2021
July 2021
This blog has moved – see you on the flip side!
15 methods that do not work for getting a job in UX
June 2021
Hiring & working with autistic tech professionals
Alternatives to “How are you?”
April 2021
University of Memphis Business Anthropology Graduate Fellowship – Fall 2021
Announcing the new amysantee.com
University of Memphis Business Anthropology Graduate Fellowship – Fall 2021
February 2021
Transitioning with your advanced degree into user experience, design, and business [recording]
Using media to increase anthropology’s public visibility [recording]
Ask Amy anything about UX research careers with DeltaCX [recording]
January 2021
A Tech Workers’ Bill of Rights
Ask Like a Pro – UX Research Training Series
118 ways to get a job in user experience research
2020
December 2020
118 ways to get a job in user experience research
September 2020
August 2020
Ethics are for everyone: anthropologists talk shop on ethics [webinar recording]
July 2020
Level up your career with LinkedIn
My professional code of ethics
March 2020
COVID-19 memes are still funny
COVID-19, memes and culture change
January 2020
Dear professionals: watch as much TV as you want
2019
October 2019
A couple podcast interviews I did this summer
July 2019
8 podcasts I’m listening to right now
June 2019
Doing applied social science in non-academic settings – June 13th webinar
Political and professional discourse, and the Overton Window
May 2019
Letting go of old identities: grad school edition
April 2019
Thinking of leaving academia? Sign up for this webinar from Beth Duckles, PhD
Dealing with BS corporate culture in 20 memes
March 2019
New certificate in business anthropology & human behavior from Clemson U
When cross-cultural comparisons fall flat
January 2019
Macro and micro networking, and the value of one-on-one conversations
New online certification in Organizational Anthropology from U Penn
2018
November 2018
Pricing freelance research & design services
October 2018
April 2018
Practicing Anthropology in Design and Business – Portland State University Presentation, March 2018
March 2018
2017
October 2017
U. Memphis tenure-track opening for a design / business / organizational anthropologist
September 2017
Great internet stuff: the not-so-weekly digest (#10)
August 2017
July 2017
Learning from colleagues in design research
June 2017
March 2017
U. Memphis Announces the ServiceMaster Design and Innovation Ethnography Fellowship
February 2017
What is a researcher? A personal manifesto
January 2017
How to make doing your independent consulting taxes a little less… taxing 🤓
2016
December 2016
New online certificate program in Design Ethnography at Boise State University
November 2016
October 2016
“Is your phone ruining your skin?” Notes from a teen magazine in 2016
July 2016
The Sociocultural Impact of Pokemon Go in Observations, Images and Memes
June 2016
Great internet stuff: the not-so-weekly digest (#9)
April 2016
March 2016
January 2016
Great internet stuff: the not-so-weekly digest (#8)
Practicing Anthropology in User Experience, Design and Business (webinar)
My tool for estimating project budgets
2015
December 2015
EPIC 2016 Call for Participation
Taking the freelance plunge: My first 6 months, my next 6 months
Top 10 most popular posts on Anthropologizing in 2015
University of North Texas MA in design anthropology
November 2015
Establishing Your Digital Presence: A Primer for Students
October 2015
Anthropologists in Practice: An Interview with Will Tyner, Fellow at Code for America
September 2015
August 2015
Getting Into User Experience Research: 3 Senior Practitioners Share Their Stories
July 2015
Great internet stuff: The not-so-weekly-digest #7
How I survived 4 job searches in 4 years
Anthropology Blogging 101 (Geek Anthropologist guest post)
June 2015
Anthropology Works: Practicing Anthropology in Design and Business
May 2015
Practicing Anthropology in Design and Business – Portland State University Presentation
April 2015
A review of new brick-and-mortar product feedback platform Sampling Lab
Great internet stuff: the not-so-weekly-digest #6
March 2015
EPIC 2015 Call for Papers (Deadline March 17th)
User Experience Research at SpendWell – My First 3 Months
February 2015
The Medium is the Message: A Lesson in Engaging Stakeholders in the UX Research Process
