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=== CSI fellows === According to the Jan/Feb 2021 ''Skeptical Inquirer'' the role of a CSI fellow is to "promote scientific inquiry, critical investigation, and the use of reason in examining controversial and extraordinary claims. Fellows are elected for their distinguished contributions to science and skepticsim as well as their ability to provide practical advice and expertise on various issues and projects deemed important to the work of the Committee. Election as a fellow is based upon the following criteria, approved by the CSI Executive Council: * 1. Outstanding contribution to a scientific discipline, preferably, thought not restricted to, a field related to the skeptical movement * 2. Outstanding contribution to the communication of science and/or critical thinking or * 3. Outstanding contribution to the skeptical movement. Fellows of CSI serve as ambassadors of science and skepticism and may be consulted on issues related to their area of expertise by the media or by the Committee. They may be asked to support statements issued by CSI and contribute commentary or articles to CSI outlets. ... Election to the position of fellow is a lifetime appointment. However, if in the opinion of the CSI Executive Council an individual's behavior or scholarship renders that person unable to continue to qualify for the position of fellow under the criteria listed or to effectively fulfill the role of ambassador or science and skepticism, CSI may choose to remove them from the list of fellows."<ref name="Fellows 2021">{{cite journal |title=Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Names Ten New Fellows for Outstanding Contributions to Science and Skepticism |journal=Skeptical Inquirer |date=2021 |volume=45 |issue=1 |page=5 |publisher=Committee for Skeptical Inquirer}}</ref> ==== Current CSI fellows ==== <!-- When adding names to this list, also add the person to the category: Fellows of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry--> This is a list of current CSI fellows; an asterisk denotes the person is also a member of the CSI Executive Council.<ref name="FellowList">{{cite web |title=Center for Inquiry Fellows And Staff |url=https://skepticalinquirer.org/fellows-and-staff/ |website=skepticalinquirer.org |date=April 3, 2019 |publisher=CFI |access-date=26 December 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201226231853/https://skepticalinquirer.org/fellows-and-staff/ |archive-date=December 26, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Elects Twelve New CSI Fellows |url=https://centerforinquiry.org/news/committee-for-skeptical-inquiry-elects-twelve-new-csi-fellows/ |website=centerforinquiry.net |date=December 18, 2023 |publisher=Center for Inquiry |access-date=21 December 2023}}</ref> {{Columns-list|colwidth=16em| * [[James Alcock]]* * [[Marcia Angell]] * [[Kimball Atwood|Kimball Atwood IV]] * [[Banachek]] * [[Stephen Barrett]] * [[Robert Bartholomew (sociologist)|Robert Bartholomew]] * Jann Johnson Bellamy * Kenny Biddle * [[Irving Biederman]] * Sandra Blakeslee * [[Susan Blackmore]] * Alejandro Borgo * [[Mark Boslough]] * [[Glenn Branch]] * Henri Broch * [[Jan Harold Brunvand]] * [[Sean B. Carroll]] * [[Tom Casten|Thomas R. Casten]] * [[Timothy Caulfield]] * Clark R. Chapman * [[K.C. Cole]] * John Cook * [[Jerry Coyne]] * [[Frederick Crews]] * [[Manfred Cuntz]] * [[Richard Dawkins]] * Geoffrey Dean * [[Cornelis de Jager]] * [[Daniel Dennett]] * [[Ann Druyan]] * [[Sanal Edamaruku]] * [[Taner Edis]] * [[Mark Edward]] * [[Edzard Ernst]] * [[Kenneth Feder]] * Krista Federspiel * [[Kevin Folta]] * [[Barbara Forrest]] * Craig A. Foster * [[Andrew Fraknoi]] * [[Chris French]] * [[Julia Galef]] * Luigi Garlaschelli * [[Maryanne Garry]] * [[Susan Gerbic]] * [[Thomas Gilovich]] * [[David Gorski]] * [[Natalie Grams]] * [[David Robert Grimes]] * [[Wendy M. Grossman]] * [[Susan Haack]] * [[Raymond E. Hall]] * Alan W. Harris * Michael Heap * [[David Helfand]] * [[Terence Hines]] * [[Douglas Hofstadter]] * [[Gerald Holton]] * Stephen Hupp * [[Deborah Hyde]] * [[Ray Hyman]]* * Stuart D. Jordan * [[Barry Karr]] * [[Ed Krupp]] * [[Larry Kusche]] * [[Stephen Law]] * [[Nathan H. Lents]] * [[Stephan Lewandowsky]] * [[Jere H. Lipps]] * [[Elizabeth Loftus]] * [[William M. London]] * [[Leighann Lord]] * [[Daniel Loxton]] * [[Michael E. Mann]] * [[David Marks (psychologist)]] * [[Michael Marshall (skeptic)|Michael Marshall]] * [[Lee McIntyre]] * Mario Mendez-Acosta * Tim Mendham * [[Kenneth R. Miller]] * [[David Morrison (astrophysicist)]] * [[Richard A. Muller]] * [[Meera Nanda]] * [[Joe Nickell]] * [[Jan Willem Nienhuys]] * Lee Nisbet * [[Matthew Nisbet|Matthew C. Nisbet]] * [[Steven Novella]] * [[Bill Nye]] * [[James Oberg]] * [[Paul Offit]] * [[Naomi Oreskes]] * [[Loren Pankratz]] * [[Jay Pasachoff]] * [[Natália Pasternak Taschner]] * [[John Allen Paulos]] * [[Clifford A. Pickover]] * [[Massimo Pigliucci]] * [[Steven Pinker]] * [[Massimo Polidoro]] * <s>[[James L. Powell]]</s>{{Thin space}}{{efn|In 2015, [[James Lawrence Powell]] was named a fellow for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.