The SfAA Podcast Archive
by SfAA Podcast Project
NOTE: This is the archive podcast of the prior years of the SfAA Podcast Project (2007-2019). For the latest uploads for 2021 and beyond, be sure to follow the main SfAA Podcast.The SfAA Podcast Project is a student-led initiative to provide audio records of sessions from the Annual Meetings to the public, free of charge. We strive to include a broad range of interests from diverse perspectives with the intent of extending conversations throughout the years. Our ultimate goal is to make these dialogues accessible to a global audience.The SfAA Podcast Project uploads podcasts recorded at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting. All podcasts are free to the public and we encourage you to come back often and listen to anthropologists in both the applied and academic realms. Click below to start your journey and listen to podcasts about health, the environment, social justice, education, business, and much more.
Episodes
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Interview: Amelia Fiske
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.
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Interview: Michael Paolisso
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.
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Interview: Robert Rubinstein
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.
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Interview: Roberto Alvarez
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.
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Scaling Ethnography for Policy and Practice: What Works and Lessons Learned: Part II
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:...
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Scaling Ethnography for Policy and Practice: What Works and Lessons Learned: Part I
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...
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Addressing Cultural Contexts of Health and Wellbeing in Global Health
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...
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An Interview with Dr. Kelly Fayard
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
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Revitalizing Applied Anthropology Through Field Schools: Insights and Advice on Starting and Running Applied/Engaged Field Schools
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...
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Entrepreneurship as Pathways to Financial Independence
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:...
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AN Interview with Dr. David Natcher
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
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Embodying and Producing Stigma: Violence, Morality, and the Consequences for Healthcare
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,...
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An Interview with Dr. Charles Menzies
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
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Applying Anthropology to Forest Management in the U.S. Pacific Northwest
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,...
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An Interview with Dr. Andrew Gardner
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...
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P.K. New Award Presentation
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…
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Invisible Battles: Disability, Power, and Powerlessness
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”...
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Towards a Cultural Ballistics of Guns
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...
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Transformations in the Reproductive Domain: Abortion, Birth, and Advocacy in the Post-Roe Era
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…
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The Meaning of Data Is “to Give”: Health Equity in an Era of Community Engagement
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...
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“I know it’s not ethnography!”: Reimagining Ethnographic Research and Training beyond Writing Culture
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...
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A Graphic Novel about Overdose Prevention: A Vision for an Arts-Based Project Co-Created by Medical Anthropologists and People Who Use Drugs
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...
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Successes and Challenges in Recruitment of School-Based Health Centers for Research Supporting LGBTQ+ Health Equity
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…
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Food, Water, and Housing Insecurity
OWUOR, Patrick (Wayne State U), NYAGOL, Hellen and OBONDO, Doreen (Pamoja Community-Based Org), ONYANGO, Elizabeth (U Alberta), ORERO, Wicklife, OWUOR, Judith, and ODHIAMBO, Silvia (Pamoja Community-Based Org), BOATENG, Godfred (York U) Influence of Housing Insecurity on HIV Treatment Outcomes...
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The Past and Future of Applied Anthropology
GARDNER, Andrew (U Puget Sound) and CHECKER, Melissa (CUNY) The Past and Future of Applied Anthropology. What integral elements might we discern from applied anthropology’s long and storied history? In this roundtable discussion, contributors endeavor to delineate and describe those elements by...
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Mainstreaming Indigenous Ecological Knowledge: Considering Possibilities and Ethical Dilemmas
BIESEL, Shelly Annette (NPS) Mainstreaming Indigenous Ecological Knowledge: Considering Possibilities and Ethical Dilemmas. Evolving over millennia, indigenous ecological knowledge (IEK) is part of a broader “native science” that researchers and planners are exploring for combatting climate…
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The Anthropology of Polarization in US Higher Education: Lessons for a Rapidly Changing Landscape
REYES-FOSTER, Beatriz (UCF) and BRONDO, Keri (U Memphis) The Anthropology of Polarization in US Higher Education: Lessons for a Rapidly Changing Landscape. Political polarization in the United States has stirred conflict in and against universities. These new culture wars unfold around inflection...
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Enchanted Futures: Transforming Museum Practice through Relational Curation
MCCHESNEY, Lea (Maxwell Museum, UNM) Enchanted Futures: Transforming Museum Practice through Relational Curation. Groundbreaking exhibitions are transforming museums around indigenous arts. School of Advanced Research collaborated with the Vilcek Foundation to mount Grounded in Clay through its…
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Decolonizing Disaster
O’CONNELL, Caela (UNCCH) Unmoored: The Unmaking of Our Environmental Futures After Disaster. What happens to ongoing environmental conservation initiatives when disasters strike and how does this disrupt socio-environmental futures? If a modeler’s goal is to be able to say what will happen...
