The American Anthropological Association is pleased to announce that several members are stepping into leadership positions on the Executive Board, Members’ Programmatic, Advisory, and Advocacy Committee (MPAAC), and within our Sections.
The following members have joined the AAA Executive Board:
- President-Elect (2-year term, followed by 2-year term as President) Carolyn Rouse
- Executive Board Archaeology Seat (3-year term) Sarah Jackson
- Executive Board Biological Seat (3-year term) Jennifer Raff
- Executive Board Linguistic Seat (3-year term) Joel Kuipers
- Executive Board Undesignated Seat (3-year term) Dominic Boyer
To see the full AAA Executive Board, log into the Community Hub.
MPAAC, convened by the Executive Board to help respond to AAA member needs and interests, is also welcoming several new committee members.
New MPAAC leadership includes:
- Chair: M. Gabriela Torres
- Sub-Chair: Emily Metzner
- Sub-Chair: Carolyn Rouse
- Anti-Racism/Social Justice Seat: Justin Haruyama
- Ethics Seat: Alison Dundes Renteln
- Practicing/Professional Seat: Teruko Mitsuhara
- Student Seat: Tyanna Slobe
- World Anthropologies Seat: Lucia Isabel Stavig
For a full list of MPAAC seats and to get in touch with a seat specific to your issue, visit the committee’s website page.
New AAA Nominations Committee Members
- Biological Seat (3-year term) Achsah Dorsey
- Linguistic Seat (3-year term) Elise Berman
- Undesignated Seat (3-year term) Mary Gray
New Section Leadership
American Ethnological Society
- President-Elect (2-year term) Carole McGranahan
- Councilor (4-year term) Doreen Lee
Anthropology & Environment Section
- President-Elect (2-year term) Nikhil Anand
- At-Large Seat (2-year term) Juliet Erazo
- At-Large Seat (2-year term) Tom Özden-Schilling Bastian Thomsen
- Student Seat (2-year term) Janaki Mohanachandran
Anthropology of Consciousness
- At-Large Seat (anthropologist) (3-year term) Lisa L. Gezon
- At-Large Seat (non-anthropologist) (3-year term) Richard Choquette
- Student Seat (3-year term) James Roszel
Archaeology Division
- President-Elect (2-year term, followed by 2-year term as President) Christopher B. Rodning
- Editor-Elect/Program Editor (3-year term) Verónica Pérez Rodríguez
- Social Media Seat (2-year term) Rachel Horowitz
- At-Large Practicing Professional (2-year term) Jay V. Haigler
Association for Feminist Anthropology
- President-Elect (2-year term, followed by 2-year term as President) Elise Andaya
- Secretary (3-year term) Brady G’sell
- Program Chair (3-year term) Dinah Hannaford
- At-Large Seat (3-year term) Mythri Jegathesan
Association for Political and Legal Anthropology
- President-Elect (2-year term, followed by 2-year term as President) Elif Babul
Association for Queer Anthropology
- Co-Chair (2-year term) Zhiqiu Benson Zhou
- Treasurer (2-year term) Brian A. Horton
Association for the Anthropology of Policy
- Secretary-Treasurer (3-year term) Aaron Thornburg
- Student Seat (2-year term) Christopher C. Fuglestad
Association of Black Anthropologists
- President-Elect (2-year term) Todne Thomas
- Secretary/Treasurer (2-year term) Bertin M. Louis, Jr.
