NCSE is pleased to congratulate Andrew J. Petto on receiving the Evolution Education Award for 2015 from the National Association of Biology Teachers, sponsored by BSCS (Biological Sciences Curriculum Study) and the BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action. The award recognizes innovative classroom teaching and community education efforts to promote the accurate understanding of biological evolution.
Senior Lecturer in Anatomy and Physiology at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and co-editor (with Laurie R. Godfrey) of Scientists Confront Creationism: Intelligent Design and Beyond (2008), Petto is the former editor of Reports of the National Center for Science Education and a former member of NCSE's board of directors. His "Evolution in the Context of Teaching Biology" appears in the print supplement to RNCSE 35:6.
Eugenie C. Scott, NCSE's founding executive director, commented, "No one knows more about teaching evolution effectively than Anj Petto. And no one is more dedicated to mentoring teachers to do a better job in teaching evolution." She added, "Anj 'gets it' better than anyone I know when it comes to communicating to students, teachers, and his fellow scientists what needs to be done to improve evolution education."