The SfAA Podcast Archive

UNT anthropology students Ricardo Carrera del Valle and Natalie White sat down with 2026 Margaret Mead Award recipient Amelia Fiske to discuss her new book, Reckoning with Harm: The Toxic Relations of Oil in Amazonia. Recorded on March 20 at SfAA in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

UNT anthropology students Eva Perez Zepeda and Radhika Lade spoke with Michael Paolisso, recipient of the 2025 Sol Tax Award for Distinguished Service, about his career in natural resource management and applied anthropology. Recorded on March 19, 2026 at SfAA in Albuquerque, NM. 

UNT anthropology students Natalie White and Radhika Lade sat down with Robert Rubinstein, recipient of the 2026 Sol Tax Award for Distinguished Service, about his work bringing an anthropological lens to the field of international peacekeeping. Recorded on March 19, 2026 at SfAA in Albuquerque, NM. 

UNT anthropology students Eva Perez Zepeda and Ricardo Carrera del Valle sat down with 2026 Malinowski Award recipient Roberto Alvarez to discuss his life, his work on the border, and the future of anthropology. Recorded on March 19, 2026 at SfAA in Albuquerque, NM. 

CHAIR: MORRIS, Richard W. (MGI) SINGH PUNI, Tirath and MILLER, Christine (SCAD) Breaking Barriers: Applying Ethnographic Tools and Service Design to Integrate Community-Based Research in Medical Education HERMANNS, Kwela (SCAD) and GAGE, Marty (Lextant) What Industry and Education Really Want: Lextant & SCAD Partnership on User-Centered Design Research Training MORRIS, Richard W. (MGI) Towards...

CHAIR: MORRIS, Richard W. (MGI) BRUNA, Sean (WWU) An Ethnographic Look Inside a Federal‬‭ Initiative‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ MILLER, Christine Z. and SIGHN PUNI, Tirath (SCAD) Scaling Up: From Small Starts to Big Impacts TELLIEL, Yunus Doğan (WPI) Translational Anthropology: Scaling Ethnographic Inquiry in‬ Human-Computer Interaction MORRIS, J...

CHAIR: PAZ LEMUS, L. Tatiana (Vanderbilt U) PAZ LEMUS, L. Tatiana (Vanderbilt U) Rethinking Childhoods and Childhood Obesity Through a Cultural Contexts of Health Approach CUJ, Miguel (Vanderbilt U) Feasting on Knowledge: Exploring Guatemala’s Maya Food Groups in a Global Approach KOSS, Sophia (Vanderbilt U) The Cultural Context of Heat: Addressing Heat in the U.S. DISCUSSANT: HARVEY, T.S. (Vander...

Kelly Fayard University of Denver Kelly Fayard is speaking at (W-132) Preserving Heritage: Voices of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians March 26, 2025 5:45 pm – 7:30 pm Grand Ballroom II

CHAIRS: ROBERTSON, William (U Memphis) and FLEURIET, K. Jill (UTSA) ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS: FLEURIET, K. Jill (UTSA), LAMBERT-PENNINGTON, Katherine and ROBERTSON, William (U Memphis)   Many students gain hands-on experience and training in applied anthropology through the dozens of field schools offered around the world. Field schools are incredibly helpful for revitalizing applied anthropology b...

CHAIR: ILAHIANE, Hsain (U Arizona) JUNG, Yuson (Wayne State U), BATTS, Dawn (Milestone Capital Growth Inst), THOMAS, Frankee, REIMUELLER, Kayleigh, UNDERWOOD, Ricky, EDMOND, Nakim, and WALTER, Morgan (Wayne State U), GONZALEZ, Yoel (Independent) Beyond Hustling and the Individual Entrepreneur: Building a Black Tech Ecosystem in Detroit MINGEE, Jess (UIUC) Compatibility of the Entrepreneurial Minds...

David Natcher David Natcher is speaking at (TH-84) In the Shadow of Development: The Persistence of First Nations’ Subsistence Economies in the Peace Country, Canada March 27, 2025 1:30 pm – 3:15 pm Skyline II

CHAIR: PODRABSKY, Dylan (U Oregon) ISLAM, Afsana (TX State U) Vitiligo and the Gender-Based Socio-Cultural Stigma: Contemporary Health Seeking Behaviour and Treatment Practices in Bangladesh NEHUSHTAN, Hilla (U Pitt) Body Size Perceptions Among American Jewish Women PODRABSKY, Dylan, HERBERT, Claire, SNODGRASS, Josh, and WEAVER, Lesley Jo (U Oregon) Symbolic Violence, Embodied Consequences: Stigma...

