Papers on PIA-related topics.

Public Interest Anthropology:
A Model for Engaged Scholarship
Prepared for
SAR Workshop, Chicago, 2003

Early Statement on Public Interest Anthropology prepared by Francis (Frank) Johnston, Julia Paley, Paula L.W. Sabloff, and Peggy R. Sanday in 1997 Faculty Seminar

Peggy R. Sanday's Opening Statement delivered at American Anthropological Association Symposium "Defining a Public Interest Anthropology" [Philadelphia, 1998]

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Symposia

AAA Centennial Panel, New Orleans, 2002: Public and Public Interest Anthropology

Introductory Comment: by James Peacock

Science and Engagement in Public Interest Anthropology: Lessons from Boas and Bourdieu. Paper by Peggy Reeves Sanday

A Structural Contradiction. Paper by Rob Borofsky

Museum Exhibits as Vehicles for Public Interest Anthropology. Paper by Paula Sabloff

The Clashes of Civilization: Superpower, Citizenship, and Scale after September 11. Paper by Gautam Ghosh

A Public View of Themselves. Paper by Julie Flowerday

Public Development and the Development of Publics. Paper by Jacqueline Fewkes

Representation and Public Interests in the Human Rights Enterprise. Paper by Niklas I. Hultin

Indigenous Autonomy and the Public Interest:
Constructing Citizens, Rights, and the Nation in Mexico. Paper by Catherine Newling

The State versus Public(s) in the People's Republic of China. Paper by Megan Tracy

Paper by Todd Wolfson

Undergraduate Student Papers

Neena Desai's "The role of social support in prevention of preterm birth: A case/ control study of pregnant women in Southwest and West Philadelphia" (honorable mention for the Museum Prize for Outstanding Senior Thesis--1998-1999).

Lauren Gulbas' "Understanding the Roots of Violence in Elementary School Children" (recipient of the Museum Prize for Outstanding Senior Thesis--2000-2001).

Irene Shui's "Interracial Adoption: A Study in the Formation of New Identities "(recipient of the Museum Prize for Outstanding Senior Thesis--1998-1999).