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Borders & Crossings New Ways to Generate Conversations & Experiences 2012 ANNUAL REPORT EXECUTIVE BOARD AND COMMITTEES 2012 AAA Linguistic Seat Section Assembly Committee on the Executive Board Niko Besnier EB Seat #1 Future of Print (2011–14) Gabriela Vargas– and Electronic President Publishing University of Cetina Leith Mullings (2010–12) Deborah Nichols (2011–13) Amsterdam Universidad The Graduate Center Committee on Minority Seat Autonoma de Yucatan of the City University Gender Equity in Ana L Aparicio Anthropology of New York Section Assembly (2010–13) Jennifer R Weis EB Seat #2 Northwestern President–Elect/Vice Ida Susser University Committee for President (2010–13) Monica Heller Human Rights Practicing/ Hunter College, (2011–13) Ilana Feldman Professional Seat City University of Jessica Winegar University of Toronto, Alisse Waterston New York Ontario Institute for (2010–13) Committee on Labor Studies in Education John Jay College of Treasurer–Ex Officio Relations Criminal Justice, Edward Liebow Michael Chibnik Secretary City University of (2008–12) Debra L Martin New York Battelle Committee on (2009–12) Minority Issues in University of Nevada, Student Seat Anthropology Las Vegas Jason E Miller AAA Committees Simon Craddock Lee (2009–12) and Chairs Section Assembly University of South Committee on Convenor Annual Meeting Practicing, Applied Florida Program Chair Vilma Santiago– and Public Interest Carolyn Rouse Anthropology Irizarry Undesignated #1 (2011–13) Keri Brondo Hugh Gusterson Anthropological Cornell University (2009–12) Communications Committee on Committee George Mason Public Policy Archaeology Seat University Alisse Waterston Sandra L Lopez Varela Elisa J Sobo (2011–14) Association Undesignated #2 Committee Departamento Operations Susan D Gillespie on World de Antropología, Committee (2010–13) Anthropologies Universidad Florence Babb University of Florida Setha Low Autónoma del Estado Gustavo Lins Ribeiro Audit Committee de Morelos Undesignated #3 Hugh Gusterson Frances E Mascia–Lees Finance Committee Biological Seat (2011–14) Edward Liebow David Himmelgreen Awards Committee Rutgers University Susan Gillespie (2011–14) Nominations University of South Undesignated #4 Committee Committee on Ethics Florida Jean J Schensul Debra L Martin Lise Dobrin (2009–12) Cultural Seat Resource Institute for Florence E Babb Development Community Research (2009–12) Committee University of Florida Louise Lamphere 2012 ANNUAL REPORT New WaysBorders to Generate & Conversations Crossings & Experiences TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Board and Committees inside front cover Statement of Purposes 2 Letter from the President and Executive Director 3 Borders & Crossings: Ethical Currents 4 Association Briefs 6 Staff Update: Arrivals and Departures 8 Long Time Executive Director Retires 9 2012 AAA Photo Contest Award Winners 10 Public Education: Migration & Displacement 12 Borders and Crossings: Policy Impacts 13 2012 Annual Report 2012 AAA Award Winners 14 Statement of Financial Position 18 Statement of Activities 19 • American Anthropological Association • American Anthropological 2012 AAA Section Award Winners 20 AAA Staff and Publications inside back cover 2012 Donor Recognition inside back cover 1 Statement of Purposes of the American Anthropological Association The purposes of the Association shall be to advance anthropology as the science that studies humankind in all its aspects through archaeological, biological, ethnological, and linguistic research; and to further the professional interests of American anthropologists, including the dissemination of anthropological knowledge and its use to solve human problems. Taken from the Articles of Incorporation & Bylaws, amended and restated in October 1983, of the American Anthropological Association. From the Association Leadership s your Association’s President and Executive Director, we are pleased to provide this report on AAA’s signature activities, programs and accomplishments during the past year. We took some important steps in 2012 to advance the Association. We are making our public profile more visible, and engaging in enduring new partnerships. We continue to improve member support and guidance. This year, we put the finishing touches on the career scholars a chance to gain a first-hand sense AAssociation’s revised Statement on Ethics, completing of Association leadership service opportunities. To a five-year review process that involved several rounds highlight the enduring contributions of our long term of member engagement, comment and feedback. members, we have created our Distinguished Members The Statement on Ethics—Principles of Professional program. These members receive special recognition at Responsibility offers