Dr. Janis H. Jenkins, Ph.D.
President (2023-2025)
Dr. Jenkins is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Psychiatry at the University of California at San Diego and Director of the UCSD Center for Global Mental Health.
Dr. C. Jason Throop, Ph.D.
President-Elect (2025-2027)
Dr. Throop is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California Los Angeles.
Dr. Bridget Haas, Ph.D.
Secretary (2023-2025)
Dr. Haas is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Case Western University.
Dr. Lesley Jo Weaver, Ph.D.
Treasurer (2023-2025)
Dr. Weaver is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Global Health Program Director at the University of Oregon.
Board Members
Dr. Chikako Ozawa-de Silva, Ph.D.
Board Member (2023-2025)
Dr. Ozawa-de Silva is Professor of Japanese Studies and Anthropology at Emory University.
Dr. Whitney Duncan, Ph.D.
Board Member (2023-2025)
Dr. Duncan is Professor of Anthropology at The University of Northern Colorado.
Dr. Yehuda Goodman, Ph.D.
Book Editor
Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Dr. Talia Rose Weiner, LPC, Ph.D.
Board Member (2024-2027)
Dr. Weiner is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology at the University of West Georgia.
Dr. Julia Cassaniti, Ph.D.
Ethos Co-Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Cassaniti is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia.
Dr. Jacob Hickman, Ph.D.
Ethos Co-Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Hickman is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Brigham Young University
Angela Leocata, C.Phil
Student Representative
Angela is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Anthropology at Stanford University.
Dr. Audrey “AJ” Jones, Ph.D.
Newsletter Editor and E-Communications
Dr. Jones is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis.
Giselle Sanchez, C.Phil
Website
Giselle is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Anthropology at The University of California San Diego.
Former SPA Presidents
| 2021-23 | Laurence J. Kirmayer |
| 2019-21 | Rebecca Lester |
| 2017-19 | Jill Korbin |
| 2015-17 | Carol M. Worthman |
| 2013-15 | Byron Good |
| 2011-13 | Claudia Strauss |
| 2009-11 | Douglas Hollan |
| 2007-09 | Tanya Luhrmann |
| 2005-07 | Tom Weisner |
| 2003-05 | Dorothy Holland |
| 2001-03 | Geoff White |
| 1999-2001 | Bradd Shore |
| 1997-99 | Philip Bock |
| 1995-97 | Lee Munroe |
| 1993-95 | Naomi Quinn |
| 1991-93 | Vincent Crapanzano |
| 1989-91 | Richard Shweder |
| 1987-89 | Theodore Schwartz |
| 1986-87 | Robert Edgerton |
| 1985-86 | George DeVos |
| 1984-85 | Lewis Langness |
| 1983-84 | Beatrice Whiting |
| 1982-83 | Douglass Price-Williams |
| 1981-82 | Robert LeVine |
| 1980-81 | Melford Spiro |
| 1979-80 | John Whiting |