| 1 | Name: | Dr. Patricia A. McAnany | |
| Institution: | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | ||
| Year Elected: | 2024 | ||
| Class: | 4. Humanities | ||
| Subdivision: | 403. Cultural Anthropology | ||
| Residency: | Resident | ||
| Living? : | Living | ||
| Birth Date: | 1957 | ||
Patricia A. McAnany (PhD 1986, University of New Mexico) is Kenan Eminent Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She is the recipient of the 2022 A. V. Kidder Award from the American Anthropological Association and has received both research and community-impact grants from the National Science Foundation, National Geographic Society, Archaeological Institute of America, and Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation. A Maya archaeologist, she is co-investigator of Proyecto Arqueológico Colaborativo del Oriente de Yucatán, a community-engaged archaeology project focused on the Preclassic through contemporary community in Tahcabo, Yucatán. As the executive director of a UNC-CH program called InHerit: Indigenous Heritage Passed to Present (www.in-herit.org), she works with local communities throughout the Maya region and beyond to provide opportunities to dialogue about cultural heritage and magnify Native voices in education and heritage conservation. She is the author/co-author of many journal articles, books, and book chapters including Maya Cultural Heritage: How Archaeologists and Indigenous Communities Engage the Past (2016). | |||