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AN Call for Proposals: US Presidential Election
Anthropology News is seeking contributions for its Nov 2008 issue on the US presidential election. Potential topics that articles can address include traditional and new media coverage of the election, policy positions, campaign rhetoric, polling and analysis of public opinion data, the role of race and gender in the primary and general elections, or comparisons with previous US or international elections. Reflections on the upcoming transition to a new administration, or on the challenges and opportunities awaiting the incoming president, are also welcome. We also welcome proposals in non-traditional formats, such as photo essays, infographics, op-ed cartoons, interviews and multi-authored discussions. For submission guidelines, go to www.aaanet.org/issues/anthronews/CFP-Pres-Election.cfm. Proposal submission deadline: July 21, 2008.

Recent Publications by AFA Members
We have added a new page to the website to highlight recent publications by our members. If you have any information you would like to submit for posting, please email them to suzbaker@twmi.rr.com. And do check out the new page!

Interactive Column Introduced
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies announces the introduction of a new interactive column, “Feminist Currents” by Eileen Boris, Hull Professor and Chair of the Women’s Studies Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara. According to Boris, the column “is a place for feminists to debate pressing and not so pressing (sometimes whimsical but hopefully compelling) issues of the day, to share perspectives and thoughts, develop strategies, and connect scholarship and teaching to social justice.” Click here for more information.

COSWA Releases Academic Climate Report
The Committee on the Status of Women in Anthropology released a 2008 Academic Climate Report on gender equity and the experiences faculty in US anthropology departments. The report covers gender and race differences in appointment status, work environment, work-family issues, job satisfaction, and recommendations for further research. The full report is available online at www.aaanet.org/resources/departments/upload/COSWA-Academic-Climate-Report-2008.pdf.

Zora Neale Hurston Travel Grant

Sylvia Forman Paper Prize

Book Reviews

Links and Resources

Post-9/11 Resources

AFA Listserve

Payne Prize (SOLGA)

Benedict Prize (SOLGA)

Recent Publications by AFA Members

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