Ken Saladin is Distinguished Professor of Biology at Georgia College & State University, a public liberal arts university in Milledgeville, Georgia. He earned his B.S. in zoology at Michigan State University and Ph.D. in parasitology at Florida State University. On the GCSU faculty since 1977, Ken has taught not only human anatomy and physiology, but also histology, parasitology, animal behavior, sociobiology, introductory biology at the majors and nonmajors levels, general zoology, biological etymology, and a study abroad course in the Galápagos Islands. He is a nine-time recipient of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Professor Award, nominated by PKP student inductees who identified him as their most significant mentor. He was named Distinguished Professor in 2001.

Ken is a member of the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society, the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, the American Association of Anatomists, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He served for several years in the 1980s and ‘90s as a developmental reviewer and a supplement author for several other anatomy and physiology textbooks by the William C. Brown Co. before its acquisition by McGraw-Hill. In 1993, he began the first textbook of his own—Anatomy and Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function, now in its fifth edition and recipient of an Excellence in Research and Publication Award from his university. Human Anatomy is his second book.

Ken’s avocational and philanthropic interests include the Charles Darwin Research Station in the Galápagos Islands and his local chapter of the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program for single-parent children, of which he was a founding board member and past president. He was also a founding board member and first treasurer of the National Center for Science Education, created for the defense of education in evolutionary biology.

Ken has been married for 27 years to Diane Saladin, a registered nurse. Their son, Emory, is a student in architectural design and their daughter, Nicole, is a graduate student in marine environmental management.