All events are free and open to the public and will take place in the Maucker Union in the center of the UNI campus in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Keynote Speakers for Darwin Week 2012:

Monday, February 13th - Dr. Joe Nickell, World renowned skeptical investigator of the paranormal

Tuesday, February 14th – Dr. Clint Kelly, Professor of Biology studing behavioural and evolutionary ecology at Iowa State University

Wednesday, February 15th - Jamila Bey, NPR Journalist and secular activist in the diverse atheist movement

Thursday, February 16th – Dr. Lawrence Krauss, Theoretical physicist and professor of physics at Arizona State University

The complete schedule for Darwin Week 2012!

Monday – Skepticism

2:00PM – “Can Faith and Science Coexist?” (Live Blog)
This will be a moderated debate between members of four student organizations on campus ranging from religious to non-religious!

3:00PM – “Critical Magic: Psy-kepticism” By Zach Paige (Live Blog)

4:00PM – “Context and Demarcation” by Prof. Grant Goodrich (Live Blog)

7:00PM – “Investigating the Paranormal” By Joe Nickell (Live Blog)

Tuesday – Sexuality

12:30PM – “No Strings Attached: Hookups, Personality, and Sexual Regret at UNI” By Prof. Gary Gute and Prof. Elaine Eshbaugh

1:30PM – Student Presentation

2:00PM – “Constructing Sexualities: The Social Construction of Sexuality” by Prof. Ruth Chananie-Hill

3:00PM – Student Presentation

3:30PM – “What You Might Not Know About Homosexuality and the Bible” by Prof. Sue Hill

7:00PM – “Can Darwinian sexual selection explain the evolution of giant sperm and spiny penises?” By Clint Kelly

Wednesday – Diversity

2:00PM – “What It Means to Be Human: The Social Ethics of Charles Darwin” By Dr. Michael Blackwell

3:00PM – “How To Be an Effective Ally” By Prof. Harry Brod

4:00PM – Caught Between Good and Evil: “A Gang member’s View on Life, Death, Religion, and Uncertainty” By Ramon Cantu

7:00PM – The Future Belongs to Us: Facts Diminish Faith” By Jamila Bey

Thursday – Origins

12:30PM – “Oxygen and the Origin of Animals” By Prof. John Groves

1:30PM – Student Research

2:00PM – “The Joys of Poor Design: Intelligent Design? Not” By Prof. Steve O’Kane

3:00PM – Student Research

3:30PM – “Genetics of the Evolutionary Process” By Prof. Theresa Spradling

7:00PM – “A Universe From Nothing” By Dr. Lawrence Krauss

Questions? Email us at contact@darwinweek.com.

Monday, February 13th
– Dr. Joe Nickell, World renowned skeptical investigator of the paranormal

Tuesday, February 14th
- Dr. Clint Kelly, Professor of Biology studying behavioural and evolutionary ecology at Iowa State University

Wednesday, February 15th
– Jamila Bey, NPR Journalist and secular activist in the diverse atheist movement

Thursday, February 16th
– Dr. Lawrence Krauss, Theoretical physicist and professor of physics at Arizona State University

All events are free and open to the public and will take place in the Maucker Union in the center of the UNI campus in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Keynote Speakers for Darwin Week 2011:

Monday, February 7th – Greta Christina, Sexuality and Atheism blogger

Tuesday, February 8th – Dr. Hector Avalos, Iowa State University Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies

Wednesday, February 9th – Dr. Mark Blumberg, University of Iowa Department of Psychology

Thursday, February 10th – Dan Barker, Freedom from Religion Foundation

The complete schedule for Darwin Week 2011!

Monday – Sexuality

12:00 PM • Lisa Jepsen, Ph.D. (UNI Department of Economics) “The Economics of Sexual Orientation”



1:00 PM • UNIFI Officers – Overview of Darwin Week



2:00 PM • Harry Brod, Ph.D. (UNI Department of Philosophy and World Religions) “Asking For It: The Ethics & Erotics of Sexual Consent”



3:00 PM • Gary Gute, Ph.D. (UNI Department of Applied Human Sciences) “Talking to Your Children About Sex: Forget About ‘The Big Talk’”


4:00 PM • Elizabeth Lefler, Ph.D. (UNI Department of Psychology) “Atheism and Feminism”



7:00 PM • Greta Christina, “Atheism and Sexuality”


Tuesday – Religion

2:00 PM • Are Christian Beliefs Damaging the World? (Moderated debate between UNI Freethinkers & Inquirers and UNI Navigators)

3:00 PM • Kenneth Atkinson, Ph.D. (UNI Department of Philosophy and World Religions) “The Text of the Bible: Do We Have the Original Scriptures?”

4:00 PM • Robert Seager, Ph.D. (UNI Department of Biology) ”Christianity and Human Evolution – Coming to Terms”

7:00 PM • Hector Avalos, Ph.D. (Iowa State University) “Can Science Prove that Prayer Works?”

Wednesday – Evolution

2:00 PM • Peter Berendzen, Ph.D. (UNI Department of Biology), “Why We Are All Just Fish Out of Water”

3:00 PM • Steve O’Kane, Ph.D. (UNI Department of Biology), “Hang ‘im High: Why John Scopes was Rightly Convicted”

4:00 PM • Jim Demastes, Ph.D. (UNI Department of Biology), ”Evolution Times Two: Coevolutionary Research at UNI”

7:00 PM • Mark Blumberg, Ph. D. (University of Iowa), “Developing Creations and Creating Development: Why Monsters Matter”

Thursday – Critical Thought

2:00 PM • Tyler O’Brien, Ph.D. (UNI Department of Anthropology), “The Naked Ape: 7 Million Years of Hominid Evolution”

3:00 PM • Zachary Paige (Grad Assistant, UNI Department of Psychology), “Critical Magic: Psychics, Charlatans, and Entertainers”

4:00 PM • Ed Wasserman, Ph.D. (University of Iowa Department of Psychology), “Artificial and Natural Selection: Made by Man and Nature”

7:00 PM • Dan Barker (Freedom from Religion Foundation), “America Doesn’t Have a Prayer”

Questions? Email us at contact@darwinweek.com.