What I’ve been reading lately: the not-so-weekly digest (#5)
January 2015
Top 10 Most Popular Posts on Anthropologizing in 2014
“Just another dad on his cellphone”: Evernote as field notebook
2014
December 2014
Persuasive data: How UX researchers can pitch with integrity
November 2014
Design Research / User Experience Research Job Interview Questions (Revised & Updated)
What I’ve been reading lately: the not-so-weekly digest (#4)
What I’ve been reading lately: the not-so-weekly digest (#3)
October 2014
So that “no anthropologist is an island”: Understanding and supporting practitioner networks
September 2014
“Fixing Culture”: The Case of Olive Garden
PopAnth Call for Contributions
Applying a values framework in career decisions
What I’ve been reading lately: the not-so-weekly digest (#2)
August 2014
Anthropology: The Middle of Next Week (Volume 1, 1966)
July 2014
What I’ve been reading lately: the not-so-weekly digest (#1)
Using a resume and a word cloud to visualize professional growth and change
Getting at the Heart of Consumer Understanding: Cheap, Fast and Tactical Ain’t the Answer
June 2014
Photo set: Shanghai, China, June 2014
A collaborative photo project in visual anthropology: thoughts on process and outcome
Selling value by understanding values: advancing ethnography through client empathy
May 2014
Announcing the Release of a Special Theme Issue on Practicing Anthropology in the Private Sector
Insights From a Discussion of the Non-Linear Path to Practicing Business Anthropology
April 2014
Anthropologists in Practice: An Interview with Design Anthropologist Armonia Alvarado
Photo: The Anthropologist in the Field
Anthropologists in Practice: An Interview with Bruno Moynie, Ethnographic Filmmaker & Consultant
Business Anthropology Roundtable: New Voices, New Destinations, New Futures
March 2014
Anthropologists in Practice: An Interview with Ethnographic Consultant Pedro Oliveira
“Hey, y’all got to understand – y’all prolly scared of us… we scared of y’all too!”
February 2014
First Meeting of SfAA’s New TIG (Topical Interest Group) on Business Anthropology
January 2014
Business & Design Anthropology sessions at the March 2014 Society for Applied Anthropology meetings
A Few New Year’s Resolutions for Anthropology Blogging
2013
November 2013
October 2013
August 2013
Culture, Pushing Boundaries and Change
Anthropologists in Practice: An Interview with Indigenous Performing Arts Promoter Gordon Bronitsky
10 Distinctive Qualities of Qualitative Research
Retail Exploration: CityTarget Portland
July 2013
Some design research job interview questions
Anthropologists in Practice: An Interview with Donna Lanclos, Library Ethnographer at UNC Charlotte
June 2013
7 anthropology blogs and websites (and one listserv) you should know about
May 2013
Study of Practicing Anthropologists: Call for Participation
My Review of the SfAA 2013 Text Analysis Workshop by Lance Gravlee and Amber Wutich
Anthropologists in Practice: An Interview with Susane Salehi, Healthcare Data Analyst
Anthropologists in Practice: An Interview with Freelance Architect Allison Hennie
April 2013
Starting a job in Corporatelandia?: Work it like an anthropologist
Research design: Online chats vs. face-to-face group discussions
February 2013
What one app designer thinks of user research
It takes two: How researchers and clients can help facilitate successful ethnographic research
January 2013
2012
October 2012
About being an anthropologist: What I’m doing now and how I got here
September 2012
But somebody was already here: Teaching social studies in public schools
August 2012
Yes, there are actual real human beings behind that online survey you’re taking!
Mediocrity, customer service and the airline industry
July 2012
Anthropology Major Fox – A Disciplinary Meme
What’s in a name? Welcome to Anthropologizing
2011
November 2011
Stories of Wage Theft: Jamal J.
Stories of Wage Theft: Patricio G.
August 2011
Hitler hates qualitative research
Lessons learned: the challenges of moderating non-English-speaking focus groups
July 2011
Interview questions for people with anthropology backgrounds
June 2011
Reflections of an unemployed anthropologist
Poor people are the experts on poverty
Anthropologists! Anthropologists!
Anthropologizing 