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Kristi Lewton 🏳️‍🌈

@lewton.bsky.social
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Biological anthropologist; anatomy professor at USC; research: skeletons, adaptation, locomotion, primates, hominins; what makes us human and how did we get here?

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Kristi Lewton 🏳️‍🌈 @lewton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"The last time this number was so low was in the early 1980s."
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Exclusive: NSF set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decades
The US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project.
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Caley Orr @caleyorr.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🏺🦣 Ancient Adriatic: in 2027, our team will run CU Denver's new archaeological fieldschool on the Island of Vis off Croatia's Dalmatian Coast. Students will learn techniques of modern field archaeology & explore European prehistory. Open to all applicants: studyabroad.ucdenver.edu/_portal/tds-...
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Kristi Lewton 🏳️‍🌈 @lewton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The NSF GRFP program announcement for this year has been posted: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · 26/08/2026
Our Science Policy Committee reminds us that the U.S. government is in the process of attempting to alter the ways in which the NSF and NIH review funding proposals. Please consider submitting a public comment! Details from member Dr. Amy Non here: youtu.be/xM0XOkT2dXA?...
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Objection to proposed changes to NSF and NIH funding
YouTube video by The Non Lab
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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · 17/03/2026
We're looking forward to seeing everyone in Denver this week! Don't forget to 1) download the app! and 2) use #AABA2026 on your social media posts--we'll be sharing them!
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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · 26/01/2026
Join us in congratulating our outstanding members who have received the prestigious AABA annual awards for 2026. The 2026 Mid-Career Research award recipient is Katherine Amato from Northwestern University !
Katherine Amato, 2026 Mid-Career Research Award. Dr. Amato combines primatological, physiological, and microbiome data to address questions about how the microbiome functions and interacts with different hosts and environments to affect fitness and health. She has also developed and assessed methods for obtaining data from non-invasive samples from wild primates.
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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · 02/12/2025
Students: the deadline for #AABA2026 travel awards is this week!
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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · 02/12/2025
This #GivingTuesday, support the AABA community fund. Your donation supports student funding awards and other community initiatives. Even a small gift helps! bioanth.org/donate
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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · 13/10/2025
⏰ Just two more days to submit your: abstract! Exec Comm nominations! Award nominations! Student presentation award app! All these are due on October 15 for #AABA2026 bioanth.org/95th-annual-...
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95th Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado (2026) - AABA
Our 95th Annual Meeting will take place in Denver, Colorado, from March 18-21, 2026. Students: Don’t miss your opportunity for free registration for the 2026 […]
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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · 16/09/2025
Interested in becoming more involved in AABA? The deadline for nominations for President-Elect, Vice President, and Secretary are due October 15! bioanth.org/95th-annual-...
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Call for Executive Committee Nominations (Deadline: October 15, 2025) - AABA
Executive Committee Positions: The Executive Committee manages the affairs of the association. The committee meets in person once a year, immediately before the Annual Meeting, and virtually […]
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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · 15/09/2025
📌 Students attending #AABA2026: we've made some changes to simplify the submission process for Student Presentation Awards. Your award application is now due October 15, 2025, the same day as abstracts are due. 📖 Read about it here: bioanth.org/about/studen...
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Student Presentation Awards - AABA
The AABA has long recognized the important contributions made to our discipline by students. Their work reflects the promise and future of our field. Conferring […]
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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · 15/09/2025
📣 The abstract portal for #AABA2026 in Denver is open! Please read the abstract guidelines carefully before submitting your abstract. Submissions are due by October 15, 2025. bioanth.org/95th-annual-...
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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · 11/09/2025
📆 It's September, which means it's time to think about your abstract submission to #AABA2026 in Denver! The abstract portal will open on September 15 and close on October 15. Check out the guidelines and start planning your submission: bioanth.org/95th-annual-...
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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · 14/08/2025
📣 The deadline to submit proposals for Invited Symposia at #AABA2026 is tomorrow, August 15! bioanth.org/95th-annual-...
