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Evolution and Science Education

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Paul Kuschmierz
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
2
Thilo Schramm
University of Duisburg-Essen
3
Helena Aptyka
University of Cologne
4
Tyler Hildebrand
Dalhousie University
5
Merav Siani
Herzog College
6
Isabell K. Adler
Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education
7
Michael Bennett McNulty
University of Central Arkansas
8
Bruce Wollenberg
Film Independent
9
Julian Fischer
United Initiators (Germany)
10
Mariusz Tabaczek
Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas

Rising Stars Papers

1
Is Pain Metaphysically Evil (Malum Simpliciter)?
Scientia et Fides|2024
5 cit.
2
Off-Earth: Ethical Questions and Quandaries for Living in Outer Space
Theology and Science|2024
5 cit.
3
About birds and bees, snails and trees: Children's ideas on animal and plant evolution
Science Education|2024
4 cit.
4
<i>Vacuum Genesis</i> and Spontaneous Emergence of the Universe from Nothing in Reference to the Classical Notion of Causality and Creation <i>ex nihilo</i> *
Theology and Science|2024
2 cit.
5
Virtuous AI?
Forum Philosophicum|2024
2 cit.
6
Race, Culture, and the Horizons of Agency: Kant’s Racism, Systematically Understood
Journal of the American Philosophical Association|2025
2 cit.
7
Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Reality
Theology and Science|2025
2 cit.
8
Evolution and Creation—A Response to Michael Chaberek's Critique of Theistic Evolution
Nova et vetera|2024
1 cit.
9
A Contemporary Aristotelian–Thomistic Perspective on the Evolutionary View of Reality and Theistic Evolution
Religions|2024
1 cit.
10
The Ideology of Pragmatic Humeanism
Ergo an Open Access Journal of Philosophy|2024
1 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Elijah Mayfield
Carnegie Mellon University
2
M. Elizabeth Barnes
Middle Tennessee State University
3
Randolph S. Devereaux
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine
4
Jordan Huffaker
Taoyuan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
5
Lawrence I. Flammer
Unknown
6
Gena C. Sbeglia
San Diego State University
7
Gabrielle Lindquist
University of Washington
8
James Waldron
Orlando Science Center
9
Matthias Martens
University of Cologne
10
Elizabeth Shevock Anderson
Kent State University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Is Active Learning Enough? The Contributions of Misconception-Focused Instruction and Active-Learning Dosage on Student Learning of Evolution
BioScience|2022
33 cit.
2
Public attitude toward Covid‐19 vaccination: The influence of education, partisanship, biological literacy, and coronavirus understanding
The FASEB Journal|2022
30 cit.
3
A Revised Measure of Acceptance of the Theory of Evolution: Introducing the MATE 2.0
CBE—Life Sciences Education|2022
27 cit.
4
Exploring Undergraduate Biology Students’ Science Communication About COVID-19
Frontiers in Education|2022
16 cit.
5
An exploration of how gender, political affiliation, or religious identity is associated with comfort and perceptions of controversial topics in bioethics
AJP Advances in Physiology Education|2022
13 cit.
6
Community College Student Understanding and Perceptions of Evolution
CBE—Life Sciences Education|2022
13 cit.
7
Exploring Black Undergraduate Students’ Communication and Biology Education Experiences about COVID-19 and COVID-19 Vaccines During the Pandemic
CBE—Life Sciences Education|2023
10 cit.
8
“It's More Of A Me-Thing Than An Evolution Thing”: Exploring The Validity Of Evolution Acceptance Measures Using Student Interviews
CBE—Life Sciences Education|2023
10 cit.
9
Evaluating the current state of evolution acceptance instruments: a research coordination network meeting report
Evolution Education and Outreach|2024
10 cit.
10
The last giants: New evidence for giant Late Triassic (Rhaetian) ichthyosaurs from the UK
PLoS ONE|2024
10 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Charles Darwin
Unknown
2
Sara E. Brownell
Arizona State University
3
Minsu Ha
Seoul National University
4
Charles Anderson
Michigan State University
5
Craig E. Nelson
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
6
Saouma BouJaoude
American University of Beirut
7
Irvin Sam Schonfeld
City College of New York
8
Elliott Sober
Stanford University
9
Gregory J. Norman
Dexcom (United States)
10
Ross H. Nehm
State University of New York

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection
The American Midland Naturalist|1953
5.5k cit.
2
The Origin of Species, by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life
The Crayon|1860
1.2k cit.
3
The Nature of Selection: Evolutionary Theory in Philosophical Focus.
The Philosophical Review|1986
1.1k cit.
4
The variation of animals and plants under domestication /
D. Appleton and company eBooks|1883
1k cit.
5
Reintroducing group selection to the human behavioral sciences
Behavioral and Brain Sciences|1994
958 cit.
6
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
Unknown Journal|1888
863 cit.
7
On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London Zoology|1858
862 cit.
8
Global Patterns in Students’ Views of Science and Interest in Science
Research in Science Education|2014
843 cit.
9
Student conceptions of natural selection and its role in evolution
Journal of Research in Science Teaching|1990
808 cit.
10
Barriers to Faculty Pedagogical Change: Lack of Training, Time, Incentives, and…Tensions with Professional Identity?
CBE—Life Sciences Education|2012
777 cit.

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