The Human Rights and Social Justice (HRSJ) Committee of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) is supporting a new initiative to help promote student education and professional development in activist anthropology. We are seeking students interested in interviewing senior anthropologists … Continue reading
NAPA is now accepting submissions for the Eighth Annual Student Achievement Award, to recognize student contributions in the area of practicing and applied anthropology. The award honors students who have excelled in these fields and provides opportunities, particularly for students who have worked on … Continue reading
NAPA is now accepting submissions for the Eighth Annual Student Achievement Award, to recognize student contributions in the area of practicing and applied anthropology. The award honors students who have excelled in these fields and provides opportunities, particularly for students … Continue reading
The National Association for the Practice of Anthropology is offering the Sixth Annual Student Achievement Award to recognize student contributions in the area of practicing and applied anthropology. The Award recognizes students who have excelled in these fields and provides … Continue reading
First Place: Allison D. Harnish, Undergraduate (Western Kentucky University) “Conflict and Opportunity: A Qualitative Study of Community Attitudes towards Ecotourism and the Bushmeat Trade in Kasigau, Kenya” The problem of bushmeat and the potential for sustainable community-based ecotourism are two … Continue reading
First Place: Jason Paiement, Ph.D. Student (McGill University) “Anthropology and Development” The scope for non-economic social scientists to influence the design and implementation of development policies and projects has expanded considerably since the 1970s. Many factors have contributed to this … Continue reading
First Place: Adam Daniel Kiš (University of Florida) “An Analysis of the Impact of AIDS on Funeral Culture in Malawi.” Mr. Kis received his B.A. in French from Andrews University, and has been in a PhD program in Anthropology at … Continue reading
First Place: Inez F. Adams (Georgetown University) “An Ethnographic Evaluation of Michigan’s High-Risk Hepatitis-B Vaccination Program.” At the time of this award, Ms. Adams was a PhD student at Michigan State University and doing a research fellowship at Georgetown University’s … Continue reading