American Association for the Advancement of Science / en Susan Pfeiffer elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science /celebrates/susan-pfeiffer-elected-fellow-american-association-advancement-science <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Susan Pfeiffer elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2019-12-16T13:58:36-05:00" title="Monday, December 16, 2019 - 13:58" class="datetime">Mon, 12/16/2019 - 13:58</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/american-association-advancement-science" hreflang="en">American Association for the Advancement of Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-anthropology" hreflang="en">Department of Anthropology</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/UofT13189_s-pfeiffer_7671.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(photo by Diana Tyszko)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Susan Pfeiffer</strong>, a professor emerita in the department of anthropology in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).</p> <p>In a statement, the AAAS praised Pfeiffer’s “distinguished contributions to the field of biological anthropology, particularly related to adaptations among the Later Stone Age foragers of southern Africa.”</p> <p>Through the examination of bones and teeth using scientific methods for imaging and diet analysis, Pfeiffer’s research has shed light on early humans. She has also explored research questions related to the ancestors of First Nations peoples&nbsp;and served as chair of U of T’s Repatriation Committee, which saw returned to the Huron-Wendat Nation the remains of more than1700 ancestors.</p> <p>Professor <strong>Melanie Woodin</strong>, dean of the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science, said the faculty is “immensely proud” of Pfeiffer, praising her “research discoveries in the field of biological anthropology, her relationship building with Indigenous communities and her long-standing leadership,” in both the faculty and the university.</p> <h3><a href="https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/distinguished-bioarchaeologist-susan-pfeiffer-elected-fellow-aaas">Read the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science story</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Mon, 16 Dec 2019 18:58:36 +0000 lanthierj 161274 at