2018 Podcasts

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Podcasts were recorded in Philadelphia, PA, USA at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March/April 2018.

  1. Black History, Heritage, and Scholarship: Setting the Table for a Sustainable Future 
  2. Preserving Philadelphia’s Past and Investing in Its Future: Sustainable Solutions for America’s First World Heritage City
  3. Contemporary Refugee Issues: Anthropological Contributions to Understanding Problems and Developing Solutions - Identifying the Issues
  4. Disasters, Climate Change, and Vulnerability
  5. Paredes Memorial Plenary: Sustainable Relationships: The Future of Applied Anthropology in Native Communities
  6. What Do We Mean When We Talk About Food Insecurity? Parts I & 2
  7. Non-Classroom Education: Engaged Learning
  8. Suburban Opioid and Heroin Use
  9. Inviting “the Wisdom of the Crowd”: Building Sustainable Models of Community-Engaged Research"
  10. Michael Kearney Memorial Lecture
  11. Homelessness: An Event and a Lifestyle
  12. Transforming Higher Education: Opportunities for and Challenges to Structural and Cultural Change
  13. Enhancing the Presence of African Americans in Anthropology
  14. The Ebola 100 Project: Why Anthropology Matters for Global Health
  15. Immigrant Issues in the Trump Era: Threats, Security and Representation
  16. Sexual Harassment in the Field
  17. 2018 SfAA Awards
  18. New Methods, Interventions and Approaches
  19. The Policies of Violence: Gender, Violence and the Public's Well Being

2018 Podcast Team

Jodi Williams, Chair
Kenneth Saintonge, Communications
Christina Wasson, UNT Advisor
Andie Semlow, Interactive Media
Claire Deahl, Interactive Media
Beth Holland, Communications
Randy Sparrazza, Sound

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Black History, Heritage, and Scholarship: Setting the Table for a Sustainable Future

CHAIR: MAHON, Francis (UDel)

ABSTRACT: The speakers for this panel are Dr. Jennifer Van Horn from the University of Delaware, Dr. Kami Fletcher from Delaware State University and Dr. Angela Winand from the Delaware Historical Society. All three scholars have done extensive research regarding Black History andAfrican American Heritage within their prospective fields of Art History,History, and Museum Education. The goal of this panel is to “set the table” for a conversation between the audience and speakers about sustainable futures for Black History and African American Heritage sites within the context of tourism, public memory, race and identity.

ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS:  

VAN HORN, Jennifer (UDel)
FLETCHER, Kami (Delaware State U)
WINAND, Angela (DE Historical Society)

Part 1: Panelist Introductions

Parts 2-4: Roundtable Discussions

Session took place in 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology

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Preserving Philadelphia’s Past and Investing in Its Future: Sustainable Solutions for America’s First World Heritage City

MODERATOR: HIGHSMITH, Steve (Cabrini U)

ABSTRACT: In 2015, Philadelphia became the first “World HeritageCity” in the United States. The achievement of this designation led to the creation of the World Heritage City Project, which was established to seize the opportunities that this new status affords the citizens of Philadelphia. With the impending withdrawal of the United States from UNESCO, the role of cities in preserving and promoting local heritage is more important than ever and essential to the long-term sustainability of such efforts. This panel brings together Philadelphia area heritage practitioners to discuss sustainable approaches to issues of heritage preservation, tourism, education, management, and promotion.

ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS:
GROSSI, Patrick (Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia)
BOLENDER, Kiki (Bolender Architects)
HOLLENBERG, David (U Penn)
FANELLI, Doris (Independence Nat’l Historic Park)
STEVENS, Melissa (Global Philadelphia Assoc)

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Session took place in 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology

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Contemporary Refugee Issues: Anthropological Contributions to Understanding Problems and Developing Solutions - Identifying the Issues

CHAIR: BAER, Roberta (USF)

ABSTRACT: This session addresses issues for contemporary refugees in the United States. We focus on anthropological contributions to identifying the issues involved

Session participants:

BOMBOKA, Linda (USF) Exploring Reproductive Health of Congolese Refugees through the Perspectives of Providers, Caregivers, and Community Advocates in Tampa Bay, Florida

OBURE, Renice and MAHONEY, Dillon (USF) Lost in Transition: Restructuring of Gender, Family, and Power Relations among Congolese Refugees in Tampa

KLINGLER, Gretchen and COHEN, Jeffrey H. (OH State U) More Than Babel: Iraqi Women’s Narratives of Migration and Settlement

