2009 ANNUAL REPORT

Anthropology: Democracy, Inclusiveness, Transparency American Anthropological Association University ofToronto Jennifer LJackson Student Seat T JFerguson Professional Seat Practicing/ University Georgetown Gwendolyn Mikell Minority Seat University ofIowa Laura Graham Linguistic Seat University ofIowa Ellen Lewin Cultural Seat University Emory George Armelagos Biological Seat Nan Rothschild Archaeology Seat Pitzer College Dan Segal Secretary University ofIllinois RDominguez Virginia President-Elect New York of theUniversity The GraduateCenter Setha MLow President Executive Board AAA 2009 Kathryn MBorman Mark Lewine Committee and Education Deborah Thomas John LJacksonJr Committee Executive Program Annual Meeting and Chairs AAA Committees Indiana University Mary Gray Convenor Section Assembly Ex-Officio University Arizona State Katherine Spielmann Undesignated #5 Research Center Battele Seattle Ed Liebow Undesignated #4 Duke University Lee DBaker Undesignated #3 California, Berkley University of Charles LBriggs Undesignated #2 University Harvard Theodore CBestor Undesignated #1 Ellen Lewin Communication on Scientific Committee Barbara Koenig Andrew Bickford Public Policy Committee on Linda Bennett Anthropology and PublicInterest Practicing, Applied Committee on Simon CraddockLee Anthropology Minority Issuesin Committee on Michael Chibnik Human Rights Committee for SanfordVictoria Labor Relations Committee for Alisse Waterston Publications and Electronic Future ofPrint Committee onthe Dena Plemmons Ethics Committee on George Armelagos Awards Committee Edmund THamann Audit Committee Katherine Spielmann Committee Operations Association Commission Labor Relations Ida Susser Frances Rothstein on World Commission Audrey Smedley Yolanda Moses Thomas Patterson Janis Hutchinson Race andRacism Commission on Rob Albro Communities and Intelligence the USSecurity Anthropology with Engagement of Commission onthe and Chairs AAA Commissions Louise Lamphere Committee Development Resource Dan Segal Committee Nominations Ed Liebow Finance Committee Catherine Kingfisher Elizabeth Tunstall Anthropology Status ofWoman in Committee onthe 2009 DonorRecognition AAA Staff andPublications Statement ofActivities Statement ofFinancialPosition 2009 AAASectionAward Winners 2009 AAAAwards Winners AAA’s RACEAreWe SoDifferent—PublicEducationProgram Year Three AAA PhotoContestResults Member Profile: Niel Tashima Association Briefs Spotlight Advocating forAnthropology Member Profile: RobertAlbro Military CommissionIssuesFinalReportonHTSProgram Letter from thePresident andExecutiveDirector Statement ofPurposes Executive Board, CommitteesandCommissions T ab Anthropology: Democracy, Inclusiveness, Transparency Inclusiveness, Democracy, Anthropology: l e of Con of : AssociationforAfricanistAnthropology te n t s Report Annual 2009 inside front cover inside backcover 20 19 18 16 14 13 12 11 10 9 6 5 4 3 2  1

