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Part Two: How to Find Jobs (Literally) with Applied Anthropology? or Passionate Students, Insecure Markets: How to Prepare in Grad School for the “Life After?”

How to Find Jobs (Literally) with Applied Anthropology? or Passionate Students, Insecure Markets: How to Prepare in Grad School for the “Life After?”
 
CHAIR: MANDACHE, Luminiţa-Anda (COPAA)
 
ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS: COPELAND, Toni J. (MS State U), HITCH, Emilie (UMN), NEWTON, Kevin (ServiceMaster)
 
MANDACHE, Luminiţa-Anda (COPAA) How to Find Jobs (Literally) with Applied Anthropology? or Passionate Students, Insecure Markets: How to Prepare in Grad School for the “Life After?” The aim of this panel is to collect suggestions for graduate students interested in getting a job with applied anthropology outside the academia. Graduate students, recent employees, and faculties from applied anthropology programs will tell their stories and share the best strategies for preparing for the job market. Additionally, the panel provides the space for conversation between participants from the two sides of the job market.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

Part One: How to Find Jobs (Literally) with Applied Anthropology? or Passionate Students, Insecure Markets: How to Prepare in Grad School for the “Life After?”

How to Find Jobs (Literally) with Applied Anthropology? or Passionate Students, Insecure Markets: How to Prepare in Grad School for the “Life After?”
 
CHAIR: MANDACHE, Luminiţa-Anda (COPAA)
 
ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS: COPELAND, Toni J. (MS State U), HITCH, Emilie (UMN), NEWTON, Kevin (ServiceMaster)
 
MANDACHE, Luminiţa-Anda (COPAA) How to Find Jobs (Literally) with Applied Anthropology? or Passionate Students, Insecure Markets: How to Prepare in Grad School for the “Life After?” The aim of this panel is to collect suggestions for graduate students interested in getting a job with applied anthropology outside the academia. Graduate students, recent employees, and faculties from applied anthropology programs will tell their stories and share the best strategies for preparing for the job market. Additionally, the panel provides the space for conversation between participants from the two sides of the job market.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

Part Three: Crucial Conversations Roundtable: “Sanctuary vs. Sanctions”

Crucial Conversations Roundtable: “Sanctuary vs. Sanctions”
 
CHAIRS: FINERMAN, Ruthbeth (U Memphis), FOUST, Amy (NAU), and LOUCKY, James (WWU)
 
Open DiscussionFINERMAN, Ruthbeth (U Memphis), FOUST, Amy (NAU), and LOUCKY, James (WWU) Crucial Conversations Roundtable: “Sanctuary vs. Sanctions.” US sanctuary cities that protect and value their diverse communities are threatened by a new federal administration determined to erase political, economic, environmental, health and social safeguards. Citizens already vulnerable to ethnic, religious, sexual or other discrimination are targeted by new political efforts to erode hard-won rights. Immigrants and refugees seeking dignity and asylum are instead menaced by an administration that proposes walls, religious registration and “extreme vetting.” A panel of governmental, non- governmental, grassroots and educational representatives will discuss strategies to build bridges rather than barricades, and collaborative opportunities to ensure that sanctuary cities can continue to promote cross-cultural understanding, inclusivity, legitimacy, rights and the common good.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

Part Two: Crucial Conversations Roundtable: “Sanctuary vs. Sanctions”

Crucial Conversations Roundtable: “Sanctuary vs. Sanctions”
 
CHAIRS: FINERMAN, Ruthbeth (U Memphis), FOUST, Amy (NAU), and LOUCKY, James (WWU)
 
Open DiscussionFINERMAN, Ruthbeth (U Memphis), FOUST, Amy (NAU), and LOUCKY, James (WWU) Crucial Conversations Roundtable: “Sanctuary vs. Sanctions.” US sanctuary cities that protect and value their diverse communities are threatened by a new federal administration determined to erase political, economic, environmental, health and social safeguards. Citizens already vulnerable to ethnic, religious, sexual or other discrimination are targeted by new political efforts to erode hard-won rights. Immigrants and refugees seeking dignity and asylum are instead menaced by an administration that proposes walls, religious registration and “extreme vetting.” A panel of governmental, non- governmental, grassroots and educational representatives will discuss strategies to build bridges rather than barricades, and collaborative opportunities to ensure that sanctuary cities can continue to promote cross-cultural understanding, inclusivity, legitimacy, rights and the common good.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

