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Professional Conferences

  • AAA (American Anthropological Association)
    Meetings every Fall around the end of November.
    Website - http://www.aaanet.org/
    Call for Papers/Posters – begins January 1st
    Submission for papers and posters – due April 1st
    Registration Dates – Advanced Registration (lower rate)
    by October 15th; Rate increase after October 15th.
    Check AAA website - Prizes & Awards - Section Awards
    for information on student awards - General Awards
    NASA (National Association of Student Anthropologists)
    gives some awards for travel expenses and general funding

  • ASP (American Society for Primatologists)
    Website www.asp.org

  • CLA (College of Liberal Arts, CSULB)
    Student Research Showcase held in May
    Submission deadline check CSULB website or
    CLA website - http://www.csulb.edu/colleges/cla/

  • CLIC (graduate association at UCLA) and LISO
    (graduate association at UCSB) for linguistic anthropology students
    Annual Conference in May – alternates between the two campuses
    Abstracts due in January

  • GURT (Georgetown University Roundtable in Linguistics)
    Around March in Washington D.C.

  • NAPA (National Association for Practicing Anthropologists)
    Website - http://www.practicinganthropology.org/about/

  • SAA (Society for American Archaeology)
    Meetings Every Spring around April
    Website - http://www.saa.org/
    Submission deadline for abstracts – September

  • SALSA (Symposium About Language and Society, Austin)
    Website - http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/salsa/index.htm
    Conference at University of Texas, Austin.
    Held in the Spring around April
    Submission deadline for abstracts – January 1st
    Pre-registration – ends in March

  • SCA (Society for Cultural Anthropology)
    Spring Conference in May (every two years?)
    Website - http://sca.culanth.org/
    Submission deadline for abstracts - December

  • SCAAN (Southern California Applied Anthropology Network)

  • SfAA (Society for Applied Anthropology)
    Meetings every Spring around March
    Website - http://www.sfaa.net/
    Submission of Abstracts for papers, posters and sessions -
    Deadline October 15th
    Registration Dates check online
    Awards - Student travel funds available
    for presenting papers and attending the conference.
    See Student Travel Awards under
    Annual Meeting on the SfAA website.
    Student Endowment Due January 1st
    Peter K. New Student Prize Award – For a student paper
    Submission by Dec. 31
    Valene Smith Award – Cash prize for student poster on tourism

  • SWAA (Southwestern Anthropological Association)
    Website - http://www.csus.edu/org/swaa/

Travel Funds

  • SLD (Student Life and Development)
    Given out each semester, but can only
    receive once an academic year.
    Funds for presenters and general travel that
    enhances the educational experience.
    See Website: SLD – Services & Resources
    Academic Travel Funds
  • ASI (Associated Students International)
    See Website: ASI – administration –
    ASI forms
  • CLA (College of Liberal Arts) gives out
    money to students presenting at
    conferences. See Department Chair for more
    information.
  • See Conference Websites for additional
    funding opportunities

Posters

How to Make Posters from AAA website. For
more information near time of AAA meetings
check http://www.aaanet.org/meetings/ under
presenters

Posters can be printed on CSULB campus at:
(prices may change)

  • Computer Lab – can design and print
    posters, price varies depending on colors
    and size, usually around $25-$35. You must
    give the poster at least a week in advance.
    Check website – computer lab -
    poster printing
  • Math Department - around $30, must give at
    least a week in advance. Contact Tom Tran
    ttran40@csulb.edu
  • Geography Lab – around $25. UPDATED email address: geogproduction@gmail.com
    (Possible old contact info) Mr. Jim Woods jwoods@csulb.edu
    LA4-207, 562-985-2128
  • Campus Print Shop – can be expedited and
    done in one day for about $80

Posters made by CSULB students

Past Professional Presentations by CSULB Faculty and Students