 Democracy, Inclusiveness, Transparency 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. A Two AAA committees in particular—the particular—the in Twocommittees AAA AAA commissions, commissions, AAA year, intheAlso past continued the association Anthropology (CoPAPIA)—developed new new (CoPAPIA)—developed Anthropology voted onand voted Publishing (CFPEP) and the Committee Committee the and (CFPEP) Publishing inputvaluable from Force for has Comprehensive Ethics Review EB that are specifically reserved for candidates candidates for reserved specifically are that EB In an effort to make our internal governance governance internal our make to effort an In program—all while promoting greater greater promoting while program—all practices more democratic, we have restructured restructured have we democratic, more practices membership, and strengthen our publishing publishing our strengthen and membership, members will be able to vote for two seats on the the on seats two for vote to able be will members make final recommendations next year. While members. Committee on the Future of Print and Electronic Electronic and Print Futureof the on Committee to ofthe entire andisexpected Code, review throughout all of our institutional practices. institutional our of all throughout retain strong, finances our keep to leadership and staff AAA (EB), Board Executive the in AAA governance. For the first time in our our in time first For the governance. AAA in participation its and (SA) Assembly Section the the aforementioned partners—a comprehensivethe aforementioned partners—a the membership soliciting included ofEthics, Code the AAA work onrevising its undertaken—in part because of feedback from offeedback because part undertaken—in democracy, inclusion and transparency transparency and inclusion democracy, changes to the Code of Ethics, the AAA Taskchanges the to ofEthics, theAAA Code approved certain association’s history, the SA convener was was convener SA the history, association’s committees, committees, representatives. SA of pool a from coming on Public, Applied and Public Interest Interest Public and Applied Public, on and incorporating a process that given a seat on the EB and, in the future, AAA AAA future, the in and, EB the on seat a given sections and sections Along this vein, we’ve accomplished many things—we’ve worked with with worked things—we’ve many accomplished we’ve vein, this Along year, past our the over that report to pleased are we Association, work toward our goal of becoming a more publicly engaged organization. organization. engaged publicly more a becoming of goal our toward work association has grown stronger, become more efficient, and continues to continues and efficient, more stronger, become grown has association s the President and Executive Director of the American Anthropological Anthropological American the of Director Executive and President the s anthropological partnersaroundtheglobe. Setha reached beyondournationalinterests and boundariestoworkwithour In termsofinclusiveness,we’ve

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n December of 2008, the Executive Board of the American Anthropological Association asked the Commission on the Engagement of Anthropology with the US Security and Intelligence Communities (CEAUSSIC) to thoroughly review the Department of Defense (DoD) Human Terrain System (HTS) program, so that the AAA might then Iformulate an official position on members’ participation in HTS activities. In December 2009, during a press conference at the AAA Annual Meeting, the CEAUSSIC officially issued its report. Second, the current arrangement of HTS The report, which was widely covered in the includes potentially irreconcilable goals which, mainstream media, addressed a number of in turn, lead to irreducible tensions with key points. respect to the program’s basic identity. These include the HTS attempt to concurrently Military First, the fulfill a research function, serve as a data and Commission report noted intelligence source, and perform a tactical Issues Final that HTS function in counterinsurgency warfare. Given and similar Report on HTS this confusion, any anthropologist considering programs Program employment with HTS will have difficulty are moving determining whether or not s/he will be able to

DoD staff photo to become a follow the AAA Code of Ethics. greater fixture within the US military. Given still outstanding Third, although HTS managers insist the questions about HTS, such developments program is not an intelligence asset, the report should be a source of concern for the AAA authors noted that the program is housed and also for any social science organization within a DoD intelligence asset, that it has or federal agency that expects its members or reportedly been briefed as such an asset, employees to adhere to established disciplinary and that a variety of circumstances of the and federal standards for the treatment of work of Human Terrain Teams (HTTs) “on human subjects. the ground” in Iraq and Afghanistan create a significant likelihood that HTS data will be used as part of military intelligence, advertently or inadvertently. Fourth, HTTs collect sensitive socio-cultural data in a high- risk environment while working for one combatant in DoD staff photo

Given this confusion, any anthropologist considering employment with HTS will have difficulty determining whether or not s/he will be able to follow the disciplinary American Anthropological Association AAA Code of Ethics.

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 Military Commission Issues Final Report ne of the reasons why our association is so strong is because leadership, staff and membership are committed to weighing in on important issues that affect the discipline. AAA members and staff proved to be ardent advocates regarding a number of important issues including lobbying Capitol Hill for additional funding for the Ohumanities, protecting human rights for indigenous peoples all over the world, federal initiatives that could possibly affect our publishing programs, rulemakings that protect valuable cultural resources, and protecting the rights of international scholars and students.

