Meet INCHE’s New Executive Director
Deborah Haarsma, PhD
Deborah Haarsma is an astrophysicist and author. From 2013 to 2024, she served as President of BioLogos, a ministry which brings together Christ-centered faith and rigorous science in a spirit of gracious dialogue. Dr. Haarsma is a frequent speaker at churches, universities, and conferences, and has appeared on multiple podcasts including Undeceptions and Jesus Storybook Bible podcast. Her writing has been featured at Big Think, Sojourners, and Christianity Today, as well as in several books, including Four Views on Creation, Evolution, and Design, the collection Calvinism for a Secular Age, and the collection Christ and the Created Order. She wrote the book Origins with her husband and fellow physicist, Loren Haarsma, presenting the agreements and disagreements among Christians regarding the history of life and the universe. She edited the collection Delight in Creation with Rev. Scott Hoezee.
Previously, Haarsma served as professor and chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Calvin University. In her astrophysics research, she used telescopes around the world and in orbit to pursue extragalactic astronomy and observational cosmology, with publications on young galaxies, large galaxies, galaxy clusters, the curvature of space, and the expansion of the universe. Haarsma completed her doctoral work in astrophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her undergraduate work in physics and music at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. She and Loren enjoy science fiction and classical music, and live in Grand Rapids, Michigan.