About Us

What is SEE?

The Society for Evolution Education (SEE) is a membership organization which provides family programs, secondary school tours, and adult lectures and seminars to help people in the Greater Cincinnati area develop an understanding of and an appreciation for the science of evolution.

SEE is committed to a respectful dialogue among a broad spectrum of groups in the Greater Cincinnati community. We collaborate with scientists at Northern Kentucky University, the University of Cincinnati, the Museum of Natural History, and the Krohn Conservatory. We network with school and community groups across the city in order to reach a diverse group of learners.

We offer introductory programs that help translate scientific concepts into simple language that can be understood by children, youth, and adults with no background in evolution science. We offer advanced programs that refine the understanding of more sophisticated learners. In every program, the animals on the farm and the plants in our Evolution Garden make concepts like natural selection easy to observe and understand.

Goals for the 2008-2009 academic year are:

• To develop partnerships with schools, universities, museums, and other community groups in the Greater Cincinnati area.
• To bring at least ten groups of middle and high school biology students to the farm for evolution tours.
• To reach at least one hundred adults through programs in evolution science.
• To reach at least one hundred children through family evolution programs.

Our Current Board Members:

	David Fankhauser, Ph.D. | President of SEE Professor of Biology and Chemistry University of Cincinnati Clermont College Personal Site
	Brenda Hanke, Ph.D. | Secretary of SEE Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology, Cincinnati Museum Center Office: Cincinnati Museum Center, Geier Collections & Research Center 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45203-1130 Phone: (513) 455-7160 Fax: (513) 455-7169 Toll free: (800) 733-2077 x7160 E-mail: bhanke@cincymuseum.org
	Carol Carlson | Treasurer of SEE Director of Development, Friends of Sunrock Farm B.A. In English from Thomas More College, 1971 M.A. In English from Xavier University, 1974 Public School Teacher in Northern Kentucky, South Carolina, and Cincinnati,1966-2005 Elementary Principal, 1978-1984 Grant Writer at Hyde Park School, 1994-2001 Director of Development for Friends of Sunrock Farm, 2007-2009
	Elke Buschbeck, Ph.D. Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Admissions, Biological Sciences University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 45221-0006 Phone: (513) 556-9747 E-mail: elke.buschbeck@uc.edu Personal Site
	Richard Durtsche, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology Northern Kentucky University Office: SC-148 Lab: SC-166 Phone: (859) 572-6637 /(859) 572-1403 (lab) E-mail: durtsche@nku.edu. Personal Site
	Frank Traina, Ph.D. Director of Sunrock Farm Cornell University, 1975 (Demography & Sociology) He has taught at the University of Florida, Northern Kentucky University, and Xavier University. He is currently director of Sunrock Farm in Wilder, KY. where he offers farm tours explaining how evolution works in wild nature and on the farm. Sunrock Farm