Candidates for Committee on the Status of Women in Anthropology State D

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23Statement: We have had numerous important surveys and studies documenting well the status of women in anthropology and its various subdisciplines. Statistics remind us that women are still strikingly underrepresented at all levels in some subdisciplines while in others the status of women is vulnerable in more subtle ways. It should be the task of this Committee to focus on understanding the sources of discrimination and differential treatment and develop specijics for eliminating them. The coming years of academic employment, for example, should witness some striking demographic shifts, with many retirements and recruiting. This is a time when the relative positions of women (and minorities) can be changed. I believe that the task of COSWA in the coming years is to develop speciJic educational, counseling and training programs for anthropologists and their support contacts, such as granting agencies. We should seek ways to understand and eliminate aspects of discrimination that persist. We should continue to work closely with groups within the Association such as Placement, the Newsletter. various editorial b0urd.v of journuls and other anthropological sources of research and employment. More lhan a decade ago, 1 served on this Committee in its formative years. I huve now considered not only the status of women in our profession, but also how women m e considered in our anthropological researches. I would be very excited to participate in the COSWA that moves into the 1990s with a very specijic agenda and a mission to address the issues and needs of women in anthropology. at all levels, and in all kinds of anthropological activities. WENDA R TREVATHAN (PhD, Colorado-Boulder 1980) Asst Prof (1 983) New Mexico St U; Asst Prof ( I98 1-83) NC-Charlotte; Vstg Asst Prof ( 1976-78) Colorado-Colorado Spgs. Major interests: bio anth; evol of female reproduction; childbirth; human ethology, Significant publications: "Fetal Emer-