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HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY LIBRARYHOFSTRA COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCESIDEAS*and theHOFSTRA CULTURAL CENTERpresentDarwin’s ReachA Celebration of Darwin’s Legacy Across Academic DisciplinesThursday, Friday and SaturdayMarch 12, 13 and 14, 2009Registration Program *IDEAS is the Institute for the Development of Education in the Advanced Sciences,Hofstra University, School of Education, Health and Human Services.
HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY LIBRARYHOFSTRA COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCESIDEASand theHOFSTRA CULTURAL CENTERpresentDarwin’s ReachA Celebration of Darwin’s Legacy Across Academic DisciplinesStuart RabinowitzMarilyn B. MonterPresident and Andrew M. Boas andMark L. Claster Distinguished Professor of LawHofstra UniversityChair, Board of TrusteesHofstra UniversityM. Patricia AdamskiHerman A. BerlinerSenior Vice President for Planning and AdministrationAdolph J. and Dorothy R. Eckhardt DistinguishedProfessor of Corporate LawHofstra UniversityProvost and Senior Vice President forAcademic AffairsLawrence J. Herbert Distinguished ProfessorHofstra UniversityCONFERENCE CO-DIRECTORSDaniel R. RubeyDean of Library and Information ServicesHofstra UniversityJ Bret BenningtonRussell L. BurkeAssociate Professor of GeologyHofstra UniversityEDUCATION COORDINATORAssociate Professor of BiologyHofstra UniversityCONFERENCE COORDINATORJanice KochCarol D. MallisonProfessor of Science EducationDirector of IDEASHofstra UniversityConference CoordinatorHofstra Cultural CenterCONFERENCE COMMITTEECynthia J. Bogard, Professor of SociologyNatalie Datlof, Executive Director, Hofstra Cultural CenterChristopher H. Eliot, Assistant Professor of PhilosophyJean D. Giebel, Chair and Associate Professor of Drama and DanceCharles Peterson, Assistant Professor of BiologyJohn P. Teehan, Associate Professor of ReligionDaniel M. Varisco, Professor of AnthropologyStuart Vincent, Assistant Vice President for University RelationsJoanne M. Willey, Professor of BiologyDavid Woolwine, Assistant Professor of Library Operations
Thursday, March 12, 20098:30-3 p.m.CONFERENCE REGISTRATION AND COFFEE8 a.m.-9 p.m.HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM EXHIBITIONA Celebration of Darwin’s Legacy9-9:30 a.m.WELCOME FROM THE CONFERENCE CO-DIRECTORS9:30-10:30 a.m.PLENARY SESSION ARochelle and Irwin A. Lowenfeld Conference and Exhibition HallJoan and Donald E. Axinn Library, 10th Floor, South Campus(Registration for K-12 teachers who requireContinuing Education credit is from 8:30 to 9 a.m.)Rochelle and Irwin A. Lowenfeld Conference and Exhibition HallJoan and Donald E. Axinn Library, 10th Floor, South Campus Charles Darwin believed that the evolution of life on Earth was expressible as a metaphor he called theTree of Life. This exhibition features reproductions by renowned artists who have visually interpreted theTree of Life theme.William F. McComas, Parks Family Professor of Science Education, U niversity of ArkansasRecipient of the 2007 Evolution Education AwardAuthor of Investigating Evolutionary Biology in the Laboratory (2006)and numerous articles on evolution educationJoseph G. Astman Distinguished Conference ScholarThe Galápagos Islands: Evolution’s Laboratory10:30-10:45 a.m.COFFEE BREAK10:45-11:45 a.m.CONCURRENT PANELSPANEL I-A: DARWIN ABROADJ Bret Bennington, Hofstra UniversityRussell L. Burke, Hofstra UniversityThe Tortoise and the Lava Flow: Teaching Darwin and Evolution in the Galápagos IslandsRichard Firenze, Broome Community CollegeDarwin and Dickens: Science and Literature in Victorian EnglandConstance M. Soja, Colgate UniversityDarwin in Colgate’s Core Curriculum and UK Study Abroad Programs“There is grandeur in this view of life .”1
