tag: American Anthropological Association
Past Event
June 16, 2026
The Future of Anthropology Departments
Enrollment, AI & Building Sustainability
On June 16 at 2:00pm ET, Ithaka S+R’s Chelsea McCracken and Claire Baytas will participate in a webinar for members of the American Anthropology Association, sharing findings and insights from their recent report on The Academic Humanities Today: Findings from Conversations with Department Chairs. Learn more about the webinar.
Blog Post
August 27, 2014
Faster and Cheaper
Can a Digital-Centric Workflow Transform the Book Review?
Academic authors in the humanities and social sciences often wait three or more years to see the first reviews of their scholarly monographs. Why does it take so long? As Oona Schmid, director of publishing at the American Anthropological Association (AAA), describes in our latest issue brief, it is because book reviewing still relies on a print-centric system. Thanks to funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the AAA is now developing a prototype to completely re-imagine the book review…
Issue Brief
August 27, 2014
Faster and Cheaper
Can a Digital-Centric Workflow Transform the Book Review?
Academic authors in the humanities and social sciences often wait three or more years to see the first reviews of their scholarly monographs. Why does it take so long? As Oona Schmid, director of publishing at the American Anthropological Association (AAA), describes in this issue brief, it is because book reviewing still relies on a print-centric system. Thanks to funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the AAA is now developing a prototype to completely re-imagine the book review process to…