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Membership

The Biological Anthropology Women’s Mentoring Network is open to graduate-level bioanthropologists irrespective of academic rank, employment status, or industry.

Mentoring Circles

BAWMN has launched a semi-formal mentoring network designed to connect groups of women in biological anthropology (“circles”) with similar professional interests or goals . The goal of this program is to foster interaction outside of annual meetings and connect members through virtual mentoring opportunities.

BAWMN has chosen the group mentoring model because:

  1. No single mentor can fulfill all needs of a mentee.
  2. All members have equal power and investment in the relationship.
  3. All members benefit mutually.

BAWMN has created a database of members interested in joining a mentoring circle.  To add your name to the database, please complete this mentorship survey  After submitting your survey, you will receive a follow-up e-mail containing a database link.

Leadership Opportunities

BA WMN organizational structure is deliberately non-hierarchical. Responsibilities are shared by a volunteer Steering Committee, whose Co-Chairs rotate annually.

If you would like to be involved in organizing BA WMN events, please e-mail the current Co-Chairs, Sarah Lacy and Michelle Singleton.

BA WMN CITE CLUB

We at BAWMN are delighted to announce that we are kicking off 2024 with a bang by establishing a CITE CLUB! Inspired by the Feminist Educators Against Sexism’s CITE CLUB, numerous studies have established that academic articles written by women receive fewer citations than those of men across a range of academic fields. Other studies have demonstrated that social media helps to increase citations. We invite you to submit citations for and links to exemplary work of women in biological anthropology to support our CITE CLUB social media feed. Here we’re flipping the script: the first rule of CITE CLUB will be to talk about CITE CLUB. Please encourage others to submit, amplify, and share their own best work too! 

BA WMN Social Media Suggestion Form

If you want to share something with the BAWMN audience via our social media platforms (e.g., news stories, new publications, field schools, upcoming conferences/workshops, etc.), please fill out this form and we’ll spread the word on twitter, etc.!