Dr Stacey Ward
wardstaceym.bsky.social
Dr Stacey Ward
@wardstaceym.bsky.social
Bioarchaeologist | Studies Ancient Health and Inequality, Bioarch Education | Lover of Cats and Star Trek
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We are pleased to offer Student Conference Support Grants for our 2025 meeting. If you are an ASHB student member and intend on presenting either a paper or poster, consider applying for financial support here: forms.gle/77WCN3ym3fGQ...

Applications close 11:59 NZDT on Monday 13th of October.
October 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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There's just over a week left to claim earlybird registration discounts and get your abstracts in for the upcoming Auckland conference! Register and/or submit your abstracts at the link below by October 6 to avoid missing out!

www.australasianhumanbiology.com/conferences....
September 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Bishop needs to go as well. There is no sensible governance arrangement where she gets to lead appointing a new VC. A new Chancellor / Chair and then a deep breath followed by a proper process to appoint a new VC / CEO needed. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
ANU vice-chancellor resigns after months of controversy
Genevieve Bell has bowed to intense pressure and resigned from her position as Australian National University vice-chancellor.
www.abc.net.au
September 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Conference registration and abstract submission are now open for our 2025 Conference in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland! Learn more at www.australasianhumanbiology.com/conferences....
August 29, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Please sign and share this petition for ANU Council to:

🛑Stop forced redundancies

🛑Stop proposed school/center closures and amalgamations

🛑Sack the Chancellor and VC

It’s open not only to students and staff but also to all members of the broader ANU community.

nteu.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT...
Petition to ANU Council
In support of our petition, we observe that:  • ANU Council has the entire control and management of the University and is required to act in all matters concerning the ANU in the way it thinks w...
nteu.informz.net
August 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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"We need to be clear: the Vice-Chancellor’s latest announcement is not a change of course — it is a public relations exercise."

A statement from Our ANU on today's misleading announcement from the VC 👇

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Our ANU statement on VC's misleading announcement on redundancies
Dear colleagues, students, and friends, We need to be clear: the Vice-Chancellor’s latest announcement is not a change of course — it is a public relations exercise. It is presented as a compromise,...
docs.google.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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Completely untenable. No leadership just inexcusable behaviour www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Academic labels Julie Bishop ‘hostile and arrogant’ in tearful evidence to ANU inquiry
Liz Allen alleged she was ‘bullied into near suicide’ at the institution
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Thank you to Senator @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social for raising this important survey in today’s senate hearing.
ANU community members, please help complete this governance survey.

The organizers are seeking high volume of responses before the Senate hearing next Tuesday.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
August 11, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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“The Australian Academy of Humanities views with great concern the impact on staff, students and the wider community of the ANU’s plan for the humanities and social sciences.

Now is not the time to reduce our national humanities capabilities…”

humanities.org.au/news/austral...
Australia can't withstand further humanities cuts
The Australian Academy of Humanities views with great concern the impact on staff, students and the wider community of the ANU’s plan for the humanities and social sciences. Now is not the time to red...
humanities.org.au
July 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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To aid transparency, Our ANU is calling for staff to share their CMP feedback submissions.

When we can hear each other’s voices, we’ll be stronger.

Email CMP submissions to ourANU25@gmail.com

We will publish them on our Substack (ouranu.substack.com) and google drive: shorturl.at/VBhCO
Our ANU | OurANU | Substack
Click to read Our ANU, by OurANU, a Substack publication.
ouranu.substack.com
July 8, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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The @ourANU Dean of CASS has cited a $250m operational deficit as justification for cuts.

However, Renew ANU was based on a $200m deficit. And that was wrong - it was really $140m.

@NTEUnion has no confidence that ANU is across the numbers.
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/901291...
Unfortunately, some cuts are necessary. But there is an opportunity we can't miss
This college is beloved and I want it to thrive.
www.canberratimes.com.au
July 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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**SAVE THE DATE - 2025 CONFERENCE! **

We are thrilled to announce that our 2025 Conference will be held in Auckland, New Zealand, from 10-12 December!

More information will be available on our website soon: www.australasianhumanbiology.com/
March 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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The 2025 round of the ASHB Studentship is now open for applications! Up to $2000 of funding is available to support student research. To become a member and learn more about this opportunity, please visit www.australasianhumanbiology.com
May 6, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Absolutely stoked to learn I've been promoted to Senior Lecturer at the ANU from 2025! It's taken a lot of hard work and the help of lots of amazing supporters. Huge thanks to all the folk who have encouraged, advised, listened to rants, and generally been awesome along the journey so far ⭐😍🥰
December 15, 2024 at 11:41 PM
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Very excited (and a bit nervous) to announce that I will be hiring two Postdocs for my new group(!) in Copenhagen to study the Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA which survives in present-day humans. Retweet will be much appreciated :)

Link for application:
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
December 2, 2024 at 12:47 PM
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Job alert!! Join Integrative Biology at UC Berkeley. We are hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of global change biology with emphasis on the Ecology and Evolution of Host-Microbe Interactions (pathogens, mutualists, microbiomes).

aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04476
Assistant Professor - Global Change Biology- Department of Integrative Biology
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
July 8, 2024 at 2:51 PM
I discovered a Star Trek themed colour palette for R and believe I have now reached ⭐🌈NERDVANA🌈⭐
December 2, 2024 at 10:39 PM
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Started up a bioarch starter pack 🤩
Let me know if you want to be added or have suggestions 😊
#archaeology #bioarchaeology

go.bsky.app/N5yfURb
November 17, 2024 at 10:50 AM
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Hi all! 👋 We're the Australasian Society for Human Biology! We were founded in 1987 to promote and support research, teaching, and communication in all fields of human biology in Australasia, and we offer student funding, annual conferences, and more! Learn more at www.australasianhumanbiology.com
November 29, 2024 at 2:43 AM
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I started a feminist anthropology started pack. Let me know if you want to be added. Please share
go.bsky.app/KdiCNZF
November 12, 2024 at 5:15 PM
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Really looking forward to charing the @aushumanbiology.bsky.social discussion panel on Ethics in Biological Anthropology today with Anneka Anderson, Alison Behie, Damien Huffer, Jamie Metzger #ashb2024
November 27, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Hi everyone! I'm Stacey, a bioarchaeologist currently based at the Australian National University. My major research foci are the relationships between health and inequality in ancient Thailand and bioarchaeology education, and I also dabble in spatial analysis. Looking forward to meeting you all 😀
November 27, 2024 at 4:10 AM