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July 7, 2021

We're proud to announce this year’s award recipients. The honorees will also be featured in the November/December issue of Anthropology News.

Applications for next year will open in 2022.  Learn more about all AAA Prizes and Awards here.  

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AAA Award for Excellence in Undergraduate
Teaching of Anthropology

Dr. Angela C. Jenks

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Anthropology in Media Award (AIME)

Dr. Tanya Luhrmann

 To the left, A woman with blonde hair and green eyes sits in the center of the image smiling. She is wearing silver earrings and a gray shirt. She has her hair tucked behind her left ear. Blurred green foliage surrounds the background of the image. To the right, A man, with a white beard, with blue eyes, and glasses sits in the center of the image. He is wearing a white button up shirt and a black sweater. Behind him to the left sits a tree showing its bark. A short fence runs behind the man. To the right of the image green foliage surrounds the background.

Conrad M. Arensberg award  

Alyssa Crittenden and William Dressler

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David M. Schneider Award

Lucía Stavig and Kelly Zepelin

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Franz Boas Award for Exemplary Service to Anthropology

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Gender Equity Award

Dr. A. Lynn Bolles
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 Dissertation Fellowship for Historically
Underrepresented Persons in Anthropology

Megan Baker

 

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

Dr. Laurence Ralph

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Solon T. Kimball Award for Public and Applied Anthropology

Dr. Carlos Vélez -Ibáñez 

To the left, Carrie-A white woman with brown/red hair sits in the center of the image. She has glasses on and is smiling. She is wearing a white shirt and patagonia fleece vest. She is wearing a silver chain necklace. Behind her sits a field of tall brown grass. Ruth-A white women with blue eyes and blonde short hair sits in the center of the image. She is wearing a purple shirt and a silver necklace with silver earrings. Behind her left sholder sits a man with white hair having a conversation with a woman wearing all black to the right of the image.

 

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AAA Engaged Anthropology Award

Ruth M. Van Dyke, Carrie C. Heitman, and Irma McClaurin

 

 

SfAA/AAA Margaret Mead Award

Amber R. Reed

 

 

Executive Director's Award

Dr. Peter Kunstadter

 

 

 Collage of the 2021 President Award Recipients

President’s Award 

Arjun Appadurai, Michael Blakey, Shannon Speed, Gillian Tett, Nate Wambold, and Bianca Williams 

 

    

 



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