Advocating for The association has not only shown Anthropology its strength through external advocacy campaigns, but also through strengthening internal committees to increase their capacities and abilities to influence policy. Along this front, the AAA Executive Board (EB) drafted and approved a new charge for “Win, Place, Show” by Brian Donahoe. First place winner in the Committee on Public Policy (COPP) and the 2009 AAA Photo Contest. also issued new policies and guidelines for AAA committees that issue advocacy letters Davis met with staff from the offices of and statements. Both of these initiatives Senators Kit Bond and Claire McCaskill, while uniquely position AAA to influence and shape Dozier met with staff from the Michigan domestic as well as international policy. delegation in Congress, including Senators Levin and Stabenow, and Representative John Dingell. Ultimately the event, sponsored The association has not only shown its by the National Humanities strength through external advocacy Alliance and co-sponsored by AAA, proved successful. The campaigns, but also through strengthening approved funding level of $155 internal committees to increase their million for the NEH in FY 2009 represented an increase of capacities and abilities to influence policy. over $11 million from FY 2008 funding levels. Speaking out against then- As is the case every year, AAA Executive recent actions by the Director Bill Davis and Director of Public Affairs Peruvian government, AAA also joined Damon Dozier visited members of Congress the Organizing Committee of the World armed with an ambitious advocacy agenda, as Council of Anthropological Associations they participated in the 10th annual National (WCAA) in writing to Peruvian President Humanities Advocacy Day in March. Joined Alan Garcia expressing “deep concern” about by over 100 representatives from humanities- the government’s violation of indigenous related organizations, both Davis and Dozier peoples’ human, territorial and legal rights. made impassioned appeals for increased funding The statement also condemns the use of for the National Endowment for the Humanities violence against peaceful protestors, as well (NEH) and the National Historical Publication as the executive decrees they were protesting against. These decrees, known as the “Law of

American Anthropological Association and Records Commission (NHPRC), two agencies providing crucial financial support for the Jungle,” open indigenous territories to oil, a number of AAA members. lumber and mining concessions, and stand in direct violation of the constitutional and

 6  internationally recognized territorial and legal rights of Peru’s indigenous peoples. In June 2009, the Peruvian government deployed 360 heavily armed police to disrupt a peaceful protest led by indigenous and non- indigenous protesters who were blocking a principal highway into the Amazon Jungle. In the resulting clash, at least 33 protestors were killed. The event sparked worldwide outcry by many international organizations besides the AAA, including the United Nations Permanent “Bringing in the Rice Harvest” by Anika Koenig. Finalist in the Forum on Indigenous Issues, Human Rights 2009 AAA Photo Contest. Watch, and the Coordinating Body of Indigenous Organizations of the Andes (COICA), a group US Congress to acknowledge and condemn representing indigenous organizations in Bolivia, the human rights violations that have been Peru, Columbia and Ecuador. committed by the de facto government in Honduras since the June 28, 2009 coup d’état; On Capitol Hill, AAA petitioned both and gives support to the progressive forces Congress and Federal agencies (specifically, in Honduras that are striving to create a real the House Committee on Energy and democracy and are worthy of the support that Commerce, the Departments of Energy and they have not received from the international State, and the Environmental Protection community. At the Business Meeting, those Agency) asking that they support energy present agreed that the resolution should be and climate change legislation that reduces forwarded to the entire membership for a vote. greenhouse gas emissions and accelerates the carbon-reduction timeline established In an effort to provide a more democratic, by the Obama Administration. Writing that open and transparent voting process, the EB “legislation that helps moderate climate change created a new format whereby both sides of is vital to preserving cultures, both past and a resolution are presented to membership. In present” and “global warming threatens to the past, members had sometimes presented disrupt the realization of a range of human both sides of a resolution through Anthropology rights, including life, health, food, water, housing and self-determination,” AAA We have a long and proud history of protecting expressed its commitment to the promotion and the rights of international scholars, and 2009 protection of the right of proved to be no exception as AAA joined a people everywhere to the full realization of their humanity. coalition of groups seeking to end the practice of Also in the area of “ideological exclusion.” international human rights, a resolution was offered at the 2009 Annual Meeting News, but beginning with this resolution, Business Meeting that would have AAA links were provided on the AAA blog so that support Hondurans who resisted their members could examine and respond to country’s June 28 military coup and subsequent both PRO and CON statements co-authored actions. The resolution condemns the role of by AAA members. Results of the vote were the Honduran military in the coup d’état and expected in early 2010. its aftermath and US financing and training of said military; supports Hondurans’ calls for the In reaction to a Federal government request elimination of the Honduran military; urges to comment on the feasibility of providing so- Advocating for Anthropology President Barack Obama and members of the called open access to federally-funded research,

