Russell W. Carlson is a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Georgia in Athens and a fellow of the International Society for Complexity, Information and Design.

Hudson Kern Reeve is a professor at Cornell University’s department of neurology and behavior.

Philip Kitcher is a philosophy professor at Columbia University in New York City.

Robin Collins is a philosophy professor at Messiah College, an evangelical Christian school in Grantham, Pa. He has written several articles and papers about intelligent design.

Johanna Schmitt is a professor of evolution and ecology at the University of California, Davis. She previously served as as president of the Society for the Study of Evolution.

Jon Roberts is the Tomorrow Foundation Professor of History at Boston University.

Richard E. Lenski is the Hannah Distinguished Professor in the department of microbiology and molecular genetics at Michigan State University and the president of the Society for the Study of Evolution.

David Mills is the author of Atheist Universe: The Thinking Person’s Answer to Christian Fundamentalism. He lives in Huntington, W.Va.

Edward Humes is a journalist and author. His books include Monkey Girl: Evolution, Education, Religion and the Battle for America’s Soul. He has written that there are two theories of evolution — the scientific theory and the talk radio version. Contact Beth Parker.