SIVÉN, Jacqueline (USF) Providing Services in a Time of Uncertainty: Narratives of Refugee-Serving Professionals

BAER, Roberta (USF)

Q&A

Session took place in 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology

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Disasters, Climate Change, and Vulnerability

CHAIR: HANSON, Thomas (UC-Boulder)

Session participants:

HANSON, Thomas (UC-Boulder) Invisible Lines in the Forest, Unfolding Risks and the Production of Vulnerability in the Bolivian Chiquitanía

MCFARLAND, Kelly and SEMLOW, Andrea (UNT) The Hidden Citizens: Shaping Identity and Infrastructure in Crisis

Q&A Parts 1 & 2

Session took place in 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology

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Paredes Memorial Plenary: Sustainable Relationships: The Future of Applied Anthropology in Native Communities


J. Anthony Paredes Memorial Plenary: The plenary is sponsored by the SfAA J. Anthony Paredes Memorial Committee.

CHAIR: ALTMAN, Heidi, M. (GSU)

Session participants:

FOWLER WILLIAMS, Lucy (UPenn, Assoc Curator, Jeremy A. Sabloff Keeper, Penn Museum); STARBARD, Robert (Tlingit, Administrative Director of the Hoonah Indian Assoc)

MARSH, Diana (National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History)

HOLLAND, TJ (Cherokee, EBCI Cultural Resource Officer)

LEFLER, Lisa (Western Carolina U, Director, Culturally Based Native Health Programs)

Q&A

Session took place in 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology

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What Do We Mean When We Talk About Food Insecurity? Part 1

CHAIR: KIHLSTROM, Laura (USF)

ABSTRACT: Food insecurity, defined as a state of not having physical, social and economic access to food that is nutritious, safe, and sufficient, andthat meets the dietary needs and preferences of an individual, has become a well-known concept among scholars and practitioners. Debates around theproper measurement, definition, and meaning of food insecurity are ongoing.The purpose of this session is to introduce theoretical, methodological, and applied approaches that help us further understand food insecurity.

Session participants:

MOONZWE DAVIS, Lwendo (ICF) Moving Beyond Hunger in Understanding Food Insecurity

MARES, Teresa (U Vermont) Feeding the Family across the Border: How Measuring Food Insecurity Doesn’t Fully Capture the Complexity of Farmworker Food Access

TALLMAN, Paula (Field Museum) A “Nutritional Space of Vulnerability”: Food Insecurity, Market Food Consumption, and Health

D’INGEO, Dalila and GRAVLEE, Clarence (UF) “It’s Impossible to Eat Enough If You’re Worried about the Next Meal”: A Mixed Methods Approach to Understanding Food Insecurity from a Social Justice Perspective

DISCUSSANT: MANTZ, Thomas (Feeding Tampa Bay)

What Do We Mean When We Talk About Food Insecurity? Part 2

Session participants:

DREW, Elaine and LOTVONEN, Varpu (U Alaska) The Entanglements of Food Insecurity in Alaska: A Review Paper

TRIBBLE, Anna Grace (Emory U) Understanding the Food System in Iraqi Kurdistan Informs Strategies for Buffering Food Insecurity

HIMMELGREEN, DavidARIAS STEELE, Sara, and BURRIS, Mecca (USF), DOBBINS, Jessica and KLEESTTEL, Debra (Humana), MANTZ, Thomas (Feeding Tampa Bay), MCGRATH, Emily and RENDA, Andrew (Humana), SERRANO ARCE, Karen and SHANNON, Elisa (Feeding Tampa Bay), PRENDERGAST, Kim (Feeding America) Towards a Holistic Understanding of Food Insecurity: Linkages between Food Insecurity, Social Isolation, and Loneliness among an Older Adult Population

MAXFIELD, Amanda (Emory U) Poverty amid Plenty: Food Insecurity, Aspirational Consumption and Mental Health in India

LONG, Anneliese and KIHLSTROM, Laura (USF) “You Don’t Feel Like You’re Coming in as a Beggar”: Emotional Coping Mechanisms of Food Pantry Clients and Food Pantries as Sites of Social Interaction

DISCUSSANT: DEUBEL, Tara F. (USF), followed by Questions and Answers

Session took place in 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology

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Non-Classroom Education: Engaged Learning

CHAIR: RUBINSTEIN, Robert A. (Syracuse U)

ABSTRACT: There is much discussion of enriching traditional delivery of instruction through out-of-classroom student experiences that develop problem solving skills, collaborative work, social service, and much more. In this session, one paper addresses interprofessional student collaboration in a clinical setting. One discusses engaging students in a community effort to help people in trauma due to neighborhood violence. One explores engaging students in political activism through an activist workshop. One session addresses ethnical issues in community collaborative projects, and one student engagement in a program for refugees. This session illustrates the broad range of non-classroom education that is currently being offered.