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this has taken him personally into organizations to tailor evaluation communities and homes around the methods to particular community United States. He believes that the most circumstances. Niel has stressed in effective approaches to the design and his evaluation work with community implementation of health and social organizations and government agencies services are through engagement of that the information must have members of communities of interest. relevance to local communities and be able to address meta-questions posed by Throughout his career, Niel has focused on the funder. developing opportunities for consumers to participate in policy discussions Since 1991, Niel has been actively through program evaluation activities engaged in AAA activities. He has and community organizing assistance. In served two terms as Treasurer of Member Profile: Niel Tashima the US, his work has taken him from rural NAPA (1991–1994) and President-Elect communities like the Colonias on the and President of NAPA (1994–1998). Dr Niel Tashima is a senior social scientist Texas/Mexico border to Garden City and He has been a member of the AAA and one of the founders of, and a Dodge City in Western Kansas. Section Assembly and Executive Board Managing Partner in, LTG Associates, the (1996–1997), Administrative Advisory oldest anthropologically-based consulting Niel’s early career included the collection Committee and Legislative Steering firm in North America. He has rich and and analysis of psychiatric in-patient Committee (1997–1998), Professional extensive experience in a variety of social medication information provided Development Committee, (1997–2000), service and health care issues. His work to families through the Veterans Finance Committee (1999–2003) and has taken him from developing non- Administration Hospital, Psychiatric Nominations Committee (2003–2007). profit organizations serving vulnerable Service in San Diego, California. This Currently he is a member of the AAA populations to designing responses to project was followed by an NIMH-funded Committee on Practicing, Applied and international health task orders. He has study under his direction which focused Public Interest Anthropology and the developed novel qualitative research on psychiatric issues of diagnosis and Ethics Task Force. He is a member of methods that seek to engage populations treatment for Asian American women NAPA, SPA and GAD. of interest to funders in the policy married to US military service personnel. discussions and debates that will directly Niel earned a bachelor’s degree from the Throughout all of Niel’s work, there affect their communities. He maintains University of California at San Diego, a has been a strong emphasis on a strong interest in the ethics of master’s degree from California State monitoring and evaluation as a means community-based research and the role University, San Diego, and a PhD from of accountability and learning. He has of communities in policy discussions. Northwestern University in Evanston, taught evaluation methods to staff from Illinois, where he was the last graduate Niel’s focus has always been on difficult government ministries and departments student of Francis Hsu.  to reach and vulnerable populations; of health. He has worked with local

 1 1  AA has announced the winners Winning Photographers of the 2009 AAA Photo Contest. First Place The submissions were both Brian Donahoe, Max Planck Institute anthropologically informative and Second Place impressive in their technical Emily Yates-Doerr, New York U quality and artistry, and selecting winners was A Third Place extremely challenging. Shauna LaTosky, Johannes Gutenberg U Building off of last year’s popular competition, the contest committee reviewed 311 entries from Finalists 78 participants, selecting 52 photos for special Brian Brazeal (2), CSU Chico recognition: 20 finalists (including first, second and Brian Donahoe (3), Max Planck Institute third place winners) and 32 semifinalists. Some AAA Photo Jeffrey David Ehrenreich, U New Orleans of the winning and finalist photos are featured Andrea Heckman, U New Mexico Contest throughout this Annual Report. Photos can also be Donald Holly, Eastern Illinois U found in the AAA online Flickr gallery (www.flickr. Barry Kass, ImagesofAnthropology.com com/photos/anthropologynews). Ryan Klataske, Michigan State U Winning, finalist and semifinalists photographer Anika Koenig (2), Australian National U names and affiliations are listed to the right. Where Olivier Le Guen, Max Planck Institute multiple photographs from the same entrant were George Nicholas, Simon Fraser U selected, names are repeated (across recognition Carmen Paz, Independent Scholar levels) or the number of selected photographs is Glenn Stone, Washington U indicated in parentheses (within the same level). Aleksandra Wierucka, U Gdansk

