Travel Research in Equity Collections (TREC) at the National Museum of American History.

The National Museum of American History (NMAH) has long been a place for interns and fellows alike to learn and conduct research with the museum’s vast collection of amazing artifacts.

This summer, the National Museum of American History has opened up its collection for a research experience like never before! Through the Travel Research in Equity Collections (TREC) program, the Smithsonian is looking for four new researchers, journalists, artists, film-makers, writers, or scholars for a 10 day, expense paid ($1,500 lump sum) research trip to the archives of NMAH. As the research is based around the subjects of disability, LGBTQ, gender, sexuality, and race/ethnicity, potential applicants will be asked to submit a resume and other documents pertinent to the applicants future research. The application deadline is July 15, 2016 and awards will be announced on August 15, 2016!

Visit, http://www.smithsonianofi.com/blog/2016/06/06/around-the-archives-in-10-days-new-research-opportunity/

AAA Temporary Job Announcement

The American Anthropological Association (AAA) is looking for enthusiastic anthropology students (graduate or advanced undergraduate) to help us with this year’s AnthroGuide! The successful applicant(s) will assist the Director of Communications and Public Affairs and the AnthroGuide Coordinator with telephone sales calls and emails related to the production of the 2016-2017 AnthroGuide, the most comprehensive listing of anthropology programs, faculty, and practitioners in the world. This is a temporary position (6-8 weeks) located at our Arlington, VA office. Applicants must be available to work about 15 hours per week starting early to mid-March.

This position requires an organized and motivated individual, who is comfortable holding phone conversations. A successful candidate will be polite but persistent.

This position offers flexible hours, competitive pay, and a convenient location one block from the metro.

Qualifications include:
Background in Anthropology, communications, sales, or related field.
Familiarity with the AnthroGuide and AAA mission.
Strong communication skills, comfortable with phone conversations.
Organized and detail-oriented.
Ability to navigate organizational webpages to identify key individuals and programs.
Familiarity with non-profits is a plus.

About AAA: Founded in 1902, the American Anthropological Association (AAA) is the world's largest organization of individuals interested in anthropology. It is an Equal Opportunity employer, conveniently located near the Court House Metro stop in Arlington, Virginia. www.americananthro.org.

To apply: Please email your resume and a brief cover letter to Lauryl Zenobi at lzenobi@americananthro.org by February 29, 2016.

Student Anthropologist call for book reviews and papers

Student Anthropologist, the AAA peer-reviewed journal of the National Association of Student Anthropologists, is soliciting book reviews and polished articles for publication in the 2016 annual issue.

Aim and scope of journal: We aim to provide students with an opportunity to present their research and voice their perspectives through our annual publication, Student Anthropologist. We seek a plurality of voices from all subfields in each issue. Student Anthropologist welcomes submissions which explore how anthropological skills, ideas, and ethnography can have an impact on contemporary social issues. Student Anthropologist is also committed to guiding students through the peer review and revision process to craft excellent articles.

The book review deadline is March 11th and the article deadline is March 1st.

Please email Jessica Chandras, the book review editor, with book review submissions and suggestions or questions about book reviews at jessu1006@gwu.edu. and the managing editor for questions about submissions and article submissions at studentanthropologist@gmail.com.

Examples of papers and book reviews can be found online in previous issues here: https://studentanthropologist.wordpress.com/current-issue/ and the calls for papers and book reviews can also be found here: https://studentanthropologist.wordpress.com/

Call for Papers: AnthroPlus

Call for Papers:

The AnthroPlus student conference is a free, one-day event organized by anthropology graduate students at the University of Maryland, College Park. This year's theme is "Building Community Engagement and Social Equity in a Changing World." We encourage presentations relating to the theme, but all submissions are welcome.

The conference is open to both graduate and undergraduate students who would like to present on any aspect of anthropology or related disciplines. We welcome student research from an internship, thesis, dissertation, class project, or other assignment. Submissions from students of other universities and from departments outside of Anthropology are welcome.

