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pro Intelligent Design professor fired for his views
'''Guillermo Gonzalez''' is an astronomer and a professor at Iowa State University. He was denied tenure by the university in April, 2007, one of only three out of 66 professors to be denied tenure that year. [http://www.midiowanews.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=18333457&BRD=2700&PAG=461&dept_id=554188&rfi=8] Faculty members involved in the tenure process acknowledged that Gonzalez's pro-[[Intelligent Design]] viewpoints, including Gonzalez's authorship of the book ''The Privileged Planet'', was a factor in the decision. [http://www.evolutionnews.org/2007/05/isu_department_faculty_acknowl.html] Gonzalez was denied tenure despite the fact that he had had 68 peer-reviewed science articles published since 2001, [http://www.godandscience.org/guillermo_gonzalez.html] and that his research had been mentioned in prestigious publications such as ''Scientific American''.