The contest committee was chaired by Semifinalists Anthropology News (AN) Production Editor Amy Brian Brazeal (2), CSU Chico Goldenberg and comprised of 2008 AAA Photo Brian Donahoe, Max Planck Institute Contest winner Peter Biella (San Francisco State U) Jeffrey David Ehrenreich, U New Orleans and AAA staff members with expertise in diverse NJ Enfield (3), Max Planck Institute anthropological subfields, including Dinah Winnick Andrew Epstein, U Wisconsin-Madison (AN Managing Editor), Joseph Jones (RACE Project Jessica Falkenhagen (2), UC Los Angeles Grant Manager), and Brian Estes (AAA Public Hermon Farahi, George Washington U Policy Associate).  Adam Fish, UC Los Angeles Harjant Gill, American U Andrew Heckman (2), U New Mexico Ginger Johnson (2), U South Florida Barry Kass, ImagesofAnthropology.com Ryan Klataske (2), Michigan State U Anika Koenig, Australian National U Jonathan Marion, CSU San Marcos Carmen Paz (2), Independent Scholar Bryce Peake, U Oregon Benjamin Purzycki, U Connecticut Glenn Shepard (2), Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi Glenn Stone (2), Washington U Emily Yates-Doerr (2), New York U Willa Zhen, U London American Anthropological Association

Finalists in the 2009 AAA Photo Contest, clockwise from the top: “Garimpeiro at the Mouth of the Mine” by Brian Brazeal; “Bonpo Monks inside Menri Monastery” by Andrea Heckman; “The Offering” by Brian Donahoe; “Quichua Kids on the Bank of the Napo River” by Aleksandra Wierucka. Far right: “Preparing Wood Bark for a Bidé” by Anika Koenig.  1 2  his past year was the third year for RACE Are We So Different?—AAA’s landmark public education program on race and human variation. The award-winning program continued to reach new audiences with its three key messages: 1) race is a recent human invention; 2) race is Tabout culture, not biology; and 3) race and The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia hosted racism are embedded in institutions and the exhibit from May to September. Facilitators everyday life. RACE was developed over five from the Anti-Defamation League conducted and a half years with a combined $4.5 million workshops exploring “identity, language, in funding and contributions from the Ford bias/prejudice and challenges in a diverse Foundation, the National Science Foundation, population” for high school students and and the AAA. Launched in 2007, the RACE professionals in conjunction with the exhibit. program consists of a traveling museum RACE programming in Philadelphia included AAA’s a lecture and panel discussion on the topic exhibition, an interactive website (www. RACE: understandingRACE.org) and downloadable “Can or Should America Be Colorblind?” that featured RACE Project Co-chair Alan Are We So family and teacher guides. Goodman (Hampshire C). Goodman was Different? Since opening in January 2007, over one million joined by local community activists in critically Public Education people in nine cities have experienced the assessing colorblindness as both method and Program— RACE Are We So Different? museum exhibition, goal in light of current race practices and racial which continues to generate overwhelmingly disparities in the United States. Year Three positive responses from museum visitors. On October 3, the RACE Host cities in 2009 included Cincinnati, Ohio; exhibit debuted on the West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Los Angeles, Coast at the California Science California, where RACE helped to increase Center (CSC) in Los Angeles, and diversify museum audiences. The exhibit’s where it was on display until national tour is sponsored by the Best Buy December 31. The highlight Children’s Foundation. of RACE programming at the From January through April the exhibit was CSC was “The Medicalization on display at the Cincinnati Museum Center of Race,” a panel discussion on (CMC) in Cincinnati. Local media outlets, the validity, uses and abuses including the Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati of race in medical practice Magazine and Streetvibes, covered the exhibit, and research moderated by and an Enquirer article published the week PBS and PRI personality Tavis prior to its opening quickly generated over Smiley. Panelists included 400 comments in its online forum. On January RACE Project Co-chair 20, CMC hosted a community viewing of Yolanda Moses (U California, the historic inauguration of President Barack Riverside), Michael Montoya Obama, which raised questions about race (U California, Irvine), Esteban for which many sought answers within the González Burchard (U exhibit. CMC also hosted a community California, San Francisco), conversation series, “Cincinnati is Talking and Pragna Patel (U Southern about Race,” and a public lecture by Anthony California). Perzigian (U Cincinnati) on “The Concept of This year, the AAA and Science Top photo: Allen Race: A Darwinian Perspective,” and partnered Museum of Minnesota completed Goodman, Reverend Jesse with BRIDGES for a Just Community to offer Jackson and Representative development of a 1,500-square- Barbara Lee. Lower photo: talking circles for school, corporate and civic foot version of the RACE exhibit Alan Goodman and organizations. CMC was the first exhibition Michael Blakey. Photos by that will tour universities, Damon Dozier. venue to capture visitors’ responses on video. museums and other institutions At the RACE Story Kiosk, visitors shared unable to accommodate the full 5,000-square- their impressions of the exhibit and their foot exhibit. The condensed exhibit includes all thoughts about race in Cincinnati with of the major themes of the original as well as a other museum-goers. new component on race and politics. Beginning

