Podcasts from the SfAA

May 18, 2012

SfAA Awards Ceremony – Malinowski Lecture

Filed under: 2012, Podcast — Steven K. Wilson @ 6:50 pm

SfAA Awards Ceremony – Malinowski Lecture by the 2012 Bronislaw Malinowski Award Recipient Clifford Barnett. MC: Willis E. Sibley. Introduction by Peter Kunstadter.

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Lecture took place in Baltimore, MD at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2012.

May 3, 2012

Project Update

Filed under: 2012, Podcast — Steven K. Wilson @ 3:13 pm

The SfAA Podcast Project Team had a great time at the 2012 Annual SfAA Meeting in Baltimore this year! We are still in the process of editing the podcasts we recorded, so please continue to visit our website for updates. You can sign up for RSS feed or subscribe by email on the website to be notified as soon as new podcasts are uploaded. Also, don’t forget we have 72 podcasts from the 2007-2011 Annual Meetings to listen to as well.  Thanks!

April 30, 2012

Images and Impacts of Tourism

Filed under: 2012, Podcast — Steven K. Wilson @ 3:13 pm

BARBERY, Ennis (UMD) Mapping Parks and Mapping Futures: Symbolic Images in Tourism of the New River Gorge

FEDERMAN, Amy Schlagel (Independent) Tourism in Israel as a Vehicle for Solidarity with the Homeland

JOHNSON, Lauren (U S Florida) Dem Nevah Reach: Living in the Periphery of a Jamaican Tourist Destination

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Session took place in Baltimore, MD at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2012.

January 24, 2012

Introducing the 2012 SfAA Podcast Team!

Filed under: 2012, SfAA Podcast team — yumikoakimoto @ 12:32 am

The 2012 SfAA Podcast Team consists of 6 members so far: Yumiko Akimoto (Chair – 3rd year), Megan Gorby (Associate Chair – 2nd year), Tommy Wingo (paid audio pro, 4th year), and 3 other UNT students (in addition, 2 – 3 local students will be selected in February). Make sure you say ‘hi’ in Baltimore!  Meet the past SfAA Podcast Team members here.



Yumiko Akimoto, Chair

Email: yumiko.unt [at] gmail [dot] com

Yumiko is expected to graduate with master’s degrees in applied anthropology and public health from the University of North Texas (UNT) and UNT Health Science Center in May 2012. She is currently working on her practicum project and thesis on a public health needs assessment in an urban slum community in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area. She has been part of the SfAA Podcast Project since the 2010 Annual Meeting. She enjoys co-managing the project with Megan and is excited to work closely with the other team members this year!


Tommy Wingo

email: tommy [at] wing-o [dot] com

Audio Pro, www.wing-o.com

Tommy is a sound mixer living in Orlando, Florida. In late 2011 he started working for Treehouse (teamtreehouse.com). Projects he has worked on include production sound recording, editing and mixing for film, television, and radio. He has worked as an editor on several different podcasts, including Life Zero, EPIC Podcasts, and Ruby 5, in addition to his work with the SfAA Podcast project.


Megan Gorby, Associate Chair

Email:  megangorby [at] my.unt.edu

Megan is a second year master’s student in the applied medical anthropology program at the University of North Texas and the public health program at the University of North Texas Health Science Center. Her current research interests include looking at the usefulness of community gardens in health education and health promotion. She anticipates graduating in December 2012 and is excited to be on the Project for her second year!

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Jo Aiken, Communications Coordinator

Jo Aiken, Communications Coordinator

Email: aikenjo [at] yahoo [dot] com

Jo is a first year master’s student in the Applied Anthropology M.A. program at the University of North Texas. She earned a B.S. in Leadership Development from Texas A&M University. After receiving her bachelor’s degree, Jo worked as a contractor for the NASA Johnson Space Center where she contributed to the official Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) Report in 2003.  She is continuing her interest in space exploration and culture by pursuing research interests in organizational and design anthropology as it applies to spacecraft and mission design. Jo spends her spare time traveling, watching old movies, hula dancing, spending time with her dog Bandit.

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Steven K. Wilson, Social Media CoordinatorSteven K. Wilson, Social Media Coordinator

Email: steven.wilson [at] unt [dot] edu

Steve is a first year master’s student at the University of North Texas. He graduated with a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Texas at Arlington. Steve’s research focus is business and organizational anthropology. He wants to use anthropological methods to better understand organizational structures to improve corporate ethics, job satisfaction, training and safety. Steve is also interested in storytelling as a tool to better train employees while building communities in the workplace.

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Brittany DonnellyBrittany Donnelly, Session Selection Coordinator

Email: brittanydonnelly [at] my.unt [dot] edu

Brittany is currently a master’s student at the University of North Texas focusing on environmental anthropology. She also holds a B.A. in Anthropology from Oklahoma Baptist University. Brittany’s interests include ethnoecology, tropical forest preservation, sustainability, participatory research methods, environmental justice, indigenous rights, the Kayapó people, and Amazonia. She is currently working on analysis and write-up of the research she conducted this summer in Brazil in which she was able to use her proficiency in Brazilian Portuguese. Her work, entitled, The Kayapó Project: An Assessment of a Kayapó NGO’s Stakeholder Relationships- Identifying Barriers and Future Opportunities, she plans to present for graduation this Spring.

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