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Dr. Susan E. Squires

Modified Service Retiree

University of North Texas

Department of Anthropology

Email: Susan.Squires@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, Boston University, 1990
    Major: Anthropology
    Dissertation: Kin and Religion: Organization of the Fishing Industry in Newfoundland, Canada

Professional Positions

  • Principal, Tactics, LLC (Reserach Consultancy). Tactics, LLC (Reserach Consultancy). (2001 - 2004).
  • Senior Lead, GVO, Inc (design Firm). GVO, Inc (design Firm). (1997 - 2001).
  • Manager of Evaluation and Research, Andersen Worldwide. Andersen Worldwide. (1995 - 1997).
  • Senior Researcher, The Network (Educational Research Group). The Network (Educational Research Group). (1993 - 1995).
  • Lecturer, Univ of New Hampshire. Univ of New Hampshire. (1992 - 1995).

    • Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Associate Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2010 - Present).
  • Senior Research Scientist/Lecturer, Trinitiy College Dublin IE. Trinitiy College Dublin IE. (2008 - 2010).

    • Professional

  • Senior Staff Engineer, Sun Michrosystems. Sun Michrosystems. (2004 - 2007).

Professional Memberships

  • American Anthropology Association. (Present).
  • American Evaluation Association. (Present).
  • British Society of Gerontology. (Present).
  • Gerontology Society of Ireland. (Present).
  • National Association for the Practice of Anthropology. (Present).
  • Society for Applied Anthropology. (Present).

Development Activities

  • Faculty Development Leave, Grant Applications, University of North Texas. Denton,TX,United States of America. (September 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • ANTH 2300 - Culture and Society, 1 course.
  • ANTH 3101 - Issues in Contemporary American Culture and Society, 6 courses.
  • ANTH 4701 - Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, 5 courses.
  • ANTH 4900 - Special Problems, 3 courses.
  • ANTH 4920 - Cooperative Education in Anthropology, 2 courses.
  • ANTH 5000 - Seminar in Cultural Anthropology, 2 courses.
  • ANTH 5010 - Anthropological Thought and Praxis I, 3 courses.
  • ANTH 5021 - Anthropological Thought and Praxis II, 1 course.
  • ANTH 5031 - Ethnographic and Qualitative Methods, 14 courses.
  • ANTH 5041 - Quantitative Methods in Anthropology, 23 courses.
  • ANTH 5050 - Preparation for Capstone and Career, 8 courses.
  • ANTH 5070 - Evaluation in Anthropological Practice, 2 courses.
  • ANTH 5100 - Organizational Anthropology, 6 courses.
  • ANTH 5110 - Design Anthropology, 16 courses.
  • ANTH 5700 - Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, 9 courses.
  • ANTH 5800 - Applying Anthropology: Practicum I, 3 courses.
  • ANTH 5810 - Applying Anthropology: Practicum II, 2 courses.
  • ANTH 5900 - Special Problems, 18 courses.
  • ANTH 5910 - Special Problems, 1 course.
  • ANTH 5920 - Non Thesis Research 1, 1 course.
  • ANTH 5930 - Non Thesis Research 2, 1 course.
  • ANTH 5950 - Applied Thesis, 66 courses.

