Margaret Mead Award


Margaret Mead Award is an award in the field of anthropology presented by the Society for Applied Anthropology from 1979 to 1983 and jointly with the American Anthropological Association afterwards. This award was named after anthropologist Margaret Mead, who had a particular talent for bringing anthropology fully into the light of public attention. It is awarded annually but once became every-other-year from 1991 to 1999.
The Margaret Mead Award is presented to a younger scholar for a particular accomplishment such as a book, film, monograph, or service, which interprets anthropological data and principles in ways that make them meaningful and accessible to a broadly concerned public. The award is designed to recognize a person clearly associated with research and/or practice in anthropology. The awardee's activity will exemplify skills in broadening the impact of anthropology, the skills for which Margaret Mead was admired widely.

Recipients

The recipients of the award are as follows.
1979 - John Ogbu
1980 - Brigitte Jordan
1981 - Nancy Scheper-Hughes
1982 - Mary L. Elmendorf
1983 - Ruthann Knudson
1984 - Sue E. Estroff
1985 - Susan C.M. Scrimshaw
1986 - Jill Korbin
1987 - Myra Bluebond-Langner
1988 - Alex Stepick III
1989 - Mark Nichter
1990 - Wenda Trevathan
1991 - Will Roscoe
1993 - Leo R. Chavez
1995 - Katherine Ann Dettwyler
1997 - Philippe Bourgois
1999 - Paul Farmer
2000 - Kathryn M. Dudley
2001 - Mimi Nichter
2002 - Tobias Hecht
2003 - Marc Sommers
2004 - Donna Goldstein
2005 - Luke Eric Lassiter
2007 - João Biehl
2008- Daniel Jordan Smith
2009 - Sverker Finnström
2010 - Jessaca Leinaweaver
2011 - Frances Norwood
2012 - Erin Finley
2013 - Sera Young
2014 - Seth M. Holmes
2015 - Mark Schuller
2016 - Jason De Leon
2017 - Sameena Mulla
2018 - Jennifer Mack
2019 - Claudio Sopranzetti