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Melissa Cope Peter K. New Student Research Prize

The deadline for the Peter K. New Student Research competition is December 31, 2008. The Prize is awarded to the best paper by a student reporting on an applied research project in the social/behavioral sciences. The winner receives a cash award of $2,000, a Steuben crystal trophy, and travel funds (up to $350) to attend the annual meeting of the SfAA where the Award is given. The 2009 meeting will be held in Santa Fe, NM, March 17-21. The winner of the competition will be honored at a session d… Continue

Posted by Melissa Cope on May 7, 2008 at 2:30pm — No Comments

chris chobez the first of many

This is the first of many blogs from my undergraduate experience to (maybe) forever. Self-discovery. In many cultures, self-discovery is explored through individual (micro) and society (macro), obviously not mutually exclusive. Methods can range from religious ceremonies of mind-altering substances (yummy), reading literature, or simply empiricially learning within the parameters of society. The combination of these three elements help suffice my existence but I'm learning that my existence mean… Continue

Posted by chris chobez on May 1, 2008 at 12:53pm — No Comments

Shannon Gwin Mitchell CALL FOR PAPERS: “Social Ecological Approaches to Community Health Research and Action”

CALL FOR PAPERS “Social Ecological Approaches to Community Health Research and Action” A Special Issue of the American Journal of Community Psychology and Presentations at the 2009 Biennial Conference of the Society for Community Research and Action (Division 27 of the American Psychological Association) Guest Editors: David Lounsbury, PhD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Shannon Gwin Mitchell, PhD, Friends Research Institute, Inc., Baltimore, MD There is a growing recog… Continue

Posted by Shannon Gwin Mitchell on March 31, 2008 at 9:36pm — No Comments

Kelly Moran Saudi Arabia

Go check out the pics from my visit to Saudi Arabia. I went in May 2007 as part of a delegation of six graduate students and two profs (Dr. Ann Jordan and Dr. Doug Henry). We visited three regions, saw two major bodies of water, The Red Sea and the "Arabian" Gulf, and met tons of new friends. Amazing! Continue

Posted by Kelly Moran on January 29, 2008 at 3:41pm — No Comments

Kelly Moran New Job in Austin!

In a few weeks I will be starting a new job in a new location. Perceptive Sciences, in Ausin Texas, has asked me to join their group as a Research Scientist working on usability and market research issues. I am totally psyched about it - come visit me in Austin! Continue

Posted by Kelly Moran on January 29, 2008 at 3:41pm — No Comments

David M. Hoffman Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) 2008 Annual Meetings, Human Dimensions CFP

Invitation to human dimensions researchers to participate in the SCB 2008 Annual Meeting

Greetings! I write to invite those of you interested in the human dimensions of species and ecosystem conservation to consider participating in the 2008 annual meeting of the Soc…

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Posted by David M. Hoffman on October 12, 2007 at 4:12pm — No Comments

David R Garcia Elecciones en Guate!!

Unos dice quenos pusieron a escoger entre dos enfermedades graves, que queremos? PP o UNE?
Pero mas antropológicamente, que pasó con la candidatura de Rigoberta?
Será que los antropólog@s hemos creado un mito de la comunidad Maya unificada?
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Posted by David R Garcia on September 21, 2007 at 9:17am — No Comments

Vincent E. Gil Call for Papers: SfAA/SMA Annual Meeting Session: ANTHROPOLOGISTS AND HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENTS: ENGAGING IN DESIGN AND HEALTHCARE DELIVERY

If you are a medical anthropologist or practicing anthropologist whose work intersects with healthcare facilities, healthcare delivery, this session is of interest to you! ANTHROPOLOGISTS AND EHALTHCARE ENVIRONMENTS: Engaging in Design and Healthcare Delivery Processes will be an SMA-sponsored session seeking to highlight the contributions --actual and possible-- of social scientists and research specialists to the collaborative task of healthcare design and delivery, in order to improve real…

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Posted by Vincent E. Gil on September 10, 2007 at 10:31pm — No Comments

Jen Cardew Podcasts of the 2007 SfAA Meeting will be taken down from the site on August 1!