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The deadline for submitting Invited Symposium proposals is August 15, 2025. - AABA
Be sure to read the instructions below. Have all materials ready to enter prior to starting the submission process as you cannot save a draft […]
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ASU Institute of Human Origins @asuiho.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
ASU scientists uncover new fossils — and a new species of ancient human ancestor The fossils found in northeastern Ethiopia date between 2.6M to 2.8M years ago, shed new light on human evolution bit.ly/416zE4S #paleoanthropology #humanevolution #fossils #africa
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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · 11/08/2025
📣 The AABA Executive Committee has established two new awards to recognize achievements of midcareer biological anthropologists! Nominations are due October 15. More info here: bioanth.org/about/aaba-m...
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AABA Midcareer Awards - AABA
AABA Midcareer Research Award was established in 2025 to recognize significant research accomplishments advancing the field of Biological Anthropology by midcareer individuals. Nominations should high...
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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · 17/07/2025
Have an idea for an #AABA2026 symposium? The submission portal is OPEN! Check out the guidelines and submit your proposal by August 15 bioanth.org/95th-annual-...
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The deadline for submitting Invited Symposium proposals is August 15, 2025. - AABA
Be sure to read the instructions below. Have all materials ready to enter prior to starting the submission process as you cannot save a draft […]
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NPR @npr.org · 13/06/2025
Climate.gov is the main source of timely climate-related information for the public. It will stop publishing new information because the Trump administration laid off everyone who worked on it.
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A popular climate website will be hobbled, after Trump administration eliminates entire staff
Climate.gov is the main source of timely climate-related information for the public. It will stop publishing new information because the Trump administration laid off everyone who worked on it.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 09/05/2025
NSF officials announced they are essentially abandoning the use of “rotators”— scientists on leave from academic positions who help the agency choose the best research to fund. NSF also plans to reduce the number of administrators classified as senior executive service employees. scim.ag/3EKnxmc
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NSF slashes number of ‘rotators’ and well-paid managers as part of restructuring
Smaller future budgets will require fewer people, NSF official tells staff
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
🧪 If you had your NSF grant terminated, I'd *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar. Friday May 9 at 2-3 pm ET Will talk about both the appeals process, in addition to allowable closeout costs. Share widely. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Webinar on Responding to NSF Grant Terminations 

Join the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS) on Friday, May 9th, at 2:00 PM ET for an informative webinar on responding to NSF grant terminations. We will discuss the rules, procedures and available options for grantees who have had their grant terminated.
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Kristi Lewton 🏳️‍🌈 @lewton.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Dismantling divisions, reducing programs, more grant terminations coming, more staff layoffs coming. The ramifications of these cuts are mind-boggling.
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
A quick and typed-on-my-phone-riddled-with-typos thread about why I think people need to support NPR/PBS, even though they did post that one interview you didn't like:
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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants. "This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
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Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 02/05/2025
NSF just revised its indirect cost policy—15%. When NIH tried the same, it led to lawsuits, layoffs, and a federal court injunction. Changes like this can wreak havoc on research. MORE ACTION ITEMS TO COME SOON. Stay tuned. www.nsf.gov/policies/doc... #NSFFreeze #WithoutNSF
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Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate
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Kristi Lewton 🏳️‍🌈 @lewton.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Scientists in the US are looking for jobs outside the US at significantly higher rates than this time last year. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Exclusive: a Nature analysis signals the beginnings of a US science brain drain
A trawl of job views and application data suggests jobseekers are looking abroad as the Trump administration’s cuts to science take hold.
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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
🚨 Our terminated NSF grant tracker now includes 434 grants that were terminated last Friday. We think this is all of them for now. Link to the tracker: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni... Huge credit to @noamross.net for this. Contact me via Signal at sdelaney.84 for questions or corrections.
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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · 19/03/2025
🎊 Congratulations to the ten #AABA2025 student prize winners and honorable mentions! bioanth.org/about/studen...
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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · 04/03/2025
Get excited for #AABA2025 in Baltimore next week! Download the AABA 2025 app and start planning your meeting www.xcdsystem.com/mobile/index...
