Why should you participate or attend NASA sessions at the Annual AAA Conference?
Attending or presenting at NASA sessions offers a chance to network with other students while showing your support for NASA and our student members' research. Presenting a paper at our professional sessions is also an impressive entry on your resume. Please peruse this section of our website which describes past sessions as well as those being offered this year. If you have any theme ideas for next year, if you want to organize a session, or if you would like to help in any way, please contact our Annual Meetings Program Committee Chair.
The 2006 105th Annual American Anthropological Association Meeting was held at the San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, CA, on November 15-19, 2006. Check the AAA Meetings Page for the latest information.
NASA Invited Roundtable at 2006 AAA Annual Meeting
At a Critical Intersection: Exploring the Expectations and Needs of Anthropology Students in 2006
This interactive, roundtable discussion involved students, faculty, and practitioners, and all audience attendees were encouraged to participate. The roundtable explored the expectations of what students need in preparation for possible career paths from the perspective of both current students and their mentors who came up through the discipline one or two decades earlier. Find out what you missed, and join the conversation at http://studentanthro.blogspot.com/
Student/Mentor workshop
Do you have questions about applying for anthropology programs, post-doctoral positions, or jobs? Would you like to know more about a career in anthropology? Are you interested in talking to anthropologists who work outside of academia? Would you like to talk to someone about the process of successfully pursuing your Ph.D., writing a proposal, applying for funding, doing research in the field, or completing your dissertation? Are you interested in speaking with an archaeologist? If you have these kinds of questions and others then sign up for the NASA/AAA Student / Mentor Workshop to be held on Friday, November 17th from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. in the Hilton San Jose & Towers, Plaza-2nd Floor, refreshments provided. You will get to select three professionals to meet with for from a list of twenty. Email Marcy for the mentor list. To register please go to the AAA Meeting Registration Website.
NASA Call for Invited Sessions
NASA is seeking suggestions for invited sessions to be presented at the AAA's Annual meeting in San Jose, CA, Nov. 15-19, 2006. Invited sessions are intended to include cutting-edge research and/or critical issues of interest to members across sections. Papers, sessions, and suggestions should be centered on the theme of the 2006 Meetings Critical Intersections/Dangerous Issues. Not only would we like to have high caliber panels but we would also like to have a strong invited poster session. Even experienced presenters can prepare a poster or poster session since it can be an opportunity to dialog with others and get feedback regarding ongoing research. Lecture style panels do not allow much time for this kind of interaction. AAA will continue the roundtable format, which was introduced last year. No papers are presented in this format. The organizer will submit an abstract for the roundtable but participants will not present papers or submit abstracts. Participation as a discussant in this type of format will be the participants' major role, having the same weight as a paper presentation (This basically means that if you participate as a discussant in a round table format you will not be able to present a paper in another session due to AAA's one paper rule). We are very interested in knowing what our membership would like to see on the program. Even if you have never organized a session before please do not hesitate to volunteer! Our Program Editor is happy to coach anyone through the process. This is a great opportunity to learn the process in a non-intimidating environment. If you would like to organize a session for NASA or if you have any suggestions please contact the Annual Meetings Program Committee Chair, Rory McCarthy (siddhartha1972@hotmail.com). The deadline for submissions requesting invited status is March 1, 2006.
Previous NASA Sessions at the AAA Meetings
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