National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
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.
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
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…
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.…
NAPA has a great slate of workshops again for the AAA annual meeting. But be sure to register soon to get into the session of your choice. And remember: Students Pay Half Price for Workshop Admission. Registration is through the…
Note: Niel Tashima is Chair of the NAPA Mentoring Committee. To navigate to the pages described below, hover over the “Careers” tab on the top right of the navigation bar above, and select the “Mentoring” or “Mentoring FAQs” drop-down link.…
The AAA annual meeting in Chicago last week was a lot of fun and a bundle of activity. The NAPA Governing Council gathers during the meeting to discuss NAPA business and activities. To prepare for the discussion, committee chairs submit…
What “What” Was: Musings of your retired Treasurer (John Massad) Be Treasurer of NAPA? You want me to do what? But, I had no idea what “what” was. What was it to be Treasurer? What does one actually do? So,…
The most recent interview in the NAPA LinkedIn interview series has been posted. This week’s inteviewee is past president of NAPA Susan Squires. Read all about it at
Hi, I’m Kevin Preister and I’m the new treasurer for NAPA. My goal during my tenure is to do as well as outgoing treasurer John Massad; John did tremendous work to develop protocols for budget development and reimbursements that will…
Cheers from the NAPA Secretary! Hi all – my name is Lisa Henry and I’m serving my 2nd term as NAPA Secretary. Yep, that’s right…my 2nd term. I am also an associate professor and chair of the anthropology department at…
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…