American Anthropological Association’s 111th Annual Meeting:

Call for Proposal Submissions, AAA 2012

DUE March 15, 2012

The Society for the Anthropology of North America (SANA) invites your submissions for the American Anthropological Association’s 2012 Annual Meeting, to be held in San Francisco, California, November 14-18. This year’s theme is “Border Crossings.”

Read the full Call for Proposal Submissions here.

Invitation to all SANA Professors and Professionals:

SANA Board Elections – Spring

DUE Jan 20, 2012

We invite all SANA to nominate a member or nominate your self for the two positions on the Spring 2012 Ballot. We need volunteers to run for President-elect and Board Member-at Large #3. All positions begin at the end of the annual AAA meetings, this year to be held in San Francisco, Dec. 2012.

President-elect is a two year term that evolves into a two year presidency. The term of president-elect is a learning one. It includes learning AAA section processes and commitments; serving on 2 standing SANA committees (Distinguished Career Prize) and Nominations, and being a ex-officio member of the St. Clair Drake Graduate Student Travel Awards, and Spring Conference Graduate Awards (when applicable). It is a spring-board position for the presidency.

Board Member #3 is a three-year term that requires participation on the governance of SANA, contributing to discussion, suggestion of projects and the implementation of those projects as they arise.

Please contact Jeff Maskovsky, SANA Nominations Committee Chair jeff.maskovsky@qc.cuny.edu or Lynn Bolles lbolles@umd.edu

The 2011 Distinguished Achievement prize:

Ellen Lewin awarded Prize for Distinguished Achievement in the Critical Study of North America

The statement from the prize committee says about Professor Lewin:

“Her long career exemplifies her commitment to social justice and to the value of that extraordinary combination of doing superior research and scholarship, all the while being a teacher/administrator/activist in and outside of the academy.”

Read the full award statements here.

Montreal 2011:

St. Clair Drake Student Travel Grant 2011

Here are the lucky and hard working students who received the St. Clair Drake Student Travel Grant for travel to the 2011 AAA conference in Montreal, photographed alongside the SANA Graduate Student Representatives.

(From left) Meredith Ellis (Syracuse University), Kori Allen (University of Toronto), SANA Graduate Student Representative Rachel Wright (Syracuse University), Kohanya Ranch (University of California, Riverside), SANA Graduate Student Representative Mahri Irvine (American University), Chelsea Chapman (University of Wisconsin, Madison).