This year's AnthroPlus Conference will be held at the University of Maryland, College Park on March 5, 2016. Abstracts are due online by February 19, 2016. Please visit our website for more information about the conference, to submit an abstract, or to register.

We hope to see you there!

Study ANTH in London!

Maryland-in-London offers you the opportunity to incorporate study abroad into your four-year plan, ensuring your time in the UK keeps you on track for graduation. Our unique classes are designed exclusively for the program and are taught by local adjunct faculty who are experts in their fields. All courses promote interactive and in-depth academic study of the artistic, literary, economic and political heritage of London, Britain and the world beyond. Highlights for Anthropology students include ‘Socio-Cultural Anthropology and Linguistics’ and ‘Social Anthropology of Britain’, which fulfil major degree requirements and give unprecedented access to the diverse and comprehensive amenities of the city. You’ll explore ways of life in Great Britain; conduct fieldwork in London and Cambridge; and complete your own ethnographic project on a topic of your choice. You can also opt for classes in Art History, Economics, English Literature, Government & Politics, History and Theatre.

The program encourages students to engage with local people and culture. In addition to Maryland courses, you may take one class with British students at the prestigious local partner institution, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). QMUL is ranked in the top 10 of UK universities and it has over 150 courses in a variety of subjects on offer each semester. Alternatively, step beyond the classroom and add an exciting academic work placement (internship) to your registration. A wide range of placement areas are available for students to choose from, including various business sectors, not-for-profit, political, public sector and creative organizations.

Applications are now open for the fall of 2016 and are reviewed on a rolling admissions basis until the deadline on March 1st.

For more information and contact details, see http://globalmaryland.umd.edu/offices/education-abroad/program/10003

Occupational Health Internship Program Opportunity

Occupational Health Internship Program

Paid Summer Internship Opportunity!
Gain Hands On Experience with Workplace S&H Issues
Internship Dates: June 13 – August 12, 2016
Online Application Available!
Deadline: Friday, February 19, 2016

ORGANIZATION

The Occupational Health Internship Program (OHIP) is a national summer internship dedicated to helping students learn about the field of occupational safety and health (OSH) from those most at stake: working people.

Since 2004, OHIP has played a crucial role in training, mentoring, and inspiring a new generation of OSH professionals as well as provide worker organizations and unions resources to strengthen their health and safety efforts.

OHIP is housed within the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC) and has training sites in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago, Boston, New York City (for graduate students ONLY), New Orleans, and Lincoln, NE. Additional sites may be added in 2016.

DESCRIPTION

Teams of two students are placed with a union or worker organization to work on projects that investigate job-related health and safety problems among workers, often of new immigrant groups, employed in an under-served or a high hazard job.

Projects are designed to maximize contact between workers and interns. Through this process, interns gain a better understanding of the complexity of the work environment from the workers’ perspective. At the same time, it empowers workers and strengthens their investigative and technical skills. As a relationship of trust is built between interns and workers, both gain a better understanding of the underlying political and economic forces that create job conditions.

At the end of the project, teams provide a “give back” product to the workers and their “host” union or worker organization, present their summer project at a NIOSH national videoconference, and produce a final report.

QUALIFICATIONS

Graduate and undergraduate students can apply; some stipends are restricted to US citizens. Non-U.S. citizens must supply documentation of permission to work in the U.S. Undergraduates must have completed two years of college (i.e. juniors and seniors only). See Eligibility for more details.

OHIP seeks students with experience or interest in working with unions or social justice organizations, are organized and self-starting, have good team skills and ideally speak a second language of new immigrant workers: Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese, etc. We encourage students from minority and recent immigrant groups to apply.

COMPENSATION

Undergraduate students receive a $4,000 stipend and graduate students receive a $5,200 stipend. See General Questions.
TO APPLY

See How To Apply and Application Process.

For application questions, email OHIP Administrative CoordinatorIngrid Denis at idenis@aoec.org or call 888-347-2632.

For general information on sites or potential projects, email National OHIP Coordinator, Sarah Jacobs at sjacobs@irle.ucla.edu.