10:45-11:45 a.m.PANEL I-B: IMPACT OF CREATIONISMJulie Homchick, University of WashingtonExhibiting Evolution: Creationists’ Challenges to Evolution in the Museum ContextChristine James, Valdosta State UniversityEvolution, Creationism, and Pedagogy: Insights From the Philosophy of ScienceKeith Sheppard, Stony Brook University, SUNYRoss Nehm, The Ohio State UniversityDarwin – Denied, Distorted, Disregarded: A National Review of Biology Teachers and EvolutionNoon-1 p.m.LUNCH (on your own)1-2 p.m.PLENARY SESSION BJohn E. Jones III, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of PennsylvaniaOur Constitution’s Intelligent Design2-2:15 p.m.COFFEE BREAK2:15-3:15 p.m.CONCURRENT PANELSPANEL II-A: TEACHING DARWIN AND EVOLUTION Judge Jones was appointed a federal judge in February 2002. He is widely known for his presidingrole in the landmark Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District case, in which the teaching ofintelligent design in public school science classes was ruled to be unconstitutional.Maura C. Flannery, St. John’s UniversityDarwin’s DrawingsRoss Nehm, The Ohio State UniversityKeith Sheppard, Stony Brook University, SUNYIrene Plonczak, Hofstra UniversityA Century of Evolution Education in the Classroom: What Works in the Classroom?Teaching Evolution in Elementary School: Starting With a Focus on Classification“If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature,but by our institutions, great is our sin.”2
2:15-3:15 p.m.PANEL II-B: IMPACT ON CREATIONISMAmy J. Catalano, Hofstra UniversityJon M. Steigerwald, Deer Park School DistrictThe Teaching of Darwin and His Theory of Evolution in Secondary Science Classrooms in New York:A Report on New York Teacher Perceptions and PracticesSamantha R. Fowler, University of South FloridaGerry Meisels, University of South FloridaThe Current State of Evolution in Florida’s Science Standards and Its Impact on Science TeachingConor McCrory, Queens University, Northern IrelandColette Murphy, Queens University, Northern IrelandEvolution, Creationism and Intelligent Design in Ireland: Attitudes of Teachers3:15-3:30 p.m.COFFEE BREAK3:30-4:30 p.m.PLENARY SESSION CJay B. Labov, Senior Advisor for Education and Communications,Center for Education, National Research Council, The National AcademiesAuthor of numerous articles on science and evolution educationHelping Students Understand Evolution: Experiencing the Processes, Nature, and Limits of Science4:30-5:30 p.m.WINE AND CHEESE RECEPTION5:30-7:30 p.m.DINNER (on your own)7:30 p.m.IDEAS (Institute for the Development of Education in the Advanced Sciences)William F. McComasJoseph G. Astman Distinguished Conference ScholarEvolution: Myths, Misconceptions, Challenges and Solutionspresents Evolution is the most important unifying concept in modern biology, as well as one of the mostmisunderstood, both from scientific and historical perspectives. This illustrated talk focuses onthe key aspects of evolution by natural selection. Dr. McComas will review the widely heldmisconceptions, discuss the current status of evolution in the minds of Americans, and concludewith suggestions for how evolution and its mechanism can be effectively communicated.Monroe Lecture Center Theater, California Avenue, South Campus3
