National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
A job posting with a very short time window recently popped up. It’s the kind of job that not enough anthropologists get involved with, which is a shame. If the time was ever right for anthropologists to be Foreign Service…
The COPAA Visiting Fellows Program is a short-term partnership opportunity involving a professional, practicing, or applied anthropologist (the Visiting Fellow) and a COPAA-Member Anthropology Department. The program is designed to be mutually beneficial to both parties. The Visiting Fellow and…
Dear NAPA Members: All AAA and Section elections are now underway. We have several members running for AAA and NAPA positions. Please vote ASAP. Voting is simple. All members need to do is the following: Login to the AAA website using…
For those of you who enjoy video gaming, and apparently your numbers are legion, how would you like to work in the field? Microsoft has posted a position for an Xbox Researcher in Redmond, WA. It was posted in March…
Lots of jobs are being posted out there, so let’s do a quick roundup of jobs in the western part of the US, instead of focusing on a particular position… If you are looking in the Southwest, PaleoWest Archaeology (Phoenix)…
Image by Alex Andrews via Pexels NAPA is pleased to announce the launch of an informative and important monthly blog, Design by Anthropologists. The blog’s purpose is to chronicle current explorations in and developments around the interface of anthropology, design,…
Ten years ago, the AAA sponsored a survey of anthropology Master’s degree holders. The insights gained were invaluable in understanding what graduates were doing for their lives and careers. The survey report can be found at This summer, with NAPA…
In 2011, when I first began my career as a researcher in the context of business and design, I knew almost nothing about the field I had decided to work in. I lacked a basic understanding of how products are…
I work as a user experience (UX) researcher. When I sat down to write this post for NAPA, I was faced with a question. Am I also an anthropologist? I never thought of myself as a practitioner of anthropology. Maybe…
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Brief Introduction: Hello reader, Brandon Meyer here, technical coordinator for NAPA signing onto the anthrojobs of the week blog for the first time and for the foreseeable future. The applicability of anthropology across a broad range of fields makes it…