AnthroJobs of the Week, November 28 2019

AnthroJobs of the Week, November 28 2019

The Australian Government is looking for a Social Research Consultant in Melbourne to “provide research and evaluation services to a broad range of Federal and State Government Departments.” Requirements include a relevant graduate or postgraduate qualification and experience in a similar research agency moderating groups, facilitating workshops, and conducting in-depth interviews. To apply, you can send…

AnthroJobs of the Week, 21 November 2019

AnthroJobs of the Week, 21 November 2019

The Workforce Staffing division of Amazon’s Worldwide Operations Human Resources is currently seeking a mixed-methods researcher with expertise in public health or similar research to spearhead research within the Candidate Experience Research Team (CER) to “drive positive change to Workforce Staffing’s hiring and onboarding experience… and develop products that amplify the voice of our candidates.”…

AnthroJobs of the Week, 13 November 2019

AnthroJobs of the Week, 13 November 2019

Head’s up new grads, the Rand Corporation is hiring a set of Bachelor’s Level Qualitative Research Assistant’s in their Washington D.C., Pittsburgh, PA, Boston, MA and Santa Monica, CA offices. The new assistants will “work on a variety of research areas including health, mental health, education, human resource and workforce management in the military, national security issues,…

The unexpected pedagogies of working in UX
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The unexpected pedagogies of working in UX

In the second half of grad school, as I began to weigh my post-PhD career options, one of the things that strongly appealed to me about an academic career was the prospect of teaching. Through several years of working as a graduate teaching assistant for introductory anthropology courses, I found that I genuinely enjoyed helping…

AAA Presidential Session: Breaking Down Silos in Anthropology

Anthropology, like many other disciplines, is experiencing growing pains as practicing/professional anthropologists become an ever-larger part of the discipline. In this session, we discuss professional struggles tied to a changing discipline as well as models for creating more room for anthropological diversity, unity, and equity.