Sol Tax Fund

The Sol Tax Fund is an endowed fund established many years ago for the purpose of assisting students in the Department of Anthropology at UWM.

Sol Tax was a renowned anthropologist born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Chicago, and he later taught at the University of Chicago. He is known for creating “action anthropology” – an applied research methodology that focuses on helping indigenous and underrepresented communities solve the problems they identify that have the greatest urgency. He also founded the journal, Current Anthropology.