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Dr. Pat Shipman
Welcome/Plenary
Speaker
Freelance writer and Professor of
Anthropology
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
USA
 The special speaker for the conference is Pat Shipman, Ph.D.
Dr. Shipman is currently at Pennsylvania State University. Her
forte is the history of anthropology and the study and
interpretation of fossils. She is the author of "Taking
Wing", an exploration of archaeopteryx and the
evolution of bird flight. Her presentation will further this
exploration by looking at the newest discoveries in this field.
Education: Smith College B.A. 1970 Religion; New York
University M.A.1973 Physical Anthropology; New York University,
Ph.D. 1977 Physical Anthropology.
Dr. Shipman's work at Penn State:
http://www.anthro.psu.edu/faculty_staff/shipman.shtml |
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PUBLICATION SUMMARY
I am internationally known as a
paleoanthropologist and conducted research for many years in
Africa. I have written more than 50 scholarly articles,
appearing in journals such as Nature, Science,
Journal of Archaeological Science, Paleobiology,
Journal of Human Evolution, and Current Anthropology.
I have written more than 100 articles in popular
science magazines or newspapers, including The Guardian, The New
York Times, The Times Literary Supplement, American Scientist,
Discover, and Natural History. Two of my books
were featured on the cover of The New York Times Book Review,
including Taking Wing; Archaeopteryx
and the Evolution of Bird Flight.
Taking Wing won the Phi Beta Kappa prize
for science book of the year and was a runner-up for the LA
Times Science Book prize. My book on Homo erectus,
Wisdom of the Bones,
was co-authored by Alan Walker and won the Rhone-Poulenc Prize
in science writing.
My books have been widely praised as compelling,
accessible, and highly readable, with a strong narrative
thread. Reviewers frequently comment upon the meticulous
research that underpins my books, a feature I consider to be my
trademark.
My most recent popular science book, The Ape
in the Tree, written with Alan Walker, was called by The
Vancouver Sun “part adventure story, part cutting-edge science.”
In a Science magazine review, the book was praised as “a
fine account of new ways to puzzle out the behaviors of
fossilized animals from odd scraps of bone.” Another reviewer
raved, “Wonderfully engaging and insightful, The Ape in the
Tree, is sure to become a classic in the literature on human
origins.” MacArthur fellow John Fleagle wrote in the
Quarterly Review of Biology, “Science writing doesn’t get
any better than this.” In 2009, this book was awarded the W.W.
Howells Book Prize by the American Anthropological Association.
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PRIZES AND HONORS |
| 1965 |
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IBM National Merit Scholarship |
| 1971 |
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NYU University Graduate Fellowship |
| 1993 |
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The Neandertals was a finalist for the
Rhône-Poulenc Prize in Great Britain and a New York
Times notable book of the year. |
| 1996 |
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Essay, "One Woman's Life in Science"
won the silver medal in the editorial or column category
of the Society of National Association Publications. |
| 1997 |
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The Wisdom of the Bones was awarded the
Rhône-Poulenc Prize. |
| 1998 |
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Taking Wing
won the Phi Beta Kappa Science Prize and was one
of five finalists in science in the Los Angeles Times
Book Award. |
| 2000 |
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Selected
as the 2000 A. Dixon and Betty F. Johnson Lecturer on
the Communication of Science at Penn State. |
| 2001 |
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Elected as a Fellow of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science in the
Anthropology division and a Fellow of the Royal
Geographic Society. |
| 2006 |
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Awarded the Leighton Wilkie Prize by
the Center for Research into the Anthropological
Foundations of Technology, Indiana University, for my
lifetime contributions to paleoanthropology and
taphonomy. |
| 2009 |
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Won the W. W. Howells book award for
The Ape in the Tree. |
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BOOKS |
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1981 |
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Shipman,
Pat. Life History of a Fossil: An Introduction to
Taphonomy and Paleoecology Harvard University Press,
Cambridge. |
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1985 |
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Shipman,
Pat, Alan Walker, and David Bichell. The Human Skeleton.
Harvard University Press, Cambridge. |
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1992 |
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Trinkaus,
Erik, and Pat Shipman. The Neandertals: Changing the
Image of Mankind. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., N.Y. |
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1994 |
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Shipman,
Pat. The Evolution of Racism: Human Differences and the
Use and Misuse of Science. Simon & Schuster, N.Y. |
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1995 |
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Walker,
Alan, and Pat Shipman. The Wisdom of the Bones. Alfred
A. Knopf, Inc., N.Y. |
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1998 |
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Shipman,
Pat. Taking Wing: Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of
Bird Flight. Simon and Schuster, N.Y. |
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2001 |
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Shipman,
Pat. The Man Who Found the Missing Link. Simon &
Schuster, New York. |
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2004 |
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Shipman,
Pat. To the Heart of the Nile: Lady Baker and the
Exploration of Central Africa. HarperCollins, NY. |
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2005 |
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Walker,
Alan, and Shipman, Pat. The Ape in the Tree: A Natural
and Intellectual History of Proconsul. Harvard
University Press, Cambridge. |
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2007 |
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Shipman,
Pat. Femme Fatale; Love, Lies, and the Unknown Life of
Mata Hari. HarperCollins, New York. |
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In prep. |
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Shipman,
Pat. The Animal Connection. W.W. Norton & Co, NY. |
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