{"id":904,"date":"2021-10-20T16:52:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T16:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/evolution\/?page_id=904"},"modified":"2026-06-15T18:21:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T18:21:38","slug":"j-t-scopes-lectures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/evolution\/j-t-scopes-lectures\/","title":{"rendered":"J.T. Scopes Lectures"},"content":{"rendered":"

The J.T. Scopes Lecture is named after John T. Scopes<\/a>, the Tennessee science teacher involved in the infamous \u201cScopes Monkey Trial<\/a>\u201d who was charged and convicted for teaching evolution in a Dayton, TN high school in 1925. The \u201cJ. T. Scopes Lecture\u201d series aims to highlight the work of high-profile scientists that speak truth to power and defend science. This distinguished lecture series was launched in 2022.<\/p>\n

Our next Scopes Lecture will be March 2027 from Brandon Ogbunu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Find a list of our previous J. T. Scopes Lectures here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Speaker<\/th>Institution<\/th>Date<\/th>Topic<\/th>Media<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Tyrone B. Hayes<\/a><\/td>University of California, Berkeley<\/td>2026 03\/18<\/td>From Silent Spring to Silent Night: Pesticides, Amphibians, and Environmental Justice in the Anthropocene (placeholder title)<\/td>Press Release<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Judge John E. Jones III<\/a><\/td>Dickinson College<\/td>2025 02\/25<\/td>Evolution and Religion in the Law<\/td>Press Release Coming Soon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carl Bergstrom<\/a><\/td>University of Washington<\/td>2024 03\/06<\/td>Information foraging in a social media world<\/td>Press Release<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scott Edwards<\/a><\/td>Harvard University<\/td>2023 03\/29<\/td>Exploring bird diversity through genomics, museums and a two-wheeled cross-country adventure<\/td>Press Release<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elisabeth Bik<\/a><\/td>Independent Investigator<\/td>2022 03\/02<\/td>The Dark Side of Science: Misconduct in Biomedical Research<\/td>Press Release<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The J.T. Scopes Lecture is named after John T. Scopes, the Tennessee science teacher involved in the infamous \u201cScopes Monkey Trial\u201d who was charged and convicted for teaching evolution in a Dayton, TN high school in 1925. The \u201cJ. T. Scopes Lecture\u201d series aims to highlight the work of high-profile scientists that speak truth to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2421,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n