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Abstract:For your convenience, this month's Section News PDF includes bookmarks for each section. Simply open the PDF, open the “Bookmark” on the left side of your screen, and click on the name of the section you are interested in reading.American Ethnological Society (AES): Joanna Davidson, ed.Anthropology and Environment (A&E): Laura Ogden, ed. “State of the Section Report,” by Janis B AlcornArcheology Division (AD): Rani T Alexander, ed.Association for Africanist Anthropology (AfAA): Jennifer E Coffman, ed. “AfAA in San Francisco,” by Jennifer Coffman and Bennetta Jules‐RosetteAssociation of Black Anthropologists (ABA): Shaka McGlotten, ed. “A Message from the ABA President,” by Kimberly Eison SimmonsAssociation for Feminist Anthropology (AFA): Susan Hyatt, acting editor. “No ‘Pretty Woman’,” by Aashika Damodar; “Limits of the Entrepreneurial Subject,” by Csilla Kalocsai; “Jumbled Talk, Confused Women,” by Jessica SmithAssociation for Latina and Latino Anthropologists (ALLA): Vilma Santiago‐Irizarry, acting editor. “Outgoing President's Message,” by Vilma Santiago‐IrizarryAssociation for Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA): Elizabeth Krause and Mona Bhan, eds. “The Promise of Higher Education,” by Boone ShearAssociation of Senior Anthropologists (ASA): Paul L Doughty, ed. “The US Presidential Election,” by Tony ParedesBiological Anthropological Society (BAS): Virginia J Vitzthum, ed. “Abstract: Polymorphic Associations in Programmed Death‐1 Receptor in Type‐1 Diabetes in the Mapuche Population,” by Scherry MominCentral States Anthropological Society (CSAS): Evelyn Dean‐Olmstead and Angela Glaros, eds.Council on Anthropology and Education (CAE): Steven Bialostok, ed.Council for Museum Anthropology (CMA): Joyce Herold, ed. “Training in Collections Research Methods,” by Candace GreeneCulture and Agriculture Section (C&A): Ronald Rich, ed.Evolutionary Anthropology Society (EAS): John P Ziker, ed.General Anthropology Division (GAD): Luke Eric Lassiter, ed. “Diana Forsythe Prize: 2008 Report and 2009 Call for Nominations,” by Christopher A FurlowMiddle East Section (MES): Emilio Spadola, ed.National Association for the Practice of Anthropology (NAPA): Christine Z Miller, ed. “(In) Visibility Comes to Light: A Brief Report on EPIC 2008,” by Melissa Cefkin, ken anderson and Christine MillerNational Association of Student Anthropologists (NASA): Jenny Chio, ed. “Poetry: Its Place in Ethnography,” by Fredy R Rodríguez Mejía; “Murió/ He Died,” by Frank Grande; “Letárgica Muerte / Lethargic Death,” by Dessiree Suazo; “Dejemos que Sea Así/ Let Us Let It Be Like That,” by Fredy R Rodríguez MejíaSociety for Anthropological Sciences (SAS): Stephen Lyon, ed.Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges (SACC): Lloyd Miller, ed.Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (SAFN): Rachel Black, ed. “The Global Food Crisis: Reconfiguring Spaces of Vulnerability or More of the Same?” by Craig HadleySociety for the Anthropology of North America (SANA): Susan B Hyatt, ed. “Researching Tribal Labor Relations,” by David KamperSociety for the Anthropology of Religion (SAR): Jennifer Selby, ed. “Book Review: Evangelicalism and Conflict in Northern Ireland,” by William GirardSociety for the Anthropology of Work (SAW): Angela Jancius, ed. “João Biehl Wins Diana Forsythe Prize,” by Eve HochwaldSociety for Cultural Anthropology (SCA): Jean Langford, ed.Society for East Asian Anthropology (SEAA): Jennifer Hubbert and Gordon Mathews, ed. “A Career in South Asian Anthropology,” by Rubie WatsonSociety for Humanistic Anthropology (SHA): Frederic W Gleach and Vilma Santiago‐Irizarry, ed. “Overheard at the 105th Annual Meeting of the AAA,” by Krista BenjaminSociety for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology (SLACA): Hortensia Caballero‐Arias, ed. “NIN TLA TOL: In Honor of Jane Hill's Forthcoming Retirement,” by Ramos Rosales Flores, with Jacqueline MessingSociety of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists (SOLGA): David L R Houston, ed.Society for Linguistic Anthropology (SLA): James Stanlaw and Mark Peterson, ed. “What Will Be the Language Policy of the Obama Administration?” by James StanlawSociety for Medical Anthropology (SMA): Kathleen Ragsdale, ed. “EASA Medical Anthropology Network,” by Brigit Obrist; “SMA Notes from the Field: Attending the 10th Biennial Conference of the EASA in Slovenia,” by Jeannine CoreilSociety for Psychological Anthropology (SPA): Jack R Friedman, ed.Society for Urban, National and Transnational/Global Anthropology (SUNTA): Jayne Howell, ed. “A Few Words from the New SUNTA President,” by Deborah Pellow; “Leeds Prize Recipients,” by Robert RotenbergSociety for Visual Anthropology (SVA): Wendy Dickinson, ed. “Art Lessons from Japan,” by Bradley McMurray