Charles MenziesProfessor, The University of British Columbia Charles Menzies is speaking at (TH-114) Confronting Capitalism, Imperialism, and Settler Colonialism: First Nations Authority and Jurisdiction on the Northwest Coast of Canada March 27, 2025 3:45 pm – 5:30 pm Skyline II

CHAIRS: CHARNLEY, Susan and CERVENY, Lee (USFS PNRS) MCLAIN, Rebecca (Independent) Possibilities and Uncertainties in the Emerging Bigleaf Maple Sugaring Industry CHARNLEY, Susan (USFS PNRS) Community Forestry in the Pacific Northwest: Addressing the “Leftovers” Problem SIZEK, Julia, COUGHLAN, Michael, and HUBER-STEARNS, Heidi (U Oregon) Planning Under Fire: How Changing Fire Regimes Reshape Fores...

Andrew GardnerProfessor of Anthropology, University of Puget Sound Andrew Gardner is speaking at (TH-09) Lost Ethnographers in the Anthropological Tradition March 27, 2025 9:00 am – 10:45 am Captain Gray II (Duniway Hotel) (TH-129) P.K. New Award Presentation March 27, 2025 5:45 pm – 7:30 pm Pavillion West (F-12) Professional Strangers in Rural America: A Redux March 28, 2025 9:00 am – 10:45 am Gr...

MODERATORS: WIES, Jennifer (EKU) HÀ, Tiên-Dung (Stanford U) Power of Identification: Transnational Science and Sacred Obligations in Identifying Vietnamese War Dead GILLARD, Sharon (UNCC) Mental Health Stigma Disparities: Cultural Identities and Cultural Values Among Black Women THOMPSON-CAMPITOR, Carly (NAU) “You’re One of Us”: A Reflexive Account of Conducting Insider Research With Lyme Disease...

Invisible Battles: Disability, Power, and  Powerlessness (Disability TIG) Speakers: CHAIR: KLEIN, Wendy (CSULB) LILLY, Samantha (U Michigan) A Case Study on the  Efficacy of Argentina’s National Mental Healthcare  Law ‘Ley Nº 26.657’ MCILRATH, Grace (Luther Coll) Invisible Battles of  “Ordinary” Mothers: Stories of Disability Advocacy in  Iowa ROBERTS, Michelle (UKY) Everyday Ablenationalism:  “Dr...

PRIBILSKY, Jason (Whitman Coll) Towards a Cultural Ballistics of  Guns. This panel brings together new research into gun culture  and the aftereffects of gun violence in the contemporary US.  In the spaces between the protracted gun debate between  unfettered access to firearms and calls for gun control, we  highlight ways ethnographic attention can serve to reveal  emerging structures of feelings...

MARKS, Alejandra (NMSU) Transformations in the Reproductive  Domain: Abortion, Birth, and Advocacy in the Post-Roe Era. In  recent years, the legal landscape for abortion has been rapidly  changing. While some countries like Mexico, Argentina, and  Ireland are liberalizing their policies, others, like the U.S. and  Poland, are moving toward greater restriction. To understand  the future of reprodu...

MCMULLIN, Juliet (UCI) The Meaning of Data Is “to Give”: Health  Equity in an Era of Community Engagement. My paper engages  the call for increased inclusion of community in research as  critical to health equity and a question of data - a question of how we give. I consider the application of community engagement and data gathering within the framework of health equity, then turn to the implicati...

DURBIN, Trevor (KSU) “I know it’s not ethnography!”:  Reimagining Ethnographic Research and Training beyond  Writing Culture. While critiques of ethnographic methods  abound, the primacy of scholarly norms for ethnography  have persisted. Many professionals who use ethnographic  methods, however, may never write ethnography but instead  use ethnographic research for other purposes. As a result, th...

OTAÑEZ, Marty and BURGES, Nikketa (CU Denver) A Graphic  Novel about Overdose Prevention: A Vision for an Arts-Based  Project Co-Created by Medical Anthropologists and People  Who Use Drugs. We share a draft graphic novel co-created  by anthropologists and people who use drugs (PWUDs). This  work derives from 76 participants who completed interviews  in Colorado in 2021. Participants used some kin...

SHATTUCK, Daniel (PIRE & UNM), RAMOS, Mary (UNM), and  WILLGING, Cathleen (PIRE & UNM) Successes and Challenges  in Recruitment of School-Based Health Centers for Research  Supporting LGBTQ+ Health Equity. School-based health  centers (SBHCs) are at the frontlines of healthcare delivery  and prevention services for young patients across the United  States, including those identifying as LG...