Join us in Albuquerque, New Mexico for the 2026 Annual Meeting

86th Annual Meeting March 17-21, 2026 | Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town | Albuquerque, NM

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86th Annual Meeting March 17-21, 2026 | Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town | Albuquerque, NM

The SfAA Annual Meeting provides an opportunity for scholars, practicing social scientists, and students from various disciplines and organizations to discuss their work and brainstorm for the future. It is more than just a conference: it’s a place to trade ideas, methods, and practical solutions, as well as enter the lifeworld of other professionals. SfAA members come from a range of disciplines — anthropology, sociology, economics, business, planning, medicine, nursing, law, and other related social/behavioral sciences. Make 2026 the year you’ll spend a few days presenting, learning, and networking in Albuquerque with the SfAA.

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  • 2026 – Telling Our Own Stories: Community-Driven Research of the Theodore Roosevelt School

    Telling Our Own Stories: Community-Driven Research of the Theodore Roosevelt School The Theodore Roosevelt School Oral History Project exemplifies a participatory, community-driven approach to interpreting [...]

    Published On: January 12, 2026

  • 2026 – Anas Ait Bamouh – Morocco

    Anas AIT BAMOUH is a Moroccan medical anthropologist and sociologist with academic interest in medical anthropology and sociology. He conducted an MA project on the [...]

    Published On: January 9, 2026

  • 2025 – Amelia Fiske

    Amelia Fiske is a Senior Researcher at the Institute for the History and Ethics of Medicine at the Technical University of Munich (Germany). She is [...]

    Published On: November 19, 2025

  • 2025 Winners

    Shan-Estelle Brown, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Global Health Program at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. Previously, she was [...]

    Published On: April 9, 2025

  • 2025 Winners

    1st Place Winner Tiên-Dung Hà Stanford University Hà is a PhD student in Anthropology at Stanford University. Her research interests are concerned with anthropology of [...]

    Published On: March 10, 2025

  • 2025 Winners

    William J. Robertson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Memphis. His research focuses on LGBTQ+ health equity [...]

    Published On: February 18, 2025

  • 2025 – Victor Marchezini – Brazil

    Victor Marchezini is a social scientist at the Brazilian Early Warning and Monitoring Center of Natural Hazards (Cemaden/MCTIC), a professor and advisor at the Doctorate [...]

    Published On: February 5, 2025

  • 2025 – In the Shadow of Development

    In the Shadow of Development: The Persistence of First Nations’ Subsistence Economies in the Peace River Country, Canada With the signing of Treaty 8 (1899), [...]

    Published On: January 14, 2025