SALSA Board of Directors

SALSA Board of Directors

The SALSA Board of Directors is composed by: three main officers, elected by majority vote of the Members; six members-at-large also elected by majority vote; and up to four non voting ex-officio Members: the immediate past presidents, the Editor of the Journal Tipití, and the current organizer of the Society conference. Officers and members-at-large of the Board of Directors shall be eligible for re-election once.

SALSA OFFICERS

The president, president-elect, and secretary/treasurer shall be voting members of the Board of Directors and shall each be elected for a term of four years or until their successors are elected, whichever period is longer.

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    Laura R. Graham – President 2023-2027

    Laura R. Graham is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Iowa. Her research on Indigenous agency and politics of…

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    Laura Zanotti – President-Elect 2024-2027

    Laura Zanotti is a Professor of Anthropology at Purdue University. In her work, she cultivates collaborative partnerships to support pathways…

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SALSA BOARD MEMBERS-AT-LARGE

Each member-at-large shall hold office for a term of three years or until their successor is elected, whichever period is longer. Members-at-large are eligible for re-election once.

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    Clarice Cohn – Member-at-large 2024-2027

    Clarice Cohn is Professor of Anthropology at the Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil. For three decades, she has…

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    Edson Krenak – Member-at-large 2024-2027

    Edson Dorneles de Andrade, known primarily as “Edson Krenak,” is an  Indigenous activist, scholar, and writer. He is currently…

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    Matthias Lewy: Member-at-Large 2022-2025

    Matthias Lewy is a Senior Researcher at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (LUASA) and a Professor Colaborador…

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    Laura Mentore: Member-at-Large 2022-2025

    Laura Mentore’s primary areas of specialization include environmental anthropology, critical theories of development, indigenous cosmologies and social movements. Her…

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    Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen – Member-at-Large 2020-2024

    Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen received her doctorate in Latin American studies from the University of Helsinki in 2007. She has…

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    Giancarlo Rolando: Member-At-Large 2019-2024

    University of Virginia. Giancarlo is a sociocultural anthropologist interested in the politics of Indigenous/settler relations in Lowland South America,…

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SALSA BOARD EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

The  immediate past president, the Editor of the Journal, and the current organizer of the Society conference, shall be non-voting, ex-officio members of the Board of Directors.

PAST PRESIDENTS

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    Jeremy M. Campbell: SALSA President 2020-2023

    Jeremy M. Campbell Institute for a Sustainable Earth, George Mason University SALSA President 2020-2023 Dr. Jeremy M. Campbell is a professor...

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    Carlos D. Londoño Sulkin: SALSA President 2017-2020

    University of Regina, Canada. I am fascinated by people\’s moral and aesthetic evaluations: their talk and other expressions concerning…

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    Jonathan Hill: SALSA President 2014-2017

    Jonathan Hill is Professor and former Chair of Anthropology at Southern Illinois University and Visiting Professor at Vytautus Magnus…

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    Beth Conklin: SALSA President 2011-2014

    Beth A. Conklin is a cultural and medical anthropologist specializing in the ethnography of indigenous peoples of lowland South America…

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    Richard Reed: SALSA President 2008-2011

    Most of my career has been devoted to identifying the factors that undermine small-scale, indigenous societies as they are…

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    Janet Chernela: SALSA President 2005-2008

    Janet Chernela is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Maryland.  After receiving her PhD…

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    William Balée: SALSA President 2002-2005

    William Balée received his PhD from Columbia University in 1984. Field of Study: Cultural anthropology; Amazonia; historical ecology; ethnobiology….

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    Donald Pollock: SALSA President 2001-2002

    Donald Pollock University of Buffalo SALSA President 2001-2002 Research Topics The culture of contemporary medicine (including the social history...

PAST SECRETARY TREASURERS

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    Simone Athayde: Secretary-Treasurer 2022-2023

    Simone Athayde is an environmental anthropologist and interdisciplinary ecologist who has worked across the Amazonian region for over 20…

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    Laura Zanotti: Secretary-Treasurer 2017-2022

    Laura Zanotti is an environmental anthropologist and interdisciplinary social scientist who partners with communities to support how Indigenous Peoples,…

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    Jeremy M. Campbell: Secretary-Treasurer 2012-2017

    Roger Williams University. Dr. Jeremy M. Campbell is an associate professor of anthropology and Director of the Honors Program…

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    Laura Bathurst: Secretary-Treasurer 2011-2012

    Laura Bathurst University of the Pacific Secretary-Treasurer 2011-2012 From Laura Bathurst‘s webpage: My aim is to foster in my...

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    Michael Cepek: Secretary-Treasurer 2008-2011

    Michael Cepek University of Texas at San Antonio Secretary-Treasurer 2008-2011 From Michael Cepek‘s webpage: My research explores the relationship...

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    Loretta Cormier: Secretary-Treasurer 2005-2008

      Loretta Cormier University of Alabama at Birmingham Secretary-Treasurer 2005-2008 From Loretta Cormier’s webpage: I have done research in...

PAST MEMBERS-AT-LARGE

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    María Antonieta Guzmán-Gallegos – Member-at-Large 2020-2024

    María Antonieta Guzmán-Gallegos is Associate Professor at VID Specialized University- Oslo. Her research explores how the constitution of persons…

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    Daniela Peluso: Member-at-Large April 2016-March 2022

    University of Kent. Dr Daniela Peluso is a social-cultural anthropologist who received her PhD from Columbia University in 2003….

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    Natalia Buitron: Member-At-Large 2019-2024

    Natalia Buitron University of Cambridge Member-At-Large of the SALSA Board 2019 – 2024 Natalia Buitron is the Jessica Sainsbury...

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    Juan Carlos Castrillón: Member-at-Large 2018-2022

    Juan Carlos Castrillón pursues doctoral studies in Ethnomusicology at the University of Pennsylvania. His intellectual agenda explores music and…

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    Bruna Franchetto: Member-at-Large July 19, 2017-July 18, 2020

    Bruna Franchetto is Full Professor in both the Department of Linguistics and the Department of Anthropology (National Museum) at…

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    Harry Walker: Member-at-Large July 19, 2017-July 18, 2020

    Harry Walker is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political…

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    Minna Opas: Member-At-Large 2016-2019

    Minna Opas University of Turku Member-At-Large 2016-2019 Minna Opas is researcher in Study of Religion, University of Turku, Finland,...

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    Renato Athias: Member-at-Large 2014-2017

    Renato Athias Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) Member-at-Large of the SALSA Board 2014-2017 Renato Athias is Associate Professor in the...

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    Laura R. Graham: Member-at-Large 2011-2014

    Laura R. Graham is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Iowa. Her research interests include cultural politics and…

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    Dan Rosengren: Member-At-Large 2011-2014

    Dan Rosengren University of Gothenburg Member-at-Large of the SALSA Board 2011-2014 Dann Rosengren’s Institutional webpage: https://www.gu.se/en/about/find-staff/danrosengren

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    Philippe Erikson: Member-At-Large 2011-2014:

    Philippe Erikson Université Paris X-Nanterre Member-At-Large 2011-2014 Philippe Erikson was associate professor (since 1996), then full professor of anthropology...