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Ebola: Applied Social Science

Ebola: Applied Social Science 
CHAIRS: KUNSTADTER, Peter (PHPT), AMAYA-BURNS, Alba (Duke U & Duke Kunshan U), BURNS, Allan (UF)
ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS: KUNSTADTER, Peter (PHPT), AMAYA-BURNS, Alba (Duke U & Duke Kunshan U), BURNS, Allan (UF), and SCHACHT REISINGER, Heather (CADRE - Iowa City VAHCS)
 
ABSTRACT:
KUNSTADTER, Peter (PHPT), AMAYA-BURNS, Alba (Duke U & Duke Kunshan U), and BURNS, Allan (UF) Ebola: Applied Social Science. Exponential increase of the Ebola epidemic has potential to become the biggest health and socio-economic disaster since the 1918 flu, and poses challenges-opportunities to social sciences applied to public health and biomedicine.   Country expertise should be combined with comparative and historical applied medical anthropology insights.  Current responses often fail to integrate lessons learned from HIV/AIDS, SARS, Bird flu and Ebola relevant to international interventions, public health, health education and community responses, and anticipation of Ebola’s demographic, socioeconomic consequences.  Because the epidemic, research and interventions are changing so rapidly, makeup of the panel and details of topics covered will be provided shortly before the meeting.  We will suggest forming an SfAA Ebola interest group
 
Session took place in Pittsburgh, PA at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2015.

Community Engagement in Our Contemporary Foodscapes: The Power of Ethnography (C&A) - Q&A

Community Engagement in Our Contemporary Foodscapes: The Power of Ethnography (C&A)
 
CHAIR: REESE, Ashante (Rhodes Coll)
 
REESE, Ashante M. (Rhodes Coll) “We Will Not Perish…We Will Keep Flourishing”: Food Insecurity, Gardening, and the Roots of Hope JANSSEN, Brandi (U Iowa) Improving Agricultural Safety and Health in the “Safer and Healthier” Agriculture KASPER, Kimberly, SANTUCCI, Anna, and RAMSEY, Samantha (Rhodes Coll) Maintaining a Healthy Farmers Market: An Ethnographic View from Memphis GARTIN, Meredith (AZ State U) Food Deserts as Emotional Stressor in the Global South
 
REESE, Ashante (Rhodes Coll) Community Engagement in Our Contemporary Foodscapes: The Power of Ethnography. The recent heightened attention to food systems, both within and outside the academy, has raised awareness about the relationships between food, community and health around the globe. The papers in this session examine community gardens, local food farms, farmers markets, and food deserts to illuminate the social factors that contribute to a healthy food system. Our ethnographic attention to the experience of citizens, farmers and food advocates critically examines the benefits of alternative food production and distribution and shows how community engagement around food can enhance social relationships and offset inequality. 
 
Session took place in Pittsburgh, PA at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2015.

Community Engagement in Our Contemporary Foodscapes: The Power of Ethnography (C&A) - Santucci

Community Engagement in Our Contemporary Foodscapes: The Power of Ethnography (C&A)
 
CHAIR: REESE, Ashante (Rhodes Coll)
 
REESE, Ashante M. (Rhodes Coll) “We Will Not Perish…We Will Keep Flourishing”: Food Insecurity, Gardening, and the Roots of Hope JANSSEN, Brandi (U Iowa) Improving Agricultural Safety and Health in the “Safer and Healthier” Agriculture KASPER, Kimberly, SANTUCCI, Anna, and RAMSEY, Samantha (Rhodes Coll) Maintaining a Healthy Farmers Market: An Ethnographic View from Memphis GARTIN, Meredith (AZ State U) Food Deserts as Emotional Stressor in the Global South
 
REESE, Ashante (Rhodes Coll) Community Engagement in Our Contemporary Foodscapes: The Power of Ethnography. The recent heightened attention to food systems, both within and outside the academy, has raised awareness about the relationships between food, community and health around the globe. The papers in this session examine community gardens, local food farms, farmers markets, and food deserts to illuminate the social factors that contribute to a healthy food system. Our ethnographic attention to the experience of citizens, farmers and food advocates critically examines the benefits of alternative food production and distribution and shows how community engagement around food can enhance social relationships and offset inequality. 
 
Session took place in Pittsburgh, PA at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2015.

Community Engagement in Our Contemporary Foodscapes: The Power of Ethnography (C&A) - Reese

Community Engagement in Our Contemporary Foodscapes: The Power of Ethnography (C&A)
 
CHAIR: REESE, Ashante (Rhodes Coll)
 
REESE, Ashante M. (Rhodes Coll) “We Will Not Perish…We Will Keep Flourishing”: Food Insecurity, Gardening, and the Roots of Hope JANSSEN, Brandi (U Iowa) Improving Agricultural Safety and Health in the “Safer and Healthier” Agriculture KASPER, Kimberly, SANTUCCI, Anna, and RAMSEY, Samantha (Rhodes Coll) Maintaining a Healthy Farmers Market: An Ethnographic View from Memphis GARTIN, Meredith (AZ State U) Food Deserts as Emotional Stressor in the Global South
 
REESE, Ashante (Rhodes Coll) Community Engagement in Our Contemporary Foodscapes: The Power of Ethnography. The recent heightened attention to food systems, both within and outside the academy, has raised awareness about the relationships between food, community and health around the globe. The papers in this session examine community gardens, local food farms, farmers markets, and food deserts to illuminate the social factors that contribute to a healthy food system. Our ethnographic attention to the experience of citizens, farmers and food advocates critically examines the benefits of alternative food production and distribution and shows how community engagement around food can enhance social relationships and offset inequality. 
 
