Announcements Archive

2020

September

September 29, 2020

AAA supports the American Historical Association’s statement condemning the “White House Conference on American History”

September 28, 2020

We’re joining FAS to call for stringent scientific and medical standards in the vaccine approval process

September 24, 2020

The AAA, along with several other scientific societies, endorses the AERA and NAEd statement in support of anti-racist education

September 8, 2020

AAA Stands in Solidarity with #ScholarStrike

September 1, 2020

Round 2 of AAA COVID-19 Emergency Grants

August

August 31, 2020

2020 OpEd Project Finalists Selected

August 27, 2020

Anti-Racism Resources

August 11, 2020

2020 Franz Boas Award for Exemplary Service to Anthropology to be awarded to Dr. Carlos Velez-Ibáñez

July

July 30, 2020

Commission on Unalienable Rights Draft Report ‘Wholly Inadequate’

July 27, 2020

AAA 2020 Award Recipients

July 24, 2020

AAA Statement on the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act

July 20, 2020

AAS Statement on the 2020 Hong Kong National Security Law

July 7, 2020

New ICE Rule Threatens Foreign Students, Protects No One

June

June 26, 2020

Fall-Term Campus Health

June 24, 2020

This fall, we’re RAISING OUR VOICES

June 17, 2020

The OpEd Project 2020 – It’s On Us!

June 5, 2020

The Consequences of Sexual Harassment

June 1, 2020

A Rush to Judgment Rather Than Justice

May

May 28, 2020

2020 AAA Annual Meeting Update

May 20, 2020

For the first time, Anthropology is included in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Humanities Department Survey

May 15, 2020

AAA Joins The Call To Provide Temporary Accommodations For Students Impacted By The Pandemic

April

April 21, 2020

AAA COVID-19 Emergency Grants

April 14, 2020

Elizabeth Chin Appointed Editor-in-Chief of American Anthropologist

April 6, 2020

300 Days of Detention: #FreeFariba

March

March 23, 2020

AAA COVID-19 Resources

March 18, 2020

2020 AAA Annual Meeting Deadlines Extended

March 17, 2020

AAA Response to OTSP Request for Information on Public Access

March 9, 2020

AAA Section Meetings & COVID-19 Preparedness

March 2, 2020

Twitter #AccessibleAnthChat on Fieldwork Accessibility

February

February 26, 2020

The Assault on Indigenous Peoples in Northwest China Must End

February 19, 2020

The General Call for Papers IS OPEN.

February 13, 2020

India’s Citizenship Law Crosses The Line

January

January 3, 2020

Special Section: Anthropology of White Supremacy

2019

December

December 31, 2019

Happy New Year

December 5, 2019

Open Anthropology Call for Editor

December 1, 2019

Congratulations to the New AAAS Fellows

November

November 18, 2019

AAA Virtual Attendance Pilot Program

November 12, 2019

AAA Calls On India To Remove “no exit/entry” List In Kashmir

November 12, 2019

Changes to the AAA Dues Structure | Letter from Alex Barker

September

September 13, 2019

Introducing AAA's New Accessibility & Meetings Coordinator

As a physically disabled, neurodivergent, hearing, and sighted anthropologist, Nell has dedicated the majority of her academic and professional career to disability activism and creating accessible and welcoming spaces for her community.

August

August 28, 2019

AAA OpEd Project Finalists

The OpEd Project's mission is to increase the range of voices and quality of ideas we hear in the world. Their one-day “Write to Change the World” workshops are based on time-tested models of transformational learning.

August 27, 2019

Statement on Domestic Terrorism, Bigotry, and History

August 9, 2019

What is it like to be a AAA Summer Intern?

July

July 23, 2019

When Women Take Up Space Not Built for Them

June

June 25, 2019

AAA Announces Ramona Pérez as President-Elect/Vice President

As president, Dr. Pérez plans to build on the synergies developed by past leadership, broaden the Association's networks, and advance the AAA's contributions in public policy, research, and advocacy.

May

May 1, 2019

AAA Grieves for Victims at UNCC Once again calls for Congress to commit to gun violence research

Today, we share our sorrow and deepest condolences with the families and friends of those who lost their lives, as well as the victims who survived last night’s senseless shooting on the University of North Carolina-Charlotte (UNCC) campus.

April

April 16, 2019

Important Note Concerning 2019 AAA/CASCA Meeting Safety

AAA’s 2018 Policy on Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault establishes a clear framework for responsible professional conduct. AAA will do what it takes to enforce these policies and protect our members, staff, and other individuals from harassment, assault, and other misconduct while they are taking part in AAA-sponsored events and activities. As we look forward to the 2019 Annual Meeting in Vancouver, co-organized with CASCA, AAA is building on these policies to finalize a set of implementation procedures for meetings and conferences, governance activities, and editorial office activities.

April 11, 2019

Take Action! Advocacy Opportunities

April 10, 2019

President’s Executive Order/College Scorecard Perpetuate Misleading “Job Ready” Stereotype

February

February 21, 2019

AAA Signs Gun Violence Prevention Letters

February 16, 2019

Museum Anthropology Has a Lot to Offer Public Anthropology!

