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Many job hunters experience a point when they are having trouble finding a job. In these situations you have to get creative and think outside the box, such as utilizing your network or tweaking your job search terms. In this…
This weeks job-openings will highlight some of the more staid and true types of anthropological research, within an applied field of course. Some are more adventurous than others, but all are centered around a specific anthropological topic or field. This…
A sought after attribute of researchers from private companies is an aptitude to work cross-functionally, or work with colleagues outside of those from your own domain. Anthropologists are well poised to understand the importance of – and possess the ability…
For this weeks posting I thought I’d present exciting and new job openings focused on social and sustainability issues: The New Futures Lab is a design-led innovation team “reimagining the role of packaging as it relates to food mobility, access,…
UX and design research jobs are all the rage right now for applied anthropologists seeking out career opportunities. You’d be hard pressed to locate applied positions that ask for experience in ethnography or an educational background that includes anthropology that…
Brief Introduction: Hello reader, Brandon Meyer here, technical coordinator for NAPA signing onto the anthrojobs of the week blog for the first time and for the foreseeable future. The applicability of anthropology across a broad range of fields makes it…
Anthropologists are particularly suited to be qualitative UX researchers, and applied Anthropologists are well trained for careers in industry. I can only write about my personal experience, but if you earned a degree in anthropology, I would love to hear how similar or different your experiences have been. At the University of Memphis’ Masters of Applied Anthropology Program, we learned how to execute research methods and analysis, determine which method was best suited to particular research questions, and how to manage stakeholders. That’s all you really need to know to start your career as a User Experience Researcher (UER).
I work as a user experience (UX) researcher. When I sat down to write this post for NAPA, I was faced with a question. Am I also an anthropologist? I never thought of myself as a practitioner of anthropology. Maybe…
In 2011, when I first began my career as a researcher in the context of business and design, I knew almost nothing about the field I had decided to work in. I lacked a basic understanding of how products are…
Ten years ago, the AAA sponsored a survey of anthropology Master’s degree holders. The insights gained were invaluable in understanding what graduates were doing for their lives and careers. The survey report can be found at This summer, with NAPA…
As anthropologists, whether we are undergraduate students or are pursuing/have pursued masters or doctorate degrees, whether we work in industry or in academia, we have a lot in common with each other: we learn the history of our discipline, the methods and theories, and we all learn to do ethnographic research. We have a common language and shared understanding of terms. Beyond our disciplinary boundaries, however, language and terminology get less common and understanding is less shared.
Image by Alex Andrews via Pexels NAPA is pleased to announce the launch of an informative and important monthly blog, Design by Anthropologists. The blog’s purpose is to chronicle current explorations in and developments around the interface of anthropology, design,…