By Nancy Romero-Daza
[daza@usf.edu]
University of South Florida

By Lisa Henry
[lisa.henry@unt.edu]
University of North Texas

By Sue Hyatt
[suhyatt@iupiu.edu]
IUPIU

In order to enhance collaboration between academic programs and practicing and applied anthropologists working in non-academic settings, the Consortium of Practicing and Applied Anthropology Programs offers its annual Visiting Fellow Program (VFP). The recipient of the 2011-2012 VFP award, the Department of Anthropology at the University of Memphis, hosted Dr. Jean (Jay) Schensul from the Institute for Community Research (ICR) in Hartford, Connecticut in April 2012. The visit, which was scheduled to coincide with the department’s 35^th anniversary celebration, brought together faculty, students, alumni, and community partners. Keri Brondo reports on the activities carried out as part of the program:

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By Emilia González Clements
[emiliagonzalezclements@gmail.com]
Fifth Sun Development Fund

To serve the interests of practicing anthropologists who either reside in the area or work in the area by offering venues for professional reflection and development. Such venues may include:

• Yearly or quarterly gatherings for socializing, sharing information, and discussing the issues in our field;
• Seminars or learning events on topics of interest to the membership;
• Sponsoring an in-depth exploration of topics of interest which may yield to individual and group publications;
• Strategy sessions on being effective in the policy arena.

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Spring 2013 Annual Conference March 21-24, 2013
Auraria Campus, Metropolitan State University of Denver

Call for Papers

Theme: The Relationship between Natural Resources and Applied Anthropology with a special emphasis on water resources and conservation

This conference is being hosted in cooperation with the Society for Applied Anthropology’s Annual Conference.

If you or your community, students, agencies, coalitions, organizations, teams, or colleagues have a story to tell, idea to explore, paper to present, poster to exhibit, research to expand our knowledge or experiences to share, please join us! We encourage you to submit your abstracts and panels.

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Steve J. Langdon, professor of anthropology at UAA, is this year’s recipient of the University of Alaska Foundation’s prestigious Edith R. Bullock Prize for Excellence. The Bullock Prize for Excellence includes a cash award and is the largest single award made annually by the UA Foundation’s Board of Trustees.

“The purpose of the Edith R. Bullock Prize for Excellence is to shine the light on individuals that demonstrate excellence in support of the university. As the University of Alaska strives for excellence and accountability to the people of Alaska, Dr. Langdon has exemplified that by connecting the university with the indigenous peoples of our state on issues crucial to them,” said Jo Michalski, chair of the foundation’s board of trustees, in announcing the winner of the prize.

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