A handbook of practicing anthropology [Book] / edited by Riall W. Nolan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Riall W. Nolan -- Part I. The practitioner career arc -- Professional training and preparation / Terry Redding -- Making the transition from the academy to practice / Mary Odell Butler -- Job hunting in the twenty-first century / Judy Tso -- Job success 101: a quick graduate course / Cathleen Crain and Nathaniel Tashima -- Careers in practice / Susan Squires -- Stress and failure in practice work / Riall W. Nolan -- Part II. Practitioner bases -- Doing anthropology - full tilt, full-time / Gordon Bronitsky -- An independent consultant in a businss of one / Judy Tso -- How to be a self-supporting anthropologist / Grant McCracken -- Becoming a practicing disaster anthropologist / Susanna M. Hoffman -- An anthropologically based consulting firm / Cathleen Crain and Nathaniel Tashima -- Nongovernmental organizations / Adam Koons -- Multilateral governmental organizations / William L. Partridge -- Tools for gauging success in the corporate sector / Tracy Meerwarth Pester -- Working for the federal government / Shirley J. Fiske -- Anthropologists working in higher education / Dennis Wiedman -- Part III. Domains of practice -- Methods and approaches / Mary Odell Butler -- Practitioners working in health / Suzanne Heurtin-Roberts and Martha Hare -- International development / Mari H. Clarke -- Military and security / Kerry B. Fosher and Frank J. Tortorello, Jr. -- Anthropologists at work in advertising and marketing / Timothy de Waal Maelfyt -- Anthropology in design and product development / Crysta Metcalf -- Environment and resources / Robert Winthrop -- Practitioners in humanitarian assistance / Adam Koons -- Part IV. Key issues -- Ethics and practicing anthropology - pragmatic, practical, and principled / Lenora Bohren and Linda Whiteford -- The academic-practitioner relationship / Linda A. Bennett and Shirley J. Fiske -- Professional communication / Nathaniel Tashima and Cathleen Crain -- Working on cross-disciplinary teams / Mari H. Clarke -- Professional networking for practitioners / Paula Chambers -- Drug resistance and biosocial analysis in practice / Amy S. Porter and Paul E. Farmer -- High-performing applied programs / Elizabeth K. Briody and Riall W. Nolan -- Part V. Conclusion -- The future of practice: anthropology and the grand challenges / Riall W. Nolan.

An essential career-planning resource, A Handbook of Practicing Anthropology presents a comprehensive account of contemporary anthropological practice written primarily by anthropological practitioners.