Zora Neale Hurston Travel Award
Congratulations
to the 2007 award winners:
Lauren Fordyce, University of Florida:
“God Brings Children: Morality and Reproductive “Choice”
Among Haitians in South Florida.”
Brenda Sendejo, University of Texas at Austin: “Spiritual
Agency in the Borderlands: Our Lady of Guadalupe/Tonantzin as an Expression
of Tejana Activism.”
Kenda Stewart, University of Iowa: “’Football
4 Peace’: Palestinian and Jewish Citizens Search for a Common Playground.”
Lal Zimman, University of Colorado at Boulder: “Ideologies and Inequalities
in Research on Transgender Communities.”
Check back for
the 2008 competition announcement!
The AFA announces the Travel Award, continuing our tradition since 2002
of honoring the contributions of pioneering African American anthropologist
Zora Neale Hurston (visit the AFA
website for further information on her contributions and accomplishments).
We will award approximately 2 travel grants for the purpose of traveling
to the annual meetings of the American Anthropological Association (AAA)
in San José, California. Eligibility is restricted to students
and recent PhDs focusing on issues of concern to feminist anthropology.
Preference is given to individuals from underrepresented US groups who
meet the criteria below on a competitive basis. The winning awardees will
be notified prior to the AAA meetings, but the awards will be formally
announced and checks given out at the AFA business meeting held in conjunction
with the AAA meetings.
Eligibility:
• Member of underrepresented US group (preferred)
• Must be U.S. citizen
• Primary disciplinary focus must be feminist anthropology
• Must be a student or a recent PhD
Evaluation Criteria:
1) attending the AAA meetings to give a paper related to feminist anthropology
or
2) have organized a session on feminist anthropology,
or
3) actively seeking employment as a feminist anthropologist.
The competition is now closed.
Application procedure:
Interested individuals should submit the following:
a) An application form available on the AFA
website: or by emailing Heidi Kelley at hkelley@unca.edu.
b) If you are presenting a paper at the AAA meetings, submit a copy of
your abstract and name of session, in addition to the application form.
c) If you have organized a session on feminist anthropology, submit an
abstract of your session and the date when it is scheduled, in addition
to the application form.
d) If you are a recent PhD in feminist anthropology, submit a statement
on your plans to seek/secure employment, in addition to the application
form.
e) All applicants are expected to request a letter of endorsement for
their applications (in the case of graduate students, letters should come
from academic advisors).
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