Directed Student Learning

  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Anthropology. (December 2019).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis Chair, Anthropology. (December 2019).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Anthropology. (November 2019).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "An Organizational Study of Fluidmaster," Anthropology. (September 1, 2018).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Anthropology. (2018).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Disaster Relief Training Assessment," Anthropology. (August 2017).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Health Study in Ireland," Anthropology. (September 1, 2016).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Product Study," Anthropology. (September 1, 2016).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Information Science. (2015).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Anthropology. (September 2015 - December 2019).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Study for SPCA of Texas," Anthropology. (September 2017 - May 2019).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Information Science. (2016 - 2018).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Anthropology. (2013 - December 2018).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Anthropology. (September 2015 - May 2017).
  • Master's Degree Recital Committee Member, Anthropology. (2014 - 2016).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Anthropology. (2014 - 2016).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Information Science. (2013 - 2016).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "THE BURNER PROJECT: PRIVACY AND SOCAIL CONTROL IN A NETWORKED WORLD," Anthropology. (2013 - 2016).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Anthropology. (2012 - 2016).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "AGING TEXAS WELL: AN ASSESSMENT OF DENTON'S AGING-FRIENDLINESS," Anthropology. (2011 - 2016).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "TEACHER LEADERSHIP IMPLEMENTATION: CHANGE AGENTS IN A LARGE URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT," Anthropology. (2013 - 2015).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "UNIVERSALLY DESIGNED PLAYGROUND NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR FLAG POLD HILL IN WHITE ROCK LAKE PARK, DALLAS, TEXAS," Anthropology. (2013 - 2015).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Anthropology. (2013 - 2015).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "DEVELOPING POLICY FOR A TECH PROGRAM BASED ON UNDERSTANDING ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICES," Anthropology. (2013 - 2015).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Everyday Performances in U.S. Household Kitchens," Anthropology. (2013 - 2015).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Anthropology. (2011 - 2015).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Marketing, Logistics, and Operations Management. (2011 - 2014).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Anthropology. (2011 - 2014).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE REVITALIZATION OF DOWNTOWN BLOOMSBURG," Anthropology. (2011 - 2014).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Emerging Ed-Tech and Accessibility," Anthropology. (2011 - 2013).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Ephemeral communication and the networked self Using ethnographic insights to inform design thinking around the ephemeral communications of college students and other young adults," Anthropology. (2011 - 2013).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "OTHER IDENTITIES AS ASSUMED: JOB DESCRIPTIONS AMONG CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM," Anthropology. (2011 - 2013).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Anthropology. (2011 - 2013).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Blood, Toil and Tears: User Interaction and Information Ecologies at a Clinical Laboratory in Buenos Aires," Anthropology. (2010 - 2012).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Electronic Health Records: User Perception in Southwestern Virginia," Anthropology. (2010 - 2012).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Exploring Mobile Phone Use Among Cisco Technical Support Partners," Anthropology. (2010 - 2011).

Awards and Honors

  • Fellow, Society for Applied Antrhopology.
  • Highly Commended Papers, Emerald Literati Network. (2012).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Abstracts and Proceedings

  • Carver, Jeffrey C., Richard Kendall and Douglass Post. (2007). Software Development Environments for Scientific and Engineering Software: A Series of Case Studies.
  • Micahel VandeVanter, Larry Votta. (2006). Yes, There is an 'Expertise Gap' in HPC Applications Development.

    • Book

  • J. Smith, William Yeack, and Lorna McDougal. (2003). Arthur Andersen: Shifting Values, Unexpected Consequences.
  • Bryan Byrne. (2002). Creating Breakthrough Ideas: The Collaboration of Anthropologists and Designers in the Product Development Industry.

