SALSA Board of Directors
The SALSA Board of Directors is composed by: three main officers, elected by majority vote of the Members; six members-at-large also elected by majority vote; and up to four non voting ex-officio Members: the immediate past presidents, the Editor of the Journal Tipití, and the current organizer of the Society conference. Officers and members-at-large of the Board of Directors shall be eligible for re-election once.
SALSA OFFICERS
The president, president-elect, and secretary/treasurer shall be voting members of the Board of Directors and shall each be elected for a term of four years or until their successors are elected, whichever period is longer.
Laura R. Graham – President 2023-2027
Read moreLaura R. Graham is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Iowa. Her research on Indigenous agency and politics of…
Laura Zanotti – President-Elect 2024-2027
Read moreLaura Zanotti is a Professor of Anthropology at Purdue University. In her work, she cultivates collaborative partnerships to support pathways…
Courtney Stafford-Walter – Secretary treasurer 2024-2027
Read moreCourtney Stafford-Walter received her PhD from the University of St Andrews in 2018. Her fieldwork was conducted in Region…
Clarice Cohn – Member-at-large 2024-2027
Read moreClarice Cohn is Professor of Anthropology at the Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil. For three decades, she has…
Edson Krenak – Member-at-large 2024-2027
Read moreEdson Dorneles de Andrade, known primarily as “Edson Krenak,” is an Indigenous activist, scholar, and writer. He is currently…
Matthias Lewy: Member-at-Large 2022-2025
Read moreMatthias Lewy is a Senior Researcher at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (LUASA) and a Professor Colaborador…
Laura Mentore: Member-at-Large 2022-2025
Read moreLaura Mentore’s primary areas of specialization include environmental anthropology, critical theories of development, indigenous cosmologies and social movements. Her…
Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen – Member-at-Large 2020-2024
Read morePirjo Kristiina Virtanen received her doctorate in Latin American studies from the University of Helsinki in 2007. She has…
Giancarlo Rolando: Member-At-Large 2019-2024
Read moreUniversity of Virginia. Giancarlo is a sociocultural anthropologist interested in the politics of Indigenous/settler relations in Lowland South America,…
Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen: Organizer XV SALSA Conference (2025)
Read morePirjo Kristiina Virtanen received her doctorate in Latin American studies from the University of Helsinki in 2007. She has…
Susana Viegas: Editor of Tipití 2022-
Read moreSUSANA DE MATOS VIEGAS is an anthropologist, Research Fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of…
Jeremy M. Campbell: SALSA President 2020-2023
Read moreDr. Jeremy M. Campbell is a professor of anthropology and Director of Strategic Engagement at the Institute for a Sustainable Earth…
Carlos D. Londoño Sulkin: SALSA President 2017-2020
Read moreUniversity of Regina, Canada. I am fascinated by people\’s moral and aesthetic evaluations: their talk and other expressions concerning…
PAST PRESIDENTS
Jeremy M. Campbell: SALSA President 2020-2023
Dr. Jeremy M. Campbell is a professor of anthropology and Director of Strategic Engagement at the Institute for a Sustainable Earth…
Carlos D. Londoño Sulkin: SALSA President 2017-2020
University of Regina, Canada. I am fascinated by people\’s moral and aesthetic evaluations: their talk and other expressions concerning…
Jonathan Hill: SALSA President 2014-2017
Jonathan Hill is Professor and former Chair of Anthropology at Southern Illinois University and Visiting Professor at Vytautus Magnus…
Beth Conklin: SALSA President 2011-2014
Beth A. Conklin is a cultural and medical anthropologist specializing in the ethnography of indigenous peoples of lowland South America…
Richard Reed: SALSA President 2008-2011
Most of my career has been devoted to identifying the factors that undermine small-scale, indigenous societies as they are…
Janet Chernela: SALSA President 2005-2008
Janet Chernela is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Maryland. After receiving her PhD…
William Balée: SALSA President 2002-2005
William Balée received his PhD from Columbia University in 1984. Field of Study: Cultural anthropology; Amazonia; historical ecology; ethnobiology….
Donald Pollock: SALSA President 2001-2002
Donald Pollock University of Buffalo SALSA President 2001-2002 Research Topics The culture of contemporary medicine (including the social history...
PAST SECRETARY TREASURERS
Simone Athayde: Secretary-Treasurer 2022-2023
Simone Athayde is an environmental anthropologist and interdisciplinary ecologist who has worked across the Amazonian region for over 20…
Laura Zanotti: Secretary-Treasurer 2017-2022
Laura Zanotti is an environmental anthropologist and interdisciplinary social scientist who partners with communities to support how Indigenous Peoples,…
Jeremy M. Campbell: Secretary-Treasurer 2012-2017
Roger Williams University. Dr. Jeremy M. Campbell is an associate professor of anthropology and Director of the Honors Program…
Laura Bathurst: Secretary-Treasurer 2011-2012
Laura Bathurst University of the Pacific Secretary-Treasurer 2011-2012 From Laura Bathurst‘s webpage: My aim is to foster in my...
Michael Cepek: Secretary-Treasurer 2008-2011
Michael Cepek University of Texas at San Antonio Secretary-Treasurer 2008-2011 From Michael Cepek‘s webpage: My research explores the relationship...
Loretta Cormier: Secretary-Treasurer 2005-2008
Loretta Cormier University of Alabama at Birmingham Secretary-Treasurer 2005-2008 From Loretta Cormier’s webpage: I have done research in...
PAST MEMBERS-AT-LARGE
María Antonieta Guzmán-Gallegos – Member-at-Large 2020-2024
María Antonieta Guzmán-Gallegos is Associate Professor at VID Specialized University- Oslo. Her research explores how the constitution of persons…
Daniela Peluso: Member-at-Large April 2016-March 2022
University of Kent. Dr Daniela Peluso is a social-cultural anthropologist who received her PhD from Columbia University in 2003….
Natalia Buitron: Member-At-Large 2019-2024
Natalia Buitron University of Cambridge Member-At-Large of the SALSA Board 2019 – 2024 Natalia Buitron is the Jessica Sainsbury...
Juan Carlos Castrillón: Member-at-Large 2018-2022
Juan Carlos Castrillón pursues doctoral studies in Ethnomusicology at the University of Pennsylvania. His intellectual agenda explores music and…
Bruna Franchetto: Member-at-Large July 19, 2017-July 18, 2020
Bruna Franchetto is Full Professor in both the Department of Linguistics and the Department of Anthropology (National Museum) at…
Harry Walker: Member-at-Large July 19, 2017-July 18, 2020
Harry Walker is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political…
Minna Opas: Member-At-Large 2016-2019
Minna Opas University of Turku Member-At-Large 2016-2019 Minna Opas is researcher in Study of Religion, University of Turku, Finland,...
Renato Athias: Member-at-Large 2014-2017
Renato Athias Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) Member-at-Large of the SALSA Board 2014-2017 Renato Athias is Associate Professor in the...
Laura R. Graham: Member-at-Large 2011-2014
Laura R. Graham is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Iowa. Her research interests include cultural politics and…
Dan Rosengren: Member-At-Large 2011-2014
Dan Rosengren University of Gothenburg Member-at-Large of the SALSA Board 2011-2014 Dann Rosengren’s Institutional webpage: https://www.gu.se/en/about/find-staff/danrosengren
Philippe Erikson: Member-At-Large 2011-2014:
Philippe Erikson Université Paris X-Nanterre Member-At-Large 2011-2014 Philippe Erikson was associate professor (since 1996), then full professor of anthropology...