January

January 22, 2019

AAA Names Ombudspersons for Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault

2018

December

December 18, 2018

AAA Announces New Undergraduate Research Fellows

The AAA is thrilled to announce six inaugural Undergraduate Research Fellows. Funded by the Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, this program supports research projects that use ethnographic or mixed methods to address the question, how do anthropology majors prepare for life after college?

December 10, 2018

Reflections on Anthropology and Human Rights

December 6, 2018

WWNA 2018 Videos and Sketches

November

November 28, 2018

Restore “Anthropology/Ethnology” to Poland's Classification of Domains and Disciplines

We are writing to add the voices of our 10,000 Association members in support of our Polish colleagues who ask that your government restore the designation of “anthropology / ethnology” as distinct and not hidden behind the more general category of “Cultural and Religious Studies.”

November 12, 2018

2018 AAA/Oxford University Press Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching of Anthropology Recipient

Laura Tubelle de González has been teaching anthropology for 19 years in San Diego, California, mostly at San Diego Miramar College.

November 12, 2018

2018 Executive Director's Awards

Chip Colwell, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, receives an award for his creative, resourceful, and risk-taking work as founding editor-in-chief of SAPIENS. Robert Lemelson, Elemental Productions and UCLA, is recognized for his innovative ethnographic filmmaking and his philanthropy.

November 12, 2018

2018 Minority Dissertation Fellowship Recipient

The Minority Dissertation Fellowship Committee is pleased to award Saira Mehmood with the 2018–2019 Minority Dissertation Fellowship. Mehmood's doctoral work, which looks at mental health services available to medically underserved racially minoritized communities in post Katrina New Orleans, Louisiana, is needed research.

November 12, 2018

Browne Honored with Boas Award for Exemplary Service

Katherine E. Browne’s academic research and engaged anthropology have energized the fields of economic anthropology, disaster studies, and visual ethnography.

November 12, 2018

Crown Wins Alfred Vincent Kidder Award for Eminence in the Field of American Archaeology

Patricia L. Crown is a Southwestern archaeologist whose work is as big picture, pioneering, and exemplary as that of A. V. Kidder. She earned her PhD from the University of Arizona in 1981 and is currently the Leslie Spier Distinguished Professor at the University of New Mexico and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

November 12, 2018

Gina Athena Ulysse Wins Anthropology in Media Award

This year, we honor Gina Athena Ulysse, who identifies as artist-anthropologist-activist, for her powerful and effective work communicating anthropological insights to a broad general public.

November 12, 2018

Jennifer Mack Honored with SfAA/AAA Margaret Mead Award

Jennifer Mack’s The Construction of Equality (2017) is an innovative foray into urban design, architecture, and anthropology, combining meticulous archival research of nation-state building and modernization in Sweden and rich ethnography of the daily life of Syriac immigrants living in Södertälje on the periphery of Stockholm.

November 12, 2018

Kaufman Receives Robert B. Textor and Family Prize for Excellence in Anticipatory Anthropology

Sharon Kaufman’s two books, Ordinary Medicine: Extraordinary Treatments, Longer Lives, and Where to Draw the Line (2015) and …And a Time to Die: How American Hospitals Shape the End of Life (2005, probe how and why the structures, ethos, and organization of our health care bureaucracy, largely hidden from public view, determine the kinds of medical treatments patients receive.

October

October 31, 2018

How Halloween Has Traveled the Globe

October 11, 2018

CultureMade: Heritage Enterprise in a World on the Move

Welcome to CultureMade: Heritage Enterprise in a World on the Move, an audio collaboration from the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the American Anthropological Association, and This Anthro Life Podcast.

September

September 27, 2018

2018 AAA Award Recipients

September 18, 2018

2018 Leadership Fellows

September 14, 2018

Rio de Janeiro's National Museum: How You Can Help

September 6, 2018

Have a big idea? NSF 2026 Idea Machine

July

July 24, 2018

A British Schooner and the Big City: An Update from AAA Intern Evan Olinger

July 3, 2018

Anthropology News Honored with AM&P EXCEL Award

June

June 27, 2018

Inaugural Summer Institute for Department Leaders

June 15, 2018

AAA Releases Comprehensive Policy on Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault

The American Anthropological Association released its Policy on Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault in an effort to set standards of responsible professional conduct for AAA members and to call for continuing awareness and education, as well as institutional and cultural change.

May

May 29, 2018

2018 Distinguished Lecture: Emily Martin

May 24, 2018

AAA Privacy Policy Highlights Your Rights Under GDPR

May 23, 2018

A new Ebola vaccine could help stop an epidemic — but faces enormous obstacles in crucial test

May 22, 2018

AAA Department Leaders Summer Institute

The AAA is pleased to announce the first Summer Institute for department chairs, and also directors of graduate/undergraduate studies. It will be held Wednesday, June 20 through Thursday, June 21, 2018 on the campus of the George Washington University in Washington, DC.

