Trudy Turner Explained

Trudy Rebecca Turner
Alma Mater:New York University, Graduate School
Thesis Title:Biological variation in vervet monkeys (C̲e̲r̲c̲o̲p̲i̲t̲h̲e̲c̲u̲s̲ a̲e̲t̲h̲i̲o̲p̲s̲)
Thesis Url:https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4471733
Thesis Year:1977

Trudy Turner is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and the editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Physical Anthropology. She is known for her work on vervet monkeys, ethics in research, and women in biological anthropology.

Education and career

Turner has a B.A. from Northwestern University (1970), and earned her M.A. (1973) and Ph.D. (1977) from New York University. She conducted her postdoctoral work at the University of Michigan Medical School, and then moved to the University of Wiconsin-Milwaukee in 1987 and was promoted to professor in 1998. As of 2024 she is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.[1]

In 2019 she was named editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Physical Anthropology.[2]

Research

Turner is known for her work on Primate, with a focus on the vervet monkey. Her early work examined blood proteins[3] and growth stages[4] in vervet monkeys. She was a part of the team that sequenced the genome for the vervet monkey.[5] She has also examined ethics in population biology research[6] and examined the experiences of women in the field of biological anthropology.[7]

Selected publications

Awards and honors

In 2014 Turner received the Gabriel Lasker Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Service to the American Association of Physical Anthropology.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Trudy R. Turner . 2024-11-06 . University of Wisconsin Milwaukee . en-US.
  2. Web site: Trudy Turner - New Editor of AJPA . 2024-11-06 . AABA . en-US.
  3. Turner . T. R. . 1981 . Blood protein variation in a population of ethiopian vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops aethiops) . American Journal of Physical Anthropology . en . 55 . 2 . 225–232 . 10.1002/ajpa.1330550211 . 0002-9483.
  4. Turner . T. R. . Anapol . F. . Jolly . C. J. . 1997 . Growth, development, and sexual dimorphism in vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops) at four sites in Kenya . American Journal of Physical Anthropology . en . 103 . 1 . 19–35 . 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199705)103:1<19::AID-AJPA3>3.0.CO;2-8.
  5. Warren . Wesley C. . Jasinska . Anna J. . García-Pérez . Raquel . Svardal . Hannes . Tomlinson . Chad . Rocchi . Mariano . Archidiacono . Nicoletta . Capozzi . Oronzo . Minx . Patrick . Montague . Michael J. . Kyung . Kim . Hillier . LaDeana W. . Kremitzki . Milinn . Graves . Tina . Chiang . Colby . 2015 . The genome of the vervet (Chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus) . Genome Research . en . 25 . 12 . 1921–1933 . 10.1101/gr.192922.115 . 1088-9051 . 4665013 . 26377836.
  6. Turner . Trudy R. . 2012 . Ethical Issues in Human Population Biology . Current Anthropology . en . 53 . S5 . S222–S232 . 10.1086/662661 . 0011-3204.
  7. Turner . Trudy R. . Bernstein . Robin M. . Taylor . Andrea B. . Asangba . Abigail . Bekelman . Traci . Cramer . Jennifer Danzy . Elton . Sarah . Harvati . Katerina . Williams‐Hatala . Erin Marie . Kauffman . Laurie . Middleton . Emily . Richtsmeier . Joan . Szathmáry . Emőke . Torres‐Rouff . Christina . Thayer . Zaneta . 2018 . Participation, representation, and shared experiences of women scholars in biological anthropology . American Journal of Physical Anthropology . en . 165 . S65 . 126–157 . 10.1002/ajpa.23386 . 0002-9483.
  8. Web site: The Gabriel W. Lasker Service Award . 2024-11-06 . AABA . en-US.

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