April 2010

DR. BRUCE GORDON NAMED ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS

Dr. Bruce L. Gordon has been named Associate Professor of Science and Mathematics at The King’s College.

Dr. Gordon was most recently the Research Director at the Seattle-based Discovery Institute. Prior to that, he held several positions at Baylor University, including the directorship of the Interdisciplinary Program in Science, Philosophy, and Religion at the Baylor Institute for Faith and Learning.

Dr. Marvin Olasky, provost at The King’s College, said, “We look for multi talented professors with interdisciplinary understandings, so we are delighted that Dr. Gordon can brilliantly teach science and math, and knows philosophy and theology as well. He is adept in both scholarly and popular communication—and is even an accomplished pianist."

A prolific writer and popular speaker, Dr. Gordon is the co-editor (with William Dembski) of The Nature of Nature, forthcoming from ISI Books. Modern Physics and Theistic Metaphysics is forthcoming from InterVarsity Press.

Dr. Gordon received an undergraduate degree in piano performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music at the University of Toronto. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in applied mathematics and a Master of Arts in philosophy from the University of Calgary. He holds a Master of Arts in religion from Westminster Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in the history and philosophy of science (physics) from Northwestern University.