Session participants:

BARONE, T. Lynne (UN-Omaha), HAY, William (U Nebraska Med Ctr), AMMONS, Samantha K.HUGHES, Craig G.HUYNH, Bao Tram NgocBROWN, Angela M.MCGUIRE, JosephTHOMPSON, BreannaHELT, Laura E.POWELL, Mary Ann, and IRWIN, Jay (UN-Omaha) “I Prefer ‘Hands-On’ to Lectures”: Interprofessional Education in a Student Run Diabetic Clinic

RUBINSTEIN, Robert A. and LANE, Sandra D. (Syracuse U) An Anthropological Program for Training Health Professionals to Address Neighborhood Trauma from Gun Violence

BOURDON, Natalie (Mercer U) Teaching Anthropology in Trump’s America: Do Anthropologists Have New Obligations?

TRACY, Natalicia and SIEBER, Tim (UMass) Community Engagement – Equity or Paternalism?: Ethical Issues in University Research and Service Collaborations with Community-Based Organizations

CHROSTOWSKY, MaryBeth (Georgia Gwinnett Coll) Refugee Advocacy in the Classroom: Student Collaboration with Local Refugee Resettlement Agency and Public Schools

Q&A

Session took place in 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology

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Suburban Opiod and Heroin Use

CHAIR: LAMONICA, Aukje (S CT State U)

ABSTRACT: The current opioid crisis is like no other experienced in recent history. Unlike previous cohorts of heroin users, the majority of new opioid users are White, middle class, and live in nonurban areas. There is a lack of research on drug user populations in suburban communities. In this session, we present data from a grant funded ethnographic study focusing on opioid and/or heroin users living in suburban communities of Boston, MA, New Haven, CT, and Atlanta, GA. The four papers focus on intergenerational drug use, gendered experiences of drug use, harm reduction efforts, and treatment experiences.

Session participants:

LAMONICA, Aukje (S CT State U) The Gendered Experiences of Opioid and Heroin Users in the Suburbs: A Qualitative Investigation

CONROY, Britt and LAMONICA, Aukje (S CT State U) Intergenerational Drug Use and the Effect on Family Dynamics and Relationships

BOERI, Miriam (Bentley U) The Road to Suboxone: The Social, Economic, and Political Entanglement in Contemporary Drug Treatment

ANKRAH, Josephine (S CT State U) Treatment Expectations of Current Opioid Users

Q&A

Session took place in 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology

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Inviting “the Wisdom of the Crowd”: Building Sustainable Models of Community-Engaged Research"

CHAIR: STEWART, Kenda (VA)

ABSTRACT: Engagement builds transparency and trust between researchers and communities, fostering a partnership in knowledge co-creation. Within the Veterans Health Administration, researchers and research centers implement diverse models to engage Veteran communities. As Veteran-engagement efforts spread nationwide, development of sustainable, productive relationships must address questionsregarding how “community” is defined. Drawing from anthropological theory,VA anthropologists deliberate how to engage communities without falling into tokenism or homogenizing Veteran “culture.” Representing geographically distinct research centers, the panelists discuss building long-term, bi-directional relationships between Veterans and researchers and contemplate engagement strategies inclusive of the diversity that comprises the U.S. Veteran population.

Session panelists:

DOWNS, Kiersten (USF), ONO, SarahBESTERMAN DAHAN,KarenLIND, Jason, and HYDE, Justeen (VA)

Parts 1-5

Session took place in 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology

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Michael Kearney Memorial Lecture

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: HEYMAN, Josiah (UTEP)

ABSTRACT: “The Edge at the Center: Power and Transformation Seen from the U.S.-Mexico Border.” The keynote speaker is Dr. Josiah Heyman, University of Texas, El Paso. The plenary is sponsored by the SfAA Michael Kearney Committee.

