Table 1 Themes for Darwin Day events at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, with corresponding guest speakers and titles of talks

2008

Eugenie Scott, Ph.D.

Intelligent design: is it science? Should it be taught in schools?

2007

Randolph Nesse, M.D.

Evolution and medicine

Paul Ewald, Ph.D.

2006

Rev. Michael Dowd

Evolution and religion

Tim Berra, Ph.D.

Darwin’s biography

2005

Michael Shermer, Ph.D.

Science of good and evil: evolutionary origins of morality

Why people believe weird things: creationism, holocaust denial, and beyond

2004

Stephen Palumbi, Ph.D.

Rapid evolution in modern life

2003

Ian Tattersall, Ph.D

Hominid evolution

2002

Elliot Sober, Ph.D.

The design argument

Common ancestry and natural selection

2001

Barry Palevitz, Ph.D.

Never say uncle: creationism and intelligent design

Talks and activities coordinated with university theater’s production of "Inherit the Wind"

2000. (Spread over 3 months)

Donald Prothero, Ph.D.

Does climate drive evolution?

Evolution? The fossils say Yes!

Ken Miller, Ph.D.

Finding Darwin’s God: On the apparent conflict between evolution and religion

Organized teachers’ workshop—teaching the fact and theory of evolution

Meshing classroom practice with science and with common sense

Frans de Waal, Ph.D.

The rewards of cooperation: Cognitive aspects of primate reciprocity

Good natured: the evolution of morality in humans and other animals

Michael Ruse, Ph.D.

Evolutionary ethics: a phoenix arisen?

Darwinism and atheism: a marriage made in heaven?

1999

Rev. Barry Lynn

Separation of God and Darwin

1998

William Provine, Ph.D.

Evolution: free will and punishment and meaning in life

Eugenie Scott, Ph.D.

Organized teacher workshop- Teaching evolution: resolving the controversies

1997

Douglas Futuyma, Ph.D.

Evolution, Science, and Society