Anne Pisor
@annepisor.bsky.social
Faculty (Penn State), lab director (https://socialitylab.org), entrepreneur. Interdisciplinary anthropologist studying how people cooperate to manage risk. Foodie. 🌎🌍
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Anne Pisor
@annepisor.bsky.social
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A transdisciplinary approach to growing an applied science of cultural evolution for a sustainable future
Abstract. Addressing sustainability challenges requires an integrative approach that bridges scientific research with practical application. The field of c
royalsocietypublishing.org
Academics talk a lot about sustainability, but not always in ways practitioners can use. We spent 3 days with NGOs, businesses & community organizers to understand what actually works. New paper in Phil Trans B: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...
#AcademicSky #ScienceCommunication 🧪
#AcademicSky #ScienceCommunication 🧪
Climate preparedness is on a lot of minds this year. Loved new pieces from @nytwirecutter.bsky.social on this & they have lots of recommendations, but it can be hard to decide where to start. Based on my past work, here are three smaller lifts from Wirecutter's list that can make a big difference:
January 14, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Climate preparedness is on a lot of minds this year. Loved new pieces from @nytwirecutter.bsky.social on this & they have lots of recommendations, but it can be hard to decide where to start. Based on my past work, here are three smaller lifts from Wirecutter's list that can make a big difference:
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3/3 👉 Can also compare content to what's on the restored cdc webpage (i.e. archive.org). If different, treat with caution unless there's clear scientific evidence explained on the webpage backing up the changes (not pseudoscience hand waving about 'abundant evidence' and 'restoring transparency')
STAT is backing up and monitoring CDC data in real time: See what's changing
STAT is backing up and monitoring CDC data in real time: See what's changing.
www.statnews.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:22 PM
3/3 👉 Can also compare content to what's on the restored cdc webpage (i.e. archive.org). If different, treat with caution unless there's clear scientific evidence explained on the webpage backing up the changes (not pseudoscience hand waving about 'abundant evidence' and 'restoring transparency')
What's in there:
-NOAA funding the same, NSF similar decrease as last year (not big)
-NSF, NASA, and DOE can't change their indirects (would help sustain necessary scientific infrastructure at unis)
-SBIR & STTR will stay alive at NASA & DOE (keeps supporting small businesses in science & tech)
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-NOAA funding the same, NSF similar decrease as last year (not big)
-NSF, NASA, and DOE can't change their indirects (would help sustain necessary scientific infrastructure at unis)
-SBIR & STTR will stay alive at NASA & DOE (keeps supporting small businesses in science & tech)
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Congress Set to Finalize Science Budgets Rejecting Trump Cuts www.aip.org/fyi/congress...
Congress Set to Finalize Science Budgets Rejecting Trump Cuts
The bipartisan deal still reduces funding for many science agencies, including NSF and NASA.
www.aip.org
January 10, 2026 at 5:06 PM
What's in there:
-NOAA funding the same, NSF similar decrease as last year (not big)
-NSF, NASA, and DOE can't change their indirects (would help sustain necessary scientific infrastructure at unis)
-SBIR & STTR will stay alive at NASA & DOE (keeps supporting small businesses in science & tech)
🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
-NOAA funding the same, NSF similar decrease as last year (not big)
-NSF, NASA, and DOE can't change their indirects (would help sustain necessary scientific infrastructure at unis)
-SBIR & STTR will stay alive at NASA & DOE (keeps supporting small businesses in science & tech)
🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
US-based scientists are stubborn: we're stubbornly staying in community.
We're still showing up. We're turning up in droves at college and institute and department holiday parties, society and org gatherings, and end-of-semester celebrations.
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We're still showing up. We're turning up in droves at college and institute and department holiday parties, society and org gatherings, and end-of-semester celebrations.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
US-based scientists are stubborn: we're stubbornly staying in community.
We're still showing up. We're turning up in droves at college and institute and department holiday parties, society and org gatherings, and end-of-semester celebrations.
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We're still showing up. We're turning up in droves at college and institute and department holiday parties, society and org gatherings, and end-of-semester celebrations.
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Recent piece in The Conversation by @annepisor.bsky.social !! theconversation.com/a-hard-year-...
