American Anthropological Association

Recently, Anthropology and some AAA members have been featured in the public eye!

Dr. Harriet Ottenheimer of Kansas State University helped debunk the myth that those responsible for the “Nigerian 419″ scam were actually from Nigeria, according to this article.

Peter Wood, president of the National Association of Scholars and a  former professor of anthropology at Boston University was recently featured on NPR’s “On Point” in an episode about anger in America.

Finally, Michael Tomasello of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology is one recipient of the 750,000 EUR Max Planck Research Award.

If you know of any notable awards received or of colleagues in the news, please be sure to let us know!

Filed under: Anthro in the Media, Career/Funding/Awards