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Services Protective and Family of Department Texas the of Meeting Disproportionality Statewide Annual Third the attended (AAA) Jones Joseph and Houston) (U Hutchinson Janis Yolanda 5, Moses, November On justice. racial for efforts inform can perspectives and frameworks anthropological how in interested audiences new two engaged project the November, In 2014. through tour national the join will exhibit RACE the of version replica sized full- a and condensed the 2010, January in at this year’s Annual AAA  Herskovits at the Heart with thesubfield of cultural anthropology. Hill is deeply areas ofinquiry, allowingforstrongcross-fertilization become someoflinguisticanthropology’s mostfruitful linguistic ideologies. Decadeslater, thesethemeshave study oflanguageandpoliticaleconomy andthefieldof pioneer sociopoliticalinvestigations of bilingualism, the Aztecan andhistoricallinguistics, andalsohelped Jane HillisdeeplyrespectedforherresearchonUto- Viking FundMedalin Anthropology. received the Wenner-Gren Foundation’s prestigious for theSocietyofLinguistic Anthropology. In2004, she Languages ofthe Americas andontheExecutiveBoard as presidentoftheSocietyforStudyIndigenous for the Advancement ofScience. Hillhasalsoserved Anthropological Instituteand American Association Arts andSciencesherroleasafellowoftheRoyal through hermembershipinthe American Academy of as ambassadortothewiderscientificcommunity president (1997–1999), shehasservedthediscipline Service to Anthropology. Sincehertimeas AAA the 2009winnerofFranz Boas Award forExemplary Regents’ Professorof Anthropology andLinguistics, as AAA recognizedJane Hill, Universityof Arizona Service toAnthropology Franz BoasAward forExemplary the award period. that therecipientwillcompletetheirdissertationwithin year toanoutstandingdoctoral student. Itisexpected The MinorityDissertationFellowship isawarded each (Princeton U)toreceivehonorable mentiondistinctions. (U Michigan-Ann Arbor) andSuad Abdul Khabeer Meeting. The CMIAalsochoseRebeccaLCarter Awards Ceremonyduringthe2009 AAA Annual Dissertation Fellowship, andwas recognizedatthe fieldwork. SheisthefirstlinguisttoreceiveMinority preliminary researchandtwoyearsofethnographic Feliciano-Santos’ analysisdraws ontwosummersof she was nineyearsold. candidate. ShemovedfromChicagotoPuertoRicowhen of Michiganin2006, wheresheisnowadoctoral University andreceivedherMAatthe Santos earnedan AB insocialstudiesfromHarvard is thechairofherdissertationcommittee. Feliciano- Indigenous IdentityinPuertoRico” andBarbara A Meek and SocialPractices ofConstructingaContemporary is titled “Tainos inBorken? The EverydayLinguistic AAA MinorityDissertationFellowship. Herdissertation Sherina Feliciano-Santos asrecipientofthe2009–10 Anthropology (CMIA)announcedtheselectionof AAA andtheCommitteeonMinorityIssuesin AAA MinorityDissertationAward 2009 AAA A AAA 2009 war d W d i nn er s committed to building bridges within and beyond the Achievement Award (U Connecticut), the National Space Club discipline of anthropology and to blending scientific study Press Award, the Westinghouse Science Writing Award, and with the goal of social justice, leading to ground-breaking two honorary doctorates. publications on the language of racism in the US. Jane Hill’s publications include eight books and 129 peer- Robert B Textor and Family Prize for reviewed articles and chapters, many of which have become Excellence in Anticipatory Anthropology classics in their respective fields. AAA presented the 2009 Textor Prize to Alexander Laban Hinton in recognition of his path-breaking work AAA/Oxford University Press Award for in the anthropology of genocide. Hinton’s extensive Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching of research, particularly