Chronology of the Praxis Award: 1981-2009

The Washington Association of Professional Anthropologists (WAPA) established the Praxis Award for Excellence in the Practice of Anthropology to give recognition to significant, often groundbreaking work performed in government and industry by the discipline’s practitioners in translating anthropological knowledge into action to address their clients’ problems. The award competition, open to all M.A. and Ph.D. level anthropologists, commenced in 1981, was repeated in 1982, and since then has continued on a biennial, odd-numbered year basis. The year 2011 marks the 30th anniversary and the 17th competition of the Praxis Award.

This 1981-2009 chronology was researched and compiled by Amy Carattini under a WAPA graduate student grant award, with the assistance of Charles Cheney, 2009 Praxis Award Committee Chair, between August 2010 and February 2011.