The 56th Annual Meeting
April 26, 2025
Campbellsville U. - Harrodsburg
Harrodsburg, Kentucky
Critical Thinking in a Contested World
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Jamie Shenton
Legislating the Crisis: Moral Panics, Parental Rights, and the Politics of Inclusive Education in Kentucky
Jamie Shenton is associate professor of anthropology at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. She is a cultural anthropologist specializing in medical anthropology, gender and sexuality, ethnographic methods, and comparative perspectives on U.S. and world cultures, especially Latin America. Her current research examines parenting, LGBTQ+ youth, and education politics in Kentucky. Shenton is a contributor to the edited volume The Shaman in the Flash Drive and Other Explorations in Indigenous Media Engagement in Latin America. Her scholarly articles have appeared in journals such as Anthropological Quarterly, Public Anthropology, Journal of Cultural Analysis and Social Change, and Cultural Dynamics. She has published several op-eds and other public-facing essays in Anthropology News, SAPIENS, the Louisville Courier-Journal, and Ms. Magazine.
REMINDER
All proposals and paper contest submissions are due April 11, 2025.
Registration paid at conference (includes lunch and annual membership dues):
$30 - Faculty & Professionals
$15 – Students & Guests
Submissions Portal: https://forms.gle/qb35frcyv16Bq6D56
Meeting Information Site: https://sites.google.com/view/ant-soc-kentucky/meetings
For additional information contact Dr. Jonathan May: je...@campbellsville.edu