AAA is committed to addressing the entire spectrum of minority issues in anthropology.

New Listserv for Minority Anthropologists

The Members of the Committee on Minority Issues in Anthropology enjoy lunch with the 2007 Minority Fellow, Rocío Magaña.
From Left, Anita Chikkatur, Pearl Chan, Sameena Mulla, Rocío Magaña, Michael Winkelman, Patricia Mathews-Salazar, Desiree Martinez, and Ananthakrishnan Aiyer.	The 2007 Fellow with two of the honorable mentions. From left, Anita Chikkatur, Sameena Mulla, and Rocío Magaña.

AAA Committee on Minority Issues in Anthropology

The AAA Committee on Minority Issues in Anthropology is dedicated to working on three major areas:

• 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.

Current projects include seeking funding for supporting minority scholarship in anthropology at all levels, developing linkages with minority anthropologists, and assisting in defining anthropology's role in the discourse on cultural diversity. An ongoing activity is the development of a comprehensive database of minority anthropologists, including information on members' expertise on file, which can be made available to departments recruiting faculty or to funding agencies seeking reviewers.

AAA seeks racial/ethnic demographic information about anthropology students, faculty and practitioners. This information is gathered through surveys of academic departments and information solicited from AAA members.

• Committee Members
• Committee Description
• AAA Commission on Minority Issues in Anthropology Report
• The Minority Experience in Anthropology: Report of the Committee on Minorities and Anthropology, August 1973
• AAA Minority Dissertation Fellowship Program - An invitation to minority doctoral candidates in anthropology.

AAA Statements on "Race"

• Statement on "Race"
• Statement on "Race" and Intelligence
• AAA Response to OMB Directive 15: Race and Ethnic Standards for Federal Statistics and Administrative Reporting