Distinguished Achievement Award

The AQA is thrilled to announce William Leap as the 2023 Distinguished Achievement Award winner. Please click here for more information about Leap’s outstanding work.

The Distinguished Achievement Award, announced in 2018, honors outstanding contributions to lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer anthropology through scholarship, research, teaching, mentoring, service, public engagement, and/or activism.

The award seeks to honor our elders, recognize lifetime career achievements, and build community by connecting generations of AQA scholars.

The award is presented each year at the American Anthropological Association’s annual meeting.

Distinguished Achievement Award Winners

2023

William Leap

2022

Kath Weston

2020 / 2021

Evelyn Blackwood

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Gayle Rubin

2019

Ellen Lewin

2018

Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy 

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Esther Newton