Paid Summer Internships

The National Park Service Climate Change Response Program and the University of Washington are pleased to announce paid summer internship positions to address climate change in national parks! The George Melendez Wright Initiative for Young Leaders in Climate Change (YLCC) offers twelve positions for the summer of 2016 in national parks and program offices all around the country — from Florida to Alaska, and Washington DC to American Samoa. Applications will be accepted until 12:00 PM PST on January 28, 2016. Eligible students are highly accomplished graduate students and upper-level undergraduates (current juniors and seniors). Applicants must be US citizens or nationals, and be enrolled in a graduate or undergraduate degree program. Students who complete their internship and academic requirements with a high degree of success are subsequently eligible to be hired by the NPS, Fish & Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Land Management without having to compete for jobs. For further information, list of available internships, and application directions please see the attached announcement and visit the program website: parksclimateinterns.org

Methods Mall 2016: NSF - Supported Courses on Research Methods for Cultural Anthropologists

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For those with the Ph.D.

Now in its twelfth year, the SCRM (Short Courses on Research Methods) program is for cultural anthropologists who already have the Ph.D. Three, five-day courses are offered during summer 2016 at the University of Florida, in Gainesville, Florida.
Text Analysis (Instructors: Amber Wutich and Elizabeth Krause) July 11-15, 2016.
Statistics in Ethnographic Research (Instructors: Jeremy Koster and David Nolin) July 18-22, 2016.

Cultural Domain Analysis (Instructors: H. Russell Bernard and Rosalyn Negron) July 25-29, 2016.

APPLY TO THE SHORT COURSES ON RESEARCH METHODS HERE. DEADLINE MARCH 1, 2016.
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Now in its second year, the Summer Course on Research Design (SCRD)is a, five-day course on research design and proposal writing for social, behavioral, and economic scientists who have the Ph.D. The course runs from July 20-24 at the Duke University Marine Laboratory. Instructors: Jeffrey Johnson, Christopher McCarty, H. Russell Bernard, Kirk Johnson, and John Sonnett.

APPLY TO THE SHORT COURSE ON RESEARCH DESIGN HERE. DEADLINE MARCH 1, 2016
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For graduate students of anthropology

Now in its eighth year, the SIMA (Smithsonian Institution Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology) is open to graduate students in cultural anthropology and related, interdisciplinary programs (Indigenous Studies, Folklore, etc.) who are interested in using museum collections as a data source and who are preparing for research careers. The course runs from June 27-July 22, 2016. Director: Candace Greene.

APPLY TO THE SUMMER INSTITUTE IN MUSEUM ANTHOPOLOGY HERE. DEADLINE March 1, 2016.
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Now in its fourth year, the Ethnographic Field School (EFS)is a five-week (July 1- August 6) course for graduate students in cultural anthropology. The focus of the EFS is qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection in the context of participatory action research. Held in Tallahassee, Florida. Director: Clarence Gravlee

APPLY TO THE ETHNOGRAPHIC FIELD SCHOOL HERE. DEADLINE March 1, 2016.
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For all anthropologists

Now in its twelfth year, the WRMA (Workshops in Research Methods in Anthropology) program offers one-day workshops in conjunction with the national meetings of the American Anthropological Association and the Society for Applied Anthropology. Links to applications for these works shops are HERE.

Now in its fourth year, the DCRM (Distance Courses in Research Methods in Anthropology)is open to upper division undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals in any field who are interested in developing their research skills. Five courses are offered in summer 2016: Text Analysis, Geospatial Analysis, Network Analysis, Video Analysis, and Methods of Behavioral Observation. The development of these fee-based courses is supported by the National Science Foundation. Tuition is $1200 per course and enrollment is limited to 20 participants. These courses may be taken for credit or without credit.

Please visit The Methods Mall for Information on National Science Foundation-supported methods courses for cultural anthropologists.

Opportunity for Graduate Research Opporunities in East African Conservation

Institutional Canopy of Conservation Project

September 2015

Title: The Institutional Canopy of Conservation: Governance and Environmentality in East Africa.