May 16, 2018

AAA Opposes EPA Effort to Limit Scientific Research

May 2, 2018

Introducing the 2018 AAA Summer Interns

Each summer, the American Anthropological Association offers two internship opportunities funded by member donations.

April

April 9, 2018

AAA members honored with awards at the SfAA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia

March

March 29, 2018

Enough: Anthropologists Take on Gun Violence

March 1, 2018

AAA Stands for Fair Graduate Labor Standards and Practices

February

February 27, 2018

AAA Offers Principles For Equitable and Effective Immigration Policy Reform

February 12, 2018

Falling in Love with Anthropology

January

January 31, 2018

Announcing the Digital Library of the Middle East Prototype

The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) today released a prototype proof of concept for the Digital Library of the Middle East (DLME).

2017

December

December 29, 2017

Best of 2017: AAA Journals

December 14, 2017

AAA Member Hugh Gusterson wins 2017 Chicago-Kent College of Law/Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize

December 8, 2017

AAA Announces Official Partnership with Wiki Education

AAA is thrilled to announce our official partnership with Wiki Education’s Classroom Program.

November

November 22, 2017

Anthropologists Go Back to School at Browne Middle School

November 14, 2017

Blogs from Anthropologists on the Ground at UN Climate Change Conference

October

October 24, 2017

Diana Burnett Named 2017 AAA Minority Dissertation Fellow

October 24, 2017

Rami Salameh Receives First Palestine Israel Fellowship Fund for Travel

October 23, 2017

Richard Moore Receives 2017-18 Anthropology in Public Policy Award

October 21, 2017

Joyce V. Millen Honored for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching of Anthropology

October 20, 2017

2017 Robert B. Textor and Family Prize for Excellence in Anticipatory Anthropology Goes to Sarah Horton

October 19, 2017

Maria Vesperi Receives 2017 Anthropology in Media Award

October 18, 2017

2017 Franz Boas Award for Exemplary Service to Anthropology Awarded to Donald Brenneis

October 18, 2017

Carol Mukhopadhyay Receives AAA’s Committee on Gender Equity in Anthropology (CoGEA) Award

October 18, 2017

Sameena Mulla Named 2017 Recipient of the Margaret Mead Award

October 16, 2017

A Call for Better Conduct in Field Research

Scientists, especially female scientists, experience widespread sexual harassment and hostile work climates. While these experiences can have lasting detrimental career consequences, the incidence of unwanted and unprofessional behavior can be reduced by specific interventions, according to a new report published online in American Anthropologist (AA), the flagship journal of the American Anthropological Association.

October 11, 2017

Jason De León Selected as MacArthur Genius Grant Recipient

October 11, 2017

Race in the US: Where do we go from here?

The majority of people in the U.S., both white and non-white, know that race relations have worsened. Race is a topic that continues to divide us because most Americans do not understand how the idea of race became a reality that we grapple with every day. Clearly there are those people who do not want to know or understand how deeply the idea of race and racial hierarchies are imbedded in the history of this country, but for the majority of Americans who want to know, the expansion of this project to reach more communities is one way for them to begin to learn.

October 10, 2017

AAA Urges Congress to Swiftly Secure DACA Legislation

October 2, 2017

AAA Grieves for Victims in Las Vegas

October 2, 2017

MPAAC is Ready to Roll!

We are excited at the prospects of moving forward and in fulfilling MPAAC’s commitment to be attuned and responsive to the membership, our discipline, and the people and issues we work with as anthropologists.

September

September 26, 2017

Adding Star Power to the Fight for the NEH

September 22, 2017

A Post-Earthquake Message for Anthropologists in Mexico City

September 14, 2017

Understanding Race After Charlottesville

August

August 18, 2017

Checking in with the 2017 AAA Interns

The AAA Internship Program is funded through generous contributions from our members.

June

June 29, 2017

Latest Travel Ban Decision Cause for Concern

The American Anthropological Association (AAA) is deeply concerned about the recent decision by the United States Supreme Court to partially reinstate the revised Executive Order (EO) travel ban.

June 28, 2017

AAA Announces Akhil Gupta as President-Elect/Vice President

AAA is pleased to announce that Dr. Akhil Gupta (University of California, Los Angeles) has been selected to serve as president-elect/vice president.

June 27, 2017

2017 AAA Leadership Fellows Offer Diverse Perspectives Across Anthropology

June 27, 2017

Bending the Arc of Change: A Conversation at AAA 2017 with Paul Farmer and Jim Yong Kim

Paul Farmer and Jim Yong Kim, co-founders of Partners In Health, will open the 116th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) on Wednesday, November 29 in Washington, DC by reflecting on the remarkable trajectory of their organization and what their work demonstrates about using anthropological training to make a difference in the world.

