Dr. Tracie Canada selected for the 2026 Margaret Mead Award

Dr. Tracie Canada was selected by the Boards of Directors of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) and the American Anthropological Association (AAA) to receive the 2026 Margaret Mead Award for her book, Tackling the Everyday: Race and Nation in Big-Time College Football (University of California Press, 2025).

The Margaret Mead Award is presented to a younger scholar for a particular accomplishment that interprets anthropological data and principles in ways that make them meaningful and accessible to a broadly concerned public- skills for which Margaret Mead was widely admired. Past recipients of the Margaret Mead Award have included Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Alex Stepick, Paul Farmer, Susan Scrimshaw, Leo Chavez, Mark Schuller, and Sameena Mulla.

Congratulations, Dr. Canada!