National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
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NAPA promotes human-centered work applied to practical problems by linking a network of professional anthropologists working across employment sectors. We support all anthropologists in bringing real solutions to communities, organizations, and policymakers, by offering advocacy, information, networks, mentoring, and continuing education.
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NAPA’s Mentor Program provides information on anthropology careers, and tries to match students, new professionals, and mid-level and senior career changers with professional anthropologists for an ongoing professional relationship.
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Annals of Anthropological Practice
Issue Information | Volume 46, Issue 1 (free access)
On Witnessing, Standing with, and Collaborating: Thoughts on Expertise, Knowledge Production, and the Ethics of Compensation
Jordan Levy
Enabling or Subverting Legal Violence? Expert Witnesses in Immigration Proceedings
Lauren Heidbrink
Using Theory and Ethnography for Asylum Seekers Fleeing Gendered Violence
Lynn Stephen
From Quantitative Fact to Discursive Practice: Techniques for Asserting the Reliability of Anthropological Knowledge in Expert Testimony
Leila Rodriguez
Conclusion: General and Particular Challenges of Expert Witnessing
M. Gabriela Torres, Tatianna Staszkow
Dilemmas of Immigrant Asylum Claims for Expert Witnesses
Nathan P. Jones, Howard Campbell
Particular Social Group Trouble: Producing Categories of “Unworthy” Asylum Seekers
Amelia Frank-Vitale