Session took place in Pittsburgh, PA at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2015.

Community Engagement in Our Contemporary Foodscapes: The Power of Ethnography (C&A) - Meredith Gartin

Community Engagement in Our Contemporary Foodscapes: The Power of Ethnography (C&A)
 
CHAIR: REESE, Ashante (Rhodes Coll)
 
REESE, Ashante M. (Rhodes Coll) “We Will Not Perish…We Will Keep Flourishing”: Food Insecurity, Gardening, and the Roots of Hope JANSSEN, Brandi (U Iowa) Improving Agricultural Safety and Health in the “Safer and Healthier” Agriculture KASPER, Kimberly, SANTUCCI, Anna, and RAMSEY, Samantha (Rhodes Coll) Maintaining a Healthy Farmers Market: An Ethnographic View from Memphis GARTIN, Meredith (AZ State U) Food Deserts as Emotional Stressor in the Global South
 
REESE, Ashante (Rhodes Coll) Community Engagement in Our Contemporary Foodscapes: The Power of Ethnography. The recent heightened attention to food systems, both within and outside the academy, has raised awareness about the relationships between food, community and health around the globe. The papers in this session examine community gardens, local food farms, farmers markets, and food deserts to illuminate the social factors that contribute to a healthy food system. Our ethnographic attention to the experience of citizens, farmers and food advocates critically examines the benefits of alternative food production and distribution and shows how community engagement around food can enhance social relationships and offset inequality. 
 
Session took place in Pittsburgh, PA at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2015.

Community Engagement in Our Contemporary Foodscapes: The Power of Ethnography (C&A) - Janssen

Community Engagement in Our Contemporary Foodscapes: The Power of Ethnography (C&A)
 
CHAIR: REESE, Ashante (Rhodes Coll)
 
REESE, Ashante M. (Rhodes Coll) “We Will Not Perish…We Will Keep Flourishing”: Food Insecurity, Gardening, and the Roots of Hope JANSSEN, Brandi (U Iowa) Improving Agricultural Safety and Health in the “Safer and Healthier” Agriculture KASPER, Kimberly, SANTUCCI, Anna, and RAMSEY, Samantha (Rhodes Coll) Maintaining a Healthy Farmers Market: An Ethnographic View from Memphis GARTIN, Meredith (AZ State U) Food Deserts as Emotional Stressor in the Global South
 
REESE, Ashante (Rhodes Coll) Community Engagement in Our Contemporary Foodscapes: The Power of Ethnography. The recent heightened attention to food systems, both within and outside the academy, has raised awareness about the relationships between food, community and health around the globe. The papers in this session examine community gardens, local food farms, farmers markets, and food deserts to illuminate the social factors that contribute to a healthy food system. Our ethnographic attention to the experience of citizens, farmers and food advocates critically examines the benefits of alternative food production and distribution and shows how community engagement around food can enhance social relationships and offset inequality. 
 
Session took place in Pittsburgh, PA at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2015.

Bridging the Gap: Translating Anthropology into Health and Health Services Research

Bridging the Gap: Translating Anthropology into Health and Health Services Research
 
CHAIR: MORRISON, Penelope (MWRI)
 
ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS: HAMM, Megan, RAK, Kimberly, MCCARTHY, Rory, and MACIA, Laura (U Pitt)
 
MORRISON, Penelope (MWRI) Bridging the Gap: Translating Anthropology into Health and Health Services Research. A changing academic landscape now requires more anthropologists to enter applied career settings. Although relatively underutilized in health services and public health research, ethnography is a research method that can be used to understand complex research questions. Anthropologists are well suited for careers in the areas of health and health services research. We discuss the challenges and advantages to using ethnographic methods in fast paced, results driven environments, and the specific ways ethnography can be tailored to meet the demands of a health research audience. We also discuss how translating ethnographic methods into health research may increase marketability of anthropologists.
 
Session took place in Pittsburgh, PA at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2015.

