DEPARTMENTS

For Departments

AAA Department Services Program

AAA Invites you to join our program, which provides information resources and job placement services for departments of anthropology (in both academic and non-academic environments), including joint departments.

  • Receive up to 44% discount when placing job ads online & in Anthropology News, and a free interviewing booth at the Annual Meeting
  • An invitation to the Department Chairs Breakfast and Topic Session at the Annual Meeting.
  • A copy of the AAA Guide & a subscription to Anthropology News.

See Additional Benefits of Joining DSP and Access Invoices

Academic Surveys
Identify trends in the field and monitor the academic fitness of anthropology departments.
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Reports
Read Reports on topics ranging from Who's Teaching in US Classrooms to Race, Gender & Mentoring.
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Coalition on the Academic Workforce
On this website, you will find information and resources on contingent faculty in the U.S. Contingent faculty are those employed in part- or full-time, non-tenure-track positions that often lack adequate pay and benefits, access to professional support, and support for scholarship and keeping current in the field.

AAA Guide and E-G2008-09 Guide Coveruide
The AAA Guide is the most comprehensive and highly used reference source in anthropology, providing information about your department or program to a wide audience. This resource is used by agencies and researchers to identify anthropologists with particular backgrounds and competence, by professionals seeking to locate colleagues, and by students to select schools. Read more>

Please e-mail us with feedback or information requests.


AAA Committees

The  Committee on Minority Issues in Anthropology (CMIA) is dedicated to attracting minorities to and retaining them in the discipline and the Association, overcoming the alienation of Native Americans to the discipline, and defining and facilitating anthropology's role in public discourses about cultural diversity.

The Committee on Practicing, Applied and Public Interest Anthropology (CoPAPIA) was established to explore and engage the range of issues emerging as a result of the increasing numbers of anthropologists in and outside the academy .

The Committee on the Status of Women in Anthropology(COSWA) - All resources here are informative for anyone interested in how gender plays in academia.

 
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