A reminder that the podcasts from the 2007 Annual Meeting will be taken off the website on August 1, so if you are interested in downloading the files make sure you do it by July 31. Here is a shortcut to a blog post that has shortcuts to all of the podcasts and blog posts. Shortcut to podcasts Continue

Posted by Jen Cardew on July 30, 2007 at 8:54am — No Comments

Jeffrey H. Cohen working paper

Finally, an update-if you are interested in reading more about my take on the rural response to events in Oaxaca you can! There is a working paper at CCIS (Center for Comparative Immigration Studies) at the University of California, San Diego. In the paper I present preliminary data on research in three communities and argue that for most rural Oaxacans last year's strikes and violence have had a negative impact, and this is particularly so for artisans who are dependent on tourism.

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Posted by Jeffrey H. Cohen on July 13, 2007 at 8:13am — No Comments

Christine Miller Update on dissert process: Committee meeting on 6/8 went well!

The meeting with my committee was very productive - comments were provided, clarified and I have a plan for making revisions to the document. Looks like I can defend during the first week of September; could have been earlier, but the anthro dept won't be back until after the fall term starts, so...in the meantime, PLENTY to do!

As it stands I'll be in Michigan until 6/14, then back in Florida until 6/26, back to Michigan until I get a firm defense date. It's just easier to get dissert…

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Posted by Christine Miller on June 9, 2007 at 9:26am — No Comments

Christine Miller The process continues: back to Michigan...

It's been really nice to be home for a few weeks; things seems almost "normal." On Friday I meet with my committee to hear comments on the complete draft of my dissertation. I should know after that meeting whether I'll be able to defend by the end of the summer term (7/31). Lots of work and lots of changes ahead! Continue

Posted by Christine Miller on June 6, 2007 at 10:23am — No Comments

Erika Arteaga US SOCIAL FORUM (few days left!!!)

PHM activities at the US Social Forum
June 27 - July 1, 2007 Atlanta, GA www.ussf2007.org

If you haven't considered coming to the US Social Forum, or if you aren't sure if it will be worthwhile, PHM is working with many organizations to present excellent events on health and health care in the US. This is a great opportunity to raise the PHM perspective with national and l
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Posted by Erika Arteaga on May 31, 2007 at 8:07pm — No Comments

R. Scott Wilson New Developments

From film to DVD-Rom. I'm probably bringing on a world of pain by doing this, but I've decided to pursue the tourism in China film project as a multi-media ethnography. It seems that doing it as a film requires cutting too much away. And, as the project is against the very idea of narrative closure, DVD-Rom offers more possibilities in relation to presenting multi-faceted, multi-layered, collaborative ethnography. Now I just have to learn Macromedia programming to make it happen ...…

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Posted by R. Scott Wilson on May 28, 2007 at 8:34pm — No Comments

rbscott Post title: Scott: Afghanistan



Post title: Scott: Afghanistan
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Posted by rbscott on May 24, 2007 at 1:57pm — No Comments

rbscott My recent paper for SfAA, "Opium Poppy Cultivation in Central Helmand, Afghanistan: A Case Study in …

My recent paper for SfAA, "Opium Poppy Cultivation in Central Helmand, Afghanistan: A Case Study in Bad Program Management", outlines my primary focus these days. All comments appreciated.

In the recent panels on "Working with Government Agencies" it was surprising to learn that no one attending apparently had ever heard of the Social Soundness Analysis that was a required part of all USAID project papers, at least in Asia, through at least the 1980s. Anyone out there ever heard of it?… Continue

Posted by rbscott on May 24, 2007 at 1:51pm — 2 Comments

Regina Langhout Open call for papers - American Journal of Community Psychology

I am co-editing a special issue of the American Journal of Community Psychology. See below for details:

Open Call!

