September 18, 2006

Diane Gifford-Gonzalez elected president of archaeological society

Anthropology professor Diane Gifford-Gonzalez has been elected to a two-year term as president of the Society of Africanist Archaeologists, a 200-member international association of archaeologists working in Africa.

This summer, she was also elected to a three-year term as archaeology representative on the American Anthropological Association's Long-Range Planning Committee.