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Aimee Cox

Vera Green Award Committee Aimee Meredith Cox is a cultural anthropologist and assistant professor of Performance and African and African American Studies. She received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Michigan where she also held a postdoctoral fellowship … > Continue reading

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Alisha Winn

Archivist Alisha R. Winn is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Fayetteville State University. Her recent research focused on the social and cultural dynamics of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, one of the largest, most successful African American financial institutions in … > Continue reading

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Marla Frederick

President Marla Frederick is Professor of African and African American Studies and the Study of Religion at Harvard University. She is the author of Between Sundays: Black Women and Everyday Struggles of Faith (U. of California, 2003), and co-author of … > Continue reading

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Dawn Elissa Fischer

General Editor Dawn-Elissa Fischer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Africana Studies at San Francisco State University, where she teaches courses on black popular culture, digital research design and visual ethnography. Dr. Fischer has worked on a number … > Continue reading

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Aimee Cox

Transforming Anthropology Co‑Editor Aimee Meredith Cox is a cultural anthropologist and assistant professor of performance and African and African American Studies. She received her PhD in Anthropology from the University of Michigan where she also held a postdoctoral fellowship with … > Continue reading

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Dana-Ain Davis

Transforming Anthropology Co‑Editor Dana-Ain Davis is an Associate Professor in the Queens College Extension Center, where she is also the Associate Chair. She is the author of Battered Black Women and Welfare Reform (SUNY, 2006) and several articles that focus … > Continue reading

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Kimberly Eison Simmons

Member‑at‑Large Kimberly Eison Simmons is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and African American Studies at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. Her research interests include racialization processes, women’s organizations and activism, identity formation and the cultural construction of race, … > Continue reading

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Raymond Codrington

Member-At-Large Raymond Codrington is Senior Research Associate at the Aspen Institute Roundtable on Community Change. He supervises projects that address structural racism in domestic and international contexts. Prior to joining the Aspen Institute, Codrington was the Founding Director of the Julian … > Continue reading

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Katherine Dunham

KATHERINE DUNHAM (1909-2006) was an American dancer, choreographer, and company director as well as an author, educator, and social activist. > You can read more about Dunham here.

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Borders and crossing

BORDERS AND CROSSINGS: This year the American Anthropological Association’s Annual Meeting will be held in San Francisco, CA on November 14-18. The theme of this 111th conference is “Borders and Crossings.” The proposal deadline is Sunday, April 15, 2012, 11:59 … > Continue reading

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