A hard year for federal workers offers a real-time lesson in resilience
During a year of extraordinary uncertainty, workers built resilient networks within and across boundaries and distance. An anthropologist explains how these clusters and long-distance ties help people...
theconversation.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Recent piece in The Conversation by @annepisor.bsky.social !! theconversation.com/a-hard-year-...
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Check out this article SSRI cofund @annepisor.bsky.social wrote for the @us.theconversation.com about federal workers & how they've been building support networks online.
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A hard year for federal workers offers a real-time lesson in resilience | Social Science Research Institute
By Anne Pisor, SSRI cofunded faculty member and assistant professor of anthropology and demography, for "The Conversation"
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December 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Check out this article SSRI cofund @annepisor.bsky.social wrote for the @us.theconversation.com about federal workers & how they've been building support networks online.
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Great piece about federal workers coming together. At #AltGov we know a thing or two about that. 🧡
It's been a rough year for #federalworkers.
But here's what most people don't see: workers are building remarkably resilient networks of mutual support 🤝
In @us.theconversation.com, federal workers share their stories with me... 👇🏻
But here's what most people don't see: workers are building remarkably resilient networks of mutual support 🤝
In @us.theconversation.com, federal workers share their stories with me... 👇🏻
A hard year for federal workers offers a real-time lesson in resilience
During a year of extraordinary uncertainty, workers built resilient networks within and across boundaries and distance. An anthropologist explains how these clusters and long-distance ties help people...
theconversation.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Great piece about federal workers coming together. At #AltGov we know a thing or two about that. 🧡
Academics talk a lot about sustainability, but not always in ways practitioners can use. We spent 3 days with NGOs, businesses & community organizers to understand what actually works. New paper in Phil Trans B: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...
#AcademicSky #ScienceCommunication 🧪
#AcademicSky #ScienceCommunication 🧪
A transdisciplinary approach to growing an applied science of cultural evolution for a sustainable future
Abstract. Addressing sustainability challenges requires an integrative approach that bridges scientific research with practical application. The field of c
royalsocietypublishing.org
December 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Academics talk a lot about sustainability, but not always in ways practitioners can use. We spent 3 days with NGOs, businesses & community organizers to understand what actually works. New paper in Phil Trans B: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...
#AcademicSky #ScienceCommunication 🧪
#AcademicSky #ScienceCommunication 🧪
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Thousands of federal workers lost their jobs in 2025, but something unexpected emerged: they organized online to share information about unemployment benefits and emotional support – often with colleagues they'd never interacted with outside of work. @annepisor.bsky.social explains:
A hard year for federal workers offers a real-time lesson in resilience
During a year of extraordinary uncertainty, workers built resilient networks within and across boundaries and distance. An anthropologist explains how these clusters and long-distance ties help…
buff.ly
December 4, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Thousands of federal workers lost their jobs in 2025, but something unexpected emerged: they organized online to share information about unemployment benefits and emotional support – often with colleagues they'd never interacted with outside of work. @annepisor.bsky.social explains:
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It's been a rough year for #federalworkers.
But here's what most people don't see: workers are building remarkably resilient networks of mutual support 🤝
In @us.theconversation.com, federal workers share their stories with me... 👇🏻
But here's what most people don't see: workers are building remarkably resilient networks of mutual support 🤝
In @us.theconversation.com, federal workers share their stories with me... 👇🏻
A hard year for federal workers offers a real-time lesson in resilience
During a year of extraordinary uncertainty, workers built resilient networks within and across boundaries and distance. An anthropologist explains how these clusters and long-distance ties help people...
theconversation.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It's been a rough year for #federalworkers.
But here's what most people don't see: workers are building remarkably resilient networks of mutual support 🤝
In @us.theconversation.com, federal workers share their stories with me... 👇🏻
But here's what most people don't see: workers are building remarkably resilient networks of mutual support 🤝
In @us.theconversation.com, federal workers share their stories with me... 👇🏻
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tap. tap. is this thing on? evanthsociety is live on Bluesky! Watch this space for exciting and important updates about all things evolutionary anthropology. And, of course, for news about the upcoming EAS activities HBA in #Denver under #EASHBA2026 (pronounced eesh-buh). Re-post!
