Members of the Committee on Public Policy

The Committee is composed of seven members, elected at-large by AAA membership for 3-year terms, ideally representing the four subfields of anthropology, including practicing and academic. Ex-officio members consist of the AAA President and President-elect. The Committee Chair is elected by the Committee for a two-year term.

The links below provide the names and contact information for Committee members.

Public Policy Committee Members

David J. Hess, Chair (04-07)
Professor
Department of Science & Technology Studies
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Sage Building, 5th Floor
110 8th Street
Troy, NY 12180-3590
(o) 518/276-6413
(f) 518/276-2659
hessd@rpi.edu

Peter Brosius (03-06)
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
250A Baldwin Hall, Jackson St.
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
(o) 706/542-1463
(f) 706/542-3998
pbrosius@uga.edu

Melissa Checker (03-06)
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
316 Manning Hall
University of Memphis
Memphis, TN 38157
(o) 901/678-3289
(f) 901/678-2069
mchecker@memphis.edu

Karen A. Curtis (04-07)
Associate Professor
School of Urban Affairs & Public Policy
University of Delaware
298L Graham Hall
Newark, DE 19716
(o) 302/831-6854
(f) 302/831-3587
kacurtis@udel.edu

Arthur D. Murphy (05-08)
Professor and Department Head
Department of Anthropology
426 Graham Building
University of North Carolina/Greensboro
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
(o) 336/256-1189
(f) 336/334-5674
admurphy@uncg.edu

Nancy Scheper-Hughes (05-08)
Professor
Department of Anthropology
232 Kroeber Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-0001
(o) 510/524-4695
(f) 510/643-8557
nsh@calmail.berkeley.edu

Paige West (05-08)
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
Barnard College
3009 Broadway
New York, NY 10027-6598
(o) 212/854-5933
(f) 212/854-3332
pwest@barnard.edu

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