Friday, March 13, 20098 a.m.-5 p.m.CONFERENCE REGISTRATION AND COFFEE8 a.m.-6 p.m.HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM EXHIBITIONA Celebration of Darwin’s Legacy8:45 a.m.GREETINGS FROM THE CONFERENCE CO-DIRECTORS9-10:30 a.m.CONCURRENT PANELSPANEL III-A: LAW AND DARWINRochelle and Irwin A. Lowenfeld Conference and Exhibition HallJoan and Donald E. Axinn Library, 10th Floor, South CampusRochelle and Irwin A. Lowenfeld Conference and Exhibition HallJoan and Donald E. Axinn Library, 10th Floor, South Campus Charles Darwin believed that the evolution of life on Earth was expressible as a metaphor he called theTree of Life. This exhibition features reproductions by renowned artists who have visually interpreted theTree of Life theme.Peter A. Alces, William & Mary Law SchoolGeordie Duckler, Attorney, The Animal Law Practice, Portland, OregonIs There a Law Instinct?9-10:30 a.m.PANEL III-B: EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGYPeter A. Gildenhuys, University of PittsburghPopulations and the Struggle for ExistenceClement Loo, University of CincinnatiInvasive Species and the Fisher/Wright ControversyTJ Meehan, Chatham UniversityThe Empirical Morality of ContractLegal Distinctions Contrary to Biological PrinciplesMichael D. Guttentag, Boyd School of Law, University of Las VegasMultiple Evolutionary Events as Evidence for the Power of Natural Selection and Global Climate CyclesJason Williams, Hofstra UniversityChristopher Boyko, Molloy CollegeCoevolution in Decapod Crustaceans and Their Parasites10:30-10:45 a.m.COFFEE BREAK4
10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.CONCURRENT PANELSPANEL IV-A: SCOPES TRIALAbraham H. Gibson, Florida State UniversityCommon Descent and the Anthropocentric Response:Primate Iconography During the Scopes Monkey TrialAngie Maxwell, University of Arkansas“A Gospel of Dirt”: The Demonization of Darwin and the Rise of William Jennings Bryan CollegeRichard Robbins, Plattsburgh State University, SUNY10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.PANEL IV-B: EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGYLindsay Craig, University of CincinnatiDefending Evo-Devo: A Response to Hoekstra and CoyneJames V. Falvo, Harvard Medical SchoolEvolution of Immunity: Lessons From the Primate LineageRobert McBride, Yale University12:15-1:15 p.m.LUNCH (on your own)1:30 p.m.WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION1:45-2:45 p.m.Evolution, Morality and the Legacy of William Jennings BryanThe Evolutionary Grail of Modern Genomics: Mapping Phenotype to Genotype in an RNA VirusKEYNOTE ADDRESSFrans B. M. de Waal, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Primate BehaviorYerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory UniversityAuthor of Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape (1997), Chimpanzee Politics (2000),Our Inner Ape (2005), and Primates and Philosophers (2006)Preeminent researcher on primate social behavior and its implications for human social dynamicsVisiting Presidential Scholar at Hofstra UniversityThe Age of Empathy: From the Expression to the Perception of Emotions“I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful,is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection.”5
3-4:30 p.m.CONCURRENT PANELSPANEL V-A: RELIGION RESPONDS TO EVOLUTIONSalman Hameed, Hampshire CollegeThe Debate Over Darwin and Evolution in the Contemporary Islamic WorldKeith B. Miller, Kansas State UniversityAcceptance of Biological Evolution Within the Evangelical Christian CommunityDaniel M. Varisco, Hofstra UniversityDarwin and Dunya: Muslim Responses to Darwinian Evolution3-4:30 p.m.PANEL V-B: ART AND CULTURESheldon Bryman, Architect (retired), Oceanside, NYThe Arts as Complementary Stimuli to Adaptive BehaviorsMaria P. Gindhart, Georgia State UniversityEmmanuel Fremiet: A Darwinist SculptorRichard Kendall, Clark Art InstituteDarwin’s Impact on Impressionist Painting3-4:30 