By Anita Puckett
[pracanth@vt.edu]
Virginia Tech

Anita Puckett

The Spring issue of Practicing Anthropology, entitled Transformations and Discoveries from the Field, continues the journal’s focus on the processes of doing applied anthropology as well the results of applied anthropological research. In keeping with journal practices, articles come from the full spectrum of submitters, junior scholars who are just beginning their careers to established researchers who have made significant professional and personal contributions to applied anthropology.

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By Mark Moberg
[mmoberg@jaguar1.usouthal.edu]
Editor, Human Organization
University of South Alabama

Mark Moberg

As I write this, the final issue of Human Organization for 2011 (v. 71, no. 4) has gone to proofs and should be delivered on time to subscribers. The issue embraces the diverse approaches and topics of the applied social sciences that readers have come to expect over the years. Among our forthcoming articles are the 2011 Malinowski Award lecture presented in Seattle by Salomón Nahmad (in both the original Spanish version and an English translation prepared by Martha Rees), as well as pieces addressing applied archaeology, farmer cooperatives, immigration policy, ecotourism, commercial fishing, and health. Human Organization now has a Facebook page which we in the editorial office are using to preview forthcoming articles and issues.

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By Anita Puckett
[PracAnth@vt.edu]
Upcoming Editor, Practicing Anthropology
University of Vermont

Anita Puckett

As I move into the role of Editor of Practicing Anthropology, I find myself both reflecting about my evolving and emerging involvement with applied anthropology and SfAA, and planning ahead for how I can be a good steward of the journal. Lest I get lost in mental musing, I am also focused on the technical matters of how to use well the Graduate Assistant assigned to the journal and how to perform the technical and mechanical tasks of running it. I also am giving thanks and gratitude for the help and patience others, such as Tom May, Jayne Howell, Ron Loewe, Tim Wallace, and the SfAA Board members, among many others, have shown me as I make this transition.

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By Jayne Howell
[jhowell@csulb.edu]
Editor, Practicing Anthropology
California State University-Long Beach

By Ron Loewe
[rloewe@csulb.edu]
Editor, Practicing Anthropology
California State University-Long Beach

Jayne Howell

Ron Loewe

Ron Loewe and I are completing our final issues as editors of Practicing Anthropology. The upcoming issue is titled “Anthropology and the Public Good: Environment, Health Care and Diversity. ” The eight individually submitted articles are important reminders of the breadth of projects that anthropologists participate in. The fall issue begins with 2011 Malinowski Award winner Salomón Nahmad’s reflections (in collaboration with Martha Rees) on his career as an anthropologist and advocate for indigenous populations in Mexico. Three articles focus on environmental concerns: Keri Brondo, Natalie Bown and Laura Woods examine ecotourism and gender among the Garifuna. Laura Henry-Stone discusses the watershed restoration project in Virgina, and Gabriela Lanzas provides an analysis of water management in Tabasco, Mexico. Shirting toward migration, Shay Lyn Cannedy offers anthropological insight on a refugee resettlement program in Texas, while Robert Guang Tian and Mahesh Ranjan Debata discuss the nationalism movement in the Uyghur diaspora. Two other articles offer anthropological insight on different aspects of health care. Linda Kaljee, Alfred Pach and Bonita Stanton’s article explores the value of anthropological perspectives for vaccine studies. Heide Castañeda, Nolan Kline, Mackenzie Rapp, Nicole Demetriou, Naheed Ahmed, Isabella Chan, Theresa Crocker, Nathaniel Dickey, Patrick Dillon, Hilary Dotson, Jordana Frost, Natalie Hobbs, Emily Koby Novicki, Philip McNab, Francisco Montiel-Ishino, and Colleen Timmons provide medical school students’ perspectives on the 2010 Affordable Care Act.

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