Duration: August 2014 - July 2021 (7 years).

http://www.idrc.ca/EN/Programs/Science_and_Innovation/IDRC_Challenge_Fund/IPaSS/Pages/community-based-conservation-programs-East-Africa.aspx

Implementing organizations: McGill University, Canada, and the African Conservation Centre, Kenya.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Institutional Canopy of Conservation (I-CAN) project holds an International Partnerships for Sustainable Societies (IPaSS) award. This program is a joint initiative of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), aimed at building safer, more prosperous societies. I-CAN represents a research partnership involving universities, research institutions and civil society organizations from Canada and East Africa in Canada and East Africa. It is implemented by McGill University, Canada, and the African Conservation Centre, Kenya, under the leadership of the Co-directors, Prof. John Galaty and Dr David Western. The project addresses the challenge of combining protection of biodiversity with strengthened livelihoods, whether through recognizing local rights over resources, livelihood diversification, or tourism. The major goal in public policy is to identify the most effective designs for future CommunityBased Conservation (CBC) programs by examining the impacts of ongoing conservancy experiments on community livelihoods and members' attitudes and practices towards natural resources. The project will focus on the rangelands, wetlands and forests of the East African savannah, especially in the borderlands between Kenya and Tanzania, where the world's most significant repository of wildlife lies. We ask how indigenous communities should engage as partners with protected areas and in conservation enterprises.


DOCTORAL AND MASTERS STUDENTS SCHOLARSHIPS: The I-CAN project will support four (4) scholarships for Doctoral and Masters studies. Two (2) four-year Doctoral scholarships will start in September 2015 and/or 2016, and two (2) two-year Masters scholarships in September 2016 and 2018. Depending on the applications received, there may be some flexibility in the start dates. Students will be based at McGill University, Canada or at one of the other I-CAN partner universities – i.e., Carleton University and University of Victoria, Canada, University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, and the Max Planck Institute of Social Anthropology in Germany. The field work will be carried out in at least one of the eight (8) project study sites in Kenya and/or Tanzania.


POTENTIAL RESEARCH TOPICS: The work by graduate students will involve case-studies conducted in selected study areas, which will provide in-depth, qualitative and/or quantitative data on specific CBC initiatives and their impact on the evolution of conservation-positive attitudes and behaviors, the strengthening of community livelihoods, and the quality of human-environmental interactions. Doctoral studies may also involve comparative studies assessing co-variation across conservancies between institutions and conservation behavior. The work of the graduate students will contribute to better understanding the diversity of CBC institutions with regard to:

• The structure of organizations that manage resources – how the structure of organizations - e.g. boundaries, membership, rules, leadership, sanctions, power – influence individual and collective forms of action 
• Property rights in land and other resources – effects of private, common and state property rights on actors’ strategic behavior in managing and utilizing natural resources
• Incentive systems and motivations – effects of material incentives versus other types of nonmaterial motivations (metaphysical or cultural aspirations, community solidarity, identification with nature) behind environmental behavior. Through these PhD and MA studies, we will then examine how different CBC institutions shape social and economic practices, more specifically how institutional designs of conservation organizations affect conservation attitudes, environmental practices, and livelihood strategies. Institutional outcomes may be tracked by observing measures of
• Environmentality - indigenous knowledge, attitudes, beliefs regarding the natural world
• Community well-being - livelihood sustainability and diversification, nutrition and food security, employment, and conservation based revenues
• Human-environmental interactions - especially regarding wildlife, forests and grazing resources, including potential human-wildlife conflicts. The work of graduate students will be integrated within broader project research initiatives cutting across the whole study area, which include the inventory of the network of conservation organizations with presence in East Africa, and a study of conservation policies and policy processes, at regional, national and international levels. 
• Finally, particular attention will be given throughout the ICAN project to issues related to designing new approaches to knowledge mobilization - the dissemination of most significant project outcomes to influence innovations in conservation policy at the community level and more broadly through state and global institutions. 

