SALSA Ad-Hoc Finance Committee Established in early 2025, the Ad Hoc Finance Committee is a temporary committee, convened when new or ongoing questions of finance arise in the organization. The committee considers and provides recommendations to the Executive Leadership team on best practices for 501c3 organizations...
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SALSA Election Results 2025 For Secretary-Treasurer and Three At-Large Members of the SALSA Board 18 December 2025 SALSA’s Secretary-Treasurer-elect is Juliet Erazo of Florida International University. At-Large Board members whose 3-year terms begin January 2026 are Maria Luísa Lucas of the University of São Paulo and Jan David Hauck...
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Maria Luísa Lucas Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia da Universidade de São Paulo At-Large Member of the Board 2026-2028 Maria Luisa Lucas is Assistant professor at the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology of the University of São Paulo (MAE/USP), where she teaches and supervises in the graduate programs...
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Catherine Alès National Center for Scientific Research Center (CNRS) and Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of St Andrews Incoming At-Large Member of the Board 2027-2029 Catherine Alès is Emeritus Research Director at the National Center for Scientific Research Center (CNRS) and Honorary Research...
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Jan David Hauck Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich At-Large Member of the Board 2026-2028 I’m excited to have the chance to run for an At-Large Position on the SALSA Board of Directors. Since my early days of grad school, SALSA’s culturally vibrant, intellectually stimulating, and socially committed community...
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Juliet S. Erazo Florida International University Secretary-Treasurer 2027-2030 Juliet S. Erazo is a Cultural Anthropologist in Florida International University's Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies. She has been conducting research with Amazonian Kichwa people in Napo Province, Ecuador, since 1994. Her research examines how different ideas of improvement...
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