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