2014 Annual Meeting Activities

WEDNESDAY, December 3

12:30 PM-3:30 PM. NAPA Workshop: Mixed Method Evaluations, Qualitative or Quantitative or What? Mary Odell Butler. Park Tower 8219

3:45 PM-5:45 PM. NAPA Workshop: (FREE) Software for Writing and Managing Fieldnotes: FLEX DATA Notebook for PCs. James (Tim) M. Wallace and Julie Green. Park Tower 8219

6:00 PM-8:00 PM. NAPA Workshop: The Ethnographic Field School: How to Organize and Manage One. James (Tim) M. Wallace and George Gmelch. Park Tower 8219

8:00 PM-9:45 PM. Panel Session: PARADOX AND RESOLUTION IN CONSUMER RESEARCH. Maryann McCabe and Timothy de Waal Malefyt. Delaware Suite B

THURSDAY, December 4

9:00 AM-11:00 AM. NAPA Workshop:  Consulting in Organizational Culture and Change
Elizabeth K. Briody. Park Tower 8212

11:00 AM-12:45 PM. Invited Panel Session: PRODUCING ANTHROPOLOGY AND TOURISM: PRACTICING ANTHROPOLOGISTS IN THE TOURISM SECTOR. With Margaret B. Swain, Michael A. Di Giovine, and Charles F. Urbanowicz. Roosevelt Room 5

11:15 AM-1:15 PM. NAPA Workshop: Market Research: Theory, Methods, Praxis. Maryann McCabe. Park Tower 8212

12:00 PM-4:00 PM. NAPA GOVERNING COUNCIL MEETING. With Lenora Bohren (President), Lisa Henry (Secretary) and John P. N. Massad (President-Elect). Petit Plats Restaurant, 2653 Connecticut Ave NW

1:00 PM-2:15 PM. EVALUATION ANTHROPOLOGY INTEREST GROUP BUSINESS MEETING. With Eve C. Pinsker. Roosevelt Room 4

1:30 PM-3:30 PM. NAPA Workshop: Getting Anthropological Work Published. Mitch Allen. Park Tower 8212

2:30 PM-4:15 PM. NAPA Session: PATHWAYS AND APPROACHES TO PRACTICING ANTHROPOLOGY IN VETERAN AND MILITARY HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. With Kenda R. Stewart, Karen Besterman-Dahan, Megan B. McCullough and David A. Himmelgreen. Maryland Suite C

2:30 PM-4:15 PM. NAPA Session: ANTHROPOLOGY IN UNEXPECTED PLACES: ACADEMICS PRODUCING ANTHROPOLOGY OUTSIDE TRADITIONAL DEPARTMENTS. With Maria Cristina Alcalde, Sebastian Felix Braun, Madelaine B. Adelman, Richard T. Meyers, and Olga Kalentzidou. Roosevelt Room 2

3:45 PM-5:45 PM. NAPA Workshop: The Design Process: Thinking, Tools, Methods, and Models. Christine Z. Miller. Park Tower 8212 

FRIDAY, December 5

9:00 AM-11:00 AM. NAPA Workshop: “What’s Your Elevator PITCH?” Sabrina Nichelle Scott and Elizabeth K. Briody. Park Tower 8212

11:00 AM-4:00 PM. 9th ANNUAL NAPA/AAA CAREERS EXPO: EXPLORING PROFESSIONAL CAREERS. Cathleen E Crain and Katie Vizenor. Exhibit Hall C.

11:15 AM-1:15 PM. NAPA Workshop: The Personality of Conflict Resolution: A Professional Development Workshop Presenting a Different Way to Resolving Conflict. Katrina Patterson. Park Tower 8212

Special Ebola Session 1: Details TBA

1:30 PM-3:30 PM. NAPA Workshop: Working in International Health: Skills for Anthropologists. Laurie Krieger. Park Tower 8212

2:30 PM-4:15 PM. NAPA Session: PRODUCING HEALTH POLICY WITH ANTHROPOLOGY: CASE STUDIES OF PLANNING, IMPLEMENTING AND EVALUATING POLICY. John K. Trainor and Jason E. Miller. Maryland Suite A

