Log in to the ASHG Portal to submit or view your submission.
Accessing your essays:
Log in to the ASHG portal through the button on the left side of the screen labeled "Login with ASHG". Your username is the email address associated with your membership
Select "My Reviewing Assignments" from the table on the left side of the screen
- Please read through each essay assigned to you and select either "Accept" or "Decline"
- Accept means you judge this essay as fit to move on to Round 2, in which judges will read through the essays more thoroughly and score with a provided rubric.
- Decline means you judge this essay as not fit to move on to Round 2.
Round 1 judging ends on Wednesday, March 18 at 5:00 pm U.S. Eastern Time.
If you cannot remember your username or password, please contact dnaday@ashg.org.
Judging Tips
- The goal of Round 1 is to eliminate essays that are clearly of lower quality
- Accept/decline an essay based on your overall sense of how well a student grasps and explains the concepts addressed by the question, and by the overall quality of the writing
- Essays were randomly assigned and may be above average or below average
- There is no minimum or maximum number of essays that you must accept or decline
Essay Question:
Ancestry testing is a form of direct-to-consumer genetic testing designed to inform customers about their genetic ancestry. There are generally three types of ancestry testing: Y chromosome testing, mitochondrial DNA testing, and autosomal DNA testing. If a person did all three ancestry tests, what types of information could they learn about their genetic ancestry and how does this genetic ancestry information compare and contrast with their cultural heritage (family traditions, etc.)?
If you have any questions, please contact dnaday@ashg.org.