Dr. Annie Barnes

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Professional Positions

The Virginia Social Science Association’s First African American Woman President,
1983-1984.

President of the American Association of Black Anthropologists, 1992-1993.

Elected Chair of the Blacks in Education Committee of the National Council of Anthropology and Education, 1980.

Appointed to Help Organize the General Anthropology Division, American Anthropological Association, 1984.

Elected to a two-year term (member at large) on the Executive Committee, General Anthropology Division, American Anthropological Association, 1984-1986.

Member of the Board of Directors of the American Anthropology Association, 1992-1994.

Appointed to the Planning Group on Minority Issues in Anthropology (forerunner of the Minority Commission), American Anthropological Association, 1992-1993.

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Recipient of an Eastern Virginia International Studies Consortium grant to conduct research and travel in West Africa, 1975
Guest Speaker’s Centennial Anniversary Certificate, Queen Street Baptist Church, Norfolk, VA, 1983

Awarded “With Good Reason Cup” for participation and best Virginia faculty lecture on the Virginia State Council of Higher Education statewide radio program, 1993

Jackson-Hinds Library System, Margaret Walker Alexander Branch, Black History Month Speaker’s Award, Jackson, Mississippi, 2002

Lychnos Honor Society Membership Certificate, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1970

1987 Norfolk State University Best Teacher Award

1988 Virginia State Council of Higher Education Award: Barnes was elected One of the Thirteen Best Teachers in Virginia in 1988

1989 National Case Commendation Teacher’s Certificate

Navy-American Society for Engineering Summer Faculty Award, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida 1994

Navy-American Society for Engineering Summer Faculty Certificate of Excellency, Washington, DC, 1994

Navy-American Society for Engineering Summer Faculty Award, San Diego, CA, 1995

Virginia Social Science Association Scholar Award, 2002

Navy Personnel Research and Development Center Service Command Letter, San Diego, CA, 1996

Certificate of Service Appreciation from W. J. McDaniel, Rear Admiral, Medical Corps, United States Navy Commander, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA

Awarded the Rank of Colonel by Patrick Airforce Base, Florida, 1994, before she went to conduct research among black, white, and Hispanic prisoners at Fort Leavenworth US Disciplinary Barracks (USDB), Kansas, and lived at the Cooke House, where, then, General Colin Powell had stayed a year earlier to dedicate the Buffalo Soldier Monument, and Barnes’s colonel rank was for the duration of Barnes’s USDB research.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Service Recognition Certificate in Appreciation for valuable assistance rendered in behalf of the Voice of Democracy Broadcast Scriptwriting Program, Norfolk, VA 1980

Martin Luther King, Junior’s Award from Links, Inc., Norfolk, VA, for Outstanding Community Service, 1993, for delivering speeches and contributing to the local daily and weekly newspapers and electronic media information that honors Martin Luther King’s legacy: love and justice.

Virginia Social Science Association Outstanding Contributions Award, 1985

Virginia Social Science Professional Commitment and Outstanding Leadership to the Association Award (Presidential Award), 1986

Certificate of Service Appreciation, League of Christian Women, First Baptist Church, Newport News, VA 2001

Norfolk Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Presidential Award, 2009

Bryant-Stratton, Virginia Beach, Trophy for best Commmencement Speech at the College,2009

Memberships

The International Speaker's Platform Association invited, elected, and awarded Annie membership in its organization, 1995. The membership letter certified her to lecture on the platforms in America and around the world where some of the best speakers in America and the world lecture.

Fellow in the American Anthropology Association

Member of the Association of Black Anthropologists

Member of the Virginia Social Science Association

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Dr Barnes, I am truly impressed with the website. You look marvelous. You photograph projects an air of both confidence and contentment. I am truly very proud and honored to have been able to meet you. Susan Annette Biddle Nordstrom(St John)