Race: Are We So Different?

Alan H. Goodman is Professor of biological anthropology at Hampshire College and past Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty. He has written extensively on human variation and the biological consequences of inequality and poverty and co-leads the RACE national public education project sponsored by the AAA and funded by NSF and the Ford Foundation. Goodman is a past president of the AAA. Yolanda T. Moses is Professor of anthropology and recent Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Excellence and Equity at the University of California, Riverside. A cultural anthropologist, she has published extensively on issues of social inequality in complex societies and cultural diversity in higher education. She co-leads the RACE national education project and was past President of the AAA. Joseph L. Jones is Assistant Professor of anthropology at the College of William and Mary. He was the RACE project manager for the American Anthropological Association and has written extensively on race and slavery. Sponsored by the American Anthropological Association (AAA). Based out of Washington DC, the American Anthropological Association is a professional association for anthropologists working across the four major fields of anthropology - biological and physical anthropology, archaeology, linguistic anthropology, and cultural anthropology. With more than 10,000 members, the AAA supports researchers, higher education professionals, students, and individuals working in the public, private, and non-governmental sectors. The AAA publishes a portfolio of 22 journals, stages annual research conferences, and supports anthropologists at all stages of their careers through awards and fellowships, career planning services, and internship and summer field school programs.