Handbook of Practicing Anthropology

Riall W. Nolan is Professor of Anthropology at Purdue University. He worked overseas for nearly twenty years as a practicing anthropologist, in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, mainly in international development. He writes and consults on issues of international development, international education, cross-cultural adaptation, and practicing anthropology.

“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)

• Notes on Contributors viiiPreface and Acknowledgments xiii1 Introduction 1Riall W. NolanPart I The Practitioner Career Arc 92 Professional Training and Preparation 11Terry Redding3 Making the Transition from the Academy to Practice 25Mary Odell Butler4 Job Hunting in the Twenty-First Century 36Judy Tso5 Job Success 101: A Quick Graduate Course 47Cathleen Crain and Nathaniel Tashima6 Careers in Practice 61Susan Squires7 Stress and Failure in Practice Work 71Riall W. NolanPart II Practitioner Bases 818 Doing Anthropology – Full Tilt, Full-Time 83Gordon Bronitsky9 An Independent Consultant in a Business of One 92Judy Tso10 How to Be a Self-Supporting Anthropologist 104Grant McCracken11 Becoming a Practicing Disaster Anthropologist 114Susanna M. Hoffman12 An Anthropologically Based Consulting Firm 125Cathleen Crain and Nathaniel Tashima13 Nongovernmental Organizations 137Adam Koons14 Multilateral Governmental Organizations 150William L. Partridge15 Tools for Gauging Success in the Corporate Sector 161Tracy Meerwarth Pester16 Working for the Federal Government 172Shirley J. Fiske17 Anthropologists Working in Higher Education 184Dennis WiedmanPart III Domains of Practice 19718 Methods and Approaches 199Mary Odell Butler19 Practitioners Working in Health 210Suzanne Heurtin-Roberts and Martha Hare20 International Development 222Mari H. Clarke21 Military and Security 237Kerry B. Fosher and Frank J. Tortorello, Jr.22 Anthropologists at Work in Advertising and Marketing 247Timothy de Waal Malefyt23 Anthropology in Design and Product Development 258Crysta Metcalf24 Environment and Resources 266Robert Winthrop25 Practitioners in Humanitarian Assistance 278Adam KoonsPart IV Key Issues 28926 Ethics and Practicing Anthropology – Pragmatic, Practical, and Principled 291Lenora Bohren and Linda Whiteford27 The Academic–Practitioner Relationship 303Linda A. Bennett and Shirley J. Fiske28 Professional Communication 317Nathaniel Tashima and Cathleen Crain29 Working on Cross-Disciplinary Teams 330Mari H. Clarke30 Professional Networking for Practitioners 344Paula Chambers31 Drug Resistance and Biosocial Analysis in Practice 354Amy S. Porter and Paul E. Farmer32 High-Performing Applied Programs 372Elizabeth K. Briody and Riall W. NolanPart V Conclusion 38933 The Future of Practice: Anthropology and the Grand Challenges 391Riall W. NolanFurther Readings 397Index 408