa Interfaith Alliance in 2000, and teaches a course on Creation vs. Evolution twice each year. He has presented talks and headed discussions on evolution for the Tulsa Geological Society, the Kansas Geological Society, the Payne County Humanist Society, the Oklahoma Academy of Science, and for several local church and civic groups.
DR. STANLEY A. RICE.
Dr. Rice is a professor in the department of Biological Sciences at Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, where he teaches evolution, botany, biology, and research methods. He is the author of Encyclopedia of Evolution (Facts on File, 2006/2007), Green Planet: How Plants Keep the Earth Alive (Rutgers, 2009), and Life of Earth: Portrait of a Beautiful, Middle-Aged, Stressed-Out World (Prometheus, 2011), as well as articles in educational journals such as American Biology Teacher and scientific journals such as American Journal of Botany. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1987. He has spoken on several occasions in the guise of Charles Darwin (as in the photo; he does not customarily dress like that). More information is available at