The 2017 Society for Applied Anthropology meetings are fast approaching (March 28- April 1), and, as always, AAGE members will not only be presenting work, but hosting a networking breakfast event for members, students, and anyone interested in learning more about us.
Thank you to Iveris Martinez for compiling this list of relevant sessions at this year’s conference.
AAGE EVENT
(S-21) SATURDAY 9:00-10:30
Room 501 (La Fonda)
Research, Career Development and Teaching at the Intersection of Anthropology, and Aging
CHAIRS: SOKOLOVSKY, Jay (USFSP), VESPERI, Maria D. (New Coll U), and BRILLER, Sherry (Purdue U); ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS: SOKOLOVSKY, Jay (USFSP), VESPERI, Maria D. (New Coll U), CARSON, L. (OUHSC), BRILLER, Sherry (Purdue U), MARTINEZ, Iveris L. (FIU)
AAGE MEMBER PANELS
(F-123) FRIDAY 3:30-5:20
New Mexico (La Fonda)
The Persistence of Anthropology: Presentations in Honor of Gilbert Kushner
CHAIRS: VESPERI, Maria D. (NCF) and SOKOLOVSKY, Jay (USFSP)
KUSHNER, Lorraine (Independent), KUSHNER, Andrew (Entertainment Design), and
KUSHNER, David (Independent) Immigrants from India in Israel, 1960-61
RECK, Gregory (Appalachian State U) Throwing a Pebble in a Pond: The Persistence of Gil Kushner’s Anthropology
VESPERI, Maria D. (NCF) Writing to Share: Making Anthropology Public
ANDREWS, Deborah (UF) Persistence, Biodiversity, and Global Food Security: The Importance of Applied Anthropology
EKLUND, Elizabeth (U Arizona) The Persistence of Cultural Knowledge in the Face of
Colonization
DISCUSSANT: UNTERBERGER, Alayne (FICS)
(F-127) FRIDAY 3:30-5:20
Exchange (La Fonda)
Sustaining Anthropological Engagement in Medical Schools
CHAIRS: MARTINEZ, Iveris L. and WIEDMAN, Dennis (FIU)
MARTINEZ, Iveris L. and WIEDMAN, Dennis (FIU) Anthropological Engagement in Medical
School Education: Sustainable Trend or Passing Fancy
RUBINSTEIN, Robert A. and LANE, Sandra D. (Syracuse U) Anthropological Engagement at
the SUNY Upstate Medical University
AMAYA-BURNS, Alba (Duke Kunshan U) Medical Education in Central America and the U.S.:
Medical Science and Social Justice
BURNS, Allan (Duke Kunshan U) Students as Change Agents in Health Science Education:
Global Health Field Experiences in the U.S. and China
MCMULLIN, Juliet and RUSHING, Sharon (UCR) Making the Student Whole: Potentials and
Challenges for Anthropology and Humanities in Medical Schools
DISCUSSANT: SCHENSUL, Stephen L. (UCHC)
(S-12) SATURDAY 8:00-9:50
Zuni South (Inn at Loretto)
Methodological Pathways for Leveraging Ethnography in Health Services Research: Part I, Questions of Scale
CHAIR: SOLIMEO, Samantha (VA)
ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS: HARROD, Molly, ONO, Sarah, STEWART, Kenda, SOLIMEO, Samantha (VA)
OTHER AGING-RELATED PRESENTATIONS
Thursday 1:30-3:20 Lamy (Drury) REHAK, Jana (UMBC) Smith Island Narratives: Aging and the Power of Kinship
Thursday 5:30-7:20 Rivera A (Drury) BLOOM, Allison (Rutgers U) Rethinking the “Crisis” in Domestic Violence Services: Aging,
Friday 1:30-3:20 Acoma South (Inn at Loretto) ELLIOTT, Kathryn (MNSU) Applying the Insights of Medical Anthropology and the Anthropology of Aging in Geriatric Settings
(S-94) SATURDAY 1:30-3:20
La Terraza (La Fonda)
Examining Experiences in Programs Serving Elderly Adults
CHAIR: MATHEWS, Holly F. (ECU)
MCCOMSEY, Melanie (UCSD) The Discursive Construction of the Elderly Body across Two Geriatric Emergency Departments
FLEURIET, K. Jill and CHAUVIN, Trevor (UTSA) “Living Other Lives”: The Impact of Senior Theatre on Older Adult Wellbeing
MATHEWS, Holly F., LARSON, Kim, TORRES, Essie, LEA, Suzanne, and MITCHELL, Jim (ECU) Variant Perceptions of Latino Elders in an Emerging Latino Community
PENDER, Lyndsey (U Memphis) Elder Abuse Risk and Intervention in the US Mid-South
VERNON, Muriel (Elon U) Learning in a Circle: Improving Dementia Care through Cultural Transformation in Continued Care Retirement Communities
