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          Anthropologist recognized by national association

          
            
              
                
                Published: June 11, 2008
              

              
                Author: Erik Runyon
              

              







          

          
          
          

          
        
        
        
          

James J. McKenna, Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Professor of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame, was named the 2008 recipient of the Anthropology in Media Award (AIME) by the American Anthropological Association (AAA).

McKenna will be formally honored in November at the annual meeting of the AAA in San Francisco.

Regarded as the one of the world’s foremost authorities on mother-infant co-sleeping and breastfeeding issues, and one of the chief media spokespersons on these subjects, McKenna also directs Notre Dames Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory. His publications focus specifically on the relationship between sleeping arrangements, feeding method (especially breastfeeding) and risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

McKenna is co-editor of two books,Evolutionary MedicineandEvolutionary Medicine and Health: New Perspectivesand author of a parenting book for a popular audience titledSleeping With Baby: A Parents Guide To Co-sleeping.

Established in 1987, the AIME recognizes successful communication of anthropology to the general public through the media. It seeks to honor those who have raised public awareness of anthropology and have had a broad and sustained public impact at local, national and international levels.

_ Contact: James McKenna, 574-631-5547 or_  " McKenna.25@nd.edu ":mailto:McKenna.25@nd.edu

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