Preparing Applied Anthropologists for the 21st Century (Part 1)

CHAIRS: GUEERRÓN-MONTERO, Carla (U Delaware) and YOUNG, Philip D. (U Oregon)

ABSTRACT: These two sessions, organized by Carla Guerrón-Montero and the Consortium of Practicing and Applied Anthropology Programs (COPAA), featured practitioners and
academics who have contributed to NAPA Bulletin No. 29 (2008). Participants in these two sessions discussed, from a variety of perspectives, the theoretical and practical skills
that anthropology students should develop during the course of their studies to prepare themselves for careers in applied anthropology, whether as full-time practitioners or as
applied anthropologists within academia. Speakers also provided specific advice to undergraduate and graduate students on the benefits and challenges of careers in applied
anthropology, in both the national and the international arenas.

Session Participants:
VAN ARSDALE, Peter (U Denver)
YOUNG, Philip D. (U Oregon)
LASSITER. Luke (Marshall U)

 

Session took place in Memphis, TN at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2008.