Education

Teaching Interests

Genetics; Evolution, Ecology and the Nature of Science; Evolutionary Biology

Research Interests

Science and religion as ways of knowing, including:

• The relationships and interactions of science and religion.
• Religions/spiritualities (including atheism) of the present and past.
• Evolution of religious concepts, including their origins, extending (if possible) into human prehistory.
• Creation/Genesis and Evolution; other creation stories.
• Conflicts and possible resolutions between the fact and mechanisms of evolution and Christianity.

Professional Accomplishments

McDaniel, R., E.E. Hostert and R.D. Seager. 1995. Acclimation and Adaptive Behavior of Drosophila robusta and D. tripunctata Adults in Response to Combined Temperature and Desiccation Stress. Am. Midl. Natur. 133: 52-59.

Baker, N.T. and R.D. Seager. 1991. A comparison of the psychosocial needs of Hospice patients with AIDS and those with other diagnoses, p. 61-69. In AIDS and the Hospice Community, M.0. Amenta and C.B. Tehan, eds., Harrington Park Press, N.Y.

Seager, R.D. 1990. "Eve" in Africa: Human evolution meets molecular biology. American Biology Teacher 52: 144-149.

Marks, R.W., R.D. Seager, and L.G. Barr. 1988. Local ecology and multiple mating in a natural population of Drosophila melanogaster. Am. Natur. 131:918-923.

Seager, R.D., and W.W. Anderson. 1987. Viabilities of amylase genotypes in Drosophila pseudoobscura grown on starch and maltose food. Evolution 41:199-208.

Seager, R.D., F.J. Ayala, and R.W. Marks. 1982. Chromosome interactions in Drosophila melanogaster. II. Fitness studies. Genetics 102:485-502.

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