Author: amysantee

After a decade of living apart together, Anthropologizing and my dot com are moving in! To subscribe, head on over to the new place and enter your email.…

There are many effective methods for getting your first UX role. I wrote about them here. It’s also important to be aware of what does not work if…

In my coaching practice, I occasionally work with clients who are autistic. Before this, I was only familiar with autism as a form of neurodiversity with implications for…

What have you been up to today? Did anything make you smile today? What are you looking forward to this weekend? It became very clear in 2020 that…

April 1st, 2021 was the one year anniversary of my decision to pivot from design research consulting to career coaching. I slowly phased out my remaining projects to…

The Department of Anthropology at University of Memphis (my alma mater) is offering a one-year graduate student fellowship with Terminix. This is an exciting opportunity to gain hands-on…

As part of the 2020-2021 Brandeis University Seminar Series “New Trajectories for the PhD”, I teamed up with Adam Gamwell, PhD to chat about transitioning with a social science…

Join us this Thursday February 18th, 2021 for a World Anthropology Day panel discussion on Increasing the Visibility of Anthropology. This even will feature five practicing anthropologists who…

This week I spent time with UX’er extraordinaire Debbie Levitt to answer live audience questions about UX research and careers. The recording is also available on the DeltaCX…

One of my life missions is, until my dying breath, to chip away at the capitalist system as much as I can within my capacity as a single…

Gregg Bernstein, User Experience Research Lead at Signal, dropped his new book this week. Research Practice: Perspectives from UX researchers in a changing field contains 430 pages of…

Are you an aspiring user experience researcher looking to develop your skills in designing and conducting research studies? Michele Ronsen of Curiosity Tank has opened up spots for…

If you’re reading this, you’ve probably already read 5,436 articles about how to get a job as a user experience researcher. There is a lot out there. Too…

It’s never too early for graduate students to start thinking about their post-academic professional lives. If you’re currently in school and aren’t sure what you want to do…

2020 is the winner of worst year ever for a lot of people. But at least there is still music, right? Every year I create a playlist of…

I really enjoyed participating in this discussion on July 22, 2020, with Adam Gamwell, Angela Ramer, and “John Anon”, on what it means to practice ethically in the…

On Thursday, July 30th, 2020 (5:30 pm PST), I’m giving a talk about how to use LinkedIn to level up your career. I’ll discuss best practices and examples…

Ethics are a key component to anthropological training and practice. Professional anthropology organizations have established several different guidelines over the decades, starting with the first ap…

Link to Eventbrite Discussions of ethics in technology and design have become more mainstream in recent years with the growth in power of digital tech. While companies have…

Discussions of ethics in technology and design have become more mainstream in recent years with the growth in power of digital tech. While companies have the ability to…

Previously, I wrote about memes in the time of COVID-19 as a means to express ourselves and connect with others, and how they are a coping mechanism for…

Memes are a reflection of culture. They are culture, a language in the form of photos, text, videos and gifs that we use to express ourselves and share…

Remember back in the day when people would brag about not watching or owning a television? We’ve all come across … More

This summer, Andi Simon of On The Brink, and Adam Gamwell of This Anthro Life, invited me to be on … More