June 15, 2017

AAA Members Named to 2017 Mellon/ACLS Public Fellowship Class

June 2, 2017

A Just and Sustainable Climate for All

May

May 23, 2017

On the Move: AAA Events at the 2017 Folklife Festival

The AAA's latest public education initiative World on the Move: 100,000 Years of Human Migration is collaborating with the Smithsonian Institution to support special programming at this year's Folklife Festival, June 29-July 4 and July 6-9 on the National Mall in Washington, DC. The 2017 On the Move program explores how American culture has been shaped by the movement of people to and within the United States, focusing on the perspectives of youth, past and present. It invites intergenerational conversations about the interplay of migration, creativity, and culture.

April

April 27, 2017

Anthropology Grad Students Named 2017 Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellows

Thirteen anthropology graduate students have been named 2017 Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellows. The fellows were selected from a pool of more than 1,000 applicants through a rigorous, multi-stage peer-review process. Now in its eleventh year, the fellowship program provides a $30,000 stipend and up to $8,000 in research funds and university fees to advanced graduate students in their final year of dissertation writing.

March

March 4, 2017

New Political Terrain for a Liberal Discipline

Liebow said those efforts to communicate with regular people and change the public conversation in the country will complement legislative advocacy efforts from organizations like AAA and street protests like the Women’s March on Washington in January or the March for Science planned for April. “It takes a lot of people pushing and pulling from different directions to make a social movement,” Liebow said.

February

February 19, 2017

Third Annual Anthropology Day Celebrations a Success

The 2017 Anthropology Day celebrations reached millions of people around the world, helping the Association to spread awareness about anthropology and our work to resolve some of the world's most pressing problems.

February 14, 2017

Anthropology: A Love Story

The AAA is getting an early start to this year’s Anthropology Day celebration by spending our Valentine’s Day reflecting on why we fell in love with anthropology. Read anthropology love stories from AAA President Alisse Waterston and our Executive Director Ed Liebow. Then share your own story with us in the comments!

January

January 23, 2017

Members Announced for AAA Rapid Response Network on Academic Freedom

AAA has announced the following members have been selected to serve on the Rapid Response Network on Academic Freedom.

January 23, 2017

President Trump Takes Office; Museums Need to Mobilize Now

January 13, 2017

Recorded Sessions from AAA 2016 now on YouTube!

Sessions from the 115th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association are now available! Highlights include "Was that Racist?," "Anthropology and the Public: A Wenner-Gren 75th Anniversary Panel," and a panel on the U.S. 2016 Presidential Election.

January 9, 2017

AAA Strengthens Academic Freedom Protections for Anthropologists

AAA has moved to strengthen its commitment to protecting academic freedom by establishing a Rapid Response Network and activating an affiliation with Scholars At Risk, an international non-profit organization that works to protect threatened scholars and promote academic freedom around the world.

2016

December

December 14, 2016

AAA Members Receive NEH Grant Funding

The American Anthropological Association congratulates the AAA members who today received a total of more than $150,000 in grant funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).

December 9, 2016

#AnthroForward Post-Election AAA Twitter Chat Highlights

A Storify compilation of the great conversation we had in our #AnthroForward Twitter chat on Wednesday, December 7.

December 9, 2016

Is the Term “People of Color” Acceptable in This Day and Age?

At this cultural moment in the U.S., we still live in a racialized social and cultural hierarchy, and our language continues to reflect our ongoing attempts to grapple with that reality.

December 6, 2016

Join the #AnthroForward Twitter Chat

Join us for a Twitter Chat at 1 p.m. (EST) on Wednesday, December 7th! In the wake of the recent US elections, we are inviting AAA members to join a live discussion to consider a way forward over the next months and years.

December 2, 2016

AAA Lifts Arizona Conference Ban After State Rejects Anti-Immigration Law

December 1, 2016

Post-Election AAA Resolution and Resources

November

November 28, 2016

Take the Academic Care & Work Survey

We hope you will share your carework or caregiving story. As academics, you know how this works. The survey will ask you about a specific time you acted as a caregiver. You can take it as many times as you like (say as a caregiver of a child and also as a caregiver of a partner).

November 23, 2016

Post-election message: We have work to do

Thanks for a powerful meeting in Minneapolis. The inspiration and positive energy flowing through every session, workshop and presentation made us realize, once again, why we turn to our community of anthropologists for inspiration and solidarity, especially in these troubling times. Now, with knowledge gained and connections made, it’s time to roll up our sleeves – we have work to do.

November 15, 2016

Anthropologists Go Back To School At Phyllis Wheatley

The Anthropologists Go Back to School initiative of the American Anthropological Association was spearheaded by Dr. Johnnetta Cole, former president of Spelman College and Bennett College, and director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. Heyward-Rotimi and Watkins have assumed the charge to encourage anthropologists to bring the knowledge of anthropology to America’s young learners.

November 13, 2016

Jeremy Sabloff Honored for Eminence in the Field of American Archaeology

Jeremy Arac Sabloff is the 2016 recipient of the Alfred Vincent Kidder Award for Eminence in the Field of American Archaeology.