SELECTION PROCESS: Interested candidates should send their Curriculum Vitae and a Letter expressing their interest in pursuing graduate studies with the I-CAN project to Professor John Galaty, the I-CAN Project Co-Director, at McGill University, at john.galaty@mcgill.ca. In some cases, candidates may have already established contact with a professor involved in the I-CAN project. If not, Professor Galaty can facilitate the identification of a potential supervisor and institution. Interested candidates should make first contact by November 15, 2015, or earlier, to facilitate formal graduate applications as early as December 15, 2015. An I-CAN selection committee involving members of participating universities will evaluate applications. Selected candidates will then be invited to formally apply to the university/research institution. Candidates are invited to consult website information on universities of interest regarding specific requirements and timelines associated with their applications.

Sep 15 Deadline for Abstracts: Tourism and Heritage Student Award

Call for Abstracts: SfAA Tourism and Heritage Student Paper Competition

Student papers should entail original research on the themes of “tourism” and/or “heritage” broadly defined, including topics such as heritage, archaeology and tourism, ecotourism, and cultural resource management. Top papers will be selected for inclusion in an organized paper session at the 2016 Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) Annual Meetings in Vancouver, British Columbia, and an award of $500 will be presented to the best paper in the session. Winning papers will also be considered for publication in the journal Practicing Anthropology. Eligible students must be enrolled in a graduate or undergraduate degree program at the time they submit their paper. Submissions must be original work of publishable quality. The work may be undertaken alone or in collaboration with others, but for papers with one or more co-authors, an enrolled student must be the paper’s first author.

The competition involves a two-step process. Step one involves the solicitation and selection of expanded paper abstracts (of 500 words or less; saved as a Word document) for the organized session. Abstracts must be submitted by SEPTEMBER 15, 2015 to the SfAA Office (info@sfaa.net). Students selected for participation in the session will then submit full papers for judging by the December 15, 2015 deadline. The winning paper will receive a cash award of $500 and will be honored at the 2016 SfAA Meetings in Vancouver. Email the SfAA Office (info@sfaa.net) or Melissa Stevens (melissa.stevens7@gmail.com) for more information.

JOB POSTING: Contractor, Recovering Voices Program, Smithsonian Institution

Short-Term Contract, Recovering Voices Program, Department of Anthropology
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

The Recovering Voices Program collaborates with communities and other institutions to address issues of indigenous language and knowledge diversity and sustainability at the national and global level (http://recoveringvoices.si.edu).

This contract position is located in the Recovering Voices office at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.

Short-Term Contractor will:
- Assist with a variety of administrative tasks, including, ordering supplies, petty cash vouchers, travel requests, vouchers and possibly purchase orders. 
- Assists with tracking income and expenditures from one or more federal and/or trust funds.
- Coordinate communication between Recovering Voices members and other Smithsonian internal and external partners.
- Assist with writing of program reports as needed.
- Coordinate programmatic activities, such as seminars and community visits, as well as their related logistics. As required, assists with community visits.
- Manages incoming and outgoing correspondence. Receives and screens incoming calls. Makes requests for information as needed from vendors and other sources.
- Assist with regular academic appointments (intern and visiting student) registration and exit sessions as required; and other paperwork associated with academic appointments.
- Update program materials, maintain program outreach via social media outlets.

This short-term contract begins on September 21, 2015 and ends on January 15, 2016. Compensation is $20.63/hourly, 20-30 hours/week. In addition to a cover letter explaining your interest in and qualifications for the position, please include a CV, which lists the jobs (mo./yr.), average number of hours worked per week, salary, and 3 references with contact information.

We will be accepting electronic applications only until August 19th, 2015.

Short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview to be held the week of August 24th, 2015.

