Reginald Finley
| Reginald Vaughn Finley Sr. | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1974 Atlanta, Georgia |
| Residence | Florida |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | PhD. International Public Health, 2019, M.S. Biology, 2016, M.ED. Science and The Public, 2013, B.S. Human Development, 2011, A.A. General Studies |
| Alma mater | Euclid University, SUNY at Buffalo, Clemson University |
| Occupation | Multidisciplinary science educator |
| Years active | Since 1998 |
| Known for | Activism on behalf of science education and freethought |
| Television | WifeSwap Episode 122, The Humanist Perspective TV Show |
| Children | 5 |
| Parent(s) | Algernon C. Finley Sr and Mary L. Finley |
| Call-sign | Dr. Ion or the Infidel Guy |
| Website | www.reginaldfinley.com |
Reginald Vaughn Finley Sr. (born in 1974) is a science and health educator, and genealogist.
He follows in the tradition of his great-grandmother, Dr. Mary Alice Person LaSaine (1882-1957), an early black educator. He is a US Army veteran, and served overseas during Operation Able Sentry in 1995. Finley is a former member of the Atlanta-based music group Forte', now called 112.
As an experiment, he worked for a time as a "phone psychic" with the psychic network. He said he was amazed at how the callers didn't realize that they were the ones providing the information. Finley gave a talk about his methods to a Center for Inquiry conference in 2001.
While attending St. Leo College at Fort McPherson, he studied philosophy and religion, and soon became interested in the effect of bad ideas and the lack of scientific knowledge of the general public. Lacking a religious identity, he shortly began identifying himself as a freethinker and critical thinker.
Finley took a hiatus from school and began his 12-year internet media career with an internet radio show, The Infidel Guy Show (1999-2010), which focused on educating the public about science, philosophy, ethics, freethought, and the value of critical thinking.
Finley's programs, Freethought Radio and The Infidel Guy Show, featured personalities from across the philosophical and scientific spectrum, including scientists Michio Kaku and Richard Dawkins, lawyer Michael Newdow, creationist Kent Hovind, Ali Sina of Faith Freedom International, philosopher Massimo Pigliucci, and Michael Shermer, founder of the Skeptics Society. At its end, Finley had produced over 600 programs.
Finley's family appeared on ABC's reality show Wife Swap on November 28, 2005, in which his wife Amber switched places with the wife of a devout Christian pastor.
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