American Association of Biological Anthropologists

Biological anthropology is a science that deals with the adaptations, variability, and evolution of human beings and their living and fossil relatives. Because it studies human biology in the context of human culture and behavior, biological anthropology is both a biological and a social science.

The American Association of Biological Anthropologists, or AABA, is the world's leading professional organization for biological anthropologists. Formed by 83 charter members in 1930, the AABA now has an international membership of over 2,200. The Association's annual meetings draw more than two thousand scientists and students from all over the world.

AABA NEWS

IDEAS Southeastern Regional Workshop

Submitted 16 April 2024 by Graciela Cabana & Zane Thayer

Applications are now open for the first annual IDEAS Regional Program Workshop, to be held …

AABA Webinar: Open Science in Biological Anthropology

Submitted 25 March 2024 by Kristi Lewton

We are excited to invite you to the second AABA webinar of 2024! Please join us on Wednesday, April 10 at 3:00 PM EDT for:

Open Science in Biological Anthropology

The goal of this webinar is to introduce attendees to the concept of Open Science, particularly Open Access, Open Methods, …

Grant reviewing workshop at AABAs (registration required)

Submitted 1 February 2024 by Lauren Schroeder

Are you an early career scholar? Would you like some tips and tricks for reviewing grant proposals and/or grant writing as a first-time PI? Do you have a grant proposal that would benefit from a mock review or would you like to participate in reviewing a mock proposal? Then this …

AABA NEWS

2024 AABA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ELECTION BALLOT

Submitted 17 January 2024 by Steve Leigh

Vote for new members of the 2024 Executive Committee

The AABA invites Regular members to …

AABA 2024 presentation details notification

Submitted 5 January 2024 by Kristi Lewton

All AABA 2024 presentation schedule notifications were sent to the email address associated with abstract submissions on 4 January 2024. If you did not receive an email notification regarding your the day/time of your presentation, please reach out to AABA Vice President Kristi Lewton ([email protected]).

We look forward …

Cobb Professional Development Grants due January 15, 2024

Submitted 4 December 2023 by Lauren Schroeder

Are you an early career researcher (e.g., postdoctoral scholar, lecturer, or Assistant Professor)? Do you have a research idea that requires funding? Consider applying for a Cobb Professional Development Grant! Completed applications must be received by Lauren Schroeder ([email protected]) on or before January 15, 2024. Follow the link …

SCIENCE POLICY

Understanding the NSF Broader Impacts Criterion and Developing the Societal Impact of Your Science

Submitted 4 June 2019 by Holly Dunsworth

Rebecca Ferrell and and Holly Dunsworth held a panel/workshop at this past year's AAPAs on …

AABA is an Inaugural Member of the Societies Consortium on Sexual Harassment in STEMM

Submitted 19 February 2019 by Leslie Aiello

LEADING SCIENCE, EDUCATION, AND MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS ANNOUNCE NEW INITIATIVE: SOCIETIES CONSORTIUM ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN STEMM

Joint Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Leading academic and professional societies have announced their launch of the Societies Consortium on Sexual Harassment in STEMM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine) to advance professional and ethical …

Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequences in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Submitted 13 June 2018 by Leslie Aiello

The recent National Academy of Sciences report on Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and …

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CONFERENCES

Pacific Symposium of Bioinformatics-Big Island of Hawaii, January 4-8, 2025

Submitted 12 June 2024 by Jada Benn Torres

The Pacific Symposium of Bioinformatics will be hosting a conference January 4-8, 2025, on the Big Island of Hawaii. The session titled, “Intersectional approaches in precision medicine” is requesting paper submissions. It would be great if there were some representation from Anthropologists at this conference. The deadline to submit is …

Special Collection on Scientific Racism - Call for Papers

Submitted 5 June 2024 by Dr Sarah Myers

Evolutionary Human Sciences is putting together a themed collection on scientific racism, and invites contributions which are broadly relevant to this topic. We are keen to include a diverse range of perspectives and authors; to include contributions from multiple disciplines including (but not limited to) genetics, history, anthropology, psychology and …

Reminder: Survey on Terminology Preferences Among Anatomy Educators

Submitted 20 May 2024 by Bobbie Leeper

Hello fellow AABA members, Thank you to everyone who has completed our survey already! Weare continuing to collect responses until June 1 if you would still like to participate in a survey study on the term(s) anatomy educators use for the human bodies in anatomy laboratories. We define 'Anatomy Educator' …

COURSES AND FIELD SCHOOLS

Live Online course Introduction to Network Analysis and Modelling, September 17-26, 2024.

Submitted 23 June 2024 by Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno

Registration is open for Transmitting Science course “Introduction to Network Analysis and Modelling”.

Dates and …

Live Online course: Visual Skills for Communicating your Science, Sept 4, 11 and 18, 2024

Submitted 11 June 2024 by Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno

In the time of the visual communication this time might be of interest to you: …

Online live course Geometric Morphometrics in R, May 2nd-10th, 2024

Submitted 18 April 2024 by Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno

there are a few slots available for Transmitting Science online course “Geometric Morphometrics in R” …

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