National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
Wednesday, November 18 8:00 AM-12:00 PMSession #2-0010. NAPA WORKSHOP: GETTING ANTHROPOLOGICAL WRITING PUBLISHED. Mitch AllenSession #2-0020. NAPA WORKSHOP: MIXED METHOD EVALUATIONS, QUALITATIVE, QUANTITATIVE OR WHAT? Fatimah Williams Castro and Mary Odell Butler 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Session #2-0195. NAPA WORKSHOP: APPLIED…
A biweekly look at recent stories on anthropology and practicing anthropologists in the popular media How quickly can the world trash Cuba? Anthropologist Sarah Hill offers her opinion on what an open Cuba might look like at the website Atlas…
BiographyKristy Keller has provided direct service to displaced families since 2009. With experience in program management, service development and evaluation, Ms. Keller received an MA in Applied Anthropology in 2013 from San Jose State University. In graduate school, Kristy partnered…
Biography Amelia Jamison is a graduate student and researcher at the University of Maryland. Her research interests are broadly focused on the intersections of applied anthropology and public health, with a specific focus on health disparities in infectious disease. Having completing…
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BiographyLaurel is a qualitative researcher, currently employed as a Research Coordinator with the University of Washington in Seattle. In this role she supports several research projects related to cancer prevention and control, working closely with interdisciplinary teams based in the…
The interview below is with Antonio Chavarria, BA of the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture Laboratory of Anthropology, State of New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. Carol Ellick conducted the interview.
A biweekly look at recent stories on anthropology and practicing anthropologists in the popular media Anthropologist Jason Hickel of the London School of Economics punctures the dream that microfinance will help alleviate poverty. You may have heard that the U.S.…
A biweekly look at recent stories on anthropology and practicing anthropologists in the popular media In case you’re sleeping too well at night, read anthropologist Hugh Gusterson’s piece on the American cultural traits that make us most vulnerable to a…
A biweekly look at recent stories on anthropology and practicing anthropologists in the popular media Anthropologist Helen Fisher discusses the success of Tinder on StarTalk (Neil deGrasse Tyson’s show). I agree with her that Tinder is only a new interface…
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A biweekly look at recent stories on anthropology and practicing anthropologists in the popular media The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has its doubts about the book Primates of Park Avenue, which claims to provide an anthropological view of moms of New York’s…