December 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
tap. tap. is this thing on? evanthsociety is live on Bluesky! Watch this space for exciting and important updates about all things evolutionary anthropology. And, of course, for news about the upcoming EAS activities HBA in #Denver under #EASHBA2026 (pronounced eesh-buh). Re-post!
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🚨Job Alert plz RT!
Johns Hopkins Psych & Brain Sciences is looking for a new colleague using behavioral or computational approaches to study cognition!
We are excited about many areas of (esp higher) cognition in human adults, children, or nonhuman animals
Open-rank
apply.interfolio.com/178146
Johns Hopkins Psych & Brain Sciences is looking for a new colleague using behavioral or computational approaches to study cognition!
We are excited about many areas of (esp higher) cognition in human adults, children, or nonhuman animals
Open-rank
apply.interfolio.com/178146
December 2, 2025 at 2:54 AM
🚨Job Alert plz RT!
Johns Hopkins Psych & Brain Sciences is looking for a new colleague using behavioral or computational approaches to study cognition!
We are excited about many areas of (esp higher) cognition in human adults, children, or nonhuman animals
Open-rank
apply.interfolio.com/178146
Johns Hopkins Psych & Brain Sciences is looking for a new colleague using behavioral or computational approaches to study cognition!
We are excited about many areas of (esp higher) cognition in human adults, children, or nonhuman animals
Open-rank
apply.interfolio.com/178146
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New paper out in Phil Trans with Angel Jimenez, Keith Jensen and Lei Chang
From information free-riding to information sharing: how have humans solved the cooperative dilemma at the heart of cumulative cultural evolution?
royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...
From information free-riding to information sharing: how have humans solved the cooperative dilemma at the heart of cumulative cultural evolution?
royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...
From information free-riding to information sharing: how have humans solved the cooperative dilemma at the heart of cumulative cultural evolution?
Abstract. Cumulative cultural evolution, where populations accumulate ever-improving knowledge, technologies and social customs, is arguably a unique featu
royalsocietypublishing.org
December 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
New paper out in Phil Trans with Angel Jimenez, Keith Jensen and Lei Chang
From information free-riding to information sharing: how have humans solved the cooperative dilemma at the heart of cumulative cultural evolution?
royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...
From information free-riding to information sharing: how have humans solved the cooperative dilemma at the heart of cumulative cultural evolution?
royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...
It's been a rough year for #federalworkers.
But here's what most people don't see: workers are building remarkably resilient networks of mutual support 🤝
In @us.theconversation.com, federal workers share their stories with me... 👇🏻
But here's what most people don't see: workers are building remarkably resilient networks of mutual support 🤝
In @us.theconversation.com, federal workers share their stories with me... 👇🏻
A hard year for federal workers offers a real-time lesson in resilience
During a year of extraordinary uncertainty, workers built resilient networks within and across boundaries and distance. An anthropologist explains how these clusters and long-distance ties help people...
theconversation.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It's been a rough year for #federalworkers.
But here's what most people don't see: workers are building remarkably resilient networks of mutual support 🤝
In @us.theconversation.com, federal workers share their stories with me... 👇🏻
But here's what most people don't see: workers are building remarkably resilient networks of mutual support 🤝
In @us.theconversation.com, federal workers share their stories with me... 👇🏻
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We are hiring a postdoc in the evolveD lab (evolvedlab.net) at Rutgers University. The remit is broad. We are looking for innovation, passion, and ethical collaboration. Please share the ad and email/ DM w/ Qs. We will start reviewing applications January 5.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
We are hiring a postdoc in the evolveD lab (evolvedlab.net) at Rutgers University. The remit is broad. We are looking for innovation, passion, and ethical collaboration. Please share the ad and email/ DM w/ Qs. We will start reviewing applications January 5.
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🚨 AWARD DEADLINE 🚨
If you are, or know someone, doing really cool research as an early-career researcher…EHBEA is calling for SELF-nominations on their New Investigator Award.
Deadline? December 19th, 2025
More information below 👇
If you are, or know someone, doing really cool research as an early-career researcher…EHBEA is calling for SELF-nominations on their New Investigator Award.
Deadline? December 19th, 2025
More information below 👇
🚨AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
EHBEA is calling for SELF-nominations for their New Investigator Award.
If you are doing, or know someone, some really cool research as an early-career researcher please don’t hesitate to apply!