on Cambodia, develops a distinctly Anthropology anthropological approach to genocide, employs illuminating comparative and interdisciplinary analysis, and tries to AAA presented the 2009 AAA/Oxford University Press answer simultaneously why genocides take place and how teaching award to Maria Davoren Vesperi—Princeton 2009 AAA PhD, professor of anthropology at the New College of perpetrators are motivated to kill. His groundbreaking 2005 Florida, and author of City of Green Benches (1985) and ethnography Why Did They Kill? Cambodia in the Shadow Award Winners Anthropology off the Shelf (2009, with Alisse Waterston). of Genocide combines compelling theoretical work with New College’s anthropology program has one of the college’s fine-grained analyses of structure and action, ideology and highest rates of sending majors to graduate school. Vesperi motivation, and culture and conduct during the Khmer Rouge has directly supervised the senior theses of 62 anthropology regime into a sophisticated explanation of the Cambodian majors, approximately 25% percent of whom have gone genocide, which cost the lives of 1.7 million people. on to graduate programs in anthropology, with many more pursuing graduate school and careers in related fields. Maria’s Award outstanding success as a teacher and mentor is embodied in her consistently high enrollments, her heavy senior thesis The AAA and Society for Applied Anthropology awarded load, and the wide range of tutorial topics she teaches on top the 2009 Margaret Mead Award to Sverker Finnström of her regular courses. These endeavors have been coupled for his book Living with Bad Surroundings: War, History and with her work as a public intellectual and her continued Every Day Moments in Northern Uganda (Duke U Press affiliation with the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. 2008). Anthropologist Michael Jackson has commented that the book “is a lucid, compelling, in-depth, and detailed exploration of the vexed position of youth in poverty-stricken Anthropology in Media Award Africa; a painstaking and authoritative account of one of the John Noble Wilford, senior science writer for the New most refractory and long-running wars on that continent; York Times, is the recipient of the 2009 AAA Anthropology and a demonstration of how imperative it is to complement in Media Award, which honors “those who have raised historical and political-economic explanations of Africa’s public awareness of anthropology and have had a broad and conflicts with ethnographic perspectives that encompass local sustained public impact at local, national and international symbolic reality, local readings of history and tradition, local levels.” Wilford has consistently reported on the latest expectations and desires, and local understandings of power, developments in anthropology to the New York Times’ one morality, and reconciliation.” Finnström is a lecturer in the million subscribers and 1.4 million online readers, and his department of social anthropology at Stockholm University. columns are frequently reprinted in subsidiary publications. In the last four years alone, he has produced 100 articles on topics such as archaeology in Greece and Egypt, David M Schneider Award genetics, human paleontology, environmental anthropology, Finally, the AAA awarded the 2009 David M Schneider Award primatology and paleopathology. He has even written for an original graduate student essay to Junji Chen, a PhD obituaries of significant figures in our discipline. His columns candidate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. consistently provide in-depth analysis, multiple perspectives on Throughout his life, David Schneider’s work on kinship, complex topics, and illuminating interviews with researchers. cultural theory and