Association of Indigenous Anthropologists
- President-Elect (2-year term, followed by 2-year term as President) Courtney Lewis
- Secretary-Treasurer (2-year term) Terry Scott Ketchum
- Student Seat (1-year term) Viki Eagle
Association of Latina/o and Latinx Anthropologists
- Secretary/Treasurer (3-year term) Cecilia Vasquez
Association of Senior Anthropologists
- Treasurer (2-year term) Margo Smith
- At-Large Seat (2-year term) Richard Feinberg
- Student Seat (2-year term) Dillion Cartwright
Biological Anthropology Section
- At-Large Seat (2-year term) Michelle Cameron
- Secretary-Treasurer (3-year term) Marc Kissel
Council for Museum Anthropology
- At-Large Seat (2-year term)—2 positions Sowparnika Balaswaminathan, Annissa Malvoisin
- At-Large Seat (2-year term)—2 positions Jason Baird Jackson, Amanda Guzmán
- Student Seat (2-year term) Molli Ann Pauliot
Council on Anthropology and Education
- President-Elect (1-year term, followed by a 1-year term as President and one year as Past President) Char Ullman
- At-Large Seat (3-year term) Sarah Newcomer
Critical Urban Anthropology Association
- Councilor (3-year term) Omnia Khalil
Culture and Agriculture
- President-Elect (1-year term) Seth Murray
- Secretary-Treasurer (2-year term) Maia Dedrick
- At-Large Seat (web) (2-year term) Sarah Franzen
General Anthropology Division
- Communications Officer (2-year term) Joshua Babcock
- Membership and Events Officer (2-year term) Lisa Cuellar
- At-Large Seat (2-year term) Sarah Grant
Middle East Section
- President-Elect (2-year term, followed by 2-year term as President) Zainab Saleh
- Secretary (3-year term) Eda Pepi
- At-large Seat (3-year term) Narges Bajoghli
National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
- President-Elect (2-year term) Suanna Crowley
- Secretary (2-year term) Briana Nichols
- At-Large Seat (2-year term) Abby Vidmar
- Student Seat (2-year term) Eric Gauldin
Society for Anthropological Sciences
- President-Elect (2-year term followed by 2-year term as President and 2-year term as Past President) Max Stein
- Secretary (2-year term) Sevgi Demiroğlu
- At-Large Seat (3-year term) Michael Thomas
- Student Seat (2-year term) Elizabeth Bingham Thomas
Society for East Asian Anthropology
- President-Elect (2-year term) Hyang Jin Jung
- Councilor (2-year term)-2 positions Isaac Gagne, Nan Kim
- Student Seat (2-year term) Xinyu Guan
Society for Economic Anthropology
- President-Elect (1-year term) Daniel Murphy
- Secretary (3-year term) Brie Berry
- At-Large Seat (3-year term) – Erika Kuever, Heangjin Park, Nishita Trisal
- At-Large Seat (Archaeology) (3-year term) Brigitte Kovacevich
- Student Seat (2-year term) Seyma Kabaoglu
Society for Humanistic Anthropology
- President-Elect (2-year term followed by 2-year term as President and 2-year term as Past President) Petra Rethmann
- At-Large Seat (3-year term)- Kristina M. Jacobsen, Tamara Kohn, Amina Tawasil
- At-Large Seat (2-year term) – Rose Wellman, Helena Wulff
Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology
- Treasurer (3-year term) Julio Villa-Palomino
- Prizes/Awards Councilor (3-year term) Kenneth Seligson
- Nominations Councilor (3-year term) Kate McGurn Centellas
- Councilor AN (3-year term) Shaozeng Zhang
- Councilor Website (3-year term) Benjamin Junge
- Student Councilor (3-year term) Tannya Islas
Society for Linguistic Anthropology
- President-Elect (2-year term) Jillian R. Cavanaugh
- Secretary-Treasurer (3-year term) Netta Avineri
- At-Large Seat (3-year term) Kathryn Graber
Society for Medical Anthropology
- At-Large Seat (3-year term)- William Lucas, Carlos Martinez, Jane Leslie Saffitz
- At-Large Seat (2-year term) Kristen Hedges
Society for Psychological Anthropology
- President-Elect (1-year term followed by a 2-year term as President) Jason Throop
- At-Large Seat (3-year term) Mara Buchbinder
Society for the Anthropology of Europe
- Secretary (2-year term) Lauren Crossland-Marr
- Treasurer (2-year term) Elizav Elżbieta (Ela) Drążkiewicz
- Program Chair-Elect (2-year term) Ida Susser
- Projects Chair (2-year term) Tracey Heatherington
- At-Large Seat (2-year term) Grazia Ting Deng
Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition
- Secretary-Treasurer (2-year term) Shannon Caplan
Society for the Anthropology of North America
- President (2-year term, followed by 2-year term as Past President) Angela Stuesse
- President Elect (2 year term, followed by 2-year term as President) Ana Croegaert
- Secretary (2-year term) Melissa Checker
- Treasurer (2-year term) Jennifer Erickson
- Member At-Large (3-year term) Shalini Shankar
Society for the Anthropology of Religion
- Treasurer (2-year term) Jacob Hickman
- At-Large Seats (2-year terms)— Michael Edwards, Angie Heo, Candace Lukasik, Elayne Oliphant
Society for the Anthropology of Work
- Secretary (3-year term) Alexander Blanchette
- Student Seat (2-year term) Ramsha Usman
Society for Visual Anthropology
- At-Large Seats (3-year term) – Antonio Coello, Nell Haynes, Steven Rousso-Schindler, Matthew Raj Webb
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