The Task Force convenes a diverse representation of anthropologists to develop strategies for implementing the recommendations of the 2010 Committee on Race & Racism. The Task Force acts as an advisory body to the AAA Executive Board and will provide recommendations annually to the Board. The Task Force aims to contribute to a more diverse and inclusive discipline by encouraging students, faculty, and institutions to engage policies and practices that address diversity in substantive ways.
Committee Charge
Objectives
The primary objectives of the Task Force are as follows:
- Work to develop a survey instrument to measure and analyze the current status of racialized anthropologists in the profession with sections, committees and others groups.
- Work with the AAA staff to develop and maintain a website that will serve as a central place for information about and links to AAA publications, committees, task forces, pertinent sections, internships, mentoring, grant programs that have to do with race and racism in anthropology. We envision this to become a permanent and ongoing project.
- Suggest specific policies and practices to implement the recruitment of students of color through new or existing pipeline programs, summer programs, or internships.
- Work with sections to increase recruitment in subfields such as biological anthropology and archeology where racialized groups are severely underrepresented.
- Serve as a source of information for students, faculty, and interested parties to learn about initiatives directed at students and faculty of color in anthropology.
Staff Liaison
Formed as an ad hoc commission in 2007, the 13-member CRRA co-chaired by Janis Hutchinson and Thomas C. Patterson was charged with examining diversity and academic climate in the discipline as well as efforts within the profession to address enduring racial inequalities.
Contact Information
2300 Clarendon Blvd., Suite 1301, Arlington, VA 22201, (o) 703/528-1902, ext 1160, (f) 703/528-3546.
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