Send your CV/Resume to: Recoveringvoices@si.edu

Attention: Laura Sharp
For Inquiries contact: 202-633-5039

Sewall-Belmont House & Museum: Part-Time Museum Assistant

Sewall-Belmont House & Museum is currently considering applications for part-time Museum Assistants, at $10 per hour. Museum assistants play an important role in the daily operation of the Museum including:

• Prepare the House for viewing and carry out all procedures for opening and closing per the established museum checklist.
• Welcome visitors and assist with ticket sales for tours.
• Conduct subject-specific gallery talks and full length group tours for visitors of all ages in a personable and knowledgeable manner and provide accurate information relevant to the major themes in the Sewall-Belmont House & Museum history.
• Articulate the Museum’s goals and programs, current restoration activities and future plans.
• Assist in providing security for the Museum and the collections. Ensure the safety of the visiting public and respond calmly and professionally to emergencies. Follow institutional procedures.
• Track the number of visitors who tour the Museum daily and gather additional information on how they heard about the museum.
• Provide feedback by soliciting written and/or verbal comments from visitors.
• Assist with museum shop operations and sales.
• Provide assistance to museum staff, including clerical work and data entry, as needed.
• Participate in training programs and other opportunities in order to expand knowledge of the Sewall-Belmont House & Museum and strengthen interpretive skills.

To apply for a position as a Museum Assistant, please send your resume, a cover letter, and a writing sample to Nora Hoffman-White at nora.hoffmanwhite@sewallbelmont.org. Information can be found at www.sewallbelmont.org/about/employment

Volunteer with HistoriCorps

Volunteer with HistoriCorps to rehabilitate the 1823 Clermont Farm Slave Quarters

Sponsored by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources and The Clermont Foundation 

History

The Clermont property has been owned by only four families in its long history. The first owner, Thomas Fairfax, managed the 5.2 million acre land grant from 1719 to 1753. In 1819, the McCormicks bought the farm and in 1823 built the slave quarters. After the Civil War, they gave portions of the farm to their former slaves. These parcels became Josephine City, one of the largest African-American settlements in Virginia, and which is now part of Berryville. In 1980, Clermont Farm was donated to the Virginia Department of Historic Resources to be preserved and retained as an agricultural property. 

How You Can Help 

Volunteers will work and camp on-site. Participants will stabilize the 1823 Slave Quarters under the direction of preservation experts. Over the course of six, one-week sessions, volunteers will: Restore the original topography; Stabilize the dry-stone foundation; Install new cypress shingle roofing; Repair and replace chinking; Restore flooring. Stabilize and reinforce roof framing; Asses and repair log framing; Replace deteriorated clapboard siding; Rehabilitate windows and doors;

When

Volunteers should arrive Sunday evening at 6 pm to set up camp. Work begins Monday morning. Sessions end around 1 pm on Fridays. 

• Session 1: July 12-17 
• Session 2: July 19-24 
• Session 3: July 26-31 
• Session 4: August 9-14 
• Session 5: August 16-21 
• Session 6: August 23-28

Where

Clermont Farm is located in Berryville, VA, 30 minutes East of Winchester, VA. More specific directions will be sent to volunteers in a pre-arrival packet.

Details 

HistoriCorps provides free campsites, tools, safety equipment, and delicious meals. Volunteers are responsible for transportation to and from the site, appropriate work clothes and shoes, and personal camping gear. Participants can receive credit with Lamar Community College’s Historic Building Technology Program. Inquire for details.

About HistoriCorps

HistoriCorps saves and sustains historic places for public benefit through partnerships that foster public involvement, engage volunteers and provide training and education.

Read more about the project and register online here: historicorps.org/clermont-farm/

For more information, contact Rebecca Curry: rcurry@historicorps.org, (303) 893-4260 ext. 225

Cultural Anthropologist Job Opportunity at NPS

Job Title: Cultural Anthropologist
Department: Department Of The Interior
Agency: National Park Service

Job Description

Incumbent serves as the Chief of the Branch of Cultural Anthropology of the Tribal Relations and American Cultures program and the Bureau Cultural Anthropologist for the national cultural anthropology program. Oversees projects, special studies, publications, and exhibits, issuance of guidelines and standards, and development of long-range goals for the Branch of Cultural Anthropology. Provides expert advice and guidance on cultural anthropology and in consultation and under the direction of the Chief Tribal Relations and American Cultures Programs develops policies, standards, and processes for these programs. Oversees and coordinates National Park Service ethnographic studies and other studies for NPS units and partnership undertakings. Provides technical assistance in the identification, evaluation, and documentation of resources traditionally important to Native American, African American, Hispanic, Asian American, Euro-American and other ethnic and occupationally defined groups and communities associated with units of the National Park System, or being considered for inclusion in the System. Provides professional expertise in the application of the theories, scientific knowledge, concepts, and methods of cultural anthropology to address or resolve park-community relationships and problems with native, ethnic and occupational groups traditionally associated with NPS resources and management.