    • Book Chapter

  • Hasan, H., Squires, S.E., Hackett, P., Hayre, C. (2020). An Ethnography of a Play Environment. Handbook of Ethnography in Healthcare Research. https://www.routledge.com/Handbook-of-Ethnography-in-Healthcare-Research/Hackett-Hayre/p/book/9780367336332
  • Squires, S.E., Johnson, J., Mishra, B., Piqueira, J. (2020). RETHINKING CYBERSECURITY AS A GROUP PHENOMENON: IMPACT OF SHARED MENTAL MODELS ON CYBERSECURITY DECISIONS WITHIN COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE.. Understanding Cyber Threats and Attacks.
  • Squires, S.E. (2017). American Breakfast and the Mother-in-Law: How an Anthropologist Created Go-Gurt. Cultures of the United States: A Reader in Cultural Anthropology,.
  • Christina Wasson Ann Jordan. (2014).
  • Squires, S.E., Wasson, C., Jordan, A. (2014). Training the Next Generation: Business Anthropology at the University of North Texas. Handbook of Anthropology in Business, edited by Rita Denny and Patricia Sunderland. 346-361. London, Routledge.
  • Riall Nolan (Ed). (2013). Carreers inCareers in Practice. In Riall Nolan (ed.) Handbook of Practicing Anthropology, : pp.61-70..
  • Michael Van de Vanter.. (2013). Communities of Practice. In A Companion to Organizational Anthropology, David Douglas Caulkins and Ann Jordan (eds.). Pp. 251 ��" 289..
  • Wasson, C., Squires, S.E. (2012). Localizing the Global in Technology Design. Applying Anthropology in the Global Village, ed. Christina Wasson, Mary Odell Butler and Jacqueline Copeland-Carson. 251-284. London, Routledge.
  • Christina Wasson. (2012). Localizing the Global in the Field of Technology Design. In Mary Odell Butler and Jacqueline Copland-Carson and Christina Wasson, (eds.). Applying Anthropology in the Global Village..
  • Johnsrud, Cris, Linda Lampl. (2008). Practical Strategies for Partnering: An Inside-Out View.
  • M Butler and J Copeland-Carson (Eds.). (2006). Problems. In Making History at the Frontier: Women Creating Careers as Practicing Anthropologists.
  • Squires, S.E. (2005). Telecommunication and the Persistence of Myth: Product Expectations and Actual Use – Two Examples.
  • Squires, S.E. (2001). What Your Advisor Will Never Tell You.
  • Squires, S.E. (1991). Newfoundland to the Boston States: Seasonal Cross‑Border Migration.

    • Journal Article

  • Squires, S.E. (2021). Anthropology, Technology and Innovation. Oxford Journals. 23. https://oxfordre.com/anthropology/page/1611
  • Squires, S.E., Chang, H. (2016). Using Trace Ethnography to Compare Perceived Cyber-Threats of IT to Non-IT Professionals,. Proceedings of he 22nd Americas Conference on Information Systems.
  • Squires, S.E. (2015). To a Deeper Understanding of Loneliness amongst Older Irish Adults. Collegium Anthropologicum. (39(2)) 289–295..
  • Squires, S.E., Shade, M. (2015). “The Weak Link in Cyber-Security, Can Ethnography Bridge the Gap?,”. Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Proceedings.
  • Cathy Bailey, Julie Doyle. (2012). Multidisciplinary Practice For Creating Successful Assisted Living Technologies For Older Adults In Ireland. Journal of Assistive Technologies..
  • Alexandra Mack. (2012). Renewing Our Practice: Preparing the next generation of practitioners in Renewal, Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Proceedings.
  • Alexandra Mack. (2011). Evolving Ethnographic Practitioners and Their Impact on Ethnographic Praxis. Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Proceedings,.
  • Romero-Ortuno, R., Casey, A.M. Cunningham, C.U. Kenny, R.A., Lawlor B.A.. (2011). Psychosocial and functional correlates of nutrition among community-dwelling older adults in Ireland. The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging15 (7): 527-531.
  • Kendall, Richard, Jeffrey Carver, David Fisher, Dale Henderson, Andrew Mark, Douglass Post, Cliff Rhodes. (2010). Case Study of the OSPREY Code Project.
  • Richard Kendall Andrew Marks, Christine Halverson. (2010). Condor: Case Study of a Large-Scale, Physics-Based Code Development Project.
  • Squires, S.E. (2010). Meaning of the Car: Public Identity vs. Private Space.
  • Stuart Faulk, Eugene Loh, Michael Van De Vanter, Lawrence Votta. (2009). Scientific Computing's Productivity Gridlock: How Software Engineering Can Help.
  • Kendall, Richard, Jeffrey C. Carver, David Fisher, Dale Henderson, Andrew Mark, Douglass Post, Cliff Rhoades. (2008). Development of a Weather Forecasting Code: A Case Study.
  • Michal VandeVanter, Larry Votta. (2006). Software Productivity Research in High Performance Computing..
  • Carol Isaacson Barash. (2003). Hunters or Browsers: Ethnography Applied to Bio-IT.

    • Magazine/Trade Publication

  • Sheehan, Cormac, Cathy Bailey. (2009). Older Adults Speak Out: Aging and Health Policy in the Republic of Ireland.

