NAPA Sponsored Sessions at the 2023 Society for Applied Anthropology

Wednesday, March 29
9:00 am – 10:45 am

(W-09) Visible and Invisible Racial Minorities in Response to Social and Political Contexts (NAPA)

Caprice 1 & 4

• Nobuko Adachi, Illinois State University
• James Stanlaw
• Jordan Ballard
• Alexandria Kopicki, University of Minnesota
• Rebecca Ma
• Janeth Montenegro Marquez

3:45 pm – 5:30 pm

(W-99) Speed Careers! (NAPA)

Caprice 1 & 4

• Cathleen Crain, Past-President, National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
• Matt Artz, Founder & Principal Researcher, Azimuth Labs
• Suanna Selby Crowley, President, HeadFort Consulting, LLC
• Rachel Hall-Clifford, Assistant Professor, Human Health and Global Health, Emory University
• Jennifer Studebaker, Project and Business Integration Specialist, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
• Nathaniel Tashima, Managing Partner, LTG Associates, Inc.
• Evan Hanover, Conifer Research

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Thursday, March 30
1:30 pm – 3:15 pm

(TH-70) Preparing Students for Careers with Anthropology, Part I: Undergraduate Students (NAPA/COPAA)

Caprice 2 & 3

• Cynthia Grace-McCaskey, Assistant Professor, East Carolina University
• Aimee Huard
• Mark Moritz
• Melissa Nelson
• Riall Nolan, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Purdue University, Cambridge University
• Bryan Tilt
• Tim Wallace, Associate Professor Emeritus, North Carolina State University

3:45 pm – 5:30 pm

(TH-100) Preparing Students for Careers with Anthropology, Part II: Graduate Students (NAPA/COPAA)

Caprice 2 & 3

• Elizabeth Briody, Founder and Principal, Cultural Keys LLC
• Emily Brunson, Associate Professor, Texas State University
• A.J. Faas, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Graduate Coordinator, San Jose State University Department of Anthropology
• Rebecca Hardin, Associate Professor, University of Michigan’s School for Environment and Sustainability
• Mark Moritz
• Micah Trapp, Associate Professor, Anthropology, University of Memphis

Friday, March 31
9:00 am – 10:45 am

(F-02) Story Time: The Art and Craft of Telling Good Stories (NAPA)

Mayflower II

• Nathaniel Tashima, Managing Partner, LTG Associates, Inc.
• Cathleen Crain, Past-President, National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
• Riall Nolan, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Purdue University, Cambridge University

9:00 am – 10:45 am

(F-10) Anthropology-Informed Approaches to Understanding and Improving Change Efforts in a Learning Health System: Experiences from U.S. Veterans Health Administration (NAPA)

Caprice 2 & 3

• Ekaterina Anderson
• Wendy Hathaway, Health Science Qualitative Researcher, Department of Veterans Affairs
• Megan McCullough, Research Health Scientist, Department of Veterans Affairs
• Aileen McGrory
• Jane Moeckli
• Tony Pomales

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

NAPA 40th Birthday Celebration and Networking Event – All are welcome!

Caprice 2 & 3