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ASA 2019: Summer in ChicagoJuly 19–22
Annual Meeting at Wheaton College
Meeting Theme: Exploring Creation
Key verse: Colossians 1:16
Confirmed Plenary Speaker: Gerry Gabrielse
Founding Director of the Center for Fundamental Physics at
Low Energies, and Board of Trustees Professor of Physics at
Northwestern University
Member of the US National Academy of Sciences and
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Leads international ATRAP Collaboration at CERN
Recipient of multiple awards for research and teaching
Confirmed Plenary Speaker: Deborah Haarsma
President of BioLogos
Astrophysicist, formerly Professor & Chair of Physics and
Astronomy at Calvin College
Co-author of Origins: Christian Perspectives on Creation,
Evolution, and Intelligent Design, among other contributions
ASA fellow
Confirmed Plenary Speaker: Jennifer McNutt
Associate Professor of Theology and History of Christianity
at Wheaton College
Director of Wheaton’s MA programs in Theology and
History of Christianity
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Author of multiple books and contributions from the history
of the Reformation, including the history of science
Confirmed Plenary Speaker: Ken Miller
Professor of Biology and Royce Family Professor for
Teaching Excellence at Brown University
Author of Biology by Miller & Levine, Finding Darwin’s God
(1999), Only a Theory (2008), The Human Instinct (2018)
Lead expert witness in Kitzmiller v. Dover
Recipient of numerous prizes for promoting the public
understanding of science and evolution
Confirmed Plenary Speaker: James Sherley
Founder and Director of Asymmetrex (develops and
markets technologies in stem cell medicine)
MD/PhD from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Former research appointments at the Fox Chase Cancer
Center, MIT, and Boston Biomedical Research Institute
Recipient of numerous awards for research
Confirmed Plenary Speaker: Gayle Woloschak
Professor of Radiation Oncology, Radiology, and Cell/Molecular Biology at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Radiation biology and the bionanotechnology expert
Associate Director, Zygon Institute for Religion and Science, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
Directs Epic of Creation annual lecture series
Special Symposium: “We believe in creation,” a tribute to Richard Bube
Professor of Materials Science and Electrical Engineering, Stanford
1971 Journal of American Scientific Affiliation article entitled
“We believe in creation” was key in directing the ASA toward
harmony instead of dichotomy between creation and evolution
Journal editor 1969–1983, author of 125 contributions over the years
We will send a specific request for contributions with the meeting
announcements this year, looking for presenters to discuss the
significance of Bube’s work, and to carry forward his legacy
Potential field trips and other fun
Potential field trips and other fun: Chicago
Museum Campus: Field Museum of Natural History,
Shedd Aquarium, and Adler Planetarium
Art Institute of Chicago
Museum of Science and Industry
Potential field trips and other fun: Chicago