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AAPA Meeting Program Session Session Activity Room Time # type Wednesday, Evening American Association of Physical Anthropologists Ballroom 8 p.m.-11 Training the Next Generation 1 Poster Foyer p.m. Integrating Research into Teaching: Examples from Ballroom 8 p.m.-11 2 Poster Biological Anthropology Foyer p.m. What is a ‘Vulnerable Population?’ Agency, Intimacy, Ballroom 8 p.m.-11 3 Poster and Protections in Biological Anthropology Foyer p.m. Thursday, Morning AAPA and PPA Bioarchaeology of Transition: Health and Changing 8 a.m.- Bissonet 4 Podium Environments 12:15 p.m. American Association of Physical Anthropologists Anthropological Genetics, Origins, Migrations, and 8 a.m.- Balcony I/J 5 Podium Introgression 12:15 p.m. 8 a.m.- Primate Social Behavior Studio 1/2/3 6 Podium 12:15 p.m. 8 a.m.- Paleoanthropology - Early Hominins Studio 7/8/9 7 Podium 12:15 p.m. 8 a.m.- Child Health and Identity in Bioarchaeology Balcony K 8 Poster noon Back to the Root: The Use of Dental Cementum in 8 a.m.- Studio 4/5 9 Poster Anthropology noon Skeletal Ageing: Factors Affecting Population Variation in 8 a.m.- Studio 6 10 Poster Rates of Bone Degeneration noon 8 a.m.-1 Primate Nutrition/Foraging Carondolet 11 Poster p.m. 8 a.m.-1 Primate Reproduction, Parentage, and Life History II Carondolet 12 Poster p.m. 8 a.m.-1 Human Biology and Beyond Carondolet 13 Poster p.m. 8 a.m.-1 Paleoanthropology: Early Homo II Carondolet 14 Poster p.m. 8 a.m.-1 Functional Anatomy: Jaws and Teeth Carondolet 15 Poster p.m. Human Skeletal Biology: Isotopes, Subsistence, and 8 a.m.-1 Carondolet 16 Poster Mobility p.m. Thursday, Afternoon AAPA and AAAG Collaborations Across Anthropology and Genetics: 2:30 p.m.- Bissonet 17 Podium Examples of Transdisciplinary Work 6 p.m. American Association of Physical Anthropologists Primate Nutrition and Foraging Balcony I/J 2:30 p.m.- 18 Podium 6:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m.- Primates and Evolution Studio 1/2/3 19 Podium 7 p.m. Human Skeletal Biology: Life Experience, Violence, and 2:30 p.m.- Studio 7/8/9 20 Podium Disease 6:45 p.m. Diversity, Variation, and Paleoecology: A View of 2:30 p.m.- Hominin Complexity from the Middle Pliocene of Eastern Balcony K 21 Poster 6:30 p.m. Africa Foreign Affairs: Bioarchaeological Approaches to 2:30 p.m.- Studio 4/5 22 Poster Ethnicity, Identity, and Interaction in The MENA Region 6 p.m. The Anthropology of Islands: Evolution, Variation, and 2:30 p.m.- Studio 6 23 Poster New Research Directions 6:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m.- Primate Ecology and Conservation Carondolet 24 Poster 6:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m.- Human Biology and Genetics I Carondolet 25 Poster 6:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m.- Paleoanthropology: Late Homo Carondolet 26 Poster 6:30 p.m. Bioarchaeology and Paleopathology: Stress, Frailty, and 1:30 p.m.- Carondolet 27 Poster Inequality 6:30 p.m. Human Dental Anthropology: Health, Disease, and Other 1:30 p.m.- Carondolet 28 Poster Cool Stuff with Teeth 6:30 p.m. Friday, Morning American Association of Physical Anthropologists Human Skeletal Biology: Shape, Selection, Integration, 8 a.m.- Balcony I/J 29 Podium and Kinship 12:15 p.m. 8 a.m.- Paleoanthropology: Early Homo Bissonet 30 Podium 12:15 p.m. 8 a.m.- Primate Ecology, Cognition, and Conservation Studio 1/2/3 31 Podium 12:15 p.m. AAPA and HBA Human Biology: Evolutionary Perspectives on 8 a.m.- Studio 7/8/9 32 Podium Reproduction, Development, and Health 12:15 p.m. American Association of Physical Anthropologists Here Comes the Sun: Evolutionary Responses to Solar 8 a.m.- Balcony K 33 Poster Exposure noon Adaptation: Identifying Form-Function Relationships in 8 a.m.- Studio 4/5 34 Poster the Fossil Record noon Anthropological Stories of Bone Histology and 8 a.m.- Remodeling: An Invited Session in Honor of Samuel D. Studio 6 35 Poster noon Stout 8 a.m.-1 Primate Social Behavior II Carondolet 36 Poster p.m. 8 a.m.-1 Human Biology and Genetics II Carondolet 37 Poster p.m. 8 a.m.-1 Functional Anatomy: Ontogeny Carondolet 38 Poster p.m. Primates: Methods and Morphology Carondolet 8 a.m.-1 39 Poster p.m. Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology: Collections, 8 a.m.-1 Carondolet 40 Poster Ancestry, and Age at Death p.m. Friday, Afternoon American Association of Physical Anthropologists Beyond Visibility: How Academic Diversity is 2:30 p.m.- Balcony I/J 41 Podium Transforming Scientific Knowledge 5:45 p.m. 2:30 p.m.- Signals in Evolutionary and Ecological Context Bissonet 42 Podium 6:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m.- Human Skeletal Biology: Mobility, Isotopes, Diet Studio 1/2/3 43 Podium 6:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m.