Reasons you should join AAA

1. Reasons you should join AAA • Publish • Participate • Network • Advance

2. Publish • The AAA Publishing Department provides a number of venues in which anthropologists can publish their research. This activity is critical for establishing expertise and building a reputation as a scholar, credentialing academic members, information exchange and dialogue, and visibility within the discipline. Apart from a venue for publication of their own work, individual section-sponsored publications also allow scholars to stay abreast of the latest research in their subfield(s). • Our goal is to maximize access to our publications, through online access (AnthroSource), philanthropic programs, and expanded circulation. We want to make anthropological knowledge widely visible to our members, and also ensure that the discipline is visible in related fields and public policy discussions. AnthroSource offers more than 100 years of anthropological scholarship, and is the premier online portal serving the diverse needs of anthropologists, including researchers, educations, and practitioners. • Finally, our publications and auxiliary venues (eNews, AAA Blog) keep members informed of job and fellowship announcements, conferences, and other career-related opportunities.

3. AAA Publications Anthropology News (AN) Teaching Anthropology: SACC Notes, Nutritional Anthropology American Anthropologist American Ethnologist Anthropology of Consciousness Anthropology of Work Review Anthropology & Education Quarterly Anthropology & Humanism Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association City & Society Cultural Anthropology Culture & Agriculture Ethos General Anthropology Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology Journal of Linguistic Anthropology Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe Medical Anthropology Quarterly Museum Anthropology NAPA Bulletin North American Dialogue PoLAR Transforming Anthropology Visual Anthropology Review Publish: AAA Journals

4. What Is AnthroSource? An online portal to full text anthropological resources, AnthroSource offers AAA members a digital searchable database containing the past, present and future AAA publications, more than 250,000 articles from AAA journals, newsletters, bulletins and monographs in a single place, and cross-disciplinary resources for all things anthropological. Publish: AnthroSource

5. Participate: Stay Current in the DisciplineAAA Annual Meeting This is what attendees at previous meeting say about their experience: “I thought the last meeting was very productive.” “ The theme introduced new anthropologists and new work.” “It was my first AAA meeting and I found it valuable.” “The annual meeting is an important conference for emerging professionals.” “ AAA is doing a great job with the conference.” “ One of my favorite things to do each year.” “I love the meetings.” “ The opportunity to see friends, and the presentations of all kinds.” “AAA is a great opportunity to meet friends and profs from all over the world.” “I really enjoyed the meeting. Good job AAA.” “I love AAA meetings. One of my favorite things to do each year.” March 10, 2014

6. Participate: Present your work • Present your peer-reviewed work to colleagues, professors, the press and the public. Your presentation will be included in the program and you can reference it on your CV.

7. Participate: Network • Network with colleagues and friends. Plan your collaboration for future sessions, papers, and research. The meeting draws 5,000 anthropologists from all sub-disciplines and from all over the world.

8. Career Center DePauw University US - Nationwide Ball State University US - IN - Muncie Lycoming College US - PA University of Mary Washington US - VA - Fredericksburg Swarthmore College US - PA - Swarthmore Wayne State University US - MI - Detroit Univ of North Carolina at Charlotte US - NC - Charlotte Harvard University US - MA Dartmouth College - Department of Anthropology US - NH - Hanover Colby College US - ME - Waterville The Pennsylvania State University US - PA - University Park University of Michigan Department of Anthropology US - MI - Ann Arbor University of South Florida, Dept of Anthropology US - FL - Tampa Quest University Canada CAN - Nationwide Case Western Reserve University US - OH - Cleveland The University of Texas-Pan American US - TX Kennesaw State University US - GA - Kennesaw University of South Florida, Dept of Anthropology US - FL - Tampa Use the Career Center to Market Your Skills. Professional Profile – Helps job seekers showcase their professional experiences to employers with cutting-edge online profiles. Resume Builder – Improves the efficiency of the resume creation process, giving job seekers the means to upload their resume from a desktop publishing program such as Microsoft Word. Document Search – Expands candidates' exposure, increasing their chances to be included in an employer's search. Job seekers create a portfolio of up to 5 documents and now these documents can be made searchable in the resume database. Job Application Preview – Gives job seekers more control over online applications with the ability to see everything exactly as an employer will before submitting. Advance Your Career

9. Join or renew NOW! http://www.aaanet.org/membership/join.cfm