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SPA Sponsored CfP “Writing Psychological Anthropology”- A Writing Workshop Panel for Early Career SPA Members

The Organizers of the SPA Biennial would like to invite colleagues who are currently finishing or who have very recently finished their PhDs to apply to participate in a writing panel/workshop at the SPA biennial chaired by Ted Lowe, former Editor of Ethos. This workshop/panel is designed to help guide the participants who would like ... Read More
 

Anthropology and Public Policy

Are you interested in how anthropologists can better work with policymakers? RSVP now for our SPA-AN webinar on anthropology and public policy! Joining us will be Dr. Charlene Milliken (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine), Dr. Joshua Mullenite (Wagner College), and Dr. Sharon Williams (IDA/Science and Technology Policy Institute [STPI]): https://goo.gl/forms/rZzmGudkHVrvtEwJ3
 

2019 SPA Biennial Meetings

We are pleased to announce that the Call for Submissions for the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Psychological Anthropology has opened, please visit https://www.conferenceabstracts.com/cfp2/loginsso.asp?EventKey=LZDYUXYD! Important details about the upcoming biennial, including deadlines to keep in mind, are in the flier below:  For the latest news regarding the biennial, please bookmark our conference webpage: http://spa.americananthro.org/meetings/2019-biennial-meeting/
 

Mentoring Crash Course: Research, Publication, Methods, and Professionalism (SPA and SMA)

The Society for Psychological Anthropology (SPA) and the Society for Medical Anthropology (SMA) seek to provide student mentoring through a 90-minute crash course in research, publications, methods, and professionalization. Participants will get the chance to engage in two 30-minute discussions between mentors (SPA and/or SMA members with an academic appointment; e.g. post-doctoral scholar, professorship, etc.) ... Read More
 

The SPA Board and Nomination Committee have selected our Lifetime Achievement Awardees.

Dr. Thomas Weisner (UCLA) is the recipient of the Society for
Psychological Anthropology’s Lifetime Achievement Award for 2018

Dr. Bradd Shore (Emory) is the recipient of the Society for
Psychological Anthropology’s Lifetime Achievement Award for 2019.

We will recognize and celebrate these Lifetime Achievement Awards at the
Biennial Meetings of the Society for Psychological Anthropology April
4-7, 2019 at the Tamaya Resort, Santa Ana Pueblo in New Mexico. More
information about our meeting and a call for papers will be coming in
June! Please visit our website for more information at
(http://spa.americananthro.org/meetings/2019-biennial-meeting/).

Please join the SPA in congratulating Professor Tom Weisner and Professor Bradd Shore for their truly distinguished careers and contributions to our field.

 
Case Western Reserve University Transdisciplinary Fellowship in Primary Care Research

Case Western Reserve University Transdisciplinary Fellowship in Primary Care Research

APPLICATION FOR POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP! Case Western Reserve University Transdisciplinary Fellowship in Primary Care Research Calling clinicians and non-clinicians (e.g., social scientists, public health professionals, and others with doctoral degrees) to join a dynamic, interdisciplinary cohort of emerging leaders in primary care research. The program welcomes diversity in fellows’ backgrounds and interests, and provides flexible training ... Read More
 
Continuous advances in technological innovation are dramatically expanding possibilities for anthropological research. Digital sensors and mobile apps enable anthropologists to observe social behaviors and psycho-physiological states in the flow of everyday life with increasing fine granularity. By enabling us to model individual variability across time and space, these technologies can assist in linking social and ... Read More
 
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