Jane Goodale and the “Bryn Mawr Mafia”: The Origins and Consequences of Including Students in ASAO

Abstract

Late Bryn Mawr Professor Jane C. Goodale played an important role in the development of the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania (ASAO). One part of that role was encouraging her students to participate in the association early in their education and academic careers. The results of that encouragement are evident in the number of Bryn Mawr students (both undergraduates and graduate students) who went on to play important roles in ASAO themselves, the quality of their academic and intellectual careers, and the ongoing presence and importance of students at ASAO meetings.