    • Newsletter

  • Squires, S.E. (2023). How To Set Up a Client-based Class Project. Careers Readiness Commission Newsletter.. (9) 1. Online. https://anthrocareerready.net/

Presentations Given

  • Squires, S.E. (Presenter), Anthropology in Evaluation: An Introduction to Concepts and Practical Application, (2014 - 2014).
  • Squires, S.E. (Discussant), Toward an Increased Understanding of Relationships, Values and Forms of Compensation between Practitioners and Academic Departments, (2014 - 2014).
  • Squires, S.E. (Presenter), Using Case Notes for Deeper Understanding of Reported Loneliness amongst Older Irish Adults, (2014 - 2014).
  • Building Contractor Decision Process when Buying Building Materials, (2013 - 2013).
  • Diversity Study of Asian and Pacific Islanders in Garland and Irving Texas, 14 December 2012 as part of ANTH 5031 Qualitative Methods, (2012 - 2012).
  • Squires, S.E. (Presenter), Renewing Our Practice: Preparing the next generation of practitioners in Renewal,, (2012 - 2012).
  • Squires, S.E. (Presenter), Staying Well, Saying Connected, Staying Home: Improving the lives of Older Adults in Ireland, (2012 - 2012).
  • Turning Actions into Interactions., (2012 - 2012).
  • Communication with Small Businesses. Report presented to Pitney Bowes, 15 December 2010 as part of the ANTH 5110/4701 Design Anthropology., (2011 - 2011).
  • Squires, S.E. (Presenter), Evolving Ethnographic Practitioners and Their Impact on Ethnographic Praxis., (2011 - 2011).
  • Online Behavioral Change, (2011 - 2011).
  • Turning Actions into Interactions. Report presented to Pitney Bowes, 13 December 2011 as part of the ANTH 4701 Design Anthropology., (2011 - 2011).
  • Squires, S.E. (Presenter), Uses and Ubiquity in Video Mobile Phones, (2011 - 2011).
  • Communication with Small Businesses. Report presented to Pitney Bowes, 15 December 2010 as part of the ANTH 5110/4701 Design Anthropology., (2010 - 2010).
  • Squires, S.E. (Presenter), Research on Video Mobile Phone Use, Second International Visual Research Methods., (2010 - 2010).
  • Squires, S.E. (Other), Building Bridges: Creating Technology for Older Adults, (2009 - 2009).
  • Squires, S.E. (Other), Perceptions of the Car in the US: Public Identity vs. Private Space. Real-Time Rides, (2009 - 2009).
  • Predictors of Older People's Willingness to Use Technologies: Findings in the TRIL Cohort., (2009 - 2009).
  • Quantitative Insights into the Social and Emotional Loneliness of Older People., (2009 - 2009).
  • Toward a Definition of Loneliness, (2009 - 2009).
  • Using a Mix of Ethnographic and Quantitative Methods to Understand Social and Emotional Loneliness in Older Irish Adults, (2009 - 2009).
  • Validation of SAHRU's National Deprivation Index in a Sample of Irish Community-dwelling Older People Attending a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Clinic, (2009 - 2009).
  • Squires, S.E. (Other), Breakfast in America. Invited Lecture in Anthropology, (2008 - 2008).
  • Localizing the Global in the Field of Technology Design, (2008 - 2008).
  • Squires, S.E. (Other), The Collapse of Arthur Andersen, (2006 - 2006).
  • Overview of Anthropology and Ethnographic Methods., (2005 - 2005).
  • Understanding the Barriers to High Performance Computing Productivity., (2005 - 2005).
  • Working Outside the Academy, (2005 - 2005).
  • Squires, S.E. (Other), Anthropology and Telecommunications, (2004 - 2004).
  • Squires, S.E. (Other), From Discovery to Launch: Unpacking the Fuzzy Front End, (2002 - 2002).
  • Squires, S.E. (Other), Going Global by Thinking Local: Conducting Cross-Cultural Research and Design, (2001 - 2001).
  • Invited Participant, Roundtable on New Directions in Professional Development for Design Educators and Practitioners, (2001 - 2001).
  • What's In a Name?, (2001 - 2001).
  • Squires, S.E. (Other), Cultural Challenges of Working Internationally, (2000 - 2000).
  • Squires, S.E. (Other), Understanding the New Digital Tribes: Human-Centered Product Innovation., (2000 - 2000).
  • American Breakfast and the Mother-in-Law, (1999 - 1999).
  • Squires, S.E. (Other), Customers Don't Know or Can't Say What They Want., (1998 - 1998).
  • Squires, S.E. (Other), Medicine Meets Magic, (1998 - 1998).
  • Squires, S.E. (Other), An Introduction to the Learning Organization, (1992 - 1992).

