<div dir="ltr"><div><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Dear SLA members,</span></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:15px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;margin:0px;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Th<span class="gmail_default" style="">is is just a reminder that the</span> S</font><font face="Arial">ociety for Linguistic Anthropology</font><font face="arial, sans-serif"> <span class="gmail_default" style="">is seeking</span> no</font><font face="Arial">minations for seven positions this fall. This process tends to sound mysterious but it is simple, and we encourage you to consider nominating yourself or another member, and to help shape the future of our organization.</font></span></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:15px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">F<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"></span>i<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">ve</span> of the seven positions are <b>appointed</b> positions, which means they will be appointed by the SLA Executive Board from among nominees and will begin in January 2027. These include:</span></p><ul><li style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><b>1 Nominations Committee Member </b>(three years)</span></li><li style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><b>1 Section News Co-Editor for Anthropology News</b> (two years)</span></li><li style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><b>1 Accessibility Coordinator</b> (two years)</span></li><li style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><b>2 Graduate Student Representatives </b>(one or two years, to provide flexibility for graduate students at different stages of their graduate studies)</span></li></ul><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><b>The deadline for nominations for appointed positions is December 15, 2026</b>, but we are accepting materials on a rolling basis.</span></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:15px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Two of the positions will be <b>elected</b> by the SLA membership. The candidates in the election will be selected by the SLA Executive Board from among the nominees we gather. Those elected will then begin in Fall 2027, following the 2027 AAA:</span></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;col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t-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">SLA Nominations Committee</span></p><p style="font-size:13px;font-variant:normal;margin:0px;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><font face="Arial">C</font><font face="arial, sans-serif">h<span class="gmail_default">arles</span></font><font face="Arial"> Zuckerman (</font><a href="mailto:zuckermc@bc.edu" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-kerning:none;color:rgb(16,60,192)">zuckermc@bc.edu</span></a><font face="Arial">)</font></span></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(16,60,192)"><span style="font-kerning:none;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Elaine Chun (<a href="mailto:chune@mailbox.sc.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-kerning:none;color:rgb(16,60,192)">chune@mailbox.sc.edu</span></a>)</span></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(16,60,192)"><span style="font-kerning:none;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Cheryl Yin (<a href="mailto:cyin@carleton.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-kerning:none;color:rgb(16,60,192)">cyin@carleton.edu</span></a>)</span></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:15px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">***</span></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:15px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><b>Nominations Committee Member</b><b></b></span></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">The SLA nominations committee organizes candidate slates for elected leadership positions in the SLA. The nominations committee maintains communication with the section president regarding position openings, helps formulate position descriptions, and assists in the identification and recruitment of candidates for appointed positions. The committee works with the AAA staff to ensure that ballots and candidate slates meet AAA guidelines. As members of the SLA extended board, members of the Nominations Committee receive an annual stipend of $250 toward attending the AAA annual meeting. The Nominations Committee Member will serve a three-year term.</span></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:15px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><b>Section News Co-Editor for Anthropology News</b><b></b></span></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Anthropology News (AN) is the American Anthropological Association’s (AAA) award-winning member magazine, published bimonthly in print and continually on the AN website. The SLA section column co-editors work together to solicit, provide editorial feedback on, and publish four quarterly columns each year. These should be essays or photo essays that are grounded in interesting research, current events, or debates within the discipline related to the section’s area of expertise, but which are also accessible and jargon-free. Section editors review pitches from section members to determine if they are a good fit for Anthropology News. They then provide developmental feedback, recommendations for revision (structure, clarity of argument, style), and copy edits during the editorial process. Section editors are responsible for submitting final pieces and working with AN’s Chief Editor and Publishing Assistant to finalize publication. Published pieces are promoted via the Anthropology News and SLA social media and email. As members of the SLA extended board, the Section News Co-Editors receive an annual stipend of $250 toward attending the AAA annual meeting. The Section News Co-Editor will serve a two-year term.</span></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:15px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><b>Accessibility Coordinator</b><b></b></span></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">The SLA accessibility coordinator will, in collaboration with members of the extended SLA Board, serve as a resource in supporting the implementation of measures to increase access to all SLA events and publications (including but not limited to the journal, newsletter columns, and digital communications). Accessibility is broadly conceived to facilitate greater participation and opportunities at every level for historically marginalized groups, with particular emphasis on disability, region of residence, language backgrounds, and inequalities based on socio-economic class, race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, and sexuality. Specific goals and best practices for the SLA’s activities will be identified with help from a professional access coordinator; the member serving in this role will thus not be required to have the expertise to create such measures, but will be responsible for understanding them and assisting the membership in adopting them. In addition to working closely with the SLA executive board to increase and expand access, the accessibility coordinator will liaise with the AAA Coordinator for Accessibility, Meetings and Conferences, and other AAA sections where appropriate. As a member of the SLA extended board, the Accessibility Coordinator receives an annual stipend of $250 toward attending the AAA annual meeting. The Accessibility Coordinator will serve a two-year term.</span></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:15px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><b>Graduate Student Representative</b><b></b></span></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">The two graduate student representative positions for the Society for Linguistic Anthropology (SLA) are designed to help the American Anthropological Association (AAA) and the SLA better serve graduate student needs. Representatives work with the Executive Board on addressing graduate student concerns. With their co-representative, they organize mentorship events for students, apply for mentorship funds from the AAA, participate in SLA extended board meetings, and attend the in person cross-section meeting of graduate student representatives at the AAA meeting. Candidates should be student members of the SLA during the term of their appointment and commit to attending the AAA annual meetings during the duration of their tenure. As members of the SLA extended board, the Graduate Student Representatives receive an annual stipend of $250 toward attending the AAA annual meeting. The Graduate Student Representative may serve a one-year or two-year term, to provide flexibility for graduate students at different stages of their graduate studies.</span></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings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