COMMENTATORS: HO, Christine and LEE, Alison

HEYMAN, Josiah (UTEP) The Edge at the Center: Power and Transformation Seen from the U.S.-Mexico Border

Part 1

Part 2

LEE, Alison (UDLAP)

HO, Christine (Independent)

Q&A

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Homelessness: An Event and a Lifestyle

CHAIR: LANTTO, Kathleen (Loyola U)

ABSTRACT: Homelessness intersects with other social issues, such as criminal justice, veterans’ issues, community development, and mental health. These overlapping experiences within homelessness require attention to be paid to personal experiences with navigating housing, systems in place that protect and prevent loss of housing, local activism for housing rights, access to resources, and other justice issues. Panelists discuss how community activists, resource providers, and people experiencing homelessness are addressing homelessness and advocating for the betterment of systems, how resources are made available to people in crisis, and how communities reshape in the event of homelessness.

Session participants:

LANTTO, Kathleen (Loyola U) Survival Hospitality: An Ethnographic Study of the Relationship between Homelessness and Service Providers 

CRAWFORD, Courtney (U Denver) Train Riders: The Modern Day American Nomads

Q&A

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Transforming Higher Education: Opportunities for and Challenges to Structural and Cultural Change

CHAIR: BRIODY, Elizabeth (Cultural Keys LLC)

Session participants:

DONALDSON, Joe (U Missouri) and GRAHAM, Steven (U Missouri System) Bending Or Breaking?: Leaders’ Perceptions of Value Tensions within the Academy

BRIODY, Elizabeth (Cultural Keys LLC), WIRTZ, Elizabeth and BERGER, Edward (Purdue U) Cultural Barriers to Transformation in Higher Education

TOWNSEND, Martha (U Missouri) Tenure and Promotion Practices in Higher Education:  A Case Study Informed by Applied Anthropology

SCHALGE, Susan and PAJUNEN, Matthew (MNSU) Known Unknowns: Meta-education as Framework of Frameworks

MARKOWITZ, Lisa (U Louisville) Transdisciplinary Research, Holism, and Institution Building

Session took place in 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology

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Enhancing the Presence of African Americans in Anthropology

CHAIRS: WHITEHEAD, T.L. (UMD)

ABSTRACTS: This session is a component of a research effort that is temporarily being led by T.L. Whitehead, in association with the AAA, the ABA (Association of Black Anthropologists), and WAPA (the Washington Association of Professional Anthropologists), on the continuing scarcity of African Americans in Anthropology. The project builds on a 2014 interview of Karen Brodkin in the blog Savage Minds, where Brodkin, using evidence from a 2013 online survey of the scarcity of African Americans (AAs) in most anthropology departments, commented that “Anthropology: It’s still white public space.”

WATKINS, Rachel (American U)
TURE, Kalfani (Yale U)

DISCUSSANTS:

WHITEHEAD, T.L. (UMD)
WATKINS, Rachel (American U)

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Session took place in 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology

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The Ebola 100 Project: Why Anthropology Matters for Global Health

CHAIRS: POST, Kristin (Marine Corps U) and MCLEAN, Kristen (Yale U)

ABSTRACT: Epidemic and pandemic events are likely to increase with accelerating climate change, human mobility, and globalization. What role will anthropologists play in the future of global health, especially epidemic preparedness and response? This panelpresents findings from five different engagements with the public research archive

called “The Ebola 100 Project.” This panel presents findings from over 200qualitative “Ebola 100” interviews that interrogated aspects of the West Africa Ebola epidemic and its internationalized response. Participants will address themes including: the militarization of aid, managing risk, international response to disease control, biomedical research in responses, social mobilization, and health system sustainability.

Session panelists:

Introduction, and ABRAMOWITZ, Sharon (Rutgers U) and POST, Kristen (Marine Corps U)

HENDERSON, Rebecca (UF) and LE ROUX-KEMP, Andra

MCLEAN, Kristen (Yale U)

Q&A

Session took place in 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology

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Immigrant Issues in the Trump Era: Threats, Security and Representation

CHAIR: DURAND, Jorge (U Guadalajara) and FREIDENBERG, Judith (UMD)

ABSTRACT: Trump’s era started with two expeditious executive orders: one, on securing the border and another on controlling immigrants within the US. Their implementation has stumbled over more problems than expected. The perception and representation of migrants as a threat is now central in a divided public opinion and will unquestionably impact future elections. Migrants, especially the undocumented, are considered dangerous to the economy, employment, national security, national culture and identity, impacting citizencoexistence and security. This round table will contribute to reflect on theimpact of state management practices on people and to devise collective action to protect human rights.

