Abstracts for the 2025 conference are due October 15, 2024 by 11:59 pm PDT.


Four steps to submit an abstract:

As you begin to plan your AABA 2025 presentation, please note:

The deadline for submitting your abstract is October 15, 2024.

Information About Poster and Podium Presentations for 2025:

The AABA meeting offers the opportunity to deliver presentations in either a poster or a podium format. You will be asked to state your preference for venue: in person or online. If you submit your research for online presentation, you may choose to upload a pdf of a poster or a recording of a presentation. With the exception of invited symposia, there will not be live, online sessions. If you choose to present online, your presentation materials will need to be uploaded to the virtual platform one week in advance of the conference.

Authors are asked to state their preference for a podium or poster presentation as part of their abstract submission. 

While we will try to match all authors with their preferred format, we cannot guarantee that your preferences will be met. Final decisions regarding presentation type and abstract acceptance/rejection rest with the Program Chair.

Abstract Preparation:

All presentations will be represented in the Conference Program volume with a peer-reviewed published abstract. Please prepare your abstract carefully.

Abstracts are reviewed by two members of the Program Committee who rank them on a scale of 1 to 3 (reject, low priority, high priority). If the abstract is acceptable, they also recommend whether it should be a poster or podium presentation. To be ranked highly and accepted, the abstract must contain a clear statement of purpose, provide essential new information, including results of the investigation and conclusion(s), and address the importance of the findings for anthropology. We are aware that many organizations accept abstracts without results, but the AABA does not. To be accepted, an abstract must include clear evidence that data have been analyzed and results have been obtained. Occasionally it is appropriate for abstracts to be submitted which do not include results but which are synthetic in nature. In general, however, abstracts must present new results. Abstracts cannot exceed 250 words.  

A careful selection of keywords at the time of submission on your part will enable your abstracts to be appropriately reviewed and help the Advance Program Committee to put together a coherent and exciting program. Please choose your keywords thoughtfully!

As you prepare your abstract, please carefully consider the language used to describe your research. Please be mindful of whether the language in your abstract may inadvertently contribute to marginalization of underrepresented groups in biological anthropology.

To avoid the rejection of your abstract, please do not…

Here is an example of what the abstracts for AABA look like:

When you are ready to submit your abstract:

Additional Information:

Interested in chairing a session?  The 2025 meeting will include opportunities for chairing sessions. Please indicate your willingness to chair a session during the abstract submission process.

The Abstract Review Process: The Program Committee comprises AABA members in good standing, and includes scholars from a range of fields within our discipline.  Each abstract is read by at least two members of the Program Committee with appropriate expertise. Each reviewer ranks the abstracts on a scale of 1 to 3 (reject, low priority, high priority) and recommends the most appropriate format (poster/podium) for the presentation. If two members recommend rejection, the abstract is reviewed by another member of the committee and by the Program Chair. The AABA retains the right of rejection of any abstract. Decisions are final.

Notification of Abstract Acceptance/Rejection: Abstract decisions will be distributed via e-mail to the registered author in early December 2024.

Technical Notes: The online system will e-mail the registered first author a confirmation when you have successfully submitted your abstract. In some cases, especially Gmail addresses and university email run by Google, this email may be filtered as spam. If you do not receive your confirmation email within 1 hour of submission, please e-mail vicepresident@bioanth.org

QUESTIONS? email Vice President & Program Chair Amy Rector at vicepresident@bioanth.org.