p.m.PANEL V-C: LANGUAGE AND INFLUENCELisa Marie Hansen, Georgia State UniversityExamination of Erasmus Darwin as a Possible Influence on Charles Darwin, the Natural PhilosopherAndrew Hartline, University of Edinburgh, ScotlandGenerating Endless Forms Most Beautiful in Biology and LinguisticsKeri R. Stevenson, University of Kentucky (Ph.D. Candidate)Darwin’s Use of Language in The Origin of Species and The Descent of Man4:30-6 p.m.CONCURRENT PANELSPANEL VI-A: EVOLUTION RESPONDS TO RELIGIONChristopher W. diCarlo, University of Ontario Institute of TechnologyProblem Solving and Neurotransmitters in the EEA: The Emergence of Reflective Explanationand the Maintenance of Memetic Equilibrium as Proximate Causes of Religious BehaviourThomas M. Freeland, Walsh UniversityThe Evolution of the Catholic Church’s Position on Natural SelectionJohn Teehan, Hofstra UniversityThe Evolution/Religion Debate: The Impact of Cognitive Science6
4:30-6 p.m.PANEL VI-B: LITERATURE AND DARWINBradley S. Bankston, Grambling State UniversityPatrick K. Dooley, St. Bonaventure UniversityScott Harshbarger, Hofstra UniversityIntimations of Neoteny: Evolutionary Psychology and Wordsworth’s “Prelude”The Present and Future of Darwinian Literary StudiesDarwinian Evolutionism Comes to America: Jack London as a Case Study4:30-6 p.m. PANEL VI-C: THE RECEPTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF DARWINIAN EVOLUTIONIN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIESCarol M. Anelli, Washington State UniversityBenjamin Dann Walsh: Correspondence With Darwin and Contributions to His Evolutionary TheorySteven Bond, Mary Immaculate CollegeAngraecum Sesquepedale: Darwin’s Great “Gamble”Marcia B. Littenberg, Farmingdale State College, SUNYUnder the Glass Dome: Mary Treat Extends Darwin’s Reach6:30 p.m.RECEPTION AND BANQUETPerformance/Readings: Darwin SpeaksJ Bret Bennington, Hofstra University, Conference Co-Director andHofstra University student participants“Ignorance more frequently begets confidencethan does knowledge: it is those who know little,and not those who know much,who so positively assert that this or that problemwill never be solved by science.”7
Saturday, March 14, 20098 a.m.-4 p.m.Rochelle and Irwin A. Lowenfeld Conference and Exhibition HallJoan and Donald E. Axinn Library, 10th Floor, South Campus8-9 a.m.CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST8 a.m.-6 p.m.HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM EXHIBITIONA Celebration of Darwin’s Legacy9-10:30 a.m.CONCURRENT PANELSPANEL VII-A: EVOLUTIONARY SOCIOLOGY IN.J. Banks, Independent Scholar, Port Washington, NYCONFERENCE REGISTRATIONRochelle and Irwin A. Lowenfeld Conference and Exhibition HallJoan and Donald E. Axinn Library, 10th Floor, South Campus Charles Darwin believed that the evolution of life on Earth was expressible as a metaphor he called theTree of Life. This exhibition features reproductions by renowned artists who have visually interpreted theTree of Life theme.Political Instincts: The Evolutionary Biology of the Liberal/Conservative DivideDeborah Graziano, James Cook University, AustraliaCapabilities and Likelihoods: The Social Evolution of a Niche-less ApeMinna Lyons, Liverpool Hope University, United KingdomReproductive Consequences of Religion, Existential Insecurity and In-Group Bias9-10:30 a.m.PANEL VII-B: HISTORY OF IDEASSho Konishi, St. Antony’s College, United KingdomDarwin and the Russian-Japanese Transnational Networks in the Birth ofCooperatist Culture in Modern JapanSherrie L. Lyons, Empire State College, SUNYForm and Function Revisited: Thomas Huxley and Evo-DevoWirt Atmar, AICS Research, Inc., University Park, New MexicoEvolutionary Computation10:30-10:45 a.m.COFFEE BREAK10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.CONCURRENT PANELSPANEL VIII-A: EVOLUTIONARY SOCIOLOGY IIMary Ann Allison, Hofstra UniversityUsing Darwin’s Model to Illuminate Patterns of Social Change and New Collaborative CapabilitiesTadeusz Krauze, Hofstra UniversityMeritocracy in Evolutionary Perspective8Gad Saad, Concordia University, CanadaThe Darwinian Roots of Consumption
