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PRESENTATION ETHICS REPORTMany members may not be aware that the Abstract SubmissionForm is available in four languages: English, French, Portuguese,and Spanish. The TF recommended that the Principlesbe translated into French and Portuguese, so that they are availablein all four languages (English and Spanish are already available).Once these translations are completed, the Principles willbe available in four languages on the SAA website and throughthe link provided for those submitting abstracts.Presentation Ethics: Changes for the Program CommitteeThe TF also made recommendations that will affect the work ofthe SAA Program Committee. Particularly, the TF drafted a “living”guidance document for the PC Chairs on how to addressethical issues and sensitivities that might arise during thereview of abstracts. It is expected that this document will evolveand be amended over the years as new issues arise and areaddressed and as the Principles are revised in the future. Membersof the PC will be asked to reread the Principles prior totheir review of abstracts, to be mindful of the Principles whenevaluating abstracts, and to bring any potential issues of ethicalconcern to the PC Chair. The Chair will then be able to seekother reviewers for the abstract and/or contact the individualsubmitting the abstract as necessary.Particular attention is given in this guidance document to thereview of abstracts that involve the discussion of human skeletalremains. The document advises that the PC Chair should contactpresenters of such work and request that they notify theaudience if human remains will be shown during the presentationas a courtesy to audience members. This warning showsrespect to some Native people and others who do not want to seethese images and will allow people the opportunity to avert theireyes or leave the room.Presentation Ethics: Changes for the OrganizationThe TF also made recommendations to the SAA in general thatcould be implemented to enhance and support this emphasison upholding the Principles during presentations at the AnnualMeetings. The first was to make the disclaimer in the front matterof the Annual Meeting Program more prominent and visible,so that the responsibility of presenters is made clear to allmeeting participants. The second was to make minor edits tothe President’s letter to each new/renewing member and to theMembership Kit on the SAA website (http://saa.org/ForMembers/NewandReinstatedMemberKit/tabid/1378/Default.aspx)to bring more attention to the Principles and to the responsibilityof members to uphold them.Finally, the TF reviewed the exhibitor evaluation process andfound that no changes were needed. The Executive Directorshould continue to vet a new exhibitor with at least one SAAmember to make sure that the exhibitor is reputable.ConclusionThe SAA annual meetings have grown to include over 3,000presentations each year. The requirement that presenters at theannual meetings be current members of the SAA means thateach presenter should be familiar with the organization’s ethicalPrinciples and that s/he is responsible for upholding those principlesin all aspects of archaeological practice. The work of theTF was undertaken to make sure that all SAA members aremindful of ethical obligations in presenting work, to assist thePC in evaluating abstracts for ethical issues, and to strengthenthe support of these efforts by the SAA as a whole. We hope thatwhen you check the box to certify that your paper abstract conformsto the Principles for the 2015 meeting you will review thePrinciples, think about their importance to our organizationand discipline, and feel good about your commitment to ethicalconduct in all aspects of your archaeological practice.Reference CitedLynott, Mark J., and Alison Wylie (editors)1995 Ethics in American Archaeology: Challenges for the 1990s. Societyfor American Archaeology, Washington, D.C.6 The SAA Archaeological Record • May 2014
VOLUNTEER PROFILEvolunteer profile:Suzy FishAll members become de facto SAA volunteers when they join and add their personal andfinancial support to the Society’s initiatives. The most commonly perceived benefits ofmembership are the exemplary scholarship in SAA’s peer-reviewed journals and theopportunity to present research and interact at annual meetings. What many members may notfully understand is that SAA membership also opens the door to professional growth and theadvancement of worthy agendas through a host of volunteer andservice roles.After a B.A. from Rice University and during early graduatestudies, I became a “de facto” volunteer in order to enjoy thestandard member advantages of journals and opportunities topresent papers. Eventually, I co-organized a symposium thatgave rise to an edited volume on prehistoric southwestern agriculture.By that time, with an M.A., I was a consulting palynologistfor numerous CRM and other projects, had two high-prioritychildren and, with my career research partner Paul Fish,had begun to direct and publish on a long-term grant and contract-fundedHohokam survey and excavation program. Returningto graduate school in 1981 at the University of Arizona foran interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Arid Lands Resource Sciencespushed any possibility of SAA service even farther back in along line of personal, professional, and educational obligations.Moreover, I do not remember my student peers at that timeserving on SAA committees, nor did the archaeology facultyduring the 1980s include any women who could act as role modelsor set an immediate example for such endeavors. My dissertationcommittee never mentioned that volunteer participationcould immeasurably enrich a career path. It was not until I hadcompleted my Ph.D. and became a curator in the Arizona StateMuseum at the University of Arizona and, subsequently, a professorin Anthropology, that the SAA invited Paul and me to beco-program chairs for the 1996 New Orleans meetings. Duringan all-time high attendance, we sorted hundreds of paperabstracts on the floor in the last year before the SAA adopted acomputer database and scheduling program!Looking back, I see that my ensuing service and volunteer rolesformed a logical progression— for example, from membershipon the 1998 Task Force on Meetings to serving on the 2001annual meeting program committee. The SAA commitment toachieving a balance among member constituencies was broughthome following my election to the 1997–1999 NominatingCommittee. It sought balance with regard to gender, region,context of employment, degree institution, and other variables.Graduate involvement in central Mexico and ongoing collaborativeprojects in northwest Mexico settlement survey and shellmound excavations in coastal Brazil enabled me to join the1997–1999 Committee on the Americas and, thereafter, its AdvisoryNetwork. This committee gives voice to the concerns andtaps the advisory capacity of its predominately Latin Americanmembers. As my most intensive SAA service, I co-edited LatinAmerican Antiquity with my Brazilian colleague Mara DulceGaspar from 2002 to 2005, with concomitant ex-officio status onthe Publications Committee. Three graduate editorial assistantsalso attained broad familiarity with archaeological publishingand Latin American scholars and research. I co-hosted annualmeeting roundtable luncheons for young professionals on LatinAmerican fieldwork in 2001 and on publishing in 2003. ASouthwest research focus led to the 2005 Fred Plog MemorialFellowship Committee.Election to the Board of Directors in 2012 dramatically expandedmy awareness that SAA business could not advance withoutmembers as the creative drivers of publications, standing committees,task forces, advisory groups, interest groups, and interfaceswith a wide range of critical external entities. Officers, aboard of directors, our dedicated Executive Director Tobi Brimsek,and her Washington staff provide the nexus for this impressivecommitment and effort. As Board liaison to the Committeeon Awards and the individual award committees, I now appreciatehow the SAA promotes and recognizes excellence in scholarshipand practice. Today, the SAA actively recruits volunteersrepresenting all constituencies, including students. Every memberpossesses qualities of value for SAA service and, in turn,stands to gain satisfaction, enhanced knowledge, andunmatched collegial networks.May 2014 • The SAA Archaeological Record7
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