BA WMN

Biological Anthropology Women's Mentoring Network is a space to talk about professional development, mentoring and advocacy for women in biological anthropology

[BA WMN @BA_WMN]

Hey there! 👋 Do you have a new paper, a conference or workshop, a field school, a job posting, or anything else you’d like to share with the BAWMN audience? Send us your news and we’ll post it on our socials! Fill out your info here:
https://t.co/ymj6icuHfj

[nature @Nature]

Bad experiences with supervisors are common among early-career researchers and one of the leading reasons they leave academia

https://t.co/n8g2sVTCq8

[American Anthropological Association @AmericanAnthro]

Last month, AAA joined scholars and advocates for Advocacy Day, organized by @COSSADC

Together, they met with policymakers to highlight the importance of research funding and the vital role of the social sciences.

Learn more: https://t.co/4mJiSkpPY5

#SupportScience

[Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel]

The best predictor of scientific impact isn't gender, seniority, methodology, or geography, it is the informal network of colleagues and mentors who provide guidance and feedback. We are often ignore the most important source of success.

Informal support networks are the unsung heroes in science. Joining a great community of supportive and collaborative colleagues might therefore be one of the most important keys to success.

This is based on a new paper analyzing the scientific impact of 86,000 scholars. The authors found that informal connections (ie the people who you thank in acknowledgement sections) are more important that your coauthors in predicting publication productivity and impact.

https://t.co/w8rJHWFpha

[Dr Ashleigh Wiseman @ArchaeoAshleigh]

How does muscle function vary across primate species and is it shaped by the typical loading patterns of their lower limbs?

See our new publication here: https://t.co/uiLvGVAqtE

All MSK models are open access!

@CamBioanth @UCamArchaeology @ERC_Research

[BA WMN @BA_WMN]

Want us to highlight something for the next #CiteWomenWednesday ? Make a submission here: https://t.co/ymj6icuHfj

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Happy #CiteWomenWednesday 🎉- BAWMN Co-Founder Dr. Tanya Smith (@.drtanyamsmith.bsky.social) has highlighted a new publication by our incoming co-chair, Dr. Rachel Dickerson and colleagues!
🧬 Check it out here: https://t.co/YmjsGtM5jN

[Dr. Catharine Young @DrCatharineY]

A 31% drop in NIH grants focused on women in 2025.

Behind that number are labs, scientists, and diseases like endometriosis and ovarian cancer - areas that have long been misunderstood, underfunded, and deprioritized.

inequity reinforced by science in real time.

[Earth @earthcurated]

On EarthDay, remember: Earth isn’t just ours—it belongs to every living creature. When habitats disappear, so do they.

[Earth @earthcurated]

Today is National Earth Day.

[Wenner-Gren Foundation @WennerGrenOrg]

Webinar - On April 27th join the Foundation’s president, Danilyn Rutherford, for a discussion of the Engaged Research Grant program. https://t.co/YxTTv6TEsR

[BA WMN @BA_WMN]

BAWMN Happy Hour is TODAY! Meet us in the Windows in Tower.

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Happening today at Maggiano's!

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📃🖋️Do you have a new paper, a conference or workshop, a field school, a job posting, or anything else you’d like to share with the BAWMN audience? Please send us your news and we’ll post it on our socials! Fill out your info here:
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Get excited!! 👏👏 - The BAWMN has organized several events during the #AABAs2026! We hope to see you there! Below is information on the workshop, the World Cafe (registration required), and our popular Happy Hour:

[BA WMN @BA_WMN]

📃🖋️Do you have a new paper, a conference or workshop, a field school, a job posting, or anything else you’d like to share with the BAWMN audience? Please send us your news and we’ll post it on our socials! Fill out your info here:
https://t.co/ymj6icuHfj

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

“My wish is that this will provide a positive message to the young girls who would like to follow the path of science, and to show them that women in science can also have an impact through their research”

- Emmanuelle Charpentier

[Dr Ashleigh Wiseman @ArchaeoAshleigh]

Interested in applying for a 2026 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF)?

If you’re working on hominin locomotion, functional morphology or postcranial evolution—get in touch! Would be hosted @ McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge☠️💀🦍

[madeleine✶ @pilatesgirly]

cathartic read after feeling stupid at uni

[Emmanuel Tsekleves @PhDtoProf]

One of my mentees submitted her PhD proposal.

Her supervisor sent it back with three words:

"Where's your theoretical framework?"

She had spent four months writing. Reading over 80 papers.

But she had no theoretical framework. And she didn't even know what one was.