November 12, 2016

Shirley Fiske Receives 2016 Solon T. Kimball Award for Public and Applied Anthropology

Shirley Fiske is this year’s recipient of the Solon T. Kimball Award for Public and Applied Anthropology, which “offers an opportunity to honor exemplary anthropologists for outstanding recent achievements that have contributed to the development of anthropology as an applied science.”

November 11, 2016

Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching of Anthropology Goes to Bianca Williams

The AAA and Oxford University Press are pleased to announce the recipient of the AAA/Oxford University Press Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching of Anthropology is Bianca Williams.

November 10, 2016

Seth Holmes Honored for Excellence in Anticipatory Anthropology

Seth Holmes is this year’s recipient of the Robert B. Textor and Family Prize for Excellence in Anticipatory Anthropology for his book Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies: Migrant Farm Workers in the United States.

November 10, 2016

The Way Forward

This week we find ourselves absorbing the outcome of a long and contentious national election campaign without precedent in recent memory. Strong, divisive language gained the most public attention, sometimes escaping the orbit of facts and launching into some parallel universe.

November 9, 2016

Mark Schuller Receives 2016 Anthropology in Media Award

AAA is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2016 Anthropology in Media Award is Mark Schuller. Since receiving his PhD in 2007, Schuller has become one of the most productive and dedicated scholars on the contemporary anthropological scene.

November 8, 2016

Richard Bauman Honored for Exemplary Service to Anthropology

AAA is pleased to announce the 2016 recipient of the Franz Boas Award for Exemplary Service to Anthropology is Richard Bauman. Bauman is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Communication and Culture, and Folklore at Indiana University. Bauman’s work significantly reshaped linguistic anthropology to make it a stronger presence within the discipline and enhanced anthropology’s visibility in such disciplines as communication, media studies, folklore, history, linguistics, literary and performance studies.

November 7, 2016

Jason De León Receives 2016 Margaret Mead Award

Congratulations to Jason De León, the 2016 recipient of the Margaret Mead Award for his scholarship, including the book, The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Sonoran Desert Migrant Trail.

November 7, 2016

Which Groups Are Counted?

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget is considering revisions to its standards for collection of federal data on race and ethnicity -- the first change those standards would see since 1997. "We propose to combine the questions about race and ethnicity into a single, clearer question about social group self-identification. A possible wording: With which of the following ethnicities or racial groups do you most closely identify?" said comments submitted by the anthropology association.

November 1, 2016

AAA Stands with Polish Ethnological Society On Discrimination

AAA stands in support of the Polish Ethnological Society as it expresses profound concerns in a statement about the tone and content of public discourse regarding the current wave of immigrants and refugees that have poured into central and northern Europe, fleeing war and conflict in the Middle East.

October

October 28, 2016

AAA Calls for De-escalation of Situation in Standing Rock

Tensions over the Dakota Access oil pipeline have been escalating, with the company pressing ahead and opponents setting up a camp in the path of construction. The county sheriff called for more law enforcement from surrounding states. Meanwhile, hundreds of protesters have joined the Standing Rock Sioux tribe in their effort to block construction. Yesterday, armed soldiers and law enforcement officers dressed in riot gear advanced and began arresting protesters who had set up a camp on private land.

October 13, 2016

Patricia Zavella Honored for Career Contributions to Gender Equity

September

September 27, 2016

What Fashion Anthropologists Think About the Relentless Cargo-Shorts Boom

But not every guy takes the cargo short to be a part of his standard summer wardrobe. To Brent Luvaas, an associate professor of anthropology at Drexel University and the man behind the street-style anthropology photo blog Urban Fieldnotes, the shorts’ “thoughtless” convenience appeals to American males with a particular set of priorities. What’s offensive about cargo shorts, he says, is that it’s the kind of thing you wear if you want to be comfortable and truly do not care what people think of how you look — which itself is a kind of privilege.

September 12, 2016

Access the Annual Meeting Online Scheduler

August

August 30, 2016

AAA Stands With Imprisoned and Recently Hospitalized Professor Homa Hoodfar

August 29, 2016

Announcing the Members’ Programmatic, Advisory and Advocacy Committee

August 25, 2016

AAA Members Awarded NEH Grants

August 22, 2016

Ryan Lochte and Darlene da Silva

Ryan Lochte and Darlene da Silva. If you’ve been paying attention to the summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, you know at least one of these names. Ryan Lochte, of course, is the medal-winning U.S. swimmer whose story about having been robbed at gunpoint in Rio has been exposed as a fabrication. As Lochte’s story began to unravel last week, Darlene da Silva was shot and killed near her home in Complexo do Alemão, sprawling favelas on Rio’s north side.

August 14, 2016

Zika at the Rio Games: Pandemic or Panic?

The World Health Organization stated that there was “no public health justification” to postpone the 2016 Rio Olympics due to the Zika virus. Is the fear of Zika at the games overblown?

August 10, 2016

AAA Mourns the Passing of Elizabeth Colson

Elizabeth Colson, Professor Emerita of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, passed away earlier this month in Zambia. She was 99 years old.

