Congratulations to the winners of our annual award competitions!
Dahlberg Paper Competition
The Albert A. Dahlberg Prize is awarded annually to the best student paper submitted to the Dental Anthropology Association (DAA). Dr. Dahlberg was a professor at the University of Chicago, one of the founders of the International Dental Morphology Symposia, and among the first modern researchers to describe variations in dental morphology and to write cogently about these variations, their origins and importance. The prize endowed from the Albert A. Dahlberg Fund established through generous gifts by Mrs. Thelma Dahlberg and other members from the Association.
Laura E. Cirilo for her paper “Gaps in Information: What Missing teeth mean in Bioarchaeology”
C.G. Turner II/Cambridge University Press Poster Competition
Every year, the Dental Anthropology Association aims to support student research. This competition is designed to recognize outstanding student posters in the realm of dental anthropology. Awards book credit, provided by Cambridge University Press (with special thanks to Dominic Lewis).
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”