2013 Annual Meeting Activities

Chicago, IL

WEDNESDAY, November 20

2:00 to 3:45 PM. ENGAGING PUBLICS BEYOND the ACADEMY: PROBLEMATIZING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGH THE STUDY OF RACE AND HIPHOP. Jericha Russell and Melissa D Hargrove

4:00 to 5:45 PM. ANTHROPOLOGISTS ON the JOB MARKET: HOW DEPARTMENTS AND JOB-SEEKERS CAN RESPOND to the EMPLOYMENT CRISIS. Karen Kelsky, Sarah Kendzior, Darcy L Hannibal, Kimberly Danelle Kirner, Lauren Miller Griffith and Carla D Martin

5:00 to 7:00 PM. CAPA/NAPA LPO Social, Chicago Curry House, 899 S Plymouth Ct. (Click link for full details)

THURSDAY, November 21

8:00 to 9:45 AM: NAPA Session. DESIGN AND MATERIAL PRACTICES. Smiljana Antonijevic and Laura Forlano

8 to 10 AM. NAPA Workshop On the Design Process: Design Thinking, Tools, and Methods. Christine Z Miller.

10:15 AM to noon. NAPA Session: INCLUSIVE DISCUSSIONS: INCORPORATING DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES INTO ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH AND PRACTICE. Jennifer P Long and Melissa Fellin

10:15 AM to 12:15 PM. NAPA Workshop On What’s Your PITCH? Who’s In Your Network?

Sabrina Nichelle Scott and Elizabeth K. Briody

12:30 to 1:15 PM. Meeting: EVALUATION ANTHROPOLOGY INTEREST GROUP MEETING

Eve C Pinsker

12:30 to 2:30 PM. NAPA-NASA Workshop: Applying to Graduate School, Faculty and Student Perspectives. Nancy Y Romero-Daza, Alexander J Orona and Kelli Hayes

1:00 to 3:00 PM. NAPA Workshop On Marketing Oneself As An Anthropologist in a Variety of Interdisciplinary Settings. Amy Raquel Paul-Ward

1:00 to 5:00 PM. Meeting: NAPA GOVERNING COUNCIL MEETING. Chair: Lenora Bohren, NAPA President

1:45 to 3:30 PM. NAPA Invited Session: THE PRACTICE OF ANTHROPOLOGIES WORLDWIDE: MOVING BEYOND “APPLIED” AND “ACADEMIC” MODELS. Laurie Krieger, Carla Guerron Montero, Mark C Edberg, Elena Hurtado, Lenore H Manderson, and Isaac K. Nyamongo

1:45 to 5:30 PM. NAPA Session: LIMINALITY AND CROSSING BOUNDARIES IN APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY. Timothy de Waal Malefyt and Maryann McCabe

2:45 to 4:45 PM. NAPA Workshop On Making a Publishable Field-Site Map. David D Meek

3:30 to 5:30 PM. NAPA Workshop On Making A Difference: Planning for Your Anthropological Engagement At Various Career Stages. Sherylyn H Briller

4:00 to 5:45 PM. NAPA Session: INNOVATIVE RESEARCH METHODS IN APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY. Kenda Stewart

FRIDAY, November 22

8:00 to 10:000 AM. NAPA Workshop On Effective Negotiating for Anthropologists. Karen Kelsky

10:15 AM to Noon. NAPA Invited Session: INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGAGEMENT: ADVANCING ANTHROPOLOGY IN INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXTS. Tara Eaton, Derrick Willis and Marietta L Baba

10:15 AM to 12:15 PM. NAPA/NASA Workshop On Undergraduate and Graduate Funding. David A Himmelgreen, Valerie V Feria-Isacks, Anne Elaine Pfister and Nicole Ryan

11:00 AM to 4:00 PM. NAPA/AAA CAREERS EXPO: EXPLORING PROFESSIONAL CAREERS. Courtney Dowdall and Cathleen E Crain

11:00 AM to 4:00 PM. NAPA INFORMATION TABLE and INSTANT MENTORING. On site with the Career Expo

