The Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) was founded in 1941 to promote the investigation of the principles of human behavior and the application of these principles to contemporary issues and problems. Since that time membership has expanded to over 2,000. The Society now sponsors two major journals (Human Organization and Practicing Anthropology) as well as a Monograph Series and occasional special publications. The Society has become the preeminent international organization in the field.
The Society is unique among professional associations. In membership and purpose, it represents the interests of professionals in a wide range of work settings -- academia, business, law, health and medicine, public and government, etc. Members come from a variety of disciplines -- anthropology, sociology, economics, business, planning, medicine, nursing, law, and other related social/behavioral sciences. The unifying factor is a commitment to the mission of our association - professionals from a variety of backgrounds who are making an impact on the quality of life in the world today.
OFFICERS, EDITORS, & PROGRAM CHAIR
President
ALLAN BURNS
Department of Anthropology
University of Florida
President Elect
MERRILL EISENGBERG
Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
Univeristy of Arizona
Secretary
JUDITH FREIDENBERG
Department of Anthropology
University of Maryland
Treasurer
SHARON D. MORRISON
Department of Public Health
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Editors, Human Organization
DAVID GRIFFITH
and JEFFREY C. JOHNSON
Department of Anthropology
East Carolina University
Editors, Practicing Anthropology
RON LOEWE
and JAYNE HOWELL
Department of Anthropology
Editor, SfAA Newsletter
JAMES (TIM) WALLACE
Department of Sociology & Anthropology
North Carolina State University
Chair, 2011 Program
DARBY C. STAPP
Northwest Anthropology, LLC
Richland, WA
BOARD
WILLIE BABER (2011)
Department of Anthropology
University of Florida
CARLA GUERRON-MONTERO (2011)
Department of Anthropology
University of Delaware
PETER KUNSTADTER (2012)
Department of Anthropology
University of California, San Francisco
THOMAS LEATHERMAN (2013)
Department of Anthropology
University of South Carolina
NANCY E. SCHOENBERG (2013)
Department of Behavioral Science
University of Kentucky
SHELBY J. TISDALE (2012)
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture/ Laboratory of Anthropology
Santa Fe, New Mexico
LUCERO VASQUEZ-RADONIC (2013)
Department of Anthropology
University of Arizona