Dr. Caroline Crocker

Chapter 10 of SOD is devoted to a case study of Dr. Crocker

Microbiologist and immunopharmacologist Caroline Crocker claims to have been fired from her teaching position because she doesn't believe in evolution. You can see a brief interview of Crocker in the 2008 Documentary movie "Expelled," starring Ben Stein. Crocker is currently living in Southern California where she is writing a soon-to-be-published book about her experience.

Meanwhile, you can take in this interview (April 28, 2008) where she talks about being Expelled from academia.

December, 2008 - (Article) SKEPTIC magazine's report (Vol 14. No. 2) on the Facts about Expelled Scientists in "Expelled", with an article titled "Caroline Crocker and George Mason University" by Carrie Sager and Andrea Bottaro. The article is a great example of sloppy journalism, which is revealed in a rebuttal post titled "Another Look" by Kevin Wirth of ARN.

December, 2008 - (Article) SALVO magazine (Winter, 2008) article by Caroline Crocker: "Do ID Proponents Get Persecuted in the Academy?"

June 30, 2008 - (Commentary) PHOENIX EXAMINER article by Caroline Crocker: "Intellectual freedom must include conservative professors, scientists."

February 15, 2008 - (Blog) Tiny Frog blog titled "Ode to Caroline Crocker" including some slides from Caroline Crocker's powerpoint presentation used to teach her students.

February 5, 2006 - (News) Washington Post report titled "Eden and Evolution" about Caroline Crocker by Shankar Vedantam.

August 15, 2005 - (Letter) Dr. Crocker's attorney Ed Sisson fires off a letter to GMU president Dr. Alan G. Merton, alleging demanding that GMU honor a three-year contract they signed with Crocker, and further alleging that Dr. Crocker's boss used a bait-and-switch tactic to replace the three-year contract with a one-year deal.

April 28, 2005 - (Article) NATURE report titled "Cast out from Class" about Caroline Crocker by Geoff Brumfiel. Nature 434, 1062-1065.

 

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PODCASTS

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December 22, 2008 - (Podcast) Listen to a Darwin or Design podcast interview of Caroline Crocker with Dr. Tom Woodward of the C.S. Lewis Society.

May 28, 2008 - (Podcast) Listen to an ID the Future podcast interview of Caroline Crocker with Discovery Institute's Casey Luskin.

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VIDEOS

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May, 2006 - (Video) Watch and listen to a video of Dr. Crocker's former attorney, Ed Sisson, as he discusses what happened to Dr. Crocker at George Mason University (Part 1 of 6).