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Fostering Social and Environmental Justice Part II
VAN VLACK, Kathleen (NAU), LIM, Heather (Living Heritage Rsch Council), and STOFFLE, Richard (U Arizona) Fostering Social and Environmental Justice, Parts I-II. Franz Boaz: Shaping Anthropology and Fostering Social Justice is a new book by Zumwalt that documents the foundation of professional...
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Fostering Social and Environmental Justice Part I
VAN VLACK, Kathleen (NAU), LIM, Heather (Living Heritage Rsch Council), and STOFFLE, Richard (U Arizona) Fostering Social and Environmental Justice, Parts I-II. Franz Boaz: Shaping Anthropology and Fostering Social Justice is a new book by Zumwalt that documents the foundation of professional...
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2023 SfAA Awards Ceremony
2023 SfAA Awards Ceremony The Awards Ceremony is the high point of the annual meeting. President Wies will preside. The Program will recognize and feature the winners of the Margaret Mead Award, Sol Tax Award, and the Bronislaw Malinowski Award. The Bronislaw Malinowski Award will be presented to...
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Border Dystopias: Indians, Anarchists, and Revolution in the Californias Michael Kearney Memorial Lecture
Border Dystopias: Indians, Anarchists, and Revolution in the Californias Michael Kearney Memorial Lecture MODERATOR: NAGENGAST, Carole (UNM) KEYNOTE SPEAKER: ALVAREZ, Roberto (UCSD) COMMENTATORS: ZAVELLA, Patricia (UCSC), HEYMAN, Josiah (UTEP) ALVAREZ, Roberto (UCSD) Border Dystopias: Indians,...
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Collaborative Community Engagement: The Work of the Miami University Center for Community Engagement Robert A. and Beverly H. Hackenberg Prize and Lecture
Collaborative Community Engagement: The Work of the Miami University Center for Community Engagement Robert A. and Beverly H. Hackenberg Prize and Lecture CHAIRS: BLAKE, John (Miami U-OH Ctr for Community Engagement) and SCHWARTZ, Tammy (Miami U-OH) PANELISTS: DARDEN, Dorothy and NEUMEIER, Bonnie...
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Engaging Communities to Improve Sexual and Reproductive Health (MASSH)
Engaging Communities to Improve Sexual and Reproductive Health (MASSH) CHAIR: HOLBROOK, Emily (USF) ALTMAN, Heidi M. (GA Southern U) Sex and Childbirth Education and Maternal Health HOLBROOK, Emily (USF) Delivering Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare to Resettled Refugee Women through…
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Explaining Anthropology to Others: Developing Our Disciplinary Narrative-A Career Readiness Commission Panel
Explaining Anthropology to Others: Developing Our Disciplinary Narrative-A Career Readiness Commission Panel CHAIRS: NOLAN, Riall (Purdue U) and STUDEBAKER, Jennifer (Ewing Marion Kauffman Fdn) PANELISTS: NOLAN, Riall (Purdue U) and STUDEBAKER, Jennifer (Ewing Marion Kauffman Fdn) NOLAN, Riall...
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History, Ideology, and Public Space at the War Frontiers
History, Ideology, and Public Space at the War Frontiers CHAIRS: KLUMBYTE, Neringa and MORRIS, Ashley (Miami U-OH) DAY, Scott and UNDERWOOD, Ricky (Miami U-OH) History and Mockery of Soviet Monuments in a Public Space MORRIS, Ashley (Miami U-OH) The Presence of Ukraine in Everyday Life in the...
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Innovative Approaches in Immigration Research (Migration & Int’l Dialogue TIG)
Innovative Approaches in Immigration Research (Migration & Int’l Dialogue TIG) CHAIR: HASSOUN, Rosina (SVSU) HASSOUN, Rosina (SVSU) Applied Anthropology Aiding Refugees and Asylum Seekers KNAUER, Lisa Maya (UMass-Dartmouth) Anthropological Knowledge and Immigrant Justice: Turning Activist...
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Part Two: Multifaceted Water Insecurity: Local and Regional Concerns for Health, Equity, and Justice
Multifaceted Water Insecurity: Local and Regional Concerns for Health, Equity, and Justice, Part II An SfAA Critical Conversation CHAIRS: WILFONG, Matthew (ASU) and ROQUE, Anais (OH State U) THOMPSON, Deborah (LiKEN) Blessed and Stressed by Water in Our Hollers: Cross-sectoral Collaborations and...
