> I could be misunderstanding, but are you suggesting it would be illegal = > to use belief in evolution as a criterion for hiring for, say, a biology = > professor? > > wedj > It wouldn't be illegal if you could _demonstrate_ that this belief is necessary to teach biology or conduct research. Of course I think this would be pretty tough to demonstrate when you've got people like David Dewitt messing things up. How does his vita compare to other assistant profs on TIPS? He teaches at Liberty and is a member of the Creation Research Society.
Would you people honestly disqualify this guy from a search because he's skeptical about evolution? Education: B.S. Biochemistry, Michigan State University - 1991 Ph.D. Neuroscience, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine - 1996 Fellowships and Grants 2000-01 Jeffress Trust, "Aluminum Induced Mitochondrial Injury, Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis in vitro" $15,000 1996 Pre-doctoral Fellowship, NIH training grant, AG-005105-11A1 Awards: 1995 Kirtland Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, CWRU, Cleveland, Ohio. 1995 Spectrum of Aging Research, Best Abstract in Biological Sciences, Cleveland, Ohio. Professional Experience: 1996-Present: Assistant Professor of Biology - Liberty University Publications: DeWitt, D.A., Silver, J., Canning, D.R. and Perry, G. Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans are Associated with the Lesions of Alzheimer's Disease. Exp. Neurol. 121 (2) 149-152 (1993). Canning, D.R., McKeon, R.J., DeWitt, D.A., Perry, G., Wujek, J., Fredrickson, R., and Silver, J. b-amyloid of Alzheimer's disease induces axon-blocking gliosis. Exp. Neurol. 124: 289-298, (1993). Perry, G., Richey, P., Siedlak, S.L., Smith, M.A., Mulvihill, P., DeWitt, D.A., Barnett, J., Greenberg, B.D., and Kalaria, R. Immunocytochemical evidence that the b-protein precursor is an integral component of neurofibrillary tangles of Alzheimer disease. Am. J. Pathol, 143: 1586-1593 (1993) DeWitt, D. A., Richey, P., Proprotnik, D., Silver, J., and Perry, G. Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans are a Common Component of Neuronal Inclusions and Astrocytic Reaction in Neurodegenerative Diseases. Brain Research 656(1) 205-209 (1994). Smith, M.A., DeWitt, D.A., Proprotnik, D., Perry, G. Senile Plaques and Neurofibrillary Tangles: The Concurrent Lesions of Alzheimer Disease. Neurobiol. Aging. 16: 343-344 (1995). DeWitt, D.A. and Silver, J. Regenerative Failure: A Potential Mechanism for Neuritic Dystrophy in Alzheimer's Disease. Exp. Neurol. 142(1) 103-110 (1996). DeWitt, D.A., Perry, G., Cohen, M., Doller, C., and Silver, J. Astrocytes Regulate Microglial Phagocytosis of Senile Plaque Cores of Alzheimer's Disease. Exp. Neurol. 149 329-340 (1998). In Progress: DeWitt, D.A., and Denburg, J. Characterization of 10-5A9: a common antigen of Alzheimer's disease and cockroach nervous sytem. (work in progress) Chapters: DeWitt, D.A., Silver, J., Canning, D.R. and Perry, G. Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan and the Regenerative Failure Model of Alzheimer's Disease. In Amyloid and Amyloidosis. Kisilevsky, R., Benson, M., Frangione, B., Gauldie, J., Muckle, T.J., and Young, I.D., Eds, Parthenon Press, New York, pp. 347-349 (1993). Perry., G., Smith, M.A., Mulvihill, P., Siedlak, S.L., Richey, P.L., DeWitt, D.A., Kalaria, R.N. Alzheimer disease: Concurrent amyloidosis. Amyloid and Amyloidosis. Kisilevsky, R., Benson, M., Frangione, B., Gauldie, J., Muckle, T.J., and Young, I.D., Eds, Parthenon Press, New York, pp. 374-376 (1993) DeWitt, D.A., Canning, D.R., Silver, J., and Perry, G. Glial Cell Extracellular Matrix in Alzheimer's Disease. In Non-neuronal cells in Alzheimer's Disease. Zatta, P. and Nicolini, M. Eds., World Scientific Publishing Company, London pp. 158-170 (1995). DeWitt, D.A., Origin and Early Evolution of Life in [Science and Society Through Time] Gale Research Group (In press). Abstracts: DeWitt, D.A., Silver, J., Canning, D.R., and Perry, G. Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans are Associated with the Lesions of Alzheimer's Disease. J. Neuropathol. Exp. Neurol. 52: p. 300, (1993). DeWitt, D.A., Silver, J., Canning, D.R., and Perry, G. Different forms of Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans Surround Amyloid Deposits of Alzheimer's Disease. VII Internat. Symp. Amyloidosis p. 112, (1993) DeWitt, D.A., Richey, P., Silver, J., and Perry, G. Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans are a Common Component of Inclusions in Neurodegenerative Diseases. Soc. Neurosci. Abst. 19:1470 (1993). Canning, D.R., McKeon, R.J., DeWitt, D.A., Perry, G., Wujek, J., Fredrickson, R., and Silver, J., Blocking of Axon Outgrowth by Reactive Gliosis Induced with b-amyloid Peptides. Soc. Neurosci. Abst. p. 1738 (1993). Dewitt, D.A., Silver, J., Doller, C., Siedlak, S.L., Smith, M.A., and Perry, G. An In vitro Model to Demonstrate Interactions of Neurons, Astrocytes, and microglia with Alzheimer Senile Plaque Cores. J. Neuropathol. Exp. Neurol. 54:411 (1995) DeWitt, D.A., Perry, G., Doller, C., Siedlak, S.L., and Silver, J. Interactions of Glial Cells with Alzheimer Senile Plaque Cores In Vitro. Soc. Neurosci. Abst. p. 1499 (1995). DeWitt, D.A., Perry, G., Doller, C., Siedlak, S.L., and Silver, J. Phagocytosis and break-down of Alzheimer Plaque Cores is Inhibited by Astrocytes. Spectrum of Aging Research p. 11. ( 1995). DeWitt, D.A., Perry, G., Doller, C., Siedlak, S.L., Silver, J., and Smith, M.A. Astrocytes but not Neurons Show an Increase in Oxidative Stress in Response to Alzheimer Senile Plaque Cores. Spectrum of Aging Research p. 12. (1995). DeWitt, D.A., Doller, C., Siedlak, S.L., and Silver, J. Regenerative Failure: A Potential Mechanism for Neuritic Dystrophy in Alzheimer's Disease. Soc Neurosci. Abst. p. 316 (1996). Castillo GM, Nochlin D, Wight TN, Perry G, DeWitt D, Snow AD. Characterization of proteoglycans present in human Alzheimer's disease brain and in isolated amyloid plaque cores. Neurobiol Aging 19 (Suppl 4S):S297 (1998). Isaacs, G., Foley, H., and DeWitt, D.A. Novel Cockroach Antigen is present in Alzheimer's and other Neurodegenerative Diseases. Virginia Journal Sci. 50:160 (1999) Snow, A.D., Ngo. C., Cummings, A., Wight, T.N., Lars, S., Perry G., DeWitt, D., and Castillo, G.M. Perlecan and highly sulfated glycosaminoglycans induce spontaneous formation of Alzheimer's amyloid plaques invitro. Soc. Neurosci, Abst. p. 1806 (1999). Skinner, W. and DeWitt, D.A. The Neanderthal's Place in human history. Virginia J. Sci. in press (2000). Ghribi, O.; DeWitt, D.A.; Forbes, M.S.,; Herman, M.M. and Savory, J. Cyclosporin A prevents cytochrome C release in A1-treated aged rabbit brain. World Alzheimer Congress 2000 (submitted) 2000. Ghribi, O.; DeWitt, D.A.; Forbes, M.S.,; Herman, M.M. and Savory, J. Expression of proteins regulating apoptosis, cytoclrome C, Bcl-2 and Bax in Aluminum-Maltolate treated rabbit. Soc. Neurosci. Abst. (submitted) 2000. Education Related Abstracts Shirley, M.L., Burden-Gully, S. Milner, L.D., Youngman, K.D., and DeWitt, D.A. Career Issues in Biomedical Graduate Education. NAGPS Midwest Regional Conference pp. 5-6 (1996). Ad Hoc Journal Reviewer: American Journal of Pathology, Experimental Neurology, Journal of Neuroscience Methods, Laboratory Investigation, Neurobiology of Aging, Neurochemistry International, Neuroscience, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, USA. Invited Lectures/Seminars: 1. Gliatech Scientific Advisory Board, Gliatech, Beachwood, Ohio, March 1993 2. Alzheimer Center Conference, Alzheimer Center, University Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio. September, 1993. 3. Alzheimer Center Conference, Alzheimer Center, University Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio. November, 1994. 4. Alzheimer Center Conference, Alzheimer Center, University Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio. May 1995. 5. Pathology Department Seminar, University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio, May, 1995. 6. American Association of Neuropathologists Annual meeting, San Antonio, Texas, June, 1995. 7. Gliatech Scientific Advisory Board, Gliatech, Beachwood, Ohio, September, 1995. 8. Alzheimer Center Conference, Alzheimer Center, University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio, October, 1995. 9. Spectrum of Research on Aging and the Aged--Research Day, Cleveland, Ohio, November, 1995. 10. Society for Neurosciences Annual Meeting, San Diego, California November, 1995. 11. Program in Neurosciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, February, 1996. 12. Neuroscience Department Seminar, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, March, 1995. 13. Biology Department, Mount Vernon Nazarene College, Mount Vernon, Ohio, March, 1996. 14. National Association of Graduate and Professional Students, Midwest Regional Conference, April, 1996. 15. Biology Department, Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia, May, 1996. 16. Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan October. 1999 17. Central Michigan University, Mt. 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