July

July 29, 2016

2016 AAA Leadership Fellows Apply Anthropology to Today’s Pressing Issues

Julia Wignall, Courtney Kurlanska and Alisa Perkins have been named the 2016 AAA Leadership Fellows. The AAA’s Leadership Fellows program is designed to provide a unique opportunity for anthropologists beginning their careers to learn about leadership opportunities and to encourage future leadership in the Association.

July 21, 2016

Threats to Academic Freedom and Higher Education in Turkey

AAA joins fellow scholarly associations in collectively noting with profound concern the apparent moves to dismantle much of the structure of Turkish higher education through purges, restrictions, and assertions of central control, a process begun earlier this year and accelerating now with alarming speed. As scholarly associations, we are committed to the principles of academic freedom and freedom of expression. The recent moves in Turkey herald a massive and virtually unprecedented assault on those principles. One of the Middle East region’s leading systems of higher education is under severe threat as a result, as are the careers and livelihoods of many of its faculty members and academic administrators.

July 8, 2016

Anthropology Changed the Way I See the World

For the longest time, I thought anthropology was a chic boutique for women’s clothing. Little did I know, anthropology would change the way I see the world.

July 5, 2016

AAA Public Education Initiative on Migration Featured at Smithsonian Folklife Festival

July 4, 2016

Flagged: Children on July 4th

June

June 24, 2016

AAA Implements Action on Israel-Palestine

June 17, 2016

Milena Melo Named AAA Fellow

AAA and the Committee on Minority Affairs in Anthropology (CMIA) announce Milena Melo as recipient of the 2016 AAA Minority Dissertation Fellowship.

June 13, 2016

AAA Stands With Orlando

June 9, 2016

AAA Mourns Israeli Anthropologist Killed in Tel Aviv Shooting

June 9, 2016

Obituary: Robert Sussman, professor of anthropology, 74

June 7, 2016

AAA Votes Down Academic Boycott Resolution

In a close vote, the American Anthropological Association (AAA) membership voted against a resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions. Voting took place by electronic ballot between April 15 and May 31. Fifty-one percent of AAA’s eligible members voted, the largest turnout in AAA history, with 2,423 members opposing the resolution, and 2,384 voting to support it.

May

May 15, 2016

AAA Resources Regarding Engagement with Israel/Palestine

May 10, 2016

Why Do We Ask about Race?

April

April 13, 2016

Webinar: Understanding and responding to the Zika crisis from an anthropological perspective

This webinar will focus on a broad range of issues surrounding the Zika epidemic. Topics covered will include disease ecology/biology of the Zika virus and principal mosquito vector, sociocultural dimensions of risk including poverty and pregnancy, and current response efforts.

April 6, 2016

Melissa Harris-Perry to Deliver Opening Keynote Address at AAA Annual Meeting

Melissa Harris-Perry, former MSNBC host, award-winning author, and Maya Angelou Presidential Chair at Wake Forest University, will deliver an inaugural keynote address at the opening general session ceremony of the American Anthropological Association’s (AAA) 115th Annual Meeting in Minneapolis on Wednesday, November 16.

March

March 23, 2016

Congressman says Army misled Congress about closing social science project

March 15, 2016

AAA Member John Ziker Named University Foundation Scholar

March 11, 2016

Army’s Human Terrain System needs to be buried once and for all

February

February 24, 2016

Worldwide Anthropology Day Celebrations Reach Millions

February 18, 2016

Share the #AnthroLove This Anthropology Day

Why do you love anthropology? We thought we’d get an early start celebrating Valentine’s Day and the Feb. 18 Anthropology Day event by sharing the #AnthroLove.

February 17, 2016

Taking a Stand for Academic Freedom in India

AAA stands in solidarity with faculty and students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in protesting the Indian state’s actions against the freedom to debate and dissent on campus.

February 10, 2016

AAA Has Zero Tolerance for Sexual Harassment

February 8, 2016

Alicia Odewale Named AAA Minority Fellow

2015

December

December 16, 2015

Shu-min Huang Receives Taiwan's 2015 Presidential Science Prize

December 16, 2015

Students get tools to talk about race

A new partnership between the Science Museum of Minnesota and Penumbra Theatre brought a first of its kind workshop on race to more than 450 students at South High School in Minneapolis. The museum's reopened exhibit, "RACE: Are We So Different?" was the inspiration to create a conversation beyond exhibit walls.

December 9, 2015

Carlos Velez-Ibanez Named AMC Corresponding Member

AAA member Carlos Velez-Ibanez has been named as a Corresponding Member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences

November

November 21, 2015

Resolution Calling for Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions to be Placed on AAA Spring Ballot

Members attending the American Anthropological Association’s (AAA) Annual Meeting in Denver yesterday voted overwhelmingly in favor of placing a resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions on the organization’s spring ballot in April.

November 20, 2015

NAGPRA Review Committee Gets Three New Members

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell has appointed three new members to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee.

