Conference Proposal: Strengthening Methods and Broadening Public Impacts in Psychological and Cultural Anthropology Santa Ana Pueblo, NM, April 4-7, 2019

这个项目旨在为科学家提供更多的知识和工具，他们需要这些知识和工具来进行有力和可靠的研究。通过提供一个论坛，与在研究设计、方法和公共影响方面享有盛名的国家同事进行交流，该项目将提高未来研究工作的质量和相关性。讲习班为科学合作提供了一个平台，其成果将有利于那些致力于开发更有效的方法和途径来传播人类学研究成果，以促进公众的科学理解的人。工作坊的产品将向公众开放。该项目还有助于培养研究生在科学基础和经验数据收集方法方面的能力。在凯斯西大学的吉尔·科尔宾博士和华盛顿大学的丽贝卡·莱斯特博士的领导下，13位学者将于2019年4月4日至7日在新墨西哥州圣安娜普韦布洛召开的心理人类学学会（SPA）两年一次的会议之前和同时召开六个研讨会。将有两个会前讲习班讨论方法，一个是关于在人种学研究中使用标准化工具；另一个则侧重于人类学中语言学方法的创新。另外两个会前讲习班将讨论研究的有效沟通和传播：成功撰写赠款和传播人类学以外研究成果的策略。在常规会议时间内还将提供两个额外的讲习班。第一个，视觉人类学的方法，将是一个两节课的研讨会，将为参与者提供实践机会，探索这一新兴的研究和传播机会。第二个是写作工作坊，安排在会议的最后一个上午。本次研讨会面向尚未发表科学论文的高级论文和职业生涯早期阶段的人类学家。研讨会将通过研究设计和方法的进步和创新来推进心理和文化人类学。由于在心理人类学的子领域中被广泛发展和理论化的概念在行为科学和社会科学中被越来越广泛地抽象，因此预计在特定的子领域之外会产生强大的乘数效应。预计将有150多名学者亲自参加这些讲习班。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project aims to give scientists more of the knowledge and tools they need to produce robust and reliable research. By providing a forum to engage with national colleagues renowned for their expertise in research design, methodology and public impact, this project will enhance both the quality and relevance of future research efforts. The workshop provides a platform for scientific collaboration, the results of which will benefit those working to develop more effective methodologies and avenues for the dissemination of findings from anthropological research to promote public scientific understanding. Products from the workshop will be made publicly available. The project also contributes to the training of graduate students in methods of scientifically-grounded and empirical data collection. Under the leadership of Dr. Jill Korbin of the Case Western University and Dr. Rebecca Lester of Washington University, six workshops will be convened and led by thirteen scholars immediately before and concurrent with the biennial meeting of the Society for Psychological Anthropology (SPA) in Santa Ana Pueblo, NM, from April 4-7, 2019. There will be two pre-conference workshops addressing methodologies, one on using standardized instruments in ethnographic research; and the other focused on innovative linguistic methods in anthropology. Two other pre-conference workshops will address effective communication and dissemination of research: strategies for successful grant writing and disseminating research findings beyond anthropology. And two additional workshops will be offered during the regular conference hours. The first, Methods in Visual Anthropology, will be a double-session workshop that will offer participants hands-on opportunities for exploring this emerging research and dissemination opportunity. The second will be a writing workshop, scheduled on the last morning of the conference. This workshop will be aimed at advanced dissertation and early career stage anthropologists who have not yet published a scientific article. The workshops will advance psychological and cultural anthropology through advancements and innovations in research design and methodology. Because concepts that have been extensively developed and theorized in the subfield of psychological anthropology have been increasingly abstracted more widely in the behavioral and social sciences, a strong multiplier effect beyond the specific subfield is expected. It is anticipated that more than 150 scholars will participate in person in these workshops.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.