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 Department Chair 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.
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. Edward Lowe, Ph.D.
Board Member (2023-2025)
Dr. Lowe is Professor of Anthropology at Soka University of America.
Dr. Talia Rose Weiner, LPC, Ph.D.
Incoming Board Member, Nov. 2024 (2024-2027)
Dr. Weiner is Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology at the University of West Georgia.
Angela Leocata, C.Phil
Student Representative
Angela is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Anthropology at Stanford University.
Dr. Hua (Miranda) Wu, Ph.D.
Communications
Dr. Wu is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Helsinki.
Giselle Sanchez, C.Phil
Website
Giselle is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Anthropology at The University of California at 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 |