- Primate Genetics and Adaptation Studio 7/8/9 44 Podium 6 p.m. The Evolution of Form and Function in the Hominin 2:30 p.m.- Balcony K 45 Poster Pelvis 6 p.m. The Axial Skeleton: Morphology, Function, and Pathology 2:30 p.m.- Studio 4/5 46 Poster of the Spine and Thorax in Hominoid Evolution 6 p.m. Biological Investigations of Nomads: Developments and 2:30 p.m.- Studio 6 47 Poster Innovations 6 p.m. 1:30 p.m.- Primate Cognition and Ecology Carondolet 48 Poster 6 p.m. 1:30 p.m.- Human Biology and Genetics III Carondolet 49 Poster 6 p.m. 1:30 p.m.- Paleoanthropology: Early Hominins II Carondolet 50 Poster 6 p.m. Human Skeletal Biology: Morphology, Variation, and 1:30 p.m.- Carondolet 51 Poster Environment 6 p.m. Saturday, Morning American Association of Physical Anthropologists Humans as Holobionts: The Microbiome as a Biological 8 a.m.- Bissonet 52 Podium System in Human Evolution 12:30 p.m. 8 a.m.- Primate Reproduction, Parentage, and Life History Balcony I/J 53 Podium 12:15 p.m. 8 a.m.- Functional Anatomy of the Pelvis, Limbs, and Jaws Studio 1/2/3 54 Podium 12:15 p.m. 8 a.m.- Later Homo Evolution Studio 7/8/9 55 Podium 12:15 p.m. Anthropological Demography, Well-being, and the 8 a.m.- Osteological Paradox: A Symposium in Honor of James Balcony K 56 Poster noon W. Wood Skeletal Standards: Documentation Software, Databases, 8 a.m.- and Online Digitization Resources Available to Studio 4/5 57 Poster noon Researchers Broadening Forensic Anthropology: Bringing East and 8 a.m.- Studio 6 58 Poster Southeast Asia to the Forefront noon 8 a.m.-1 Human Biology and Genetics IV Carondolet 59 Poster p.m. 8 a.m.-1 Fossil Primates and Environments Carondolet 60 Poster p.m. Bioarcheology and Paleopathology: Violence, Activity, 8 a.m.-1 Carondolet 61 Poster Infection, and Congenital Conditions p.m. Saturday, Afternoon American Association of Physical Anthropologists Primates and Dietary Ethanol: Evolutionary Outcome, or 2:30 p.m.- Bissonet 62 Podium Modern Accident? 6 p.m. Up Goer Five PhysAnth Edition: Communicate Your 4:45 p.m.- Science Using English's Ten Hundred Most Common Studio 7/8/9 63 Podium 5:30 p.m. Words 2:30 p.m.- Human Adaptive Variation/Integrative Approaches Balcony I/J 64 Podium 6 p.m. 2:30 p.m.- Primate Evolutionary Morphology Studio 1/2/3 65 Podium 6:15 p.m. Division of Fossil Primates, Duke Lemur Center – 40th 2:30 p.m.- Balcony K 66 Poster Anniversary Symposium 6 p.m. The Paleobiology of Upper Paleolithic / Later Stone Age 2:30 p.m.- Studio 4/5 67 Poster Humans 6 p.m. 2:30 p.m.- Stable Isotope Advances in Studies of Stress and Disease Studio 6 68 Poster 6 p.m. 1:30 p.m.- Functional Anatomy of the Limbs Carondolet 69 Poster 6 p.m. 1:30 p.m.- Human Skeletal Biology: Population History and Beyond Carondolet 70 Poster 6 p.m. Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology: Sex, 1:30 p.m.- Carondolet 71 Poster Comingling, Postmortem Interval, and Decomposition 6 p.m. Wednesday, Evening sessions. Session Training the Next Generation 1: Invited Poster Symposium. Chair: April Sievert, Teresa Nichols. Co-organizers: April Sievert, Indiana University. Ballroom Foyer. This symposium aims to create a space for professionals, at various stages of their careers, to reflect on core knowledge and skills that the next generation of bioanthropologists need to address - with focus on the ever-broadening research questions and methodologies available to the scientific community. A parallel area of discussion encourages educators to consider what content they are focusing on in their courses, in their field schools or laboratories, and during mentoring. The study of humanity necessitates an engagement with the ethics of conducting research on human subjects and research that holds profound implications for different human populations. As the AAPA Ethics Committee becomes a standing committee and is developing a fellows program and case studies initiative for teaching purposes, this is an important moment to reflect broadly about the central values that should be supported in the up and coming generation of professionals. This symposium offers a variety of perspectives, tackling issues ranging from the importance of inclusive learning environments to professional skills a career bioanthropologist might need. Furthermore, it encourages professionals to reflect on the many stakeholders who are interested and affected by research questions and methods, as well as new possibilities for collaboration. We hope that educators and students alike will be engaged in these reflections on pedagogical and disciplinary values and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. 1 What SLACS might lack: Teaching Biological Anthropology and ethics at a small liberal arts college.
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