Who We Are
The Critical Urban Anthropology Association (CUAA), formerly SUNTA, a section of the American Anthropological Association, concerns itself with theories, problems, processes, and institutions of urban, national and transnational life. Urban life and problems in the modern world are interrelated with national and transnational institutions (especially globalizing capitalism), processes, and forces. Likewise, nations and transnational institutions most express themselves and are expressed by people living in the global hierarchy of contemporary cities. CUAA, therefore, particularly focuses on the interrelationships of urban, national, and transnational processes as they affect and are affected by the everyday social and cultural lives of people living, acting, and struggling in particular places, anthropology’s traditional area of concern.
CUAA’s members, a number of whom reside outside the U.S.A., include academic, practitioner/applied, and student anthropologists. Members’ expertise covers most nations (including the U.S.A.) of the world and their cities. In addition to conducting original research many CUAA members consult and work in or with private and public agencies dealing with social problems, development, and policy formation.
CUAA also publishes a journal, City & Society, which attempts to foster debate and conceptual development in urban, national, and transnational anthropology, particularly in their interrelationships. IT seek to promote communication related disciplines of interest to members of CUAA and to develop theory from a comparative perspective. If you are interested in learning more or submitting a manuscript, please visit their website.
Membership Benefits
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Members will receive CUAA’s journal, City & Society
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Members will gain a member profile on CUAA’s website
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Members will gain posting access on CUAA’s ListServ
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Members will gain access to occasional publications
How to Join CUAA
NOTE: To join CUAA one must ordinarily be a member of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) unless one fits the criteria of the AAA’s Associate membership.
Dues: $29 for professional members, $10 for students
Join online through the AAA’s Website »
AAA members can also join SUNTA by completing this form and sending it to:
Membership Services
American Anthropological Association
2300 Clarendon Blvd. Suite 1301
Arlington, VA 22201-3357
CUAA Board Members and Committee Chairs
OFFICERS
President (2020-2022)
Suzanne Scheld
Department of Anthropology
California State University, Northridge
President Elect (2020-2022)
Susan Falls
Department of Anthropology
Savanah College of Art and Design
Past President (2020-2022)
Jeff Maskovsky
Department of Urban Studies
Queens College CUNY
Secretary (2020-2023)
Rudolph Gaudio
Department of Anthropology
Purchase College, SUNY
Treasurer (2018-2021)
Angela Story
Department of Anthropology
University of Louisville
3rd year Councilor (2020-2023)
Deborah Pellow
Department of Anthropology
Syracuse University
2nd year Councilor (2020-2023)
Christina Schwenkel
Department of Anthropology
University of California, Riverside
1st year Councilor (2020-2023)
Lynne Milgram
Department of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Ontario College of Art & Design University
Student Councilor (2020-2023)
Hanadi Alhalabi
Department of Anthropology
California State University, Northridge
COMMITTEE CHAIRS & EX OFFICIO
Anthony Leeds Prize, Committee Chair
Yukiko Koga
Department of Anthropology
Yale University
CUAA Social Media Coordinator (2020-2022)
Nathan Romine
Department of Urban Planning
California State University, Northridge
nathan.romine.183@my.csun.edu
Editor, City & Society (2020-2023)
Julian Brash
Department of Anthropology
Montclair University

Contact Us
cuaa_email@gmail.com

Join online through the
AAA’s Website »
AAA members can also join SUNTA by completing this form and sending it to:
Membership Services
American Anthropological Association
2300 Clarendon Blvd. Suite 1301
Arlington, VA 22201-3357

Contact Us

AAA members can also join SUNTA by completing this form and sending it to: Membership Services
American Anthropological Association
2300 Clarendon Blvd. Suite 1301
Arlington, VA 22201-3357