Jeffrey Schloss
Jeffrey Schloss is the Distinguished Professor of Biology and director of the Center for Faith, Ethics, and the Life Sciences at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, Calif. He received his undergraduate degree in biology from Wheaton College and graduate training in ecology and evolutionary biology from both the University of Michigan and Washington University, where he received his doctorate. He has been a charter member of the International Society for Science and Religion, a fellow of the American Scientific Affiliation, and a senior fellow of the Center for Law and Religion at Emory University. Schloss’ interests include evolutionary understandings of religion, morality and altruism. He has served on the editorial and advisory boards of numerous science-and-religion journals and organizations, and he writes and speaks widely on topics related to science-and-religion. He also has collaborated with Philip Clayton to write Evolution And Ethics, and with Michael Murray on the book The Believing Primate.