Science Policy
The AABA Science Policy Committee advises the association on how to best promote, maintain, and communicate rigorous science. The committee’s work is advisory to the AABA officers. The committee will advise and prepare AABA to be in the best position to react to policy changes that affect our ability to fund, communicate and undertake our science as well as to be proactive in promoting our science, our ability to do science, and to preserve and expand available funding mechanisms. The committee is a non-partisan but pro-science group.
Postings to the Science Policy ribbon on the landing page relate to the committee’s work and to information from AABA officers on related topics. A link to past posts is below.
Science Policy Broader Impacts
Examining Historical Data from Skeletal Remains
This is a 2-year committee, in effect from July 2024 – June 2026. The current charge of the committee is to examine historical data from skeletal remains.
Committee membership:
Lumila Menéndez, Chair, University of Bonn
Noriko Seguchi, Kyushu University
Marien Beguelin, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Heather JH Edgar, University of New Mexico
Erika L’Abbe, University of Pretoria
Marin Pilloud, University of Nevada Reno
Mirsha Quinto Sánchez, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Michael Rivera, University of Hong Kong
Teresa Wilson, Louisiana State University
Science Advocacy Committee
The AABA Science Advocacy Committee is an ad hoc committee charged to advocate for science funding and the public understanding of science. As such we work with other existing committees to promote awards, events, and workshops to promote these goals. We will also run skill trainings to teach more AABA members how to manage, increase, or integrate their public engagement work into their science.
Committee membership:
Kate Clancy, Chair, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Amy Non, University of California, San Diego
Sean Tallman, Boston University