For more information and to apply, visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/401026200

NPS Latino Heritage Internship Program

The National Park Service is partnering with two Latino-serving organizations to provide graduate and undergraduate students with internships at national parks around the country. The internship program is designed to engage the next generation of conservation stewards and will raise awareness of national parks and historic sites, their accessibility, and the need for the Latino community's involvement in their preservation.

These ten-week internships will be compensated with a weekly stipend, and housing and transportation costs will be fully covered. Apply Online

For more information visit:

Hispanic Access Foundation

Environment for the Americas

Spend Your Summer with the American Anthropological Association

The American Anthropological Association is pleased to offer two internship opportunities!

Internships are six weeks in length during the summer of 2015. While the internships are unpaid, interns will be provided with housing and a meal/travel stipend. Interns will spend approximately 40 percent of their time working onsite at the AAA offices in Arlington, VA with the other 60 percent of their time working onsite at one of two locations: Washington's historical Navy Yard or The National Museum of African Art.

Eligibility:
Undergraduate students in their junior or senior year
First Year Graduate students (completing the first year of graduate work by June 2014)

AAA activities are to include:

• Assisting in the planning for the RACE: Are We So Different? press viewing for its opening at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
• Researching membership trends in the AAA 
• Developing and drafting materials for the AAA bi-weekly podcasts
• Drafting text for Anthropology News (AN) newsletter articles 
• Other activities as assigned

Call for Applications Opens: February 6, 2015
Application Deadline: March 15, 2015

For more information visit: http://www.aaanet.org/profdev/internships/AAA-Summer-Internship-Program.cfm

Call for Abstracts: Anthro+ Student Conference

The Practicing Anthropologist Student Association (PASA) presents the 6th Annual Student Conference AnthroPlus on Saturday, April 11, 2015 at the Stamp Student Union. 

Join a conversation on diversifying the field of anthropology. Explore innovative knowledge production and presentation as we attempt to expand the horizons of anthropological method, theory, study, and practice within and outside of academia. 

Submissions of paper and poster abstracts about original research, ideas and projects are now welcome. Submission is not restricted to students of anthropology -- all students doing relevant work in the social sciences and humanities are welcome to submit! 

Please submit abstracts by March 1, 2015 through the Anthro+ website. 

For any questions, comments, or concerns, please email the Anthro+ inquiry email (anthropologyconferenceumd@gmail.com) or submit an inquiry on the website.

Brown-Bag with Dr. Laure Brooks

The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSOS) Ambassadors are hosting a brown-bag event on with CCJS professor Dr. Laure Brooks. If you're interested in learning about various aspects of policing, this is the event for you!

Criminology and Criminal Justice - Dr. Laure Brooks

Wednesday, November 5, 2014
(Refreshments will be served)

RSVP here!

Dr. Brooks is an instructor and the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the University of Maryland’s Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. She currently teaches one course on undergraduate research methods for criminology students and one course on policing. Her research has focused on police discretion, police stress and violence against police. Dr. Brooks has written several publications and her most recent publishes include the latest edition of “Police Discretionary Behavior: A Study of Style” and “Police Recruitment and Selection.” 

Anthropology Student Association (ASA) Elcetions

The Anthropology Student Association(ASA) is having elections! 

This is a great way to get more involved in the department and meet other anthropology students. Feel free to nominate yourself for any position and contact Katie Chen with any questions you may have at MarylandASA@gmail.com.

Link to election form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1UfOGzM7-rqdS5QskBanrUoZP_vvGWUkSQHyKuHFa0kM/viewform

Summer Courses and Field Schools 2014

Planning on taking a class or two over the summer? 
Don't miss out on these great anthropology opportunities!

