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Date
Nov172026
November
11
Nov
17
17
2026
Time
06:00PM
Locale
Tempe, AZ
Venue
ASU Tempe

Casey Luskin to Speak at Arizona State University

Discovery Institute is pleased to announce that Ratio Christi at Arizona State University, Tempe, will host Associate Director and Senior Fellow Casey Luskin for an upcoming talk, “ID Predicted the Collapse of Junk DNA.”

Dr. Luskin will speak on the phenomenon of “junk DNA,” referring to the view put forward by evolutionary biologists that the DNA in the genome is largely functionless. Recent advances in molecular biology, however, have led to the increasingly dominant view that much of the genome is functional, marking a paradigm shift that was directly predicted and expected by intelligent design.

This event is free but registration is required. To learn more, please visit the event page.

A message from the organizers:

Join us for dinner, fun prizes, and deep discussion led by a guest scholar, Dr. Casey Luskin! Is your DNA assembled by undirected mutations? Dr. Luskin will compare the latest scientific evidence to the predictions of different scientific models, then most of our time will be dedicated to open discussion. This is a friendly environment to share doubts, questions, challenges, and alternative viewpoints!

When

Tuesday, November 17, 2026
6:00–7:30 PM

Where

ASU Tempe
1151 S. Forest Ave
COOR 120
Tempe, AZ 85287

Contact

Ratio Christi at ASU Tempe
Message the Organizers

Speakers

Casey Luskin

Associate Director, Research Director, and Senior Fellow, Center for Science and Culture
Casey Luskin is a geologist and an attorney with graduate degrees in science and law, giving him expertise in both the scientific and legal dimensions of the debate over evolution. He earned his PhD in Geology from the University of Johannesburg, and BS and MS degrees in Earth Sciences from the University of California, San Diego, where he studied evolution extensively at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. His law degree is from the University of San Diego, where he focused his studies on First Amendment law, education law, and environmental law.