Job: Community Outreach Coordinator
Posted by james mullooly in Jobs on January 23rd, 2010
The Community Outreach Coordinator is responsible for establishing and strengthening programmatic partnerships between WES and community organizations, government agencies, academic institutions and other institutions that work with immigrant communities. The coordinator will develop programs and services to promote awareness of credential recognition issues and support the integration of immigrants into professional and academic settings. S/he [...]
Job: Lead Interaction Designer / Design Director
Posted by james mullooly in Announcements, Jobs on January 23rd, 2010
Should be local to the SF Bay Area…there is no move package. Must be comfortable in working with a start-up and doing multip;e releases in a year.. You will be the only UX person there for now. Will need to build a team and a lab over the next few years.
Title: Lead Interaction Designer / [...]
Job: Lead User Research Specialist
Posted by james mullooly in Announcements, Jobs on January 23rd, 2010
Position Summary: Kelley Blue Book is looking for a Lead User Research Specialist to conduct qualitative and quantitative studies that will improve the user experience on Kelley Blue Book’s website, kbb.com. This person will report to the Director of User Research and work closely with other researchers, product managers, and KBB auto industry liaisons to [...]
News: Ethnographic Field School, Summer 2010
Posted by james mullooly in Announcements on January 23rd, 2010
NC State University Announces the Seventeenth Annual Ethnographic Field School, Summer 2010
Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
May 28 – July 18, 2010
Environment, Heritage, Identity, and Globalization in Mayan Communities
Field school website: http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/wallace or through the NCSU Study Abroad Office website: http://studyabroad.ncsu.edu/
Objectives: Learn how to design, conduct and write-up your own independent research project while on the shores of a [...]
TWIAN: Undergrad Seminar: Why Incompletes Are So Dangerous (Ethnography.com)
Posted by james mullooly in Member Blogs, TWIAN on January 20th, 2010
[TWIAN (i.e., This Week in Anthropology) focuses on issues of anthropological practice that are of interest to the NAPA Anthro membership. The following post from Ethnography.com is a timely way to start the year since many of us are involved in academia.
Here we are in the 2nd half of the academic year. If the 1st half [...]
News: Call for Nominations
Posted by james mullooly in Announcements on January 20th, 2010
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION for the PRACTICE of ANTHROPOLOGY (NAPA)
Call for Nominations for:
President-Elect
Treasurer
Member-at-Large (or Governing Council Member-at-Large)
Student Representative
The National Association for the Practice of Anthropology (NAPA) is seeking members who are interested in being nominated as candidates for positions that will be open for the 2010 elections. We welcome nominations from all members of NAPA and [...]
Short term ethnographic consultancies for the U.S. Census
Posted by james mullooly in Announcements, Jobs on January 20th, 2010
Comparative Ethnographic Studies of Census Enumeration Methods and
Coverage in Race/Ethnic Groups
The U.S. Census Bureau is seeking up to 18 ethnographers to do short-term research in nine race/ethnic research sites during Census 2010 field data collection operations as contractors for 4-6 months. Past research has shown that race/ethnic minority subpopulations are differentially miscounted, with implications for [...]
osea 2010 – Heritage Ethnography Field School
Posted by admin in Announcements on December 15th, 2009
7 WEEK PROGRAM: May 23 – July 10, 2010
Yucatán, Mexico
Based in Pisté and Maya Communities surrounding Chichén Itzá,
One of the New Seven Wonders of the World
Students do research on an issue they select according to their interests. Possible areas of work include:
Art & Intangible Cultural Heritage
Archaeological Heritage
Ethnography of Archaeology
Tourism Development & Urbanism
Community Strategies of Tourism
Social History [...]
December 2009 NAPA e-News
Posted by enanas in Announcements, Newsletter on November 29th, 2009
[ Download the entire December issue! ]
From Mary Odell Butler:
It’s a great time to be a practicing anthropologist. The opportunities
for us to contribute to the significant changes occurring in the US and
around the world have never been greater. As we approach the
AAA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, it’s time for all of us to think
of where [...]
Exciting Times for NAPA
Posted by admin in Announcements on November 10th, 2009
As we approach the AAA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, it’s time to think of where NAPA has been, where we want to go in the coming year and how we can begin to prepare for it. We hope that you will join us for the many exciting NAPA events that will happen in Philadelphia. Some [...]
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