William Albert "Bill" Dembski is an American proponent of intelligent design, and its opposition to the theory of evolution through natural selection. He is the author of several books concerning intelligent design, theology, and mathematics. From 1999 to 2005, he was on the faculty of Baylor University, where he was a focus of attention and controversy. For the academic year 2005-6, he was briefly the Carl F. H. Henry Professor of Theology and Science at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, as well as the first director of the school's new Center for Theology and Science . On 1 June 2006 Dembski became research professor in philosophy at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. The Southern Baptist Convention operates both seminaries.