12:30 to 2:30 PM. NAPA Workshop On Mixed Method Evaluations: Qualitative Or Quantitative Or What? Mary Odell Butler

2:45 to 4:45 PM. NAPA Workshop On (FREE) Software For Writing and Managing Fieldnotes: Flex DATA Notebook For PCs. James Tim M Wallace and G Tomas Woodward

4:00 to 5:45 PM. NAPA Invited Session: DO WE HAVE AN IMAGE PROBLEM – ETHICAL PROBLEMS IN EVALUATION ANTHROPOLOGY? Mary Odell Butler, James G Huff Jr., Elise A Fulara, Eve C Pinsker and Ellen Puccia

6:15 to 8:15 PM. MEETING and RECEPTION: NAPA BUSINESS MEETING and WAPA PRAXIS AWARD PRESENTATION. Lenora Bohren, James Tim M Wallace, John P. N. Massad and Terry M Redding.Meeting to be immediately followed by a NAPA/COPAA/WAPA RECEPTION.

SATURDAY, November 23

8:00 to 9:45 AM. NAPA Session: APPLYING ANTHROPOLOGICAL METHODS: A LOOK AT CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN RESEARCH. Alicia Ebbitt McGill and Alicia Ebbitt McGill

8:00 to 10:00 AM. NAPA Workshop On Heritage Tourism: Theory and Praxis. Quetzil E Castaneda and James Tim M Wallace

10:00 AM to Noon: NAPA INFORMATION TABLE and INSTANT MENTORING. On site with the AAA Graduate Student Expo

10:15 AM to Noon. NAPA Session: WHAT’S AT STAKE? A DISCUSSION OF TRANSPARENCY, AUTHENTICITY, APPLICATION, THEORY, AND ACCESSIBILITY IN PUBLIC ANTHROPOLOGY. Sarah S Ono, Nancy C Lutkehaus, Samantha L Solimeo, Robert Borofsky, Nathaniel Tashima, Gemmae M Fix, Christian S. Hammons and Jennifer Cool

10:15 AM to 12:15 PM. NAPA Workshop On Stress Management and Building Self-Esteem for Students and Beginning Professionals. Teresita Majewski

12:15 to 1:30 pm. NAPA NETWORKING EVENT: CONNECTING CONNECTIONS IN CAREER PRACTICE AREAS. Sabrina Nichelle Scott. Hilton Chicago, Salon A-5.
Build your network while helping others! Connect with anthropologists who may work for federal, state, and local government agencies, non-profits, private industry, academia, and who are independent consultants. Help others connect and make connections in career practice areas through interesting conversations and exchanging information with students, new, mid-career, and senior professionals. Light refreshments will be served.

1:00 to 3:00 PM. NAPA Workshop On Preparing Undergraduates To Practice Anthropology. Anne Goldberg

1:15 to 3:30 PM. NAPA Session: LEARNING IN THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL CONTEXT: AN EXAMINATION OF CURRENT EDUCATION INITIATIVES, SCHOOLING, AND SERVICE-LEARNING. Maria L Roditis

2:45 to 4:45 PM. NAPA Workshop On Data Sanitization: Rituals and Responsibilities. Isaac J Morrison

3:30 to 5:30 PM. NAPA Workshop On Program Logic Models: A Tool For Evaluators and Project Planners. Eve C Pinsker

4:00 to 5:45 PM. NAPA-COPAPIA Session: SUCCESS IN ANTHROPOLOGY – THE PLACE OF INTERNSHIPS AND PRACTICA. James Tim M Wallace, Linda A Bennett, Keri Brondo, T J Ferguson, Shane Denis James Pahl, Teresita Majewski, Stanley E Hyland, Tim Bolding and Doug Henry

SUNDAY, November 24

8:00 to 9:45 AM. NAPA Session: FARMERS MARKETS: DEVELOPING INDICES FOR MEASURING SUSTAINABILITY. Kathleen A Gillogly, Kathleen Bubinas and Melissa A Checker