WAPA is pleased to announce that local anthropologist Mark Edberg is the recipient of the 2013 Praxis Award. He received the award at a special reception at the AAA meeting in Chicago for work done for UNICEF in Central America.
As this was an extremely competitive year for the award, three additional Honorable Mentions were issued. Laurie Schwede and her team, including Ruth Sando, received recognition for their work on the 2010 US Census.
Micki Iris and Rebecca Berman received an Honorable Mention for their community-based work with churches and providers of elder care in the Chicago area.
The Department of Anthropology at the Denver Museum of Science and Science received an Honorable Mention for their work to bring the museum into compliance with NAGPRA and to exceed requirements.
The awards this year reflected the depth and breadth of the work of anthropological practitioners; awards were given to medical, archaeological, and urban anthropologists from academic, governmental, institutional, and nonprofit sectors.
The WAPA Praxis Committe would like to expresses special thanks to the WAPA jurors: H Russ Bernard from U Florida; Laura McNamara from Sandia Labs in New Mexico; and Stan Yoder, past WAPA president, from ICF Macro.
The Praxis Committee consists of Fraces Norwood, James Stansbury, award founder Robert Wulff, and Terry Redding.
All the details are found on the WAPA website at:
http://wapa.cloverpad.org/Default.aspx?pageId=1368209
Congratulations to all award recipients! The next Praxis Award cycle will get underway in early 2015, with presentations to be made at the 2015 AAA meeting in Denver.
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