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 (1908-1993) was a dentist and professor who worked in the anthropology department at the University of Chicago. He helped found the International Dental Morphology Symposia and is one of the first modern researchers to describe variations in dental morphology and write cogently about these variations, their origins, and importance. The prize was endowed by the Albert A. Dahlberg Fund, established through generous gifts by Mrs. Thelma Dahlberg and other members of the Association.
This year we had two winners:
Ruby Diaz from New York University with their paper titled "Environmental Stress and its Effect on Molar Morphology.”
Kaita Gurian from Ohio State University with their paper “What Accentuated Striae in Tooth Enamel Reveals About Developmental Stress in Two Groups of Children in Ohio.”
Chair of the Student Prize Committee, Dr Erin Blankenship-Sefczek, and winner Ruby Diaz at the 2026 DAA meeting at AABA’s in Denver.
Chair of the Student Prize Committee, Dr Erin Blankenship-Sefczek, and winner Kaita Gurian at the 2026 DAA meeting at AABA’s in Denver.