Notes on Contributors viii
Preface and Acknowledgments xiii
1 Introduction 1Riall W. Nolan
Part I The Practitioner Career Arc 9
2 Professional Training and Preparation 11Terry Redding
3 Making the Transition from the Academy to Practice 25Mary Odell Butler
4 Job Hunting in the Twenty–First Century 36Judy Tso
5 Job Success 101: A Quick Graduate Course 47Cathleen Crain and Nathaniel Tashima
6 Careers in Practice 61Susan Squires
7 Stress and Failure in Practice Work 71Riall W. Nolan
Part II Practitioner Bases 81
8 Doing Anthropology Full Tilt, Full–Time 83Gordon Bronitsky
9 An Independent Consultant in a Business of One 92Judy Tso
10 How to Be a Self–Supporting Anthropologist 104Grant McCracken
11 Becoming a Practicing Disaster Anthropologist 114Susanna M. Hoffman
12 An Anthropologically Based Consulting Firm 125Cathleen Crain and Nathaniel Tashima
13 Nongovernmental Organizations 137Adam Koons
14 Multilateral Governmental Organizations 150William L. Partridge
15 Tools for Gauging Success in the Corporate Sector 161Tracy Meerwarth Pester
16 Working for the Federal Government 172Shirley J. Fiske
17 Anthropologists Working in Higher Education 184Dennis Wiedman
Part III Domains of Practice 197
18 Methods and Approaches 199Mary Odell Butler
19 Practitioners Working in Health 210Suzanne Heurtin–Roberts and Martha Hare
20 International Development 222Mari H. Clarke
21 Military and Security 237Kerry B. Fosher and Frank J. Tortorello, Jr.
22 Anthropologists at Work in Advertising and Marketing 247Timothy de Waal Malefyt
23 Anthropology in Design and Product Development 258Crysta Metcalf
24 Environment and Resources 266Robert Winthrop
25 Practitioners in Humanitarian Assistance 278Adam Koons
Part IV Key Issues 289
26 Ethics and Practicing Anthropology Pragmatic, Practical, and Principled 291Lenora Bohren and Linda Whiteford
27 The Academic Practitioner Relationship 303Linda A. Bennett and Shirley J. Fiske
28 Professional Communication 317Nathaniel Tashima and Cathleen Crain
29 Working on Cross–Disciplinary Teams 330Mari H. Clarke
30 Professional Networking for Practitioners 344Paula Chambers
31 Drug Resistance and Biosocial Analysis in Practice 354Amy S. Porter and Paul E. Farmer
32 High–Performing Applied Programs 372Elizabeth K. Briody and Riall W. Nolan
Part V Conclusion 389
33 The Future of Practice: Anthropology and the Grand Challenges 391Riall W. Nolan
Further Readings 397
Index 408
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An essential career–planning resource, A Handbook of Practicing Anthropology presents a comprehensive account of contemporary anthropological practice written primarily by anthropological practitioners. (Newbooks, 18 November 2013)