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Part One: Multifaceted Water Insecurity: Local and Regional Concerns for Health, Equity, and Justice
Multifaceted Water Insecurity: Local and Regional Concerns for Health, Equity, and Justice, Part I An SfAA Critical Conversation CHAIRS: WILFONG, Matthew (ASU) and ROQUE, Anais (OH State U) BERARDO, Ramiro (Sch of Env & Natural Resources, OH State U) “And Water For All…” WILFONG, Matthew (ASU)…
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Native Americans’ Environmental Justice: Expanded in Scope and Time
Native Americans’ Environmental Justice: Expanded in Scope and Time CHAIR: STOFFLE, Richard (BARA, U Arizona) STOFFLE, Richard (BARA, U Arizona) and VAN VLACK, Kathleen (Living Heritage) Native Americans’ Environmental Justice Expanded in Scope and Time BOCHNIAK, Victoria (UMass) Settler Colonial...
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Rethinking Risk and Preparedness (Risk & Disaster TIG)
Rethinking Risk and Preparedness (Risk & Disaster TIG) CHAIR: CANNON, Terry (IDS UK) BALAGNA, Jay (Pardee RAND Grad Sch) Stuck in the Smokey Bear Era: Examining the Ways Cultural Processes Contribute to Disaster Policy and Wildland Fire DYER, Christopher (UNM) Building Disaster Resilience:...
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Not Doing Anthropology Like an Anthropologist Would: Professionally Trained Anthropologists Reskilling Themselves
Not Doing Anthropology Like an Anthropologist Would: Professionally Trained Anthropologists Reskilling Themselves CHAIR: BENDIXSEN, Casper (Marshfield Clinic Rsch Inst) FLYNN, Michael A. (NIOSH) Creating Space for a Social Perspective in a Technical Field: Integrating Anthropology into…
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Rethinking Student Training and Preparation for Diverse Career Pathways (Higher Ed TIG)
Rethinking Student Training and Preparation for Diverse Career Pathways (Higher Ed TIG) CHAIRS: MURPHY, Daniel (U Cincinnati) and BRUNO, Jasmine (CO State U) ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS: KAHN, Linda (U Buffalo), ROMERO-DAZA, Nancy (USF), CADZOW, Renee (D’Youville U), MATTER, Scott (U Tech- Sydney),...
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Risky Business: Applied Anthropologists in Danger(ous) Research Fields
Risky Business: Applied Anthropologists in Danger(ous) Research Fields CHAIR: BENDIXSEN, Casper (Marshfield Clinic Rsch Inst) MONAGHAN, Paul (SE Coastal Ctr for Ag Hlth & Safety) Weighing the Risk of Heat Related Illness and Piece-rate Work in Agriculture KLATASKE, Ryan (U Nebraska Med Ctr) Beef...
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The Coal Transition in the Ohio River Valley: Using Social Science and Fine Arts to Understand Community Impacts and Pathways for Resilience An SfAA Critical Conversation
The Coal Transition in the Ohio River Valley: Using Social Science and Fine Arts to Understand Community Impacts and Pathways for Resilience An SfAA Critical Conversation CHAIR: JACQUET, Jeffrey (OH State U) CAPOBIANCO, Brian and BIELICKI, Jeff (OH State U) Energy Transitions in the Ohio River...
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Part Four: 2019 SfAA Awards Ceremony, Section Two
SfAA Awards Ceremony The Awards Ceremony is the high point of the annual meeting. President Briller will preside. The Program will recognize and feature the winners of the Margaret Mead Award, Sol Tax Award, and the Bronislaw Malinowski Award. Session took place in Portland, OR at the 79th Annual...
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NOTE: This is the archive podcast of the prior years of the SfAA Podcast Project (2007-2019). For the latest uploads for 2021 and beyond, be sure to follow the main SfAA Podcast.The SfAA Podcast Project is a student-led initiative to provide audio records of sessions from the Annual Meetings to the public, free of charge. We strive to include a broad range of interests from diverse perspectives with the intent of extending conversations throughout the years. Our ultimate goal is to make these dialogues accessible to a global audience.The SfAA Podcast Project uploads podcasts recorded at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting. All podcasts are free to the public and we encourage you to come back often and listen to anthropologists in both the applied and academic realms. Click below to start your journey and listen to podcasts about health, the environment, social justice, education, business, and much more.
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