Sponsorship
This conference was supported by the Lemelson / Society for Psychological Anthropology Conference Fund, made possible by a generous donation from The Robert Lemelson Foundation.
About Dr. Robert Lemelson
Robert Lemelson, Ph.D., is an anthropologist who received his M.A. from the University of Chicago, and his doctorate from the UCLA Department of Anthropology. He is currently a research anthropologist at the Semel Institute of Neurosciences at UCLA, and an assistant adjunct professor in the Department of Anthropology. He is also the president and founder of The Foundation for Psychocultural Research, a non-profit research foundation supporting research and training in the neurosciences and social sciences, and the director of Elemental Productions, a ethnographic documentary film production company. In addition, he is a director of the Lemelson Foundation, a family foundation supporting invention and innovation for basic human needs and sustainable development in the United States and the developing world.
As a practitioner and strong advocate of psychological anthropology, Dr. Lemelson personally began the Lemelson/SPA student fellows and conference funds programs in 2007 to encourage graduate student fieldwork in psychological anthropology and to support faculty conference gatherings meant to stimulate innovative and creative thinking in psychological anthropology. Through these programs, numerous graduate students have been enabled to establish field sites for themselves and several collections of scholars have been encouraged to meet, exchange ideas, and push the boundaries and frontiers of both theory and practice in psychological anthropology. Both programs are meant to stimulate and enhance the vibrancy and relevance of contemporary psychological anthropology.
About the Society for Psychological Anthropology
The Society for Psychological Anthropology (SPA) of the American Anthropological Association was founded in 1977. SPA is a broad, multidisciplinary organization of individuals interested in cultural, psychological, and social interrelations at all levels.
Membership in the Society for Psychological Anthropology (SPA) is managed through the American Anthropological Association (AAA). The dues for AAA are prorated from a $70 student rate to a $290 rate for the highest income professionals. AAA members can join the SPA here. SPA membership comes with a subscription to its flagship journal Ethos and qualifies student members for participation in faculty-student workshops at the SPA biennial and AAA annual meetings.
Columbia University
Additional and generous in-kind support has been provided by Columbia University.
This conference was supported by the Lemelson / Society for Psychological Anthropology Conference Fund, made possible by a generous donation from The Robert Lemelson Foundation.
About Dr. Robert Lemelson
Robert Lemelson, Ph.D., is an anthropologist who received his M.A. from the University of Chicago, and his doctorate from the UCLA Department of Anthropology. He is currently a research anthropologist at the Semel Institute of Neurosciences at UCLA, and an assistant adjunct professor in the Department of Anthropology. He is also the president and founder of The Foundation for Psychocultural Research, a non-profit research foundation supporting research and training in the neurosciences and social sciences, and the director of Elemental Productions, a ethnographic documentary film production company. In addition, he is a director of the Lemelson Foundation, a family foundation supporting invention and innovation for basic human needs and sustainable development in the United States and the developing world.
As a practitioner and strong advocate of psychological anthropology, Dr. Lemelson personally began the Lemelson/SPA student fellows and conference funds programs in 2007 to encourage graduate student fieldwork in psychological anthropology and to support faculty conference gatherings meant to stimulate innovative and creative thinking in psychological anthropology. Through these programs, numerous graduate students have been enabled to establish field sites for themselves and several collections of scholars have been encouraged to meet, exchange ideas, and push the boundaries and frontiers of both theory and practice in psychological anthropology. Both programs are meant to stimulate and enhance the vibrancy and relevance of contemporary psychological anthropology.
About the Society for Psychological Anthropology
The Society for Psychological Anthropology (SPA) of the American Anthropological Association was founded in 1977. SPA is a broad, multidisciplinary organization of individuals interested in cultural, psychological, and social interrelations at all levels.
Membership in the Society for Psychological Anthropology (SPA) is managed through the American Anthropological Association (AAA). The dues for AAA are prorated from a $70 student rate to a $290 rate for the highest income professionals. AAA members can join the SPA here. SPA membership comes with a subscription to its flagship journal Ethos and qualifies student members for participation in faculty-student workshops at the SPA biennial and AAA annual meetings.
Columbia University
Additional and generous in-kind support has been provided by Columbia University.