American culture was provocative and Wilford received a BS degree from the University of iconoclastic. The $1,000 award recognizes a work that treats Tennessee in 1955 and MA from Syracuse University. Before one or more of these topics in a fresh and innovative fashion. joining the New York Times 43 years ago, he reported for Chen’s dissertation-in-progress is titled “While the State 2009 AAA Award Winners the Wall Street Journal and Time magazine. Wilford won a Claims the Intimate: Population Control Policy and the Ethics Pulitzer in 1984 for his national reporting of science topics of Chinese Modernity.” His research and writing have been and shared a second Pulitzer for a team effort in reporting on supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation, Woodrow Wilson the Challenger explosion. He has also received two awards National Fellowship Foundation and several units at the  1 5  from the Aviation-Space Writers Association, the GM Loeb University of Illinois.  2009 Section Association Central States National Award Winners for Feminist Anthropological Association Anthropology Society of Practicing American Graduate Student Leslie A White Award Anthropologists Ethnological Award Sarah Trabert Student Achievement Vanessa Agard-Jones Award Society Student Paper Jane Collins, Undergraduate Prize Graduate Andrew Flachs University of Student Award Student Award Wisconsin, President Tiffany Black Joseph Weiss National Association Sharon Stephens Prize Zora Neale Hurston Student Paper Prize of Student Patty Kelly Travel Award Undergraduate Student Award Anthropologists Winifred Tate Rania Kassab Sweis Jenny L Davis Mary C Benedetto Student Travel Award Anthropology Angela Glaros Camee Maddox Council on & Environment Michelle Stewart Anthropology 2009 AAA Section Association for Carrie Hunter-Tate and Education Award Roy A Rappaport Political and Legal Section Award Graduate Student Anthropology George and Louise Serena Stein Spindler Award Winners Award Student Paper Prize Douglas E Foley Society for Nikhil Anand Jessica Johnson Anthropology Julian Steward Award Outstanding Dissertation Award in Community David Crawford Association of Black García Sánchez Colleges Junior Scholar Award Anthropologists Scholar Travel Awards President’s Award Carlos Garcia- Angela Booker Melvin Johnson Quijano Vera Green Award Aimee Cox Omaia Dessureault Laura T Gonzalez Archeology Gwaltnery Award and Rucheeta Kulkarni Student Award Division Fund Silvia Nogueron Mallory Haas Gordon R Willey Prize Dana-Ain Davis Anne Rios Jenna Grabijas Chip Colwell- Legacy Scholar Awards Eva Maria Oxelson Society for Chanthaphonh Kimberly Eison Alexander Posecznick TJ Ferguson Simmons Cultural Culture and Anthropology Distinguished Lecturer Association of Agriculture Cultural Horizons Prize Barbara J Little Latina and Latino Robert M Netting Omri Elisha Student Diversity Anthropologists Student Paper Award Travel Awards Gregory Bateson Book Book Award Shiloh Moates Shankari Patel Prize Alejandro Lugo and Barry F Saunders Rhianna Rogers Leo Chavez General Tsim Schneider Anthropology Society for Ana Tejeda Biological Division East Asian Anthropology Prize for Exemplary Anthropology Association Cross Field Scholarship Section Francis LK Hsu Book of Africanist WW Howells Book Michael Fischer Prize Anthropology Prize Nicole DeJong Middle East Elliott P Skinner Book Pat Shipman Award Section Theodore C Bestor Alan Walker Prize for Outstanding Ben W Jones Distinguished Scholar Graduate Student Distinguished Lecturer Award Paper Distinguished Lecturer Sarah Blaffer Hrdy Brinkley Messick Karen Tranberg Junjie Chen Hansen 2009 Student Prize Student Molly Zuckerman Paper Prize Canay Ozden American Anthropological Association

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