Local Practitioner Organizations are regional practicing anthropology organizations. LPOs can cover a metropolitan area, or several states. LPOs offer networking and professional development opportunities.

Practicing anthropologists should consider joining their local LPO for the professional and social benefits they offer. If there is not an LPO in your area, let us know, and we can work with you to create one!

List of LPOs:

• Bay Area Association of Practicing Anthropologists (BAAPA)
• Boston Area LPO (BLPO)
• Central Valley Applied Anthropology Network (CVAAN)
• Chicago Association for the Practice of Anthropology (CAPA)
• High Plains Society for Applied Anthropology (HPSfAA)
• Mid-Atlantic Association of Practicing Anthropologists (tentative) (MAAPA)
• Mid-South Association of Practicing Anthropologists (MSAPA)
• New York Association for the Practice of Anthropology (NYAPA) (NYAPA)
• North Carolina LPO (NC LPO)
• Southern California Applied Anthropology Network (SCAAN)
• Sun Coast Organization of Practicing Anthropologists (SCOPA)
• Texas Area Practicing Anthropology Society (TAPAS)
• Washington Association of Professional Anthropologists (WAPA)

An early NAPA Bulletin (1988) highlighted LPOs and their place in American anthropology. The issue itself can be ordered through AAA, and provides an interesting look at LPOs and their impact on anthropology.

To contact the NAPA LPO liaison, send an email to lpos@practicinganthropology.org.