November 10, 2015

AAA Mourns the Loss of Dr. Terence Turner

Dr. Turner made tremendous contributions to anthropology generally, and especially to Amazonian scholarship and the field of indigenous media. He will be sorely missed.

November 5, 2015

Promising Anthropologists Selected as 2015 AAA Leadership Fellows

Carrie C. Heitman, Vanessa Esther Martinez-Renuncio and Aaron Thornburg, have been selected to serve as 2015 AAA Leadership Fellows. The AAA Leadership Fellows program is designed to provide a unique opportunity for anthropologists early in their careers to learn about AAA and leadership opportunities and to encourage future leadership in the Association.

November 5, 2015

Protection of cultural resources at Amity Pueblo

On behalf of the American Anthropological Association’s (AAA) 10,000 members, we want to express our deep concern regarding the lack of prompt and proper treatment of the human remains of Zuni ancestors that were disturbed by blading their graves at Amity Pueblo (AZ Q:15:25 (ASM)) as a result of construction activities funded by your agency. This situation resulted when the Fish and Wildlife Service failed to comply with the legally required Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act prior to providing funding for the construction of a fishing pond near Eagar, Arizona.

November 3, 2015

Debra L. Martin Awarded for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching of Anthropology

AAA and Oxford University Press have named human osteology and bioarchaeology expert Debra L. Martin, Ph.D. as the recipient of the 2015 AAA/Oxford Teaching Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching of Anthropology.

October

October 23, 2015

Dr. Mark Schuller Honored with 2015 Margaret Mead Award

The American Anthropological Association (AAA) and the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) are pleased to announce Mark Schuller, Ph.D., has been named the recipient of the 2015 AAA/SfAA Margaret Mead Award.

October 21, 2015

Paul A. Stoller Receives 2015 Anthropology in the Media Award

Paul A. Stoller, Ph.D., whose 30 years of anthropological research produced 12 books, including ethnographies, biographies, memoirs and two novels, has been selected to receive the American Anthropological Association (AAA) Anthropology in the Media Award (AIME).

October 19, 2015

AAA Member Susan C. Scrimshaw Honored with Adam Yarmolinsky Medal

Scrimshaw was presented with the Adam Yarmolinsky Medal, awarded to a member from a discipline outside the health and medical sciences. Her service encompasses nearly 40 years of participation in panels, workshops, committees, and boards.

October 15, 2015

DSP Members: RSVP for AAA’s Department Chairs and Representatives Breakfast

October 15, 2015

ETHNOGRAPHIC TERMINALIA Presents: Aeolian Politics — Denver, 2015

Ethnographic Terminalia is an on-going critical art initiative that places modes of exhibiting anthropology (the study of human beings) in conversation with contemporary art practices. From November 17-22, 2015 our curatorial collective presents its eighth international exhibition, Aeolian Politics — Denver, 2015.

October 14, 2015

AAA Mourns the Loss of Dr. Anthony Wallace

The AAA mourns the loss of Dr. Anthony Wallace (president in 1972). Once called the “Quiet Anthropologist” in a Philadelphia Inquirer article, Dr. Wallace taught at the University of Pennsylvania upon graduating from there with a Ph.D. in Anthropology.

October 13, 2015

AAA Saddened by the Loss of Ernestine Friedl

The AAA is saddened by the loss of Ernestine Friedl, who served as the organization's president from 1974 – 75. Born August 13, 1920, Ernestine served as the president of the American Ethnological Society (1967) and was the first female Dean of Arts and Sciences and Trinity College at Duke University.

October 5, 2015

AAA Task Force Outlines Options for Board to Consider Regarding Israel/Palestine

In response to mounting interest from its membership, the American Anthropological Association (AAA) today released a task force report listing recommendations as to how the organization might best engage with the issues concerning Israel/Palestine. The report lists a wide range of measures that can be adopted and strongly urges that the “no action” option be taken off the table.

July

July 27, 2015

Peggy Sanday Honored for Contributions to Gender Equity in Anthropology

The American Anthropological Association’s Committee on Gender Equity in Anthropology (CoGEA) has honored Dr. Peggy Reeves Sanday (U Penn) with the 2015 CoGEA Award for her numerous contributions to the fight for gender equality.

July 13, 2015

Yolanda T. Moses Honored with 2015 Franz Boas Award

The American Anthropological Association (AAA) is proud to present the 2015 Franz Boas award for Exemplary Service to Anthropology to Past President Dr. Yolanda T. Moses.

July 2, 2015

AAA Announces Alex Barker as President-Elect/Vice President

June

June 29, 2015

Deborah Thomas Appointed Editor-in-Chief of American Anthropologist

Dr. Deborah Thomas (U Penn) has been selected to serve as editor-in-chief of the American Anthropological Association’s flagship journal, American Anthropologist effective July 1, 2016.

