National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
BiographyFor more than 35 years, including 20 years overseas, in the public, private and non-profit sectors Adam Koons has focused his career and passion on successfully assisting the world’s most vulnerable and marginalized people through leadership in poverty reduction and…
BiographyDr C. Timothy McKeown is a legal anthropologist whose career has focused exclusively on the development and use of explicit ethnographic methodologies to document the cultural knowledge of communities and use that knowledge to enhance policy development and implementation. He…
Note: This post was originally published in the NAPA section of Anthropology News, which is run by the American Anthropological Association. The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he is one who asks the right questions.…
As I write this blog post, I am not sure if there is an answer to this conundrum. I am currently conducting fieldwork for the North Texas Food Bank. They have developed The Hunger Center, a think tank for understanding…
Click on the link below to see the latest NAPA Careers Expo profile! This post features Melissa Cefkin, President of EPIC (Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference). http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Career-Expo-ProfileInterview-MELISSA-CEFKIN-1123547.S.265607707?qid=5fc84b54-a82d-4494-9658-61078f35e58d&trk=group_most_popular_guest-0-b-ttl&goback=.gmp_1123547
Click on the link below to see the latest NAPA Careers Expo profile! This post features Laurie Krieger, Senior Advisor, Health and Social Science at The Manoff Group.
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…
Dear Readers: This is Leni Bohren, the President of NAPA. I am excited to announce that, two weeks from now, members of the NAPA Governing Council will begin blogging regularly on this site. The goal is to keep NAPA members…
Here’s a new interview from the NAPA interview series on our LinkedIn site. In this post, Kristin Keller interviews Elizabeth Schill, an anthropologist at the consulting firm Deloitte. You can connect with us on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/groups/National-Association-Practice-Anthropology-1123547?home=&gid=1123547&trk=anet_ug_hm&goback=%2Egmr_1123547 As a Senior…
Dear NAPA Members: As you know, the deadline for the AAA elections is coming up soon: May 31st is just a bit over two weeks away. You should also know that several NAPA members, including three past presidents, are…
Network in your career/practice areas at The NAPA Networking Event: Engaging Conversations! Which career/practice areas would you like to network in with fellow NAPA members? If you are planning to attend the AAA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, e-mail Sabrina…
October 15th is the last day to register for workshops until November 1st. Register now for NAPA workshops at the AAA website to guarantee a seat! Remember, NAPA members receive discounts on all NAPA workshops!