Roundtable participants:

FREIDENBERG, Judith (UMD) and DURAND, Jorge (U Guadalajara)

MASSEY, Douglas (Princeton U)

VÉLEZ-IBÁÑEZ, Carlos (ASU)

Q&A Parts 1 & 2

Session took place in 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology

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Sexual Harassment in the Field

CHAIR: ENRICI, Ashley (Independent)

ABSTRACT: Beinga woman in the field comes with a unique set of challenges. Many anthropologists experience sexual harassment during fieldwork, yet there arerarely resources or support for those facing these experiences. There is also sometimes a dearth of information, particularly as being in foreign countries comes with unique challenges surrounding foreign laws, socio-cultural norms & expectations. This panel invites all to join a discussion about the challengesof being a woman in the field, including unique challenges faced by women ofcolor and transgender women; and seeks to propose some solutions or future action.

Roundtable participants:

TUSING, Cari (U Arizona)
DISCUSSANTS: ENRICI, Ashley (Independent) and TUSING, Cari (U Arizona)

Parts 1-5

Session took place in 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology

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2018 SfAA Awards

The Awards Ceremony is the high point of the annual meeting. President Ervin will preside. The Program will recognize and feature the winners of the Margaret Mead Award, Sol Tax Award, and the Bronislaw Malinowski Award.

CONVENER: Ervin, Alexander

Margaret Mead Award Recipient: MULLA, Sameena

Bronislaw Malinowski Award Recipients: DURAND, Jorge, and MASSEY, Douglas 

Sol Tax Distinguished Service Award Recipient: WHITEFORD, Linda

Session took place in 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology

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New Methods, Interventions and Approaches

CHAIR: ALBRIGHT, Karen (U Denver)

Session participants:

ALBRIGHT, Karen (U Denver) Clinical Sociology: The Application of Sociological Insights in Intervention Design

GAMWELL, Adam (This Anthro Life Podcast & Brandeis U), ARTZ, Matt and COLLINS, Ryan H. (This Anthro Life) Consulting Podcasters: Prototyping a Democratic Tool for Multiple Voices, Storytelling and Solution Finding

GREEN, Christopher (U Penn) Researchers as Informants: Sustainably Othering the West

DUROCHER, Mary, KATZ, Anne, ZHANG, Ke, CHARBONNEAU, Deborah, EATON, Tara, ABRAMS, Judith, BEEBE-DIMMER, Jennifer, HEATH, Elisabeth, and THOMPSON, Hayley S. (Wayne State U) Codebook Development for Ethnographic Research in the Interdisciplinary Design of eHealth Tools for Cancer Survivorship

BUDDEN, Ashwin (D’Eva Consulting) Design Heresy: Or, What’s the Problem with Disruptive Design in Global Health?

Session took place in 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology

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The Policies of Violence: Gender, Violence and the Public's Well Being

CHAIR: BLOOM, Allison (Rutgers U)

ABSTRACT: The link between state-sanctioned and everyday violence has been an important focus of anthropological analysis. However, we must also consider how certain ideologies and material realities create violencethrough policies and structures in specifically gendered ways. As we interrogatehow policies can lead to gendered violence, we must broaden this discussion to interrogate the processes and ideologies behind this policy making. In this panel, we consider how policies and policy making can lead to or mitigate forms of gender-based violence and the resulting impacts on everyday lives.

Session participants:

CHASCO, Emily E.STEWART, Kenda R., and EDMONDS, Stephanie W. (VA), O’SHEA, Amy M. (VA/U Iowa), MENGELING, Michelle A. (VA), SADLER, Anne G. (VA/U Iowa), BOOTH, Brenda M. (VA/U Arkansas), STERN, Judy E. (Dartmouth U Med Ctr), RYAN, Ginny L. (VA/U Iowa) Pasts Building Futures: The Relationship between Combat-Related Trauma, Sexual Assault Experiences, and Veterans’ Family Building Goals

DOWRICK, Anna (Queen Mary U-London) What Is the Value in Addressing Gender Based Violence?: Negotiating Multiple Interests in Improving the Health Care Response to DVA

NATHAN, Martha (Baystate Hlth System) and FRATKIN, Elliot (Smith Coll) The Lives of Street Women and Children in Hawassa Ethiopia

Q&A

Session took place in 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology

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