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Articles by Casey Luskin

Casey Luskin is an attorney with graduate degrees in both science and law. He earned his B.S. and M.S. in Earth Sciences from the University of California, San Diego. His Law Degree is from the University of San Diego. In his role at Discovery Institute, Mr. Luskin works as Program Officer in Public Policy and Legal Affairs, helping educators and policymakers nationwide to teaching evolution accurately. He formerly conducted geological research at Scripps Institution for Oceanography (1997-2002).

Casey is also co-founder of the Intelligent Design and Evolution Awareness (IDEA) Center (ideacenter.org), a non-profit helping students to investigate evolution by starting "IDEA Clubs" on college and high school campuses across the country. For his work with IDEA, the Intelligent Design and Undergraduate Research Center named an award honoring college graduates for excellence in student advocacy of intelligent design (ID) the "Casey Luskin Graduate Award."

Casey has published in both law and science journals, including Journal of Church and State; Montana Law Review; Geochemistry, Geophysics, and Geosystems; Hamline Law Review; and Progress in Complexity, Information, and Design. He has published in print and online popular media such as Research News and Opportunities in Science and Theology; Human Events; U.S. News & World Report, BeliefNet; Salvo Magazine; Touchstone Magazine; the Tampa Tribune; the San Diego Union Tribune; the Washington D.C. Examiner, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. He has also discussed the debate over evolution in numerous sources, including the journals Nature and Science, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, NPR, CNN.com, USA Today, and Foxnews. Luskin contributed to the volumes Intelligent Design 101: Leading Experts Explain the Key Issues and The Praeger Handbook of Religion and Education in the United States. He is also co-author of Traipsing Into Evolution: Intelligent Design and the Kitzmiller v. Dover Decision, a comprehensive and concise critique of Judge John E. Jones' ruling in the first trial to assess the constitutionality of teaching ID in public schools.

Casey has spoken at numerous conferences and events on intelligent design, including having debated leading ID-critics at Scripps Institution for Oceanography; the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco; Western Washington University; and the University of Maryland's Knight Center for Specialized Journalism. His special interests include geology, science education, biological origins, and environmental protection. He also has a lifelong love for the outdoors.