Guillermo Gonzalez was denied [[tenure]] and promotion to associate professor by [[Iowa State University]], despite apparently easily meeting their criteria.
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The university's stated criteria for promotion to associate professor says that "For promotion to associate professor, excellence sufficient to lead to a national or international reputation is required and would ordinarily be shown by the publication of approximately fifteen papers of good quality in refereed journals".
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Gonzalez exceeded this by 350%, with 68 such papers, including papers that had surprisingly high numbers of citations.
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But Gonzales co-authored a book in 2004 which reveals his support for Intelligent Design, and two of his colleagues have admitted that his views on intelligent design were a factor in denying Gonzalez tenure.<ref>Grigg, 2007</ref><ref>Klinghoffer, 2007</ref>