EAS at AAA 2016

Hi Evolutionary Anthropology Society (EAS) members!

Back by popular demand is a list by day of EAS sessions and a list of non­EAS sessions and other events of possible interest (sorry if we have overlooked a group or talk of interest). Workshops and special events (including crashable receptions) are italicized. Events are listed by day, time and session or event title. EAS sessions are bolded and room numbers and links are included for these. We’re looking forward to seeing you all in Minneapolis!

  • Katie & Melanie

Section abbreviations:

  • BAS: Biological Anthropology Section
  • EAS: Evolutionary Anthropology Society
  • EPC: Executive Program Committee
  • NAPA: National Association for the Practice of Anthropology SAC: Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness
  • SAS: Society for Anthropological Sciences
  • SEA: Society for Economic Anthropology
  • SMA: Society for Medical Anthroplogy
  • SPA: Society for Psychological Anthropology

Wednesday, November 16

4:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. (Convention Center, Room: 102AB) “Evidence and Discovery in Evolutionary Demographic Research” (EAS 2­0405) 4:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Perceiving the improbable: the (hard) evidence of consciousness (SAC 2­0475) 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. 115th Annual meeting opening keynote address (Melissa Harris­Perry) (Special Events 2­0535) 8:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. AAA Leadership Fellows reception (Special Events 2­0550)

Thursday, November 17

  • 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Crafting a teaching portfolio (Workshop 3­0240)
  • 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. How (and whether) to find an academic job (Workshop 3­0235)
  • 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. That almost finished journal article (Workshop 3­0245)
  • 8:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Genetic Evidence (EPC 3­0065)
  • 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Academic and post­academic career development for PRE­DOCS: Karen Kelsky takes on professionalization (Workshop 3­0540) 12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Organizing meeting: Public policy summit (Special Events 3 – 0620)
  • 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. The AAA race public education project: lessons learned and future directions (EPC 3­0775)
  • 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. The message and the medium: advancing your mission through communications (Workshop 3­0695)
  • 1:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Biological Anthropology Section Poster Session (BAS 3­0980)
  • 1:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Of anecdotes and data (SAS 3 ­0895)
  • 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Academic and post­academic career development for POST­DOCS: Karen Kelsky takes on professionalization (Workshop 3­0990) 4:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Race in postgenomic times (BAS 3­1120)
  • 4:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Design anthropology: discovery and evidence of emerging pathways in anthropology (NAPA 3­1245)
  • 7:45 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. BAS awards ceremony and distinguished lecture (James Mckenna) (Special Events 3­1510)

Friday, November 18

  • 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. How to write a grant proposal: an introduction to grants and programs at the Wenner­Gren Foundation and the NSF (Workshop 4­0290) 8:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Rediscovery of evidence in biological anthropology: a critical view (EPC 4­0075)
  • 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Teaching Anthro (Workshop 4­0295)
  • 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Introduction to Social Network Analysis (HR Bernard) (Workshop 4­0325)
  • 10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Hilton, Room: Marquette IV) In­Groups, Out­Groups, and Human­Preventable Harm: Toward an Evolutionary Anthropology of Inter­ Group Relationships (EAS 4­0365)
  • 10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Anthropology and the public: A Wenner­Gren 75th anniversary panel (EPC 4­0405)
  • 10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Advancing culture theory: contributions from psychological anthropology (SPA 4­0430)
  • 8:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Discovering and uncovering new paths in biocultural anthropology: theoretical approaches (BAS 4­0160)
  • 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Teaching anthropology through student writing projects on Wikipedia (Workshop 4­0820)
  • 1:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Biocultural approaches to the embodiment of inequality: evidence and methods from three generations of scholars (Part 1) (BAS 4­1005)
  • 1:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Anthropology, science, and research: diverse projects grounded in theory and driven by methods (SAS 4­1095)
  • 4:00 p.m. –5:45 p.m. (Hilton Room Conrad C) Discoveries in Health: Insights on Health Care and Health Outcomes from Evolutionary Anthropology (EAS 4­ 1145)
  • 4:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Discovering evidence of care from the four fields of anthropology: others and mothers (BAS 4­1255) 4:00 p.m. ­5:45 p.m. Measuring clustering in languages and cultural models (SAS 4­1395)
  • 4:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. New directions in the intersection of medical anthropology and bioethics (SMA 4­1135)
  • 4:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Vector­borne semiotics: interspecies disease and etiologic clues (SMA 4­1140) th
  • 7:45 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Wenner­Gren’s 75th Anniversary Reception (Special Events 4­1455)
  • 9:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. SMA reception (Special Events 4­1510)

Saturday, November 19

  • 8:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Moral economy and the good life in Africa (SEA 5­0110)
  • 8:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Consensus, cultural models, and cultural knowledge (SAS 5­0165)
  • 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Introduction to text analysis (HR Bernard) (Workshop 5­0245)
  • 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Research ethics workshop: promoting ethics in research (Workshop 5­0270)
  • 10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. A beginner’s guide to the NIH: An introduction for new and early career anthropological researchers (SMA 5­0325)
  • 12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Organizing meeting: Life after graduation: facing the academic job market as a new PhD (an ALLA mentoring event) (Special Events 5­0630)
  • 12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Townhall Meeting III: CAE Mission Committee Meeting: discussion of the Council on Anthropology and Education mission statement and purposes (Special Events 5­0600)
  • 12:15 p.m. ­1:30 p.m. Business Meeting: Zika temporary interest group open business meeting (Special Events 5­0660) 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Being the Anthropologist: successfully using mixed methods in applied work (Workshop 5­0675)
  • 1:45 p.m. –3:30 p.m. (Convention Center, Room: Auditorium 3) Finding Insights in the Field: Ethnographic Experience and the Scientific Process (EAS 5­ 0900)
  • 1:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Bioarchaeologists speak out: challenging the pundits with evidence and new discoveries from the past (Part 1) (EPC 5­0895)
  • 1:45 p.m.– 3:30 p.m. Biocultural approaches to the embodiment of inequality: evidence and methods from three generations of scholars (Part 2) (BAS 5­0760) 4:00 p.m.–5:45 pm (Convention Center, Room: 103EF) Evolutionary Anthropological Approaches to Inequality (EAS 5­1065)
  • 4:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Bioarchaeologists speak out: challenging the pundits with evidence and new discoveries from the past (Part 2) (EPC 5­0950)
  • 4:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Birth, death, and what lies between: volunteered papers in biological anthropology (BAS 5­0980)
  • 6:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. 115th Annual Meeting AAA Distinguished Lecturer (Frans de Waal) (Special Events 5­1150)
  • 7:45 p.m. EAS Business Meeting (Location will be announced during the sessions on Saturday – as will the location of the annual EAS party)

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