Professor Richard Weikart is best known for his books FromDarwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics and Racism in Germany and Hitler's Ethic: The Nazi Pursuit of Evolutionary Progress. Weikart is a professor of history and Chair of the History department at California State University, Stanislaus. He is also a senior fellow for the Center for Science and Culture of the Discovery Institute. In 1997 he joined the editorial board of the Access Research Network's Origins & Design Journal. Weikart's work focuses on the impact of Darwinism on social thought, ethics and morality. His work and conclusions are controversial.
He received a bachelor's degree in 1980 from Texas Christian University, a master's from Texas Christian University in 1989, and a doctorate in history from University of Iowa in 1994. He is married to Lisa Weikart with seven children.
Professor Richard Weikart is best known for his books From Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics and Racism in Germany and Hitler's Ethic: The Nazi Pursuit of Evolutionary Progress. Weikart is a professor of history and Chair of the History department at California State University, Stanislaus. He is also a senior fellow for the Center for Science and Culture of the Discovery Institute. In 1997 he joined the editorial board of the Access Research Network's Origins & Design Journal. Weikart's work focuses on the impact of Darwinism on social thought, ethics and morality. His work and conclusions are controversial.
