TAM 2014 - Eugenie Scott - Playing with Deception

Frauds, hoaxes, pranks and urban legends
Eugenie Scott is chair or the National Center for Science Education’s Advisory Council and served as Executive Director of NCSE from 1987 to 2014. She has been both a researcher and an activist in the creationism/evolution controversy for over twenty-five years and has received national recognition for her activities, including awards from scientific societies, educational societies, skeptics groups, and humanist groups. She holds nine honorary degrees, from McGill, Rutgers, Mt. Holyoke, the University of New Mexico, Ohio State, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Colorado College, the University of Missouri-Columbia, and Chapman University. Dr. Scott is the author of Evolution vs Creationism and co-editor, with Glenn Branch, of Not in Our Classrooms: Why Intelligent Design Is Wrong for Our Schools.