About SAFN

Overview

The Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (SAFN), formerly known as the Council on Nutritional Anthropology (CNA), was organized in 1974 in response to the increased interest in the interface between social sciences and human nutrition. SAFN has the following objectives:

• To encourage research and exchange of ideas, theories, methods and scientific information relevant to understanding the socio-cultural, behavioral and political-economic factors related to food and nutrition;
• To provide a forum for communication and interaction among scientists sharing these interests and with other appropriate organizations;
• To promote practical collaboration among social and nutritional scientists at the fields and program levels.

2004 Name Change

To more fully engage the spectrum of theoretical and methodological perspectives of individuals AAA-wide, at the 2003 meetings a motion was made by the then CNA Executive Board to put a name change to a vote by its membership during the spring 2004 AAA Elections. The ballot question was passed and changed the organization’s name from ‘Council on Nutritional Anthropology’ (CNA) to ‘Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition’ (SAFN).

Current Officers

President
Craig Hadley
Assistant Professor
Emory University
1557 Dickey Drive
Atlanta, GA 30322
Telephone: (404) 727-5248
Email: chadley@emory.edu

Past President
Janet Chrzan
Anthropology Department
University of Pennsylvania
323 Museum, 33rd and Spruce Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Telephone: (215) 898-7461
Fax: (215) 898-7462
Email: jchrzan@sas.upenn.edu

Vice-President
Rachel E. Black
Assistant Professor
Gastronomy Program
Boston University
808 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
Email: reblack@gmail.com

Treasurer
Crystal Patil
UIC: Department of Anthropology
1007 W. Harrison Street
BSB 2102 – M/C 027
Chicago, IL 60607
Email: cpatil@uic.edu

Anthropology News Contributing Editor
Alyson Young
Department of Anthropology
University of Florida
1112 Turlington Hall, PO Box 117305
Gainesville, FL 32611
Email: agyoung@ufl.edu

Anthropology News Contributing Editor
Kenneth Maes
Population Studies & Training Center
Brown University
68 Waterman St., Box 1836
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: (404) 723-2242
Fax: (401) 863-3351
Email: kenneth_maes@brown.edu

Committee Chairs: Awards

Michael R. McDonald
Professor of Anthropology
Department of Marine and Ecological Sciences
Florida Gulf Coast University
10501 FGCU Blvd.
Ft. Myers, FL 33965
Telephone: (239) 590-7212
Email: mmcdonal@fgcu.edu

Committee Chairs: Meetings & Programs

Sera Young
University of California, San Francisco
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences
50 Beale Street, Suite 1200
San Francisco, CA 94105
Email: slyo@ucdavis.edu

Committee Chairs: Nominations

David Sutton
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Department of Anthropology
Faner Building, Room 3525
1000 Faner Drive
Carbondale, IL 62901
University of New Orleans
Email: dsutton@siu.edu

Committee Chairs: Book Reviews

Miriam Chaiken, SAFN Past-President
Department Head, Department of Sociology/Anthropology
Box 3001, MSC 3BV
Breland Hall 329
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001
Telephone: (575) 646-2725
Email: mchaiken@nmsu.edu

Committee Chairs: Policy & Liaison

David Beriss
Dept. of Anthropology
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA 70148
Telephone: (504) 280-1071
University of New Orleans
Email: dberiss@uno.edu

Committee Chairs: Student Representative

Neri de Kramer
Department of Anthropology
The City University of New York Graduate Center
Professor of Anthropology
University of Delaware
Telephone: (267) 331-6055
Email: dekramer@udel.edu

Click here to see the SAFN by-laws