Some years back I attended Sunday service at a Unitarian Universalist church near my home. At that time, I was a professor of anthropology at the University of Maryland and had undertaken long-term,…
The National Forest Service-caused Hermit’s Peak Fire began on April 6, 2022 in Las Dispensas, New Mexico. The fire later merged with the Calf Canyon fire (also caused by the National Forest Service)…
Election Bios for Board Members - Hedda Askland, Yi-Tsun Chen, Travis Hedwig, David Himmelgreen, Eugene Richardson
Candidates for Nominations & Elections - Shirley Fiske, Andrew Gerkey
By Juliana McDonald - As I write this message here in Kentucky, the leaves have begun to turn some amazing autumnal hues and my poor ferns (I am Southern to my core, we always hang ferns on the porch)…
A landmark hotel, known for its French art deco elegance and modern conveniences - The Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) is pleased to hold its 2023 annual meeting March 28-April 1 in the Hilton…
SfAA offers several Student Travel Awards to help offset some of the expenses for traveling to the Annual Meeting in Portland. Please visit the links below to review the eligibility. Deadline for…
Within the ExtrACTION & Environment Topical Interest Group (TIG) we had several abstract submissions for sessions and for papers for the SfAA annual meeting in the Spring of 2023. As noted elsewhere,…
Medical Anthropologists and Social Scientists in Health - The MASSH Topical Interest Group brings together anthropologists and allied social scientists working in applied health settings (hospitals,…
Request, not Require: Campus COVID Policies and Structural Violence - By Hillary J. Haldane - By the Northern Hemisphere fall of 2022, many US universities and colleges had entered into a new phase of…
The Boards of Directors of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) and the American Anthropology Association (AAA) have selected Prof. Michael Crawley to receive the Margaret Mead Award for 2022.…
The Peter K. New Student Award, an annual student research competition in the applied social and behavioral sciences. Honoring the late Peter Kong-ming New, a distinguished medical…
The Society for Applied Anthropology requests nominations for the Bronislaw Malinowski Award, which is presented annually to a senior social scientist in recognition of a career dedicated to…
The Robert A. and Beverly H. Hackenberg Prize recognizes Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) members and their community partners whose work demonstrates sustained and meaningful collaboration to…
I’m excited to reveal the upcoming premiere of Her Name Was Hester, an ethnographic documentary film that shares a timeless heartfelt story and came into being as a collaborative community…
Social Moments: A Student Journal of Social Relations is a free, online, interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal examining the social and cultural world through a social science lens. All graduate…
This training program aims to enhance mixed method research skills through a state-of-the-art curriculum that includes interactive webinars, working with nationally recognized mixed methods mentors…
The SfAA Oral History Project is the documentation of applied/practicing anthropology. Around 2000, John van Willigen (Professor Emeritus University of Kentucky) began collecting, transcribing,…
A SfAA Oral History Interview with Michael K. Orbach - Michael Orbach made significant contributions to the development of fishery management policy for both the west and east coast of the United…
Beverly (“Bev”) Heckart Hackenberg, 94, died on July 5, 2022, in Tucson, Arizona. Born in Upland, California, on June 22, 1928, she grew up in Casper, Wyoming. While attending the University of…
by Kerry Feldman and Rachel Mason - We will publish a two-part essay summarizing our ethnohistorical research on behalf of the Indian Reorganization Act tribal recognition effort of Alaska Natives…
Johnny Martinez is the Executive Director for Northland Cares, an HIV specialty care clinic located in Prescott, AZ. Interview questions prepared by Caroline Mende.
I am a third generation Asian American high school student interested in the aging process and experience of aging Asian Americans. I completed a project this summer as part of a mentorship program.…
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