10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.PANEL VIII-B: ETHICS AND MORALITY IJohn Mizzoni, Neumann CollegeThe Social Instincts Naturally Lead to the Golden RuleRoger Paden, George Mason UniversityDouglas Paletta, University of PennsylvaniaEvolutionary Ethics and the Is/Ought Gap12:15-1:15 p.m.LUNCH (on your own)1:30-2:30 p.m.Darwin and EthicsKEYNOTE ADDRESSNiles EldredgeCurator of Paleontology and organizer/creator of the popular Darwin exhibition,American Museum of Natural HistoryAuthor of Life in the Balance (1998), The Pattern of Evolution (1999) andThe Triumph of Evolution and the Failure of Creationism (2000)Darwin: Discovering the Tree of Life2:45-4:15 p.m.CONCURRENT PANELSPANEL IX-A: SEX/GENDERJ. Edgar Bauer, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, IndiaGlenn Geher, State University of New York at New Paltz, SUNYDaniel Gambacorta, State University of New York at New Paltz, SUNYNatura Non Facit Saltum: On Charles Darwin’s Conception of Androgynous Variability andMagnus Hirschfeld’s Universalization of Sexual IntermediarinessEvolution Is Not Relevant to Sex Differences in Humans Because I Want It That Way!Evidence for the Politicization of Human Evolutionary PsychologyKimberly A. Hamlin, Miami University of OhioSexual Selection, Bearded Ladies and Animal Ancestors: The Gendered Reception of Darwinin the United States, 1859-1900John E. Kreniske, Hofstra UniversityDarwin as a “Sexist”2:45-4:15 p.m.PANEL IX-B: HISTORY OF IDEAS/PHILOSOPHYScott W. Sinclair, St. Louis UniversityThree American Philosophers’ Responses to DarwinKhaldoun A. Sweis, Olive-Harvey CollegeEvolutionary Naturalism ReconsideredJayne Tristan, University of North Carolina at CharlotteDarwin’s Influence on Logic and Metaphysics9
2:45-4:15 p.m.PANEL IX-C: ETHICS AND MORALITY IIChristine Clavien, University of Lausanne, SwitzerlandChloë Fitzgerald, The University of Manchester, United KingdomHow Darwin’s Universal Acid Corrodes Moral RealismThomas Teufel, Baruch College, CUNYNaturalizing Final Causes: Kant and Darwin on the Teleology of NatureDennis M. Weiss, York College of PennsylvaniaAppropriating Darwin4:30-6 p.m.CONCURRENT PANELSPANEL X-A: RACEB. Ricardo Brown, Pratt InstituteDarwin, Slavery and the Species QuestionCheryl B. Mwaria, Hofstra UniversityDarwin, Race and Medicine: The Re-emerging of the Medicalization of Difference4:30-6 p.m.PANEL X-B: EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGYStefaan Blancke, Ghent University, Ghent, BelgiumJohan Braeckman, Ghent University, Ghent, BelgiumDemocracy: A Darwinian ApproachBarrett P. Brenton, St. John’s UniversityDarwinian Nutrition and the Biocultural Evolution of CuisineKurt Salzinger, Hofstra UniversitySelection of Behavior4:30-6 p.m.PANEL X-C: ETHICS AND MORALITY IIICraig Condella, Salve Regina UniversitySherrie L. Lyons, Empire State College, SUNYNature Red in Tooth and Claw, Mirror Neurons, and Thomas Huxley: Evolution and Ethics, RevisitedAndrew Terjesen, Rhodes College6 p.m.RECEPTION AND CLOSING REMARKSFrans de Waal’s Implicit AristotelianismHas Morality Evolved Out of Sentiment?“Man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.”10
