 HONORS
AND AWARDS
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
CONSULTANCIES
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| 2002 |
2002 Research featured in BBC video on retracing African
American ancestral origins |
| 2001 |
Research featured in video Biodiversity 911 (World Wildlife
Fund) |
| 1999-present |
Associate Director for Genetics, African Burial Ground Project |
| 1992-1999 |
Coordinator for Genetics Research, African Burial Ground
Project |
| 1995-2000 |
Research featured in cover stories in the following international
publications and/or broadcasts:
Chronicle of Higher Education (July 28, 1995)(cover story and
feature presentation)
The Scientist (March 6, 1995)
Invited Guest on NightTalk (BBC version of NightLine) (September
21, 1995)
On the Nature of Things with David Suzuki, Canadian Broadcasting
Company (Oct 1996)
Wonderwise Science Project Nebraska Public Television (August
1997)
All About Biodiversity World Wildlife Fund (February 1997)
The Village Voice (Fall 1997), Salon
Online Newsmagazine (May 2000), Montgomery Journal (April
2000), and several other national and local publications |
| 1996-1999 |
Member, Committee of Genetics, Health, and Behavior, Institute
of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences |
| 1995-1998 |
Editorial Board, Human Biology, American Association of Anthropological
Genetics |
| 1995 |
Distinguished Scholar Teacher Award, University of Maryland |
| 1995 |
Awardee, Pan-Hellenic Outstanding Teaching Award, University
of Maryland |
| 1995 |
Invited Contributing Author to Human Biology: An Evolutionary
and Biocultural Perspective (Wiley Liss, Co.) |
| 1995 |
Visiting Scholar, Department of Anthropology, University of
Georgia |
| 1995-1997 |
Executive Board, Human Biology Association (formerly Human
Biology Council) |
| 1994 |
Certificate of Appreciation, Fulbright Commission, Advisory
Board, Council for International Exchange of Scholars. |
| 1992-1994 |
Certificate of Merit, Summer Undergraduate Research Program,
Graduate School, University of Maryland |
| 1993 |
Honorary Member, Pre-Medical Honor Society, University of
Maryland |
| 1991-1995 |
Council of Elders, McKnight Foundation, Florida Endowment
Fund for Higher Education |
| 1990 |
Blue Key Honor Society (honorary member), University of Florida |
| 1990 |
Ebony Appreciation Award, City of Gainesville, FL |
| 1990 |
Outstanding Teacher (nominee), College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences, Univ. of Florida |
| 1990 |
Invited Speaker, Human Biology Council Plenary Session, Miami,
FL |
| 1987-1989 |
Nominations and Elections Committee, Human Biology Council |
| 1988-1989 |
Fulbright Senior Research Fellow, EGYPT |
| 1989-1991 |
Member-at-Large, Executive Committee, Biological
Anthropology Section American Anthropological Association |
| 1988 |
Directorship, International Health, Meharry Medical Center,
Nashville, TN (Declined) |
| 1988 |
Executive Committee (Nominee), Human Biology Council |
| 1987 |
Visiting Professor, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, SUDAN |
| 1986 |
Outstanding Young American Woman |
| 1986 |
Outstanding Contribution to Upward Bound Program University
of Florida |
| 1985 |
Principal's Award, Oakland Public Schools |
| 1985 |
Sigma Xi, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1985 |
Esquire Register (nominee) |
| 1984 |
Certificate of Achievement in Advanced Chromatography and
Electrophoresis, Helena Laboratories, San Francisco, CA |
| 1984 |
Diploma with Honors and Distinction, Computer Programming,
Computer Learning Center, San Francisco, CA |
| 1983 |
Fellow, Human Biology Council |
| 1982-1986 |
Member, Graduate Group in Genetics, University of California |
| 1982 |
Member, New York Academy of Sciences |
| 1981 |
Member, International Society for Tropical Root Crops, Geneva,
SWITZERLAND |
| 1980 |
Meritorious Research Award for 1980, Excellence in Graduate
Student Research, Sigma Delta Epsilon, Graduate Women in Science,
Cornell University |
| 1972 |
Mortar Board, Cornell University |
| 1972 |
Cum laude in Anthropology and with Distinction in All Subjects,
Cornell University |
| 1970 |
Class of 1950 Scholar, Cornell University |
| 1968-1970 |
Presidents Honor Roll and Dean's List, University of Colorado,
Boulder, CO |