guidance to anthropologists about our Annual Meeting and are profiled in Anthropology appropriate conduct in professional and academic News. The Executive Board approved two new sections: Leith Mullings settings, collecting and disseminating research the Association for the Anthropology of Policy President (2012–13) data, and establishing and maintaining respectful promotes the study of policy, including its makings, relationships with research subjects, colleagues and working and effects, and the Society of Economic students. Organized around seven basic principles, the Anthropology, formerly a separate organization, 2012 Statement on Ethics has a new, interactive format formally merged with the AAA. that encourages member commentary and cases. Finally, building on the terrific success of our public As part of our ongoing efforts to increase the education initiative, RACE: Are We So Different?, AAA Association’s public visibility, we have been active announced this past year its intent to create a new in the past year in working with a number of media initiative with a focus on migration and displacement. Edward Liebow outlets to highlight anthropologists’ work, and This new public education initiative will draw on Executive Director accurately portray the discipline. We have helped policymakers and elected This year, we put the finishing touches on the Association’s revised officials see the value of Statement on Ethics, completing a five-year review process that involved our work, pointing out how a large segment several rounds of member engagement, comment and feedback. 2012 Annual Report of our membership is involved in pushing the frontiers of knowledge expertise from all sub-fields of the discipline. It will about the human condition through research and speak to historical movements of people, displacement, training, while a growing segment are involved in such inequality, incorporation and a host of other issues, endeavors as improving healthcare and educational guided by a broad-based working group and systems, working towards environmental sustainability, supported with key partnerships like the Wenner-Gren cultural heritage protection, reducing global Foundation, Northwestern University, the Smithsonian Association • American Anthropological inequalities, and increasing awareness of the many Institution, among others. forms of household and family that raise our children This year’s Annual Report draws on the theme of the and take care of our elderly. 2012 Annual Meeting, Borders and Crossings. As you Speaking of members and your interests, we have review this report, we ask that you help us celebrate the taken some key steps in the past year to recognize accomplishments of the past year, and also reflect on your contributions and expand ways of engaging how we can best help you in achieving our long-term with the Association. Our Leadership Fellows program goals of disseminating anthropological knowledge and continued in its fourth year, providing six early using such knowledge to solve human problems. Leith Mullings Edward Liebow President Executive Director 3 ➔ ➝ Borders & Crossings: Ethical Currents AAA Finalizes Revisions to Ethics Code fter a five-year review process, members of the American Anthropological Association approved a rigorous overhaul of the association’s code of Ethics in 2012. The code offers guidance to anthropologists concerning responsible conduct in professional and academic settings, in collecting and disseminating research data, and in their relationships with research subjects, colleagues and students. The new document, titled“Statement on Ethics: Principles of Professional AResponsibility,” strengthens the previous ethics code, adapts it to the digital age, and makes use of a fundamentally new format. The first AAA ethics code was written in 1971, in your records, and maintain respectful and ethical response to controversies over anthropologists’ professional relationships. involvement in the Vietnam War. Where previous This 2012 revision has its origins in a controversy AAA ethics codes resembled legal codes, the over U.S. Army human terrain teams five years new Principles of Professional Responsibility take ago. In response to that controversy the AAA the form of a hyperlinked living document in a convened a Task Force on Comprehensive Ethics simple, user-friendly format. While still offering Review, chaired by Dena Plemmons (U California- guidance for ethical conduct in the form of San Diego). The membership of that Task Force general principles, the new document features was carefully chosen to represent the different embedded hypertext links to pertinent case study sub-disciplines of anthropology as well as a range materials, reference documents, websites and of opinions on anthropological work for the