Darwin’s Reach: A Celebration of Darwin’s Legacy Across Academic DisciplinesCONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORMMail or fax to:DARWIN’S REACH CONFERENCEHofstra Cultural Center113 Hofstra UniversityHempstead, NY 11549-1130Tel: (516) 463-5669Fax: (516) 463-4793Method of payment: Enclosed is a check in the amount of (payable to Hofstra University).Please charge my: MasterCardTo register online, please visit hofstra.edu/culture. VisaAmount: NameCardholder’s NameAddressCity/State/ZIPCard NumberAffiliationExpiration Date Security CodeTelephoneCardholder’s SignatureFaxE-mailI have made lodging reservations at: Long Island Marriott La Quinta Inn & Suites Hampton Inn Red Roof InnCancellations: A 15 administrative fee will be deducted fromregistration refunds; however, notice in writing must be receivedby March 1, 2009.Returned Checks: A 25 handling fee will be charged forreturned checks.CONFERENCE FEESREGISTRATION FEENo. of PersonsAmountRegular rate 95K-12 teacher’s rate (Thursday only) 65Senior citizen (65 and over) 50Matriculated non-Hofstra student with current ID 50Banquet 40TOTAL All events (with the exception of meals) are FREE to Hofstra students, faculty and staff upon presentation of a current HofstraCard.Hofstra University is 100-percent program accessible to persons with disabilities.11
Hotels and Location of Hofstra UniversityLODGING INFORMATIONThe Long Island Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in Uniondale,La Quinta Inn & Suites in Garden City, Hampton Inn in Garden City, andRed Roof Inn in Westbury have been designated the official conference hotels.The following are the special discounted room rates and cutoff dates for roomreservations.LONG ISLAND MARRIOTT HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTER101 James Doolittle Blvd.Uniondale, NY 11553Att: Reservations ManagerTel: (516) 794-3800 or (800) 832-6255Fax: (516) 794-5936Room rate: 179 per night, single/double occupancyCutoff date: February 19, 2009LA QUINTA INN & SUITES821 Stewart AvenueGarden City, NY 11530Tel: (516) 705-9000 or (800) 531-5900Fax: (516) 705-9100Room rate: 155 per night, single/double occupancyCutoff date: Based on availabilityHAMPTON INN*1 North AvenueGarden City, NY 11530Attn: Reservations ManagerTel: (516) 227-2720 or (800) HAMPTONFax: (516) 227-2708Room rate: 139 per night, single or double occupancyCutoff date: Based on availabilityThe Hampton Inn offers a free hot breakfast, on-the-run breakfast bags, wiredand wireless high-speed Internet access, 24-hour business center, 24-hourfitness center, indoor pool, guest laundry facility, studio suites, meeting room,board room, and the 100-percent Hampton Inn satisfaction guarantee.RED ROOF INN*699 Dibblee DriveWestbury, NY 11590Tel: (516) 794-2555; (800) RED-ROOFRoom rate: single occupancy 109.99; double occupancy 114.99;and an additional 5 per person for triple or quadruple occupancy.When making your reservation, please refer to CP518984 to receiveHofstra University’s discounted rate.Cutoff date: Based on availabilityNOTE: ALL RESERVATIONS WILL BE HELD UNTIL 6 P.M. 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Thursday, Friday and SaturdayMarch 12, 13 and 14, 2009A Celebration of Darwin’s Legacy Across Academic DisciplinesDarwin’s ReachHOFSTRA CULTURAL CENTER113 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITYHEMPSTEAD, NY 11549-1130Nonprofit Org.U.S. PostagePAIDHofstra University
HOFSTRA COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES IDEAS* and the HOFSTRA CULTURAL CENTER Darwin's Reachpresent A Celebration of Darwin's Legacy Across Academic Disciplines Thursday, Friday and Saturday March 12, 13 and 14, 2009 RegistRation PRogRam *IDEAS is the Institute for the Development of Education in the Advanced Sciences,