Part One: Crucial Conversations Roundtable: “Sanctuary vs. Sanctions”

Crucial Conversations Roundtable: “Sanctuary vs. Sanctions”
 
CHAIRS: FINERMAN, Ruthbeth (U Memphis), FOUST, Amy (NAU), and LOUCKY, James (WWU)
 
Open DiscussionFINERMAN, Ruthbeth (U Memphis), FOUST, Amy (NAU), and LOUCKY, James (WWU) Crucial Conversations Roundtable: “Sanctuary vs. Sanctions.” US sanctuary cities that protect and value their diverse communities are threatened by a new federal administration determined to erase political, economic, environmental, health and social safeguards. Citizens already vulnerable to ethnic, religious, sexual or other discrimination are targeted by new political efforts to erode hard-won rights. Immigrants and refugees seeking dignity and asylum are instead menaced by an administration that proposes walls, religious registration and “extreme vetting.” A panel of governmental, non- governmental, grassroots and educational representatives will discuss strategies to build bridges rather than barricades, and collaborative opportunities to ensure that sanctuary cities can continue to promote cross-cultural understanding, inclusivity, legitimacy, rights and the common good.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

Part Four: “Witnessing” the Migration Crisis across Borders

“Witnessing” the Migration Crisis across Borders
 
CHAIRS: RE CRUZ, Alicia, NUNEZ-JANES, Mariela, and KOEBER, Ryan (UNT)
 
ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS: SILVA HERNANDEZ, Aida (UABC), MISAEL HERNANDEZ, Oscar (COLEF-Matamoros), AURORA SIERRA, Ligia (UQROO-Chetumal), CHINCHILLA, Norma (UCLB), ZOLTAN, Paul (Immigration Lawyer), ANDERSON, Jill (Otros Dreams en Accion)
 
RE CRUZ, Alicia, NUNEZ-JANES, Mariela, and KOEBER, Ryan (UNT) “Witnessing” the Migration Crisis across Borders. The unprecedented increase of border crossings in the summer of 2014 has been associated to alarming reports of human rights violations. In this context, anthropologists play numerous interconnecting roles working as and with activists, organizers, volunteers, advocates and witnesses. This roundtable is integrated by anthropologists and a variety of professionals from the USA and Mexico who work collaboratively in “witnessing” the dehuminanizing of migrant lives. The discussion will focus on what witnessing means in the context of migration, how witnessing relates to anthropological praxis, and what implications witnessing brings to the practice of anthropology in contexts of social injustice.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

Part Three: “Witnessing” the Migration Crisis across Borders

“Witnessing” the Migration Crisis across Borders
 
CHAIRS: RE CRUZ, Alicia, NUNEZ-JANES, Mariela, and KOEBER, Ryan (UNT)
 
ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS: SILVA HERNANDEZ, Aida (UABC), MISAEL HERNANDEZ, Oscar (COLEF-Matamoros), AURORA SIERRA, Ligia (UQROO-Chetumal), CHINCHILLA, Norma (UCLB), ZOLTAN, Paul (Immigration Lawyer), ANDERSON, Jill (Otros Dreams en Accion)
 
RE CRUZ, Alicia, NUNEZ-JANES, Mariela, and KOEBER, Ryan (UNT) “Witnessing” the Migration Crisis across Borders. The unprecedented increase of border crossings in the summer of 2014 has been associated to alarming reports of human rights violations. In this context, anthropologists play numerous interconnecting roles working as and with activists, organizers, volunteers, advocates and witnesses. This roundtable is integrated by anthropologists and a variety of professionals from the USA and Mexico who work collaboratively in “witnessing” the dehuminanizing of migrant lives. The discussion will focus on what witnessing means in the context of migration, how witnessing relates to anthropological praxis, and what implications witnessing brings to the practice of anthropology in contexts of social injustice.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

