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<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">As we await the finalized AAA program from the executive powers that be, I wanted to alert you to some key SLA-related events to
be held at our upcoming meeting in New Orleans:</span></p>
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SLA Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony (<u>8764</u>) <b>Thursday, 11/20, 8:15-10:15PM</b></li><li style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">
SLA Reception (<u>8767</u>) <b>Thursday, 11/20, 10:15-11:15PM </b></li><li style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">
SLA Extended Board Meeting (<u>8766</u>) <b>Friday, 11/21, 8:00-9:00AM </b></li><li style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">
SLA Mentoring Program Luncheon (<u>8765</u>) <b>Friday, 11/21, 11:45AM-12:45PM</b></li></ol>
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<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I have requested a finalized meeting agenda from the AAA executive board and will of course write you all once more with a collated
list of SLA-related panels when that information is available. </span></p>
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<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Thank you for your forbearance, and looking forward to meeting in New Orleans! </span></p>
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<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Your lowly program chair, </span></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Andrew</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black;">Andrew M. Carruthers, Ph.D.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black;">Assistant Professor; Department of Anthropology</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://anthropology.sas.upenn.edu/people/andrew-carruthers" data-outlook-id="af00faf7-0b6a-424e-a9b6-8cc05b982d88" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://anthropology.sas.upenn.edu/people/andrew-carruthers</a></u></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black;">Faculty Fellow; Wolf Humanities Center</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black;">Faculty Advisor; Southeast Asia Working Group</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black;">Graduate Faculty; Lauder Institute, The Wharton School</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black;">Faculty Affiliate; Perry World House</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black;">University of Pennsylvania </span></p>
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Program Chair, Society for Linguistic Anthropology </div>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black;">Philadelphia, PA 19104</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black;">T. 215-746-8158</span></p>
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