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NAPA Career Profiles: Mary Odell Butler

Kristy Keller
August 5, 2014
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Mary Odell Butler received her PhD in anthropology from Temple University in 1978 and has spent the last three decades conducting program evaluations through contracting firms for clients in public health.

AnthroCurrents

AnthroCurrents – July 25, 2014

cathywhite
July 25, 2014

A biweekly look at recent stories on anthropology and practicing anthropologists in the popular media Sex and Money Apparently, crickets were chirping in the Brazilian brothels during the World Cup, contrary to everyone’s expectations. Thaddeus Blanchette, an anthropologist with the…

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NAPA Career Profiles: John P. Mason

Kristy Keller
July 22, 2014

John P. Mason, a former president of the Washington Association of Professional Anthropologists (WAPA), has crossed the many borders that define professional anthropology, including university teaching, an international organization, an NGO, and for-profit private sector in international development. He has traversed these borders, back and forth between academia and applied international work.

AnthroCurrents

AnthroCurrents – July 11, 2014

cathywhite
July 11, 2014

A biweekly look at recent stories on anthropology and practicing anthropologists in the popular media Do-Gooders Pacific Standard published an in-depth article on Nancy Scheper-Hughes and her research into the global organ transplant trade. The article is informative and balanced,…

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NAPA Career Profiles: Jen Cardew Kersey

Nicole Conand
July 8, 2014

Jen Cardew Kersey is a former graduate of the University of North Texas, where she received her MA in Applied Anthropology. A member of the first class to enter UNT’s online Master's Program, Jen did her research comparing the experiences of online, and on-campus graduate experiences.

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Governing Council Today: Chad Morris, Ethics Committee

admin
July 3, 2014

One of the roles that I’m honored to fill for NAPA is that of Chair of our Ethics Committee. We have a committee full of dedicated anthropologists who exhibit diverse interests and career experience, dedication to looking out for new…

AnthroCurrents

AnthroCurrents – June 27, 2014

cathywhite
June 27, 2014

A biweekly look at recent stories on anthropology and practicing anthropologists in the popular media We’re #2! Anthropology is ranked near the top of the Irish Independent’s list of the top 50 jobs of the future. As you read down…

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NAPA Career Profiles: Jenny Masur

Kristy Keller
June 24, 2014

Jenny Masur has dedicated over two decades of service to the National Park Service (NPS), a career trajectory she did not anticipate while in the academy. As a graduate student at the University of Chicago, Masur co-edited a book of oral histories of Jewish women immigrants and completed her dissertation, “Work, Leisure and Obligation in an Andalusian Town.” Following her PhD, she worked on a postdoc examining city migrants in Madrid and later taught anthropology in Argentina through the Fulbright Program.

AnthroCurrents

AnthroCurrents – June 13, 2014

cathywhite
June 13, 2014

A biweekly look at recent stories on anthropology and practicing anthropologists in the popular media Sensibilities OK to wear Native American-inspired fashions to that music festival? LA Weekly talks about how the Lightning in a Bottle event handles the issue…

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NAPA Career Profiles-Bryan Dennis

Nicole Conand
June 10, 2014

Bryan Dennis doesn’t consider himself to have had a “career’, but rather a professional journey that wasn’t exactly planned, and which he still continues to travel. That journey started with his graduate work at UCLA in Anthropology, where his academic focus took a very traditional approach.

AnthroCurrents

AnthroCurrents – May 30, 2014

cathywhite
May 30, 2014

A biweekly look at recent stories on anthropology and practicing anthropologists in the popular media Summer Books Nicholas Wade’s new book A Troublesome Inheritance has been in the news for a few weeks now, but criticisms of his ideas linking…

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NAPA Career Profiles: Karen Greenough

Kristy Keller
May 27, 2014

Karen Greenough is a Junior Researcher working in Burkina Faso at the West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL). Her career trajectory stemmed from her earlier work in Niger, where she was posted as a Peace Corps Volunteer and returned afterwards to live and learn about the region.