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AABA 2025
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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · 02/02/2025
Donate to the AABA STUDENT AUCTION! The event will be held in Baltimore on Thursday March 13th from 3-7pm. All proceeds support student travel awards to the annual meeting. Help us reach our $13,000 goal this year by donating items big and small! bioanth.org/94th-annual-... #AABA2025
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AABA Silent Auction Supporting Student Travel - AABA
Call for 2025 Auction Donations Dear AABA member/supporter, As co-Chairs of the AABA Auction committee we are reaching out to ask for donations for our […]
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Dr Briana Pobiner @brianapobiner.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Check out this great opportunity to come work at my awesome museum supporting fellows (predocs, postdocs, etc.)! trustcareers.si.edu/en/postings/...
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Education Program Administrator (Fellows) (IS-1701-11)
Job Opening: Education Program Administrator (Fellows) (IS-1701-11) at National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.
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Heather F. Smith. Ph.D. @heatherfsmith.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Paleo folks in the western US: The Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontology conference will be held Feb 14-16, 2025 in Mesa AZ with the Arizona Museum of Natural History: www.wavp.us/wavp-2025/ WAVP is always a fun, low-key conference, great for early career researchers. Hope to see you there!
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Jay Stock 🇨🇦🇬🇧 @jaytstock.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Great study of the ontogeny of cortical bone geometry and porosity in femoral diaphyses of Chimpanzees, focussing on the Taï Forest Chimps. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Restructuring of Femoral Cortical Bone During Growth and Locomotor Development of Wild Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus)
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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · 06/12/2024
Are you an early career researcher? Do you have a research idea that requires funding? Consider applying for a Cobb Professional Development Grant! Completed applications must be received by January 6, 2025. Eligibility and application info here: bioanth.org/about/cobb-p...
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Cobb Professional Development Grants - AABA
The American Association of Biological Anthropologists recognizes that the professional development of talented scientists in the early stages of their careers is critical to the […]
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Kristi Lewton 🏳️‍🌈 @lewton.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
AABA's new funding initiatives are going to make a big impact on the AABA/bioanth community. Funds will be used to broaden participation by, for example, helping to offset the costs of AABA conference attendance. Consider making a donation for #GivingTuesday! bioanth.org/donate/
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Kristi Lewton 🏳️‍🌈 @lewton.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Can't wait to read this. Sympatric hominin species that likely used different forms of bipedalism - so cool.
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Habiba Chirchir @chelachir.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
My lab at OSU is hiring a postdoc in skeletal morphology to start fall 25. Salary is at NIH base pay. Deadline to apply is March 2 2025. osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/j...
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Post Doctoral Scholar
Screen reader users may encounter difficulty with this site. For assistance with applying, please contact hr-accessibleapplication@osu.edu. If you have questions while submitting an application, pleas...
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Kristi Lewton 🏳️‍🌈 @lewton.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Really looking forward to trying this!
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NPR @npr.org · 22/11/2024
Nearly half a dozen institutions of higher education announced plans this week to make tuition free for undergraduates whose families make below a certain income threshold, starting in fall 2025.
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University of Texas, MIT and others announce free tuition for some undergraduates
Nearly half a dozen institutions of higher education announced plans this week to make tuition free for undergraduates whose families make below a certain income threshold, starting in fall 2025.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22/11/2024
A collection of 3-million-year-old bones unearthed 50 years ago in Ethiopia changed our understanding of human origins. This is Lucy’s legacy.
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Meet Lucy, the celebrity of fossils, who changed our view of evolution
A collection of 3-million-year-old bones unearthed 50 years ago in Ethiopia changed our understanding of human origins.
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Kristi Lewton 🏳️‍🌈 @lewton.bsky.social · 07/03/2024
Our annual @biologicalanth.bsky.social conference in Los Angeles begins in just two weeks! Here’s a quick thread to get you up-to-date: The program is available here www.xcdsystem.com/aaba/program... If you prefer a PDF of the program, you can find that here bioanth.org/meetings-and...
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Kristi Lewton 🏳️‍🌈 @lewton.bsky.social · 29/02/2024
Tomorrow, March 1, is the deadline to register for some of the AABA workshops! Check it out! bioanth.org/meetings-and... @biologicalanth.bsky.social
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AABA 2024 Workshops and Training Opportunities
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Kristi Lewton 🏳️‍🌈 @lewton.bsky.social · 13/01/2024
Students attending AABA2024: we have a volunteer program! Help the association during the conference and @biologicalanth.bsky.social will waive your meeting registration fee! More info here and application due by Feb 20, 2024: bioanth.org/meetings-and...
