Margaret Mead Award

This award was named after anthropologist Margaret Mead, who had a particular talent for bringing anthropology fully into the light of public attention.

The Margaret Mead Award is presented to a younger scholar for a particular accomplishment such as a book, film, monograph, or service, which interprets anthropological data and principles in ways that make them meaningful and accessible to a broadly concerned public.

The award is designed to recognize a person clearly associated with research and/or practice in anthropology.

[1] 1979 - John Ogbu 1980 - Brigitte Jordan 1981 - Nancy Scheper-Hughes 1982 - Mary Linsday Elmendorf 1983 - Ruthann Knudson 1984 - Sue E. Estroff 1985 - Susan C.M.

Scrimshaw 1986 - Jill Korbin 1987 - Myra Bluebond-Langner 1988 - Alex Stepick III 1989 - Mark Nichter 1990 - Wenda Trevathan 1991 - Will Roscoe 1993 - Leo R. Chavez 1995 - Katherine Ann Dettwyler 1997 - Philippe Bourgois 1999 - Paul Farmer 2000 - Kathryn M. Dudley 2001 - Mimi Nichter 2002 - Tobias Hecht 2003 - Marc Sommers 2004 - Donna Goldstein 2005 - Luke Eric Lassiter 2007 - João Biehl 2008- Daniel Jordan Smith 2009 - Sverker Finnström 2010 - Jessaca Leinaweaver 2011 - Frances Norwood 2012 - Erin Finley 2013 - Sera Young 2014 - Seth M. Holmes 2015 - Mark Schuller 2016 - Jason De Leon 2017 - Sameena Mulla 2018 - Jennifer Mack 2019 - Claudio Sopranzetti 2020 - Narges Bajoghli and Ashanté M. Reese (co-winners) 2021- Amber R. Reed 2022- Michael Crawley 2023- Darren Byler