* UPCOMING EVENT * Join us tonight from 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST for the WAPA Panel on Evaluation. Click the link to register and to learn more: bit.ly/3BhGB3Z

[UPCOMING EVENT] Join us for our monthly talk this Wednesday, December 08, 2021. Click the link to register or to learn more: bit.ly/3EzhhZa #WAPADCEVENTS #APPLIEDANTHROPOLOGY #ARCHAEOLOGY

Please join WAPA for the next speaker in our 2023-24 Speaker Series, Dr. Brian Smithson from St. Mary's College of Maryland. Please go to wapadc.org to register and to receive the Zoom link. Free and open to the public.

Did you know that WAPA has a YouTube channel featuring all the association's previous talks and events? Check it out today to catch up on what you missed! Search for @washingtonassociationofpro7211 on YouTube.

WAPA member Cortney Hughes Rinker has chapters featured in two recent edited volumes: Anthropological Perspectives on Aging (edited by Brittney Howell and Ryan Harrod) and The Routledge Handbook on Middle East Women (edited by Suad Joseph and Zeina Zaatari).

WAPA President, Dr. Mark Edberg, received an R01 award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities for a study on indigenous historical trauma (IHT). Read more here: publichealth.gwu.edu/pch-professor-…

Join WAPA a the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology "Enchantment and Transformation" in Sante Fe, New Mexico, March 26-30, 2024. #SfAA2024

Join WAPA for a discussion at the 2024 Society for Applied Anthropology Meeting: "Why Anthropology Needs More Local Practitioner Organizations" Saturday March 30th, 9:00-10:15am #SfAA2024

WAPA panel at the Society for Applied Anthropology 2024 meeting on "Applied Anthropology in Federal Government," Saturday March 30, 2024, 11:15am-1:00pm #SfAA2024

Will you be in Sante Fe, New Mexico for the Society for Applied Anthropology annual meeting in March 2024? If yes, then please join for the WAPA 2023 Praxis Award Ceremony and Reception. #SfAA2024

Join for a discussion on "Care and Enchantment in Environmental Governance: Rewilding Waterscapes, Woodlands, and More" at the Society for Applied Anthropology meeting in Sante Fe. #SfAA2024

In Sante Fe, join for a discussion of the life of and contributions to anthropology by Charlie Cheney, who served as the President of WAPA from 1984 to 1985 and co-edited Profiles of Anthropological Praxis: An International Casebook (2022). #SfAA2024

Join the WAPA Networking & Social Gathering on March 7, 2024 for lively conversation and to meet new people and fellow anthropologists based in the local region!

Register for "NAPA Presents: Disciplinary Standards for Professional, Practicing, and Applied Anthropologists" February 28, 2024, 7:00pm EST on Zoom. wapadc.org/event-5602557

At SfAA 2024, learn more about "Anthropologists in Washington, DC Addressing Public Health Challenges at Home" on Wednesday March 27, 2024. Chaired by WAPA President Dr. Mark Edberg. #SfAA2024

Anthropology & Innovation: Lessons from Community-Based Work. A presentation by Dr. Sheena Nahm McKinlay on April 30th at 7:00pm EST via Zoom. All are welcome! Register at wapadc.org/events.

WAPA Board Member, Cortney Hughes Rinker, led students at George Mason University in the Diplomacy Lab this spring, a partnership with the U.S. Department of State. gmu.edu/news/2024-03/m…

Call for Papers for the 2024 Margaret Clark Student Paper Prize sponsored by the Association for Anthropology, Gerontology, and the Life Course. Submit by June 30, 2024: forms.gle/Vv35cBUpfKR5ik…

Join us for a talk by Dr. Niklas Hultin, "Conflict Prevention in a (Post?) Post-Conflict State: Anthropological Insights on the Uncertain Fate of Early Warning in Liberia." November 12th on Zoom at 7pm EST. Open to all. RSVP required to receive link. wapadc.org

Please join for the WAPA virtual networking & social gathering on December 4, 2024! All are welcome. RSVP using Google Form to help us best plan the event.