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Interested in being a student volunteer?
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Kristi Lewton 🏳️‍🌈 @lewton.bsky.social · 12/01/2024
Get excited for AABA2024 in LA! We're finalizing the program and we've got a great lineup of 20 (!!) workshops! Some require registration (by March 1). Have a look here and register: bioanth.org/meetings-and... @biologicalanth.bsky.social
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AABA 2024 Workshops and Training Opportunities
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Kristi Lewton 🏳️‍🌈 @lewton.bsky.social · 05/01/2024
Check out other deadlines for AABA 2024 here: bioanth.org/meetings-and... @biologicalanth.bsky.social
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Annual Meeting Deadlines
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Kristi Lewton 🏳️‍🌈 @lewton.bsky.social · 05/01/2024
Today (Jan 5) is the deadline for @biologicalanth.bsky.social Pollitzer Student Travel Award submissions! Apply here: bioanth.org/about/awards...
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William S. Pollitzer Student Travel Award
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Kristi Lewton 🏳️‍🌈 @lewton.bsky.social · 04/01/2024
We just emailed all first authors of accepted abstracts for AABA 2024 with presentation details! If you didn't get it, check your spam folder. Looking forward to seeing y'all in LA! @biologicalanth.bsky.social
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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · 24/12/2023
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2024 American Association of Biological Anthropologists awards. The winner of the Charles R. Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award is Dr. Laurie Godfrey. Join us at #AABA2024 in LA to celebrate Dr. Godfrey!
Winner of the 2024 Charles R. Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award: Dr. Laurie Godfrey. Dr. Godfrey has been a leader in the fields of primate evolution, paleobiology, and evolutionary ecology for over 40 years. As emphasized by her nomination, she has championed and advanced our understanding of the extinct ‘subfossil’ lemurs of Madagascar through dental microwear, isotopes, histology, ontology, computed tomography, scanning electron microscopy, ancient DNA, and many other methods. “With infectious enthusiasm she has inspired early career scholars and peers to study a diverse array of research topics in Madagascar and beyond.”
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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · 24/12/2023
The winner of the AABA Gabriel W. Lasker Service Award is our current Past-President, Dr. Steven Leigh. Come to LA for #AABA2024 to celebrate this announcement at the business meeting!
The winner of the Gabriel W. Lasker Award is Dr. Steven Leigh. Dr. Leigh’s nomination emphasized “his unwavering generosity, and the incredible level of graciousness he brought to his leadership roles.” He was serving as VP and Program Chair when the COVID pandemic began, and guided the organization with transparency and wisdom as we had to cancel meetings and transition quickly to online resources. Since then, he has served as President and now, as Past-President, continues to help lead AABA. “He has demonstrated a heartfelt commitment to service that makes academia a better place.”
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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · 24/12/2023
Our 2024 AABA and Leakey Foundation Communication & Outreach Award in Honor of Camilla Smith is awarded to Dr. Tina Lasisi. Join us in LA at #AABA2024 to congratulate Dr. Lasisi for this honor!
The winner of the 2024 AABA and Leakey Foundation Communication & Outreach Award in Honor of Camilla Smith is Dr. Tina Lasisi. Dr. Lasisi’s public outreach includes human variation, adaptation, and evolution and she reaches a wide range of audiences. As described by her nomination, “Her work exemplifies many best practices for
science communication and engagement- including clarity, empathy, and presenting science as a process of generating knowledge, rather than a set of facts. Her work is also distinctive in its embrace of emerging media platforms, to better connect with younger and more diverse audiences about science and its impacts on society.”
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Lauren D. Pharr 🐦‍⬛ @ldpharr.bsky.social · 18/10/2023
My Nonprofit Field Inclusive is happy to offer THREE $500 Research Grants for 2024! Two research grants are available for any natural science research, while one is available only for climate-focused research. Learn more and apply: www.fieldinclusive.org/research-gra... Plz share w/ your networks.
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