Glenn Branch
Encyclopedia
Glenn Branch is the Deputy Director of the National Center for Science Education
and a prominent critic of creationism
and its offshoot, intelligent design
. Branch has a Masters of Arts
in Philosophy from the University of California, Los Angeles
.
Branch has written on the topic of intelligent design and the Discovery Institute
's "Teach the Controversy
" campaign, co-authoring papers with Eugenie Scott
and Jason Rosenhouse. In 2006 he and Scott co-edited Not in Our Classrooms: Why Intelligent Design is Wrong for Our Schools .
National Center for Science Education
The National Center for Science Education is a non-profit organization based in Oakland, California affiliated with the American Association for the Advancement of Science. It is the United States' leading anti-creationist organization, and defends the teaching of evolutionary biology and opposes...
and a prominent critic of creationism
Creationism
Creationism is the religious beliefthat humanity, life, the Earth, and the universe are the creation of a supernatural being, most often referring to the Abrahamic god. As science developed from the 18th century onwards, various views developed which aimed to reconcile science with the Genesis...
and its offshoot, intelligent design
Intelligent design
Intelligent design is the proposition that "certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not an undirected process such as natural selection." It is a form of creationism and a contemporary adaptation of the traditional teleological argument for...
. Branch has a Masters of Arts
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
in Philosophy from the University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
.
Branch has written on the topic of intelligent design and the Discovery Institute
Discovery Institute
The Discovery Institute is a non-profit public policy think tank based in Seattle, Washington, best known for its advocacy of intelligent design...
's "Teach the Controversy
Teach the Controversy
Teach the Controversy is the name of a Discovery Institute campaign to promote intelligent design, a variant of traditional creationism, while attempting to discredit evolution in United States public high school science courses...
" campaign, co-authoring papers with Eugenie Scott
Eugenie Scott
Eugenie Carol Scott is an American physical anthropologist who has been the executive director of the National Center for Science Education since 1987...
and Jason Rosenhouse. In 2006 he and Scott co-edited Not in Our Classrooms: Why Intelligent Design is Wrong for Our Schools .