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EYE on DEADLINES
Proposals for AN series on Science due May 14 (extended)
Nominations for CoGEA Award (formerly known as the Squeaky Wheel Award) due May 31 (extended)
Voting in 2013 AAA Election closes May 31
Applications for David M Schneider Award due June 1
From the Career Center
Postdoctoral fellowship in museum studies and Postdoctoral fellowship in Native American studies at Brown U
Assistant or associate professor of anthropology at U California Los Angeles
Laboratory manager at U Minnesota
Two postdoctoral research positions at U Göttingen
Postdoctoral fellow in the medical anthropology at U Pittsburgh
Visiting assistant professor in archaeology and/or biological anthropology at U Central Arkansas
Announcements
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Teaching Africa
Edited by Brandon Lundy and Solomon Negash, the newly released Teaching Africa: A Guide for…More
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2013 Whiteford Graduate Student Award in Applied and Public Anthropology
The Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology (SLACA) announces its 2013 Whiteford Graduate Student…More
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2013 Roseberry Nash Graduate Student Award Competition
The Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology invites submission of papers for our Fourth…More
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Inter-American Symposium on Ethnographic Research in Education
September 18-20, 2013 Ethnographic research is inherently local, but it also requires comparison to build…More
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2013 Photo Contest Open Now through June 30
The AAA Photo Contest is designed to demonstrate the rich possibilities of anthropological work through…More
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Teaching Africa
Anthropology in the Public Sector
The 73 Annual Meeting of the Society of Applied Anthropology (SfAA) was held in Denver at the end of March.…More
The rapid growth of new media – the Internet, social media tools, smart phones, apps, etc. – and the steady…More
Anthropology in the Public Sector
Bridging Anthropology and Health Services Research
As an anthropologist in the public sector—and in VA health services research in particular—I find that I am constantly in…More
A Life Lesson in Ambiguity This month marks my 30 year anniversary with the Department of Veterans Affairs. I never…More
Tension between advocacy and research is something I suspect every social scientist experiences to different degrees. For those of us…More
On the list we keep of AN columns for the coming year this one says: AAA. Easy enough, right? Report…More
Anthropology in the Public Sector
“Doing” Anthropology in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Being Mindful of the Cultural Landscape As anthropologists, most of us are likely to be accustomed to thinking about the…More
I was flattered when Sarah, Heather, and Samantha asked me to provide an article about what I do at the…More
Happy Anniversary It has been a year since we started writing a monthly column for Anthropology News online – a…More
Anthropology in the Public Sector
Improving Hand Hygiene: The Intriguing Space Between Health Services Research and Clinical Operations
Healthcare workers sanitize their hands about 40% of the time when it is recommended. This is one of the clinical…More