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UNT Presentation of NAPA funded Survey of Master’s Degree Holders This SATURDAY

UNT presents the results of the NAPA funded Survey of Master’s Degree Holders THIS SATURDAY, discover current employment trends and training needs for Practicing, Professional, and Applied Anthropologists! You can now view a recording of the presentation session here.

An announcement regarding the recent anti-AAPI violence

Our colleague, Thurka Sangaramoorthy at the University of Maryland drew together some resources for exploring issues around the racism that led to the Atlanta tragedy. With permission, we are sharing them here. Janelle Wong’s (GVPT) entire body of work is amazing. Her latest piece (with Viet Thanh Nguyen) is important in considering how Sinophobia has fueled…

March 26th, SfAA session “Embracing Ambiguity and Building Organizational Agency through Alternative Futures”

Friday, March 26 | 6:00 pm – 7:45 pm | 26-21, Live Stream COVID-19, an unexpected catalyst, has challenged the trope of the “fuzzy front end of innovation.” Uncertainty in current times feels increasingly uncomfortable. However, the search for crystal balls, industry experts and easy-button answers fall short of addressing complex social questions and fail…

Upcoming Webinars and Workshops

Career Pathways:On March 4th, current undergrad students can explore a variety of career paths. The American #Anthropology Association is hosting a webinar covering topics that range from why you should major/minor in anthropology, career options, and more. Register today! https://bit.ly/3bQTJlg This Friday, the Center for Global Migration Studies and the National Museum of African American History and Culture…

Check out NAPA’s Kerry Fosher’s (MPAAC Ethics subcommittee) new discussion of ethics and anthropological identity in military organizations! Who counts?

Ethical Questions about Who Counts as an “Anthropologist” in Military Organizationsby Kerry Fosher “When I first started working with the U.S. military in 2006, military organizations were desperate to hire anthropologists. Leaders in these organization had a very basic sense that anthropologists understood culture and could help their personnel interact with people in areas of…

SXSW Talk: Anthropology as a Crucial Frame for Change

Anthropology is a discipline adept at aiding business and technology in reframing, understanding and interpreting the worldwide crisis we are collectively facing-not just as consumers, but as individuals and communities in an ever more fragile environment. Anthropology, with core competencies as a holistic, contextual, reflexive, and meaning-based discipline, is well suited to offer structural changes…

NAPA’s “Toolkit of a Good Professional Anthropologist” Featured In A New Book

NAPA’s “Toolkit of a Good Professional Anthropologist” Featured In A New Book

NAPA’s “Toolkit of a Good Professional Anthropologist” featured in a new book: Designing an Anthropology Career Professional Development Exercises, Second Edition by Sherylyn H. Briller and Amy Goldmacher. From the book: “We hope that this book and its customized exercises will help up-and-coming anthropologists and those further along in their careers to master the anthropological…