    • Keynote/Plenary Address

  • Squires, S.E. (Coordinator/Organizer), 4WSFC North America Regional Congress, Getting Governance Right, Ocean's Frontier Institute, St. John's Newfoundland, Canada. (2022 - 2022).

    • Oral Presentation

  • Squires, S.E. (Author & Presenter), Chang, H. (Author & Presenter), UNT College of Engineering Research Discovery Workshop, People, the Weak Link in Cyber-security: A Mixed Method Approach, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).

    • Paper

  • Squires, S. (Author), American Anthropology Association Meetings, Discovering Work, Amerian Anthropology Association, Minneapolis,, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).
  • Squires, S.E. (Author), Socio-technical Cyber-security Workshop, Using Theory and Methods from Anthropology to Understand Organizational Level Cyber-security, Computing Community Consortium and National Science Foundation, San Diego, California, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).
  • Squires, S.E. (Author), Meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Workflow and Communities of Practice among Computational Scientists, SfAA, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America. (2015 - 2015).
  • Wasson, C. (Author & Presenter), Squires, S.E. (Author & Presenter), American Anthropological Association 107th Annual Meeting, Localizing the Global in the Field of Technology Design, San Francisco, CA, United States of America. (2008 - 2008).

Artistic and Professional Performances and Exhibits

  • Other. "Use of Facetime on the IPhone in the Visual Distance Exhibition", UNT on the Square, (2011 - 2011).

Media Contributions

  • An Anthropologist in your Living Room in Le Nouvel Observateur.
  • Anthropologists Adapt Technology to World's Cultures, USA Today.
  • Coming of Age in Palo Alto: Anthropologists Find a Niche Studying Consumers for Companies in Silicon Valley, New York Times.
  • She knows what you want, Boston Globe.

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Squires, S.E., "Assesment of NAPA's Mentor Program," sponsored by National Association for the Practice of Anthropology, Private, $4000 Funded. (2017 - 2017).
  • Squires, S.E., "Assesment of NAPA's Mentor Program," sponsored by National Association for the Practice of Anthropology, Private, Funded. (2017 - 2017).

Service

University Service

  • Special Institutional Assignment (University Fellow), UNT Leadership. (September 2017 - May 2018).

Public Service

  • Committee Member, Career Readiness Commission. (May 2021 - Present).
  • Other (Chair of Evaluation Research), Age Well Live Well Denton. (2011 - 2011).

Professional Service

  • Member, Careers Readiness Commission. (May 2021 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Consortium of Applied and Practicing Anthropology Programs Advisory Board. (2006 - Present).
  • Other (Member of Conference Organizing Committee), Getting It Right: 4WFC North America Regional Congress, St. John’s Newfoundland, June 20-22.. St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. (August 1, 2021 - June 22, 2022).
  • Committee Member, American Anthropological Association Committee on Practicing. (2007 - 2008).
  • Committee Member, American Anthropological Association Practicing Anthropology. (2004 - 2007).
  • Other (Board member), National Association for the Practice of Anthropology. (1997 - 2004).
  • Officer, President/Elect/Past, National Association for the Practice of Anthropology. (2000 - 2002).

Consulting

  • Institute of Reproductive Health, (2013 - 2013).
  • Yahoo!, (2003 - 2003).
  • St. Jude Medical, (2002 - 2002).
  • Whirlpool, (2002 - 2002).
  • San Jose Mercury News, (2000 - 2000).
  • Tele-Medic, (2000 - 2000).
  • Ericsson, (1999 - 1999).