DEADLINE: December 19th, 2025
Here is the form👇
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
EHBEA is calling for SELF-nominations for their New Investigator Award.
If you are doing, or know someone, some really cool research as an early-career researcher please don’t hesitate to apply!
DEADLINE: December 19th, 2025
Here is the form👇
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
EHBEA-2026-New-Investigator-Award-nomination-form.docx
2026 NEW INVESTIGATOR AWARD Self-nomination Form Please submit this application form by e-mail to the EHBEA Secretary ehbea.secretary@gmail.com. Next Deadline: 5pm (GMT), 19th DECEMBER 2026 ...
docs.google.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
🚨 AWARD DEADLINE 🚨
If you are, or know someone, doing really cool research as an early-career researcher…EHBEA is calling for SELF-nominations on their New Investigator Award.
Deadline? December 19th, 2025
More information below 👇
If you are, or know someone, doing really cool research as an early-career researcher…EHBEA is calling for SELF-nominations on their New Investigator Award.
Deadline? December 19th, 2025
More information below 👇
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Highlighting these postdoc opportunities in the Pontzer Lab at Duke University for #WplusEBSWednesday!
One position is for "Human Ecology, Energetics, and Climate", and the other is for "Population Ecology Aging, and Health Network (PECAHN)".
Start date is between Jan 15th 2026 and July 1st 2026.
One position is for "Human Ecology, Energetics, and Climate", and the other is for "Population Ecology Aging, and Health Network (PECAHN)".
Start date is between Jan 15th 2026 and July 1st 2026.
Two postdoctoral opportunities in evolutionary anthropology at Duke University!
The Pontzer Lab is hiring for projects on human ecology, energetics, and aging & health.
More info: www.hbes.com/two-postdoct...
The Pontzer Lab is hiring for projects on human ecology, energetics, and aging & health.
More info: www.hbes.com/two-postdoct...
Two postdoctoral opportunities in evolutionary anthropology at Duke - HBES
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30783 Position Description The Pontzer Lab in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke University seeks two Postdoctoral Associates for research in h...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Highlighting these postdoc opportunities in the Pontzer Lab at Duke University for #WplusEBSWednesday!
One position is for "Human Ecology, Energetics, and Climate", and the other is for "Population Ecology Aging, and Health Network (PECAHN)".
Start date is between Jan 15th 2026 and July 1st 2026.
One position is for "Human Ecology, Energetics, and Climate", and the other is for "Population Ecology Aging, and Health Network (PECAHN)".
Start date is between Jan 15th 2026 and July 1st 2026.
📢 Reupping this: current & recent federal workers, would love to talk to you about how you're connecting & cooperating across agencies and regions! DM me if you'd like to share and we can switch to Signal. I'll need your name as a source for my records but am keeping folks anonymous in the article 💯
Current & recent federal workers! Are you connecting in new ways with people across agencies this year? I’m writing about it for The Conversation & would love to hear your experiences! DM me if you want to share (& happy to switch to Signal). You can remain anonymous in the article 👍🏻. Please repost!
November 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
📢 Reupping this: current & recent federal workers, would love to talk to you about how you're connecting & cooperating across agencies and regions! DM me if you'd like to share and we can switch to Signal. I'll need your name as a source for my records but am keeping folks anonymous in the article 💯
Current & recent federal workers! Are you connecting in new ways with people across agencies this year? I’m writing about it for The Conversation & would love to hear your experiences! DM me if you want to share (& happy to switch to Signal). You can remain anonymous in the article 👍🏻. Please repost!
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Current & recent federal workers! Are you connecting in new ways with people across agencies this year? I’m writing about it for The Conversation & would love to hear your experiences! DM me if you want to share (& happy to switch to Signal). You can remain anonymous in the article 👍🏻. Please repost!
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For this #WplusEBSWednesday, we wanted to highlight some job opportunities closing November 1st & 2nd!
First, Penn State University is hiring for a position as an Assistant Professor of Anthropology in Human Reproductive Ecology! (1/3)
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
First, Penn State University is hiring for a position as an Assistant Professor of Anthropology in Human Reproductive Ecology! (1/3)
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
Assistant Professor of Anthropology in Human Reproductive Ecology
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...
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October 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
For this #WplusEBSWednesday, we wanted to highlight some job opportunities closing November 1st & 2nd!
