Be Loud, Be Proud Professional/Practicing/Applied Anthropologists!

ByJoshua Liggett, MS, LSSBB, CPHQ
OnMarch 30, 2026

NAPA invites professional, practicing, and applied (PPA) anthropologists to show our colors at the upcoming AAA meeting in St. Louis, MO Wednesday, November 18, 2026 – Saturday, November 22, 2026 – there are options for both in-person and virtual attendance.

The theme this year is “On the Verge” – this is at the heart of what we do!
Professional sessions are key to the meetings being stimulating and fun for all PPA anthropologists. Share something fascinating/useful/important! Good project? Good research? Amazing outcomes?

Gather your team, call your friends!

Propose:

Individually Volunteered Paper (Virtual option)
Poster
Installation
Discussion (Virtual option)
Oral Presentation (Virtual option)
Discussion (formerly Roundtable/Town Hall, Conversation, Interview)

Proposals for the General Call for Participation must be submitted in the General Call for Participation Submission Portal by 11:59 PM Eastern on Wednesday, April 29, 2026. Go to: https://annualmeeting.americananthro.org/submit/ for AAA submission guidance and to submit a proposal.

DESIGNATE NAPA AS THE SECTION TO REVIEW YOUR PROPOSAL.
CALL YOUR FRIENDS, DIG THAT RESEARCH OUT OF YOUR HARD DRIVE – SHARE YOUR HARD AND MEANINGFUL WORK WITH OUR ANTHROPOLOGICAL COMMUNITY!

BE LOUD! BE PROUD!

Joshua Liggett, MS, LSSBB, CPHQ

Joshua has a passion for working with people to solve human problems and striving to make the world a more benevolent and efficient place to call home. Trained as a professional anthropologist, his expertise includes design and execution of both qualitative and quantitative data collection, management, analysis, and reporting for the purposes of evaluation and identifying improvement opportunities.