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'''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.<ref>[http://www.midiowanews.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=18333457&BRD=2700&PAG=461&dept_id=554188&rfi=8] Mid-Iowa News : Proponent of intelligent design denied tenure by ISU </ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.evolutionnews.org/2007/05/isu_department_faculty_acknowl.html] Discovery Institute: Iowa State Department Faculty Acknowledge ID Played Role in Gonzalez's Tenure Denial</ref> Gonzalez was denied tenure despite the fact that he had had 68 peer-reviewed science articles published, 25 of which were written since he joined the university in 2001<ref>[http://www.godandscience.org/guillermo_gonzalez.html] God and Science.org: Guillermo Gonzalez Denied Tenure by Iowa State University</ref>, and that his research had been mentioned in prestigious publications such as ''Scientific American'' (note: Scientific American is a science ''magazine'', and should not be confused with a science journal). | '''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.<ref>[http://www.midiowanews.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=18333457&BRD=2700&PAG=461&dept_id=554188&rfi=8] Mid-Iowa News : Proponent of intelligent design denied tenure by ISU </ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.evolutionnews.org/2007/05/isu_department_faculty_acknowl.html] Discovery Institute: Iowa State Department Faculty Acknowledge ID Played Role in Gonzalez's Tenure Denial</ref> Gonzalez was denied tenure despite the fact that he had had 68 peer-reviewed science articles published, 25 of which were written since he joined the university in 2001<ref>[http://www.godandscience.org/guillermo_gonzalez.html] God and Science.org: Guillermo Gonzalez Denied Tenure by Iowa State University</ref>, and that his research had been mentioned in prestigious publications such as ''Scientific American'' (note: Scientific American is a science ''magazine'', and should not be confused with a science journal). | ||
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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.[1] 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.[2] Gonzalez was denied tenure despite the fact that he had had 68 peer-reviewed science articles published, 25 of which were written since he joined the university in 2001[3], and that his research had been mentioned in prestigious publications such as Scientific American (note: Scientific American is a science magazine, and should not be confused with a science journal).
The University President stated of the denial of tenure that: "As part of this decision process, I appointed a member of my staff to conduct a careful and exhaustive review of the appeal request and the full tenure dossier, and that analysis was presented to me. In addition, I conducted my own examination of Dr. Gonzalez’s appeal with respect to the evidence of research and scholarship. I independently concluded that he simply did not show the trajectory of excellence that we expect in a candidate seeking tenure in physics and astronomy – one of our strongest academic programs."[4]
The Des Moines Register reported that the low level of funding (an important consideration in granting tenure) secured by Gonzalez was largely responsible for the denial of tenure, reporting that : "Iowa State has sponsored $22,661 in outside grant money for Gonzalez since July 2001, records show. In that same time period, Gonzalez's peers in physics and astronomy secured an average of $1.3 million by the time they were granted tenure."[5]
Gonzalez was interviewed alongside fellow astronomer Jay Wesley Richards on the topic of evidence of the universe's design by Lee Strobel in Strobel's book The Case for a Creator.[6]
References
- ↑ [1] Mid-Iowa News : Proponent of intelligent design denied tenure by ISU
- ↑ [2] Discovery Institute: Iowa State Department Faculty Acknowledge ID Played Role in Gonzalez's Tenure Denial
- ↑ [3] God and Science.org: Guillermo Gonzalez Denied Tenure by Iowa State University
- ↑ The Des Moines Register [4]
- ↑ The Des Moines Register [5]
- ↑ Strobel, Lee. The Case for a Creator. Zondervan 2004