Anthropology as a Profession: Qualitative Data’s Role in a Quantitative World - Schill

Anthropology as a Profession: Qualitative Data’s Role in a Quantitative World 
 
CHAIR: NEWTON, Kevin (U Memphis) 
 
NEWTON, Kevin (U Memphis) Quasi-Qualitative Methods Lead to Low-Hanging Fruit: A Case Study of a Consultancy Firm’s Approach to Anthropology SCHILL, Elizabeth (Partnership for Public Serv) Do Not Underestimate the Power of Qualitative Data: Lessons from Business and Government GEBERS, Jenessa (U Memphis) Amaadhi N’obulamu: How Diverse Approaches Benefit Water and Sanitation Research ROTH, Heather S., BRICKLE, Tyler, GONZALEZ, Stephen, and MCLAUGHLIN, Logan M. (UNT) Ethnography and Engineering: How Qualitative Methods Can Help Build the Car of the Future FABRI, Antonella (CAleidoscopio Ethnographic Rsch) The Ripple Effect of Voices in Qualitative Research 
 
DISCUSSANT: BRIODY, Elizabeth K. (Cultural Keys LLC)
 
NEWTON, Kevin (U Memphis) Anthropology as a Profession: Qualitative Data’s Role in a Quantitative World. The vision of the SfAA states “to promote public recognition of anthropology as a profession.” In a world where “data” is virtually synonymous with quantitative data, how should the work of anthropologists change to carry out this vision? A promising approach is to understand weaknesses in quantitative-only methods, and how qualitative data transforms the statistical outputs of regressions and analyses of variance. This session combines the experiences of professionals and students to highlight the benefits of combining quantitative and qualitative data in creative ways to solve problems, which may add substantiation to anthropology as a profession in today’s “data”-driven world.
 
Session took place in Pittsburgh, PA at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2015.

Anthropology as a Profession: Qualitative Data’s Role in a Quantitative World - Newton

Anthropology as a Profession: Qualitative Data’s Role in a Quantitative World 
 
CHAIR: NEWTON, Kevin (U Memphis) 
 
NEWTON, Kevin (U Memphis) Quasi-Qualitative Methods Lead to Low-Hanging Fruit: A Case Study of a Consultancy Firm’s Approach to Anthropology SCHILL, Elizabeth (Partnership for Public Serv) Do Not Underestimate the Power of Qualitative Data: Lessons from Business and Government GEBERS, Jenessa (U Memphis) Amaadhi N’obulamu: How Diverse Approaches Benefit Water and Sanitation Research ROTH, Heather S., BRICKLE, Tyler, GONZALEZ, Stephen, and MCLAUGHLIN, Logan M. (UNT) Ethnography and Engineering: How Qualitative Methods Can Help Build the Car of the Future FABRI, Antonella (CAleidoscopio Ethnographic Rsch) The Ripple Effect of Voices in Qualitative Research 
 
DISCUSSANT: BRIODY, Elizabeth K. (Cultural Keys LLC)
 
NEWTON, Kevin (U Memphis) Anthropology as a Profession: Qualitative Data’s Role in a Quantitative World. The vision of the SfAA states “to promote public recognition of anthropology as a profession.” In a world where “data” is virtually synonymous with quantitative data, how should the work of anthropologists change to carry out this vision? A promising approach is to understand weaknesses in quantitative-only methods, and how qualitative data transforms the statistical outputs of regressions and analyses of variance. This session combines the experiences of professionals and students to highlight the benefits of combining quantitative and qualitative data in creative ways to solve problems, which may add substantiation to anthropology as a profession in today’s “data”-driven world.
 
Session took place in Pittsburgh, PA at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2015.

Anthropology as a Profession: Qualitative Data’s Role in a Quantitative World - McLaughlin

Anthropology as a Profession: Qualitative Data’s Role in a Quantitative World 
 
CHAIR: NEWTON, Kevin (U Memphis) 
 
NEWTON, Kevin (U Memphis) Quasi-Qualitative Methods Lead to Low-Hanging Fruit: A Case Study of a Consultancy Firm’s Approach to Anthropology SCHILL, Elizabeth (Partnership for Public Serv) Do Not Underestimate the Power of Qualitative Data: Lessons from Business and Government GEBERS, Jenessa (U Memphis) Amaadhi N’obulamu: How Diverse Approaches Benefit Water and Sanitation Research ROTH, Heather S., BRICKLE, Tyler, GONZALEZ, Stephen, and MCLAUGHLIN, Logan M. (UNT) Ethnography and Engineering: How Qualitative Methods Can Help Build the Car of the Future FABRI, Antonella (CAleidoscopio Ethnographic Rsch) The Ripple Effect of Voices in Qualitative Research 
 
DISCUSSANT: BRIODY, Elizabeth K. (Cultural Keys LLC)
 
NEWTON, Kevin (U Memphis) Anthropology as a Profession: Qualitative Data’s Role in a Quantitative World. The vision of the SfAA states “to promote public recognition of anthropology as a profession.” In a world where “data” is virtually synonymous with quantitative data, how should the work of anthropologists change to carry out this vision? A promising approach is to understand weaknesses in quantitative-only methods, and how qualitative data transforms the statistical outputs of regressions and analyses of variance. This session combines the experiences of professionals and students to highlight the benefits of combining quantitative and qualitative data in creative ways to solve problems, which may add substantiation to anthropology as a profession in today’s “data”-driven world.
 
Session took place in Pittsburgh, PA at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2015.