- Nationality
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Affiliation
- Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University
- Field of study
- Social Sciences
- Residencies at STIAS
- 2023 1st Semester 2020 1st Semester 2018 1st Semester 2017 2nd Semester 2016 2nd Semester 2015 2nd Semester 2014 2nd Semester 2013 1st Semester 2012 & Earlier
Projects
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Hair: The Natural and Unnatural History of a Human Obsession
Hair is one of the most distinctive features of the human species and of individual people. -
The Effects of Race
The STIAS Effects of Race project project will address major gaps in our knowledge on race thinking and racialism. -
Human skin pigmentation: Further studies of its evolution, biological consequences, and social meaning
Recent research on the topic explored the effects of skin pigmentation on human health and social well-being, and upcoming projects will focus on these aims.
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public lecture / seminar
Wandering in prehistory - Fellows' seminar by Nina Jablonski
Skin colour cannot be used as a basis for any classification of people into types or races.
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Nina Jablonski elected to US National Academy of Sciences
STIAS Permanent fellow and Evan Pugh Professor of Anthropology at Penn State University Nina Jablonski has been elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
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When the rainbow melts – trying to find out why
Twenty-six years since the dawn of democracy and race is still a talking point in South African society.
publication
STIAS Series Volume 15: Persistence of Race
Persistence of Race Nina G. Jablonski (Editor) AFRICAN SUN MeDIA (2020, 150pp) ISBN: 978-1-928480-44-0 https://doi.org/10.18820/9781928480457 For a prev...
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When the Rainbow Melts, Celebrate the Thoughts that Tried to Find Out Why
Panel discussion and book launch of the three STIAS volumes: Persistence of Race (2020) Race in Education (2019) The Effects of Race (2018) Twenty-six years since the dawn of democracy and race is still a talking point in parts of South African society.
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The hairy timeline of evolution - Fellows' seminar by Nina Jablonski
Human beings are unique among mammals in their possession of visible hair on select parts of the body.
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The struggle to overcome racism
Nina Jablonski. 2012. The struggle to overcome racism. New Scientist, Opinion: The Big Idea. 4pp
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The role of piloerection in primate thermoregulation
G Chaplin, NG Jablonski, RW Sussman and EA Kelley. 2014. The role of piloerection in primate thermoregulation. Folia Primatologica, 85 (1), 1-17. doi: 10.1...
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High-Dose Vitamin D3 Reduces Deficiency Caused by Low UVB Exposure and Limits HIV-1 Replication in Urban Southern Africans
Coussens, Anna K, Celeste E Naude, Rene Goliath, George Chaplin, Robert J Wilkinson, and Nina G Jablonski. 2015. High-Dose Vitamin D3 Reduces Deficiency Ca...
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Behavioral Thermoregulation in Lemur Catta: The Significance of Sunning and Huddling Behaviors
Kelley, Elizabeth A, Nina G Jablonski, George Chaplin, Robert W Sussman, and Jason M Kamilar. 2016. Behavioral Thermoregulation in Lemur Catta: The Signifi...
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Variation in skin reflectance and pigmentation genes in young adults of Xhosa and Cape Mixed ancestry from the Western Cape, South Africa
Jablonski, Nina G., Tina Lasisi, Abhimanyu Abhimanyu, Anna K. Coussens, Celeste E. Naude, George Chaplin, Laurel N. Pearson, Rene Goliath, Mark D.Shriver a...
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Recognizing Latinos’ range of skin pigment and phototypes to enhance skin cancer prevention
Robinson, June K., Frank J. Penedo, Jennifer L. Hay and Nina G. Jablonski. 2017. Recognizing Latinos’ range of skin pigment and phototypes to enhance skin ...
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Skin We Are In
Magona, Sindiwe and Nina G. Jablonski. 2018. Skin We Are In. David Philip Publishers. https://www.newafricabooks.com/shop-all-books/skin-we-are-in-sindiwe-...
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STIAS Series Volume 11: The Effects of Race
The Effects of Race Nina Jablonski, with Gerhard Maré (Editors) AFRICAN SUN MeDIA (2018, 180 pp) ISBN: 978-1-928357-84-1 https://doi.org/10.18820/97819283...
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Book launch: Skin we are in by Nina Jablonski and Sindiwe Magona
STIAS and David Philip Publishers will host the launch of a children’s book, Skin we are in, by STIAS Fellow Nina Jablonski and South African writer Sindiwe Magona.
public lecture / seminar
What do we wish to change with regard to race, racism and racialism? Fellows' Seminar by the 'Effects of Race' group
The project faces a daunting challenge.
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Celebrity culture perpetuates old stereotypes - Fellows' seminar by Nina Jablonski
The privileging of light skin colour – both between and within groups – is now recognised as one of the most lamentable cultural universals that exist, said Prof.
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Future must suffocate racism – STIAS seminar by Njabulo Ndebele
The Effects of Racegroup at STIAS: Back: Nina Jablonski, Aryan Kaganof and Zimitri Erasmus Front: Göran Therborn, Gerhard Maré, Barney Pityana, Crain Soudien, Njabulo Ndebele, Mikael Hjerm and Chabani Manganyi (Absent: Norman Duncan) Photo: Anton Jordaan Our new future must suffocate racism – racism must not continue to suffocate people, said Prof.
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Nina Jablonski named Permanent Visiting Fellow of STIAS
Nina Jablonski, recently named Evan Pugh Professor of Anthropologyin the College of the Liberal Arts at Penn State University, has accepted a nomination as Permanent Visiting Fellow of STIAS;she joins a select group who have an open invitation to work at STIAS whenever they can.
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STIAS Fellow Nina G Jablonski named Evan Pugh Professor at Penn State
Nina G. Jablonski, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology in the College of the Liberal Arts at Penn State University, and a fellow at STIAS, is one of three faculty members at that university who have recently been named Evan Pugh Professor, the highest distinction bestowed by Penn State on its faculty.
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STIAS Long-Term Project: Being Human Today -- The Effects of Race
Over the next five years, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation will fund seven long term STIAS research projects on selected themes.
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STIAS Lecture Series: Prof. Nina Jablonski - Skin Colour: Its Evolution and Meaning in the Modern World
Prof. Nina Jablonski, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at The Pennsylvania State University and a fellow at STIAS, will present a talk with the title: Skin Colour: Its Evolution and Meaning in the Modern World Abstract Skin colour is a biological trait freighted with cultural meaning.
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Sydney Brenner and Nina Jablonski present lectures at STIAS
Prof Sydney Brenner, the 2002 Nobel Prize winner for Physiology/Medicine and a STIAS visiting fellow, and world-renowned anthropologist and palaeontologist Prof Nina Jablonski, received honorary doctoral degrees from Stellenbosch University at a graduation ceremony on Wednesday 10 March 2010.