C.G Tuner II/Cambridge University Press Poster Competition
We are excited to announce the 2024 C.G. Turner II & Cambridge University Press Poster Competition!
The Turner/CUP Poster Prize is awarded annually to the best student poster submitted to the DAA. The winner is awarded $100 in Cambridge University Press books. If you are a faculty member or advisor, please share this opportunity with your students! If you are a student member, please consider submitting your work to the competition!
Submissions are due to the Student Prize Committee Chair, Dr. Cathy Willermet (wille2cm@cmich.edu) by March 16, 2024. Additional details are provided in the attached advertisement.
2024 CONTEST NOW OPEN!
Previous winners:
2023
Julianne Stamer (prizewinner) with co-author B.J. Baker, “Oral Disease at Al-Qinifav, Sudan: Reassessing the Saso and Kondo (2019) Method”.
Emily Moes (prizewinner) with co-author H. Edgar, “Sex Differences in the Relationship between Fluctuating Asymmetry in Deciduous Teeth and Environmental Temperature during Gestation”.
2022
Dori E. Kenessey (prizewinner) with co-authors Leah E. Auchter, Marin A. Pilloud, “Identifying candidate SNPs shaping dental morphological trait expression”
Tisa N. Loewen (prizewinner) with co-author G. Richard Scott, “Pictures?! Comparing observer error for dental morphology from direct observations and photographs using ASUDAS”
Diana Malarchik (prizewinner) and co-authors Jelmer W. Eerkens, Austin Cole, and Tom Ostrander, “Examining Heavy Metal Exposure in Two Historic San Francisco Cemeteries”
2021
E. Susan Daly (prizewinner) with co-author G.T. Schwartz, “Dietary Correlates of Mandibular Premolar Form in Haplorrhine Primates”
Kaita Gurian (prizewinner) with co-authors S. Holt, L. Oldershaw, M. Hubbe, and D. Guatelli-Steinberg, “What Accentuated Striae in Tooth Enamel Reveal About Physiological Stress Differences in Two Ohio Populations of Disparate Socioeonimic Status.”
Tatiana Vlemincq-Mendieta (prizewinner), “Characterization of the Inhabitants of South America using Nonmetric Dental Data”
2019
Luke Fannin (prizewinner), with co-authors D. Guatelli-Steinberg, E. Geissler, P. Constantino, and W.S. McGraw “Frequency of Enamel Chipping in Tai Forest Cercopithecids: Implications for Dietary Reconstruction in the Fossil Record”
Jennifer Nelson (prizewinner), with co-authors L. Harrington, E. holland, and H.F.V. Cardoso “Do Teeth Forming in Different Early Life Periods Show Differential Discrepancy with Known Age?”
Nina Maaranen (prizewinner), with co-authors S.R. Zakrzewski and H. Schutkowksi “Hyskos in Egypt—Utilizing Biodistance Methods to Interpret Archaeological adn Textural Evidence from Tell el-Dab’a”
2018
Emma Lagan (prizewinner), with co-authors D.E. Ehrlich, S.S. Pesce, "Dentine Without Borders: An Improved Dental Macrowear Scoring Method with Cross-Cultural Adaptation"
Jessica Droke (prizewinner), with co-authors C.W. Schmidt, F. L'Engle-Williams, W.M. Karriger, F.H. Smith, G. Becam, M. de Lumley: "Regional Variability in Diet Between Northern and Mediterranean Neandertals: Evidence from Dental Microwear Texture Analysis"
Keegan Selig (prizewinner), with co-authors S. Lopez-Torres, A. Hartstone-Rose, A.M. Burrows, and M.T. Silcox: "Differential Enamel Thickness n the Anterior Dentition as a Signal for Gouging Behavior"
2017:
Katie Faillace: “The applicability of dental wear in age estimation for a modern American population.”
Rebecca Whiting: “Differences in the non-masticatory dental wear of two medieval assemblages from the 4th cataract, Sudan.”
Donovan Adams: “Sex estimation from dental crown and cervical metrics in a contemporary Japanese sample.”