Part Two: “Witnessing” the Migration Crisis across Borders

“Witnessing” the Migration Crisis across Borders
 
CHAIRS: RE CRUZ, Alicia, NUNEZ-JANES, Mariela, and KOEBER, Ryan (UNT)
 
ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS: SILVA HERNANDEZ, Aida (UABC), MISAEL HERNANDEZ, Oscar (COLEF-Matamoros), AURORA SIERRA, Ligia (UQROO-Chetumal), CHINCHILLA, Norma (UCLB), ZOLTAN, Paul (Immigration Lawyer), ANDERSON, Jill (Otros Dreams en Accion)
 
RE CRUZ, Alicia, NUNEZ-JANES, Mariela, and KOEBER, Ryan (UNT) “Witnessing” the Migration Crisis across Borders. The unprecedented increase of border crossings in the summer of 2014 has been associated to alarming reports of human rights violations. In this context, anthropologists play numerous interconnecting roles working as and with activists, organizers, volunteers, advocates and witnesses. This roundtable is integrated by anthropologists and a variety of professionals from the USA and Mexico who work collaboratively in “witnessing” the dehuminanizing of migrant lives. The discussion will focus on what witnessing means in the context of migration, how witnessing relates to anthropological praxis, and what implications witnessing brings to the practice of anthropology in contexts of social injustice.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

Part One: “Witnessing” the Migration Crisis across Borders

“Witnessing” the Migration Crisis across Borders
 
CHAIRS: RE CRUZ, Alicia, NUNEZ-JANES, Mariela, and KOEBER, Ryan (UNT)
 
ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS: SILVA HERNANDEZ, Aida (UABC), MISAEL HERNANDEZ, Oscar (COLEF-Matamoros), AURORA SIERRA, Ligia (UQROO-Chetumal), CHINCHILLA, Norma (UCLB), ZOLTAN, Paul (Immigration Lawyer), ANDERSON, Jill (Otros Dreams en Accion)
 
RE CRUZ, Alicia, NUNEZ-JANES, Mariela, and KOEBER, Ryan (UNT) “Witnessing” the Migration Crisis across Borders. The unprecedented increase of border crossings in the summer of 2014 has been associated to alarming reports of human rights violations. In this context, anthropologists play numerous interconnecting roles working as and with activists, organizers, volunteers, advocates and witnesses. This roundtable is integrated by anthropologists and a variety of professionals from the USA and Mexico who work collaboratively in “witnessing” the dehuminanizing of migrant lives. The discussion will focus on what witnessing means in the context of migration, how witnessing relates to anthropological praxis, and what implications witnessing brings to the practice of anthropology in contexts of social injustice.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

A Changing Climate: How Will the Southwest Survive - Debuys

A Changing Climate: How Will the Southwest Survive
 
CHAIRS: FISKE, Shirley (UMD) and CRATE, Susan (GMU)
 
PANELISTS: KANN, Deirdre (NWS), STUART, David E. (UNM), PASKAS, Laura (Santa Fe Reposrter), NANASI, Mariel (New Energy Economic), MCMAHAN, Ben (CLIMAS), DEBUYS, Bill (Author/Conservationist)
 
FISKE, Shirley (UMD) and CRATE, Susan (GMU) A Changing Climate: How Will the Southwest Survive. Given the growing urgency to develop state and local responses to a changing climate, this panel invites local scholars, journalists, authors and activists to share their thoughts and projections on how a changing climate will affect our lives, families and cultures—and our cities, villages and Pueblos in New Mexico and the Southwest region beyond. How will the Southwest survive? is the critical question that will be put to the panelists, who will describe the landscape, survivability and sustainability, as they see it, given their research, advocacy, and humanistic perspectives. What kinds of strategies, plans, and adjustments (or radical changes) will be needed across the landscape and across institutions? What will happen in New Mexico under conditions of climate change and how can these challenges be addressed?
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.