<ref name="Ten2015">{{Cite journal |date=2015 |title=Ten Distinguished Scientists and Scholars Named Fellows of Committee for Skeptical Inquiry |url=http://www.csicop.org/si/show/ten_distinguished_scientists_and_scholars_named_fellows_of_committee_for_sk |url-status=dead |journal=[[Skeptical Inquirer]] |volume=39 |issue=6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016122711/http://www.csicop.org/si/show/ten_distinguished_scientists_and_scholars_named_fellows_of_committee_for_sk |archive-date=October 16, 2015}}</ref> He resigned in March 2022 in protest against the publication of an article in [[Skeptical Inquirer]] by CSI fellow [[Mark Boslough]] regarding the Bunch et al. [[Tall el-Hammam#Air burst claim|Tall el-Hammam airburst]] paper,<ref name="Pillar of Salt">{{Cite Q |Q110293090 |last1=Boslough |first1=Mark |author-link1=Mark Boslough}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Q |Q108641540 |author-link19=James P. Kennett |last=Bunch |first=Ted E. |last2=LeCompte |first2=Malcolm A. |last3=Adedeji |first3=A. Victor |last4=Wittke |first4=James H. |last5=Burleigh |first5=T. David |last6=Hermes |first6=Robert E. |last7=Mooney |first7=Charles |last8=Batchelor |first8=Dale |last9=Wolbach |first9=Wendy S. |last10=Kathan |first10=Joel |last11=Kletetschka |first11=Gunther |last12=Patterson |first12=Mark C. L. |last13=Swindel |first13=Edward C. |last14=Witwer |first14=Timothy |last15=Howard |first15=George A. |last16=Mitra |first16=Siddhartha |last17=Moore |first17=Christopher R. |last18=Langworthy |first18=Kurt |last19=Kennett |first19=James P. |last20=West |first20=Allen |last21=Silvia |first21=Phillip J. |display-authors=6}}{{Retracted|doi=10.1038/s41598-025-99265-5}}</ref> citing a departure by the CSI from "every tenet of proper skepticism".<ref name="PowellResignation">{{Cite web |last=Lawrence Powell |first=James |author-link=James Lawrence Powell |date=2022-03-19 |title=Powell CSI Resignation |url=http://www.jamespowell.org/Resignation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325020034/http://www.jamespowell.org/Resignation/ |archive-date=2022-03-25 |access-date=2022-05-04 |quote=I hereby resign from the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Please inform the members of the committee of my resignation. My reason is the publication of Mark Boslough's recent article in Skeptical Inquirer. It violates nearly every tenet of proper skepticism as defined by CSICOP and CSI.}}</ref>}} * [[Anthony Pratkanis]] * [[Donald Prothero]] * [[Benjamin Radford]] * [[Amardeo Sarma]]* * [[Richard Saunders (skeptic)|Richard Saunders]] * [[Joe Schwarcz]] * [[Eugenie Scott]]* * [[Seth Shostak]] * Gale M. Sinatra * [[Simon Singh]] * [[Dick Smith (entrepreneur)|Dick Smith]] * [[Keith Stanovich|Keith E. Stanovich]] * [[Karen Stollznow]] * [[Jill Tarter]] * [[Carol Tavris]] * [[Dave Thomas (physicist)|Dave Thomas]] * Nicholas Tiller * Leonard Tramiel * Melanie Trecek-King * [[Neil deGrasse Tyson]] * [[James Underdown]] * [[Joseph Uscinski]] * [[Bertha Vazquez]] * [[Indre Viskontas]] * [[Marilyn vos Savant]] * [[Stuart Vyse]]* * [[Steven Weinberg]] * [[Mick West]] * [[E. O. Wilson]] * [[Richard Wiseman]] * [[Benjamin Wolozin]] * Lin Zixin }} ==== Former CSI fellows ==== This is a list of former CSI fellows not included in the Pantheon of Skeptics. {{Columns-list|colwidth=16em| * [[Edoardo Amaldi]] * [[Brand Blanshard]] * [[Vern Bullough]] * Bette Chambers * [[Daniel Cohen (children's writer)|Daniel Cohen]] * John R. Cole * [[Eric Dingwall]] * [[Paul Edwards (philosopher)|Paul Edwards]] * [[Christopher Evans (computer scientist)|Christopher Evans]] * [[Charles M. Fair]] * [[Antony Flew]] * [[Kendrick Frazier]] * Yves Galifret * [[Henry Gordon (magician)|Henry Gordon]] * Saul Green * [[Harriet Hall]] * [[C. E. M. Hansel]] * [[Albert Hibbs]] * Lawrence Jerome * [[Sergei Kapitsa]] * [[Scott O. Lilienfeld]] * [[Marvin Minsky]] * [[Dorothy Nelkin]] * [[Graham Reed (psychologist)|Graham Reed]] * [[Milton J. Rosenberg]] * [[Evry Schatzman]] * [[Thomas Sebeok]] * [[Elie A. Shneour]] * Robert Steiner * [[Marcello Truzzi]] * [[Marvin Zelen]] * Lin Zixin }}
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