June 19, 2015

Anthropologist Advocates Honored with 2015 Anthropology in Public Policy Award

AAA has named Dr. Edmund “Ted” Hamann (University of Nebraska, Lincoln) and Dr. Barbara Rose Johnston (University of California, Santa Cruz & Center for Political Ecology) as the 2015 recipients of the Anthropology in Public Policy Award. The award honors anthropological insights and an alyses that have resulted in the implementation of effective and beneficial policies within the last five years.

June 9, 2015

Open Anthropology Addresses the Pleasures and Problems of Youth

Open Anthropology, a digital publication of the American Anthropological Association, announces its latest issue on the study of youth.

June 4, 2015

AAA Hires Anne Kelsey as New Marketing and Communications Manager

April

April 22, 2015

Anthropologists Honored with Carnegie Fellowship, Peace Corps Award

Two members of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), Dr. Leith Mullings and Dr. Ralph Bolton have recently been awarded with prestigious honors for their contributions to humanity. In its inaugural year, Dr. Leith Mullings has been named a 2015 Andrew Carnegie Fellow. Dr. Ralph Bolton will be honored with this year’s Sargent Shriver Award for Distinguished Humanitarian Service at the upcoming National Peace Corps Association Peace Corps Connect annual conference in June.

2012

November

November 7, 2012

Anthropologists Approve Comprehensive Overhaul of Ethics Code

After a five-year review process, members of the American Anthropological Association have approved a rigorous overhaul of their ethics code.

2011

January

January 31, 2011

The Face of Anthropology is Changing one Master’s Degree at a Time

The rise of students earning Master’s degrees in Anthropology has spurred study to measure the degree’s effectiveness in the workplace.

2010

December

December 13, 2010

AAA Responds to Public Controversy Over Science in Anthropology

Some recent media coverage, including an article in the New York Times, has portrayed anthropology as divided between those who practice it as a science and those who do not, and has given the mistaken impression that the American Anthropological Association (AAA) Executive Board believes that science no longer has a place in anthropology.

May

May 24, 2010

Executive Board Passes Resolution Challenging Immigration Law in Arizona

In a strongly-worded resolution passed by its Executive Board on May 22, 2010, the American Anthropological Association (AAA) condemned the enactment of a new law in Arizona that directs law enforcement officers to detain individuals and investigate their immigration status if they think they might be in the country without documentation.

2009

September

September 22, 2009

Race Is a $50 Billion Reality for the U.S. Health System: Traveling Exhibit Asks Los Angeles to Explore Why at California Science Center

A recent study of the economic burden of U.S. health disparities provides staggering proof that race is a social reality in America, with dramatic and troubling effects. According to the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, racial inequalities in health care access and quality added more than $50 billion a year in direct U.S health care costs from 2003 to 2006.

August

August 11, 2009

Supporting and Framing a National Dialogue on Race

While commenting on the recent the arrest of scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr, President Obama drew attention to the “indisputable” reality of racial profiling and again called for a “national dialogue on race.” This raises the question: what, exactly, constitutes a “national dialogue on race?” The American Anthropological Association developed the public education project RACE: Are We So Different? to launch and support robust discussions of race and diversity nationwide.

July

July 13, 2009

American Anthropological Association Freezes 2010 Journal Subscription Prices

Today, the American Anthropological Association (AAA) announced that its Executive Board voted to freeze 2010 subscription rates for all of its journals in an effort to respond to the concerns of their primary subscribers.

June

June 18, 2009

Understanding "Whiteness" and Unlearning Racism

The American Anthropological Association (AAA) has produced the public education program RACE Are We So Different? to "unteach" racism.

April

April 1, 2009

Choosing Anthropology over the NFL

Florida State safety Myron Rolle, projected as a first round NFL draft pick for 2009, has received a Rhodes Scholarship to study medical anthropology. He plans to complete a one-year master’s at Oxford before participating in the 2010 NFL draft.

January

January 22, 2009

RACE Project Moves to Cincinnati

RACE Are We So Different?, American Anthropological Association’s (AAA) traveling exhibit exploring the science, history, and everyday lived experience of race in America, landed in Cincinnati this past Saturday with an enormously positive response from the community. The opening dates corresponded with events during Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend and the inauguration of Barack Obama as the first African-American president.

2008

October

October 28, 2008

Expanded Tour Schedule for RACE Exhibit

The American Anthropological Association (AAA) has finalized an agreement with Science Museum of Minnesota (SMM) to develop a clone of its award-winning RACE: Are We So Different? traveling exhibit. The exhibits are a part of the larger public education program developed by AAA.

October 27, 2008

Students and Community Leaders Discuss Race

Comcast, the nation's leading provider of entertainment, information and communications, is making available a unique dialogue about race in Connecticut available through its signature On Demand service. The wide-ranging discussion, which took place at the “RACE: Are We So Different?" exhibit at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center this summer, features insight from Hartford community leaders and children from the Urban League of Hartford.

Douglas Cardinal to Open AAA/CASCA Annual Meeting

A conversation between world-renowned architect Douglas Cardinal and AAA Past President Monica Heller will open the 2019 AAA/CASCA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, BC.