Robert A. & Beverly H. Hackenberg Award
The Robert A. and Beverly H. Hackenberg Prize honors SfAA members and their community partners who have demonstrated lasting and meaningful collaboration to improve the communities where they live and work.
Each year, the Hackenberg Prize highlights the very best of what applied social scientists and their collaborators are doing in the community or region where the SfAA Annual Meeting takes place. The recipients’ work is showcased in a featured session during the Annual Meeting.
The prize includes a commemorative plaque and a cash award, intended to support and further the ongoing collaborative effort.
The J. Anthony Paredes Memorial Plenary
The James Anthony “Tony” Paredes Memorial Session honors the life, career, and lasting contributions of the respected scholar and anthropologist.
Tony Paredes served as a professor of anthropology at Florida State University for 30 years, earning the title of Professor Emeritus in 1999. In 1971, he began a lifelong relationship with the Poarch Band of Creeks in Alabama, conducting research and building partnerships that endured throughout his career. His work was instrumental in securing federal acknowledgment of the Poarch Creeks as a federally recognized tribe in 1984.
In addition to his academic and community-based work, Paredes held leadership roles in several professional organizations. He served on the Executive Board of the American Anthropological Association and was Past President of the Association of Senior Anthropologists, the Society for Applied Anthropology, and the Southern Anthropological Society.
The Michael Kearney Memorial Lecture
The Michael Kearney Memorial Lecture honors the life, work, and enduring legacy of Michael Kearney.
Each year, a distinguished scholar is invited to deliver this lecture, focusing on the intersection of three themes central to Professor Kearney’s career: migration, human rights, and transnationalism. These ideas first took shape in his groundbreaking doctoral research, The Winds of Ixtepeji, and continued to guide his work throughout his career.
Kearney’s scholarship extended beyond academic inquiry, leading to active engagement in public policy and a deep commitment to supporting Indigenous migrant organizations through applied anthropological practice.
