Background Quality mentorship is crucial for long‐term success in academia and overall job
satisfaction. Unfortunately, formal mentorship training is lacking, and there is little recourse …

Systematic Methods for Analyzing Culture is a practical manual that provides step-by-step
instruction for collecting and analyzing cultural data. This compact guide explains complex …

The last decade saw a 32 percent increase in the number of immigrant children and youth in
Japan and the educational difficulties they experienced. Part‐time high schools have played …

American anthropology is engaged in significant self‐reckonings that call for big changes to
how anthropology is practiced. These include (1) recognizing and taking seriously the …

Since 2008, at Colorado State University, I have been collaboratively researching virtual
worlds with my students in experimental methods seminars. My “ethnographic research and …

The Avatar Faculty creatively examines the parallels between spiritual and digital activities
to explore the roles that symbolic second selves—avatars—can play in our lives. The use of …

Abstract At Minnesota State University, Mankato, the Anthropology Department pursued
service‐learning as a means of educating and engaging diverse publics. An assessment of …

Most undergraduate anthropology majors will not pursue postgraduate careers in the
discipline, so the greatest value of anthropological training is in providing a holistic sense of …

Since its initial conception in 2017, the University of Denver Ethnography Lab (DUEL) has
aimed to catalyze collaborations between students, faculty, and community organizations …

This paper tells the story of how undergraduate researchers participating in an applied and
participatory anthropological research project at Utah State University have used their …