{"id":7038868,"date":"2026-08-16T05:50:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T05:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/anthropology\/be-loud-be-proud-professional-practicing-applied-anthropologists\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T05:50:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T05:50:23","slug":"be-loud-be-proud-professional-practicing-applied-anthropologists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038868","title":{"rendered":"Be Loud, Be Proud Professional\/Practicing\/Applied Anthropologists!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-16116\">\n<div class=\"entry-content is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NAPA invites professional, practicing, and applied (PPA) anthropologists to show our colors at the upcoming AAA meeting in St. Louis, MO Wednesday, November 18,  2026 \u2013 Saturday, November 22, 2026 \u2013 there are options for both in-person and virtual attendance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The theme this year is \u201cOn the Verge\u201d \u2013 this is at the heart of what we do!<br \/>Professional sessions are key to the meetings being stimulating and fun for all PPA anthropologists. Share something fascinating\/useful\/important! Good project? Good research? Amazing outcomes?<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gather your team, call your friends! <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Propose:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Individually Volunteered Paper (Virtual option)<\/li>\n<li>Poster<\/li>\n<li>Installation<\/li>\n<li>Discussion (Virtual option)<\/li>\n<li>Oral Presentation (Virtual option)<\/li>\n<li>Discussion (formerly Roundtable\/Town Hall, Conversation, Interview)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Proposals for the General Call for Participation must be submitted in the General Call for Participation Submission Portal by 11:59 PM Eastern on Wednesday, April 29, 2026. Go to: <a href=\"https:\/\/annualmeeting.americananthro.org\/submit\/\">https:\/\/annualmeeting.americananthro.org\/submit\/<\/a> for AAA submission guidance and to submit a proposal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DESIGNATE NAPA AS THE SECTION TO REVIEW YOUR PROPOSAL.<br \/>CALL YOUR FRIENDS, DIG THAT RESEARCH OUT OF YOUR HARD DRIVE \u2013 SHARE YOUR HARD AND MEANINGFUL WORK WITH OUR ANTHROPOLOGICAL COMMUNITY!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BE LOUD! BE PROUD!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/practicinganthropology.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Promo-in-Word-3.13.26-791x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/practicinganthropology.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Promo-in-Word-3.13.26-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/practicinganthropology.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Promo-in-Word-3.13.26-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/practicinganthropology.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Promo-in-Word-3.13.26-116x150.png 116w, https:\/\/practicinganthropology.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Promo-in-Word-3.13.26-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/practicinganthropology.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Promo-in-Word-3.13.26-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/practicinganthropology.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Promo-in-Word-3.13.26-1583x2048.png 1583w, https:\/\/practicinganthropology.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Promo-in-Word-3.13.26.png 1700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-box is-width-constrained ct-hidden-sm\" data-type=\"type-1\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/practicinganthropology.org\/author\/joshualiggett\/\" class=\"ct-media-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2317f31a474a49a3e1286b8ceb3d11690969928d6724f396cfab4037b3bbf862?s=120&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"Joshua Liggett, MS, LSSBB, CPHQ\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\/1;\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"18px\" height=\"13px\" viewbox=\"0 0 20 15\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<polygon points=\"14.5,2 13.6,2.9 17.6,6.9 0,6.9 0,8.1 17.6,8.1 13.6,12.1 14.5,13 20,7.5 \"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<section>\n<h5 class=\"author-box-name\">\n\t\t\t\tJoshua Liggett, MS, LSSBB, CPHQ\t\t\t<\/h5>\n<div class=\"author-box-bio\">\n<p>Joshua has a passion for working with people to solve human problems and striving to make the world a more benevolent and efficient place to call home. Trained as a professional anthropologist, his expertise includes design and execution of both qualitative and quantitative data collection, management, analysis, and reporting for the purposes of evaluation and identifying improvement opportunities.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAPA invites professional, practicing, and applied (PPA) anthropologists to show our colors at the upcoming AAA meeting in St. Louis, MO Wednesday, November 18, 2026 \u2013 Saturday, November 22, 2026 \u2013 there are options for both in-person and virtual attendance. The theme this year is \u201cOn the Verge\u201d \u2013 this is at the heart of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7038869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11767],"tags":[37315,37093,201416,23320],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-7038868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anthropology","tag-anthropologists","tag-loud","tag-professionalpracticingapplied","tag-proud"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Be Loud, Be Proud Professional\/Practicing\/Applied Anthropologists! - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038868\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Be Loud, Be Proud Professional\/Practicing\/Applied Anthropologists! - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NAPA invites professional, practicing, and applied (PPA) anthropologists to show our colors at the upcoming AAA meeting in St. Louis, MO Wednesday, November 18, 2026 \u2013 Saturday, November 22, 2026 \u2013 there are options for both in-person and virtual attendance. 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