American Journal of Community Psychology
Call for papers
Special issue: Children as protagonists: Participatory action research in collaboration with children.
Abstract due date: August 6, 2007

Participatory action research is a methodology that is growing in its use in social science and education research. PAR is a theoretical s… Continue

Posted by Regina Langhout on May 21, 2007 at 12:22am — No Comments

Karla Wagner NAU Alumni?

Are there any NAU alumni out there? I graduated from the applied cultural track in 1999. Continue

Posted by Karla Wagner on May 14, 2007 at 2:41pm — 3 Comments

James Wallace 'Bim' Beckman Loss of international students in past few years?

I have lived in Europe for more than five years. In addition, I am a Marine who served in Vietnam. Thus, I have deeply felt convictions about our losses in Afghanistan & Iraq, both from personal experience & the media. However, I think most of the young of the world are more concerned about the ease of international studies, than these political matters. However, with regard to three global regions I sense a major loss of students for reason of ideology: from Latin America, from Eastern… Continue

Posted by James Wallace 'Bim' Beckman on May 11, 2007 at 10:13am — No Comments

Rose Fagbemissi children and insects

During my research this year, I discovered how amazing it is to evaluate children knowledge about insects and how sad children can be when their favorite plants are threatened by insects. Continue

Posted by Rose Fagbemissi on May 11, 2007 at 8:16am — No Comments

Alexandra Priebe Medical Anthropologists in non-academic health/humanitarian working

I am a graduate research assistant for Dr. Carl Kendall. Dr. Kendall and I are working on a book chapter focusing on medical anthropology and international (health focused) humanitarian aid. I am trying to compile a list of medical anthropologists involved in non-academic international health-related work (this does not mean they can not hold academic positions). I are particularly interested in identifying medical anthropologists who may not be publishing in peer-review journals but rather are… Continue

Posted by Alexandra Priebe on May 9, 2007 at 12:18pm — No Comments

Karla Wagner Harm Reduction and Transdisciplinary Research

I wonder if those of us working in harm reduction and/or doing research with drug users could connect via this networkng tool? I look forward to sharing ideas with like-minded (or not-so-like-minded) souls. I'm also interested in connecting with anthropologists who find themselves working in more transdisciplinary environments. I'm working on a Ph.D. in Behavioral Science in a Transdisciplinary program domianted by social psychologists, sociologists, and epidemiologists. While some express an i… Continue

Posted by Karla Wagner on May 9, 2007 at 11:10am — 1 Comment

Jeffrey H. Cohen Oaxaca Research

I am currently at the end of a short piece of research in Oaxaca, Mexico with funding from the NSF. The project, The role of crises in migration outcomes: rural Oaxacans and politics in Oaxaca City, Mexico, is an investigation into the impacts of last year's unrest (strikes, violence, economic chaos) on rural communities. So, working in three pueblos

a suburban bedroom community for Oaxaca-but also an independent town
a craft producing town
a rural, agrar… Continue

Posted by Jeffrey H. Cohen on May 8, 2007 at 11:21am — No Comments

John Roby I *knew* there was something I had to do

This is perfect -- I was just thinking, as I sat down to finish the first of three papers due by the end of the week -- that surely I had forgotten to do something. Something pressing ... something that didn't involve analysis of anthropology's challenges and opportunities re: globalization, scientification and neoliberalism. What was it, what was it?

Oh yes, setting up this profile! Thanks, SfAA, the invite came at the most opportune time possible!

Now if only I had something… Continue

Posted by John Roby on May 8, 2007 at 7:43am — No Comments

L. Jen Shaffer My Other Blog

If anyone finds this page and would like to know more about me and my research, I would suggest visiting my Blog at:

Green Chicken Diaries: An Anthropologist's Adventures in Mozambique


I can't keep up more than one blog. :-( I am too busy chasing down informants in the field. ;-)

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Posted by L. Jen Shaffer on May 7, 2007 at 8:26am — No Comments

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