About Christopher diCarlo
2008 | Assistant Professor, Health Sciences and Criminology, UOIT (Univ of Ontario Institute of Technology) | Dr. diCarlo
received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Waterloo in 1998. While teaching at the University of Guelph he was
awarded the College of Arts Teaching Excellence Award (2001-2002). He is currently an Assistant Professor cross-appointed in
the Faculties of Health Sciences and Criminology at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.
He is a past Visiting Research Scholar at Harvard University and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Here, he
conducted research for two books he is currently writing titled: The Comparative Brain: The Evolution of Human
Reasoning and The Evolution of Religion: Why Many Need to Believe in Deities, Demons, and the Unseen.
He has been invited to speak at numerous national and international conferences and has written many scholarly papers ranging
from bioethics to cognitive evolution. His latest book titled: How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass: A Practical
Guide to Thinking Critically was recently released by McGraw-Hill Ryerson.
As an outspoken
activist for freethought, humanism, and secularism, Dr diCarlo supports and is a life member of the
Humanist Association of Canada and the Society of Ontario Freethinkers.
He is also a board advisor to Freethought TV,an annual workshop
presenter at Camp Quest Ontario, and has given many enlightening talks
at numerous humanist events across the country. He was also the first Atheist invited to speak at the annual World Religions Conference in
Kitchener, Ontario.
His lecture tour We Are All African has been presented across North America.
And has helped raised awareness of evolutionary theory and funding for the Masai for Africa, an HIV awareness
program in Lesotho, Africa.