2:30 PM-4:15 PM. NAPA Session: PRODUCING ANTHROPOLOGY IN EVALUATION: CONNECTING CULTURE, EQUITY, VALUE, AND PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS AS EVALUATION ANTHROPOLOGISTS. Eve C. Pinsker and Lenora Bohren. Marriott Balcony B

3:45 PM-5:45 PM. NAPA Workshop: How to Create, Manage, and Sustain a Business in Business Anthropology. Robert Jay Morais. Park Tower 8212

6:30 PM-8:15 PM. Invited Panel Session: THE PRACTICE OF ANTHROPOLOGY: CONSIDER THE PAST, FOCUS ON THE FUTURE. With Terry M. Redding, Timothy de Waal Malefyt, Elizabeth K. Briody, Lenora Bohren, Robert A. Hahn, Brian D. Moeran, and Ann T. Jordan. Jackson Room. Stream the audio from this session.

8:30 PM-10:30 PM. NAPA BUSINESS MEETING and 30th Anniversary Party. With a special tribute to the first elected NAPA President, the late Barbara Pillsbury. Hosted by John P. N. Massad and Lenora Bohren. Governors Room (Omni Shoreham Hotel)

Saturday, December 6

Special Ebola Session 2: Details TBA

9:00 AM-10:45 AM. Special NAPA/WAPA Roundtable: THE PRACTICE OF ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION: LIFE IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. Jenny Masur, Dorothy Marie Castille, Patricia M. Clay, Phillip Herr, Laurie Schwede and James P. Stansbury. Thurgood Marshall South

9:00 AM-11:00 AM. NAPA Workshop: Tips and Tools for Success in Job Hunting As a New Professional Anthropologist. Cathleen E. Crain and Nathaniel Tashima. Park Tower 8212

11:00 AM-12:45 PM. Special NAPA/WAPA Roundtable: THE PRACTICE OF ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION:PRIVATE SECTOR APPLICATIONS. Ben G. Blount, Susan Diane Mazur-Stommen, Cathleen E Crain, Elizabeth Schill, Elzbieta Gozdziak, and Carol J Ellick. Forum Room (Omni Shoreham). Stream the audio from this session

1:00 PM-2:15 PM. THE SIXTH ANNUAL NAPA NETWORKING EVENT: PRODUCING CONNECTIONS THROUGH CONVERSATIONS. Sabrina Nichelle Scott. Marriott Ballroom Salon 2

2:30 PM-4:15 PM. Special NAPA/WAPA Roundtable: THE PRACTICE OF ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION: INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. Laurie Krieger, Adam Koons, P. Stanley Yoder, Mari H. Clarke, John P. Mason and Hugh Sheridan Plunkett. Roosevelt Room 5. Stream the audio from this session

2:30 PM-4:15 PM. Special NAPA/WAPA Roundtable: THE PRACTICE OF ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION: STUDENT EXPERIENCES. Elizabeth Rebecca Van Dolah, Lillie Uyen-Loan Dao, Amelia Montgomery Jamison, David Colon-Cabrera, Benjamin James Baker, Rebecca Stone Gordon, Amelia Hood, and Robin Mae Kuprewicz. Virginia Suite A.

6:30 PM-8:30 PM
Special MEMBERS ONLY 30th Anniversary Reception – NAPA members will receive a personal invitation via email to attend the reception. Come visit with old friends and discover new colleagues. Consult your email for further details.

SUNDAY, December 7

8:00 AM-9:45 AM. NAPA Session: THE RELEVANCE OF ANTHROPOLOGY: USING ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY AND METHODS TO ADDRESS COMPLEX QUESTIONS OF TODAY. Amanda Andrei, Cortney L. Hughes Rinker and Allison E. Fish. Taylor Room.

10:00 AM-11:45 AM. NAPA Session: RESEARCH METHODS, MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, AND COLLABORATION: INNOVATIVE APPROACHES IN APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY. Alexis M. Jordan. Marriott Balcony B.

12:00 PM-1:45 PM. NAPA Session: UNDERSTANDING COMMUNITY IN THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL CONTEXT. With Elgin L. Klugh and Ellen Puccia. Marriott Balcony B.