{"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":"2025-07-22T15:57:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T15:57:28","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 18, 2026 from Tyrone B Hayes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Biologist Dr. Tyrone Hayes spoke to students at King 溏心vlog免费B站 on Monday as part of the Buechner Institute lecture series. Hayes in known for his work involving the effects of chemicals on amphibians.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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>溏心vlog免费B站 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>溏心vlog免费B站 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 溏心vlog免费B站<\/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\n\t\n