Announcing the 2025 Anthropology Section Research Award Winners and Student Liaison
The AAFS Anthropology Section is pleased to announce our 2025 Section Research Award Winners. Congratulations to the winners of both awards! We will honor their outstanding research during the Anthropology Section Business Meeting in 2026.
Ellis R. Kerley Research Award: Heather Edgar, PhD, Joe Hefner, PhD, and Ron Richardson - Introducing FoRDent: A New Tool for Estimating Population Affinity From Dental Morphology
J. Lawrence Angel Student Research Award: Krista Bennett, MA - Applying Deep Learning Methods to Adult Age Estimation of Pelvic Joints
Additionally, the Anthropology Section Nominating Committee has selected the 2025-2027 Student Liaison. Congratulations to Lillian Antonelli, MA!
Fundraising Update: If you are able, please consider donating to the Anthropology Section Endowment. In order for our section to continue to fund our awards in the future, we need to raise enough money to create this endowment. All donation amounts have a meaningful impact. To make a donation, select "Ways to Give" at the top of the AAFS home page and go to the "Donate to a Section" button (https://www.aafs.org/ways-give?form=Section-Donation). Make sure you dedicate the donation to the Endowment and designate the Anthropology section. The Section Leadership and Fundraising Committee thank everyone who has donated.
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