ANTH222
Introduction to Ecological and Evolutionary Anthropology
An introduction to the evolution of human physiology and human behavior, the relationship between hominid and non-hominid primates, and the study of relationships between a population of humans and their biophysical environment.

ANTH240
Introduction to Archaeology
Exploration of the variety of past human societies and cultures through archaeology, from the emergence of anatomically modern humans to the more recent historical past.

ANTH260
Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology and Linguistics
Culture and social relationships in a wide variety of settings from small-scale to complex societies. An overview of how anthropology analyzes human behavior. Particular attention to the relationship between language and culture.

ANTH266
Changing Climate, Changing Cultures
Explore past, present, and future interactions between humans and climate. Discussions, methods-oriented activities, and case study analyses provide students a foundation for appreciating the role of anthropology in understanding, responding to, and preparing for climate change.

ANTH320
Method and Theory in Biological Anthropology
Theoretical and methodological overview of biological anthropology, including evolutionary anthropology, anthropological genetics, physiological anthropology, human biology, primatology, paleoanthropology, human biodiversity, and contemporary selective challenges to modern humanity. Emphasis on core concepts and their research applications.

ANTH428W
Primate Social Behavior
The social behavior of primates can assist us in understanding our own behavior and the behavior of our ancestors.  This course focuses on the social behavior of non-human primates.  The main course discussions will be on the closest relatives to human beings, the other great apes:  chimpanzees, bonobos, the two species of gorilla, and the two species of orangutan.

ANTH469C
Language and Culture
This course focuses on key issues in the study of language in its cultural context.  It highlights some contemporary ethnographic approaches in linguistic anthropology, by considering the phenomenon of bilingualism and multilingualism, focusing on linguistic diversity in the U.S. and internationally, through the study of the use and structure of such codes as African American speech, Spanish, Native American Languages, American Sign Language, and Pidgins and Creoles.

 

Field Schools:

The Department of Anthropology offers several field schools throughout the year in both Archaeology and Sociocultural Anthropology.  Field experience is important for any student who wishes to pursue these subjects academically or professionally after college or graduate school.

Archaeology in Annapolis
Dr. Leone’s field school in Annapolis is a unique and exciting opportunity to participate in a long term study of our nation’s history through uncovering the past.  Begun in 1981, the Archaeology in Annapolis project has been concerned with promoting better understandings of Annapolis’ diverse past through the interpretation of material culture to promote an inclusive form of Annapolis’ history. Over the past 20 years Archaeology in Annapolis has run an annual field school in urban archaeology and has excavated over forty sites throughout the city’s historic district.

Materiality of the Irish Immigrant Laborer: Field School in Historical Archaeology
Students can be a part of field school excavations at the site of a laboring settlement of Irish immigrant families and is one of the first to be excavated in Virginia. The work will provide much needed data to create a material history of the daily lives of the Irish men, women, and children laboring and living in the area. Students will be actively situated in learning how to do archaeology and conduct historical research that will provide an intimate understanding of the 19th century Irish immigrant presence outside of urban areas.

Brazil Anthropology: Environmental Conservation and Indigenous Peoples
Dr. Chernela's six-credit course will consider conservation and development from the standpoints of local communities and conservationists. The objectives of the field course are to gain an understanding of: socio-economic dynamics of the Amazonian frontier and drivers of deforestation; tropical forest biology with special attention to regeneration; forest-dependent indigenous and local cultures and their struggle to determine the future of the land and communities that depend upon it. This exciting course will be held in Brazil.

Lattimer Archaeology Project: The Archaeology of Labor Heritage in a Coal Mining Company Town
In the summer of 2012, Penn State Hazleton and the Department of Anthropology of the University of Maryland will collaborate on an archaeological project exploring life in a coal mining company patch town
near Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Lattimer, was founded in the mid-19th century by the Pardee Company and was the site of a tragic labor massacre in September of 1897. Please contact Michael Roller at mroller@umd.edu for info on the field school, or check our website as we update our logistics.