First, Penn State University is hiring for a position as an Assistant Professor of Anthropology in Human Reproductive Ecology! (1/3)
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
First, Penn State University is hiring for a position as an Assistant Professor of Anthropology in Human Reproductive Ecology! (1/3)
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
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Leiden looking good today ;-)
📢 Abstract submission will be open Nov 1st – Dec 15th for EHBEA 2026
⚡Present your research, connect & collaborate 14-17 April
📝 300 words (extendable to 800 after acceptance)
For more information & our full call for abstracts, check www.ehbea2026.com
📢 Abstract submission will be open Nov 1st – Dec 15th for EHBEA 2026
⚡Present your research, connect & collaborate 14-17 April
📝 300 words (extendable to 800 after acceptance)
For more information & our full call for abstracts, check www.ehbea2026.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Leiden looking good today ;-)
📢 Abstract submission will be open Nov 1st – Dec 15th for EHBEA 2026
⚡Present your research, connect & collaborate 14-17 April
📝 300 words (extendable to 800 after acceptance)
For more information & our full call for abstracts, check www.ehbea2026.com
📢 Abstract submission will be open Nov 1st – Dec 15th for EHBEA 2026
⚡Present your research, connect & collaborate 14-17 April
📝 300 words (extendable to 800 after acceptance)
For more information & our full call for abstracts, check www.ehbea2026.com
It was a pleasure to chat with Dave & David on @epthepod.bsky.social about all things groups: how people think about groups, when we'd expect to see intergroup tensions, and intergroup dynamics in 2025. Thanks for having me, both!
This week we talk to @annepisor.bsky.social about inter-group relations, and how they are more complex and subtle than we might think.
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Inter-group relations with Anne Pisor
YouTube video by Evolutionary Psychology (The Podcast)
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October 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
It was a pleasure to chat with Dave & David on @epthepod.bsky.social about all things groups: how people think about groups, when we'd expect to see intergroup tensions, and intergroup dynamics in 2025. Thanks for having me, both!
🚨Social scientists! @psuanthro.bsky.social & @ssripennstate.bsky.social are hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor exploring how social & ecological environments shape reproduction, growth, &/or development. Review starts soon! Please share widely! psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
Assistant Professor of Anthropology in Human Reproductive Ecology
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🚨Social scientists! @psuanthro.bsky.social & @ssripennstate.bsky.social are hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor exploring how social & ecological environments shape reproduction, growth, &/or development. Review starts soon! Please share widely! psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
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Have a resource, recommendation, or opportunity you think would benefit our community?
Submit it through this form (or comment below!) so we can feature it in an upcoming #WplusEBSWednesdays post (yes, even your own paper)! (2/2)
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W+EBS Wednesdays Recommendation Form
Have a resource, opportunity, or recommendation you think would be valuable to the Women+ in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences (W+EBS) community?
Every Wednesday, we share posts featuring useful tools,...
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October 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Have a resource, recommendation, or opportunity you think would benefit our community?
Submit it through this form (or comment below!) so we can feature it in an upcoming #WplusEBSWednesdays post (yes, even your own paper)! (2/2)
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#WplusEBS
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👋 Meet Anne, our incoming Chair!
@annepisor.bsky.social is faculty in Penn State's Anthropology dept.
As incoming chair, she's learning the ropes from Chair @abbeyepage.bsky.social while supporting in roles like engaging with society leadership and leading event organization. (1/2)
#WplusEBS
@annepisor.bsky.social is faculty in Penn State's Anthropology dept.
As incoming chair, she's learning the ropes from Chair @abbeyepage.bsky.social while supporting in roles like engaging with society leadership and leading event organization. (1/2)
#WplusEBS
October 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
👋 Meet Anne, our incoming Chair!
@annepisor.bsky.social is faculty in Penn State's Anthropology dept.
As incoming chair, she's learning the ropes from Chair @abbeyepage.bsky.social while supporting in roles like engaging with society leadership and leading event organization. (1/2)
#WplusEBS
@annepisor.bsky.social is faculty in Penn State's Anthropology dept.
As incoming chair, she's learning the ropes from Chair @abbeyepage.bsky.social while supporting in roles like engaging with society leadership and leading event organization. (1/2)
#WplusEBS