Faculty Profile

Susan Squires

Title
Associate Professor
Department
Anthropology
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


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





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
ANTH 5950.211, Applied Thesis, Summer 2023 


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    ANTH 5950.111, Applied Thesis, Spring 2023 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.211, Applied Thesis, Spring 2023 
                    

                    ANTH 5100.200, Organizational Anthropology, Spring 2023  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5041.200, Quantitative Methods in Anthropology, Spring 2023  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 3101.200, American Culture and Society, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5950.111, Applied Thesis, Fall 2022 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.208, Applied Thesis, Fall 2022 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.211, Applied Thesis, Fall 2022 
                    

                    ANTH 5050.200, Preparation for Practice and the Applied Thesis, Fall 2022  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5910.211, Special Problems, Fall 2022 
                    

                    ANTH 3101.200, American Culture and Society, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5950.111, Applied Thesis, Spring 2022 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.211, Applied Thesis, Spring 2022 
                    

                    ANTH 5700.200, Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5950.111, Applied Thesis, Fall 2021 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.211, Applied Thesis, Fall 2021 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.311, Applied Thesis, Fall 2021 
                    

                    ANTH 5110.200, Design Anthropology, Fall 2021  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5110.300, Design Anthropology, Fall 2021  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5050.200, Preparation for Practice and the Applied Thesis, Fall 2021  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5050.300, Preparation for Practice and the Applied Thesis, Fall 2021  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 3101.200, American Culture and Society, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5950.111, Applied Thesis, Spring 2021 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.311, Applied Thesis, Spring 2021 
                    

                    ANTH 5041.200, Quantitative Methods in Anthropology, Spring 2021  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5041.300, Quantitative Methods in Anthropology, Spring 2021  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5950.111, Applied Thesis, Fall 2020 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.211, Applied Thesis, Fall 2020 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.311, Applied Thesis, Fall 2020 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.211, Applied Thesis, Spring 2020 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.311, Applied Thesis, Spring 2020 
                    

                    ANTH 4920.111, Cooperative Education in Anthropology, Spring 2020 
                    

                    ANTH 4920.112, Cooperative Education in Anthropology, Spring 2020 
                    

                    ANTH 4900.112, Special Problems, Spring 2020 
                    

                    ANTH 5700.200, Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    ANTH 5700.300, Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    ANTH 5950.811, Applied Thesis, Fall 2019 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.911, Applied Thesis, Fall 2019 
                    

                    ANTH 5110.810, Design Anthropology, Fall 2019  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5110.820, Design Anthropology, Fall 2019  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5950.811, Applied Thesis, Summer 5W1 2019 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.911, Applied Thesis, Summer 5W1 2019 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.711, Applied Thesis, Spring 2019 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.811, Applied Thesis, Spring 2019 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.911, Applied Thesis, Spring 2019 
                    

                    ANTH 5100.810, Organizational Anthropology, Spring 2019  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5100.820, Organizational Anthropology, Spring 2019  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5950.711, Applied Thesis, Fall 2018 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.811, Applied Thesis, Fall 2018 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.911, Applied Thesis, Fall 2018 
                    

                    ANTH 5031.810, Ethnographic and Qualitative Methods, Fall 2018  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5031.820, Ethnographic and Qualitative Methods, Fall 2018  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5950.811, Applied Thesis, Summer 5W1 2018 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.711, Applied Thesis, Spring 2018 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.811, Applied Thesis, Spring 2018 
                    

                    ANTH 5700.037, Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, Spring 2018  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5700.810, Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, Spring 2018 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.811, Applied Thesis, Fall 2017 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.911, Applied Thesis, Fall 2017 
                    

                    ANTH 5110.810, Design Anthropology, Fall 2017  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5110.820, Design Anthropology, Fall 2017  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5900.811, Special Problems, Fall 2017 
                    

                    ANTH 5900.911, Special Problems, Fall 2017 
                    

                    ANTH 4701.810, Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5950.811, Applied Thesis, Spring 2017 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.911, Applied Thesis, Spring 2017 
                    

                    ANTH 5041.001, Quantitative Methods in Anthropology, Spring 2017  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5700.810, Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, Spring 2017  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5700.820, Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, Spring 2017  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5950.911, Applied Thesis, Fall 2016 
                    

                    ANTH 5031.810, Ethnographic and Qualitative Methods, Fall 2016  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5031.820, Ethnographic and Qualitative Methods, Fall 2016  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5900.811, Special Problems, Fall 2016 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.711, Applied Thesis, Summer 5W1 2016 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.711, Applied Thesis, Summer 5W2 2016 
                    

                    ANTH 5021.001, Anthropological Thought and Praxis II, Spring 2016  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5950.711, Applied Thesis, Spring 2016 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.811, Applied Thesis, Spring 2016 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.911, Applied Thesis, Spring 2016 
                    

                    ANTH 5041.810, Quantitative Methods in Anthropology, Spring 2016  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5041.820, Quantitative Methods in Anthropology, Spring 2016  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5900.711, Special Problems, Spring 2016 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.711, Applied Thesis, Fall 2015 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.911, Applied Thesis, Fall 2015 
                    

                    ANTH 5110.801, Design Anthropology, Fall 2015  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5031.810, Ethnographic and Qualitative Methods, Fall 2015  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 5031.820, Ethnographic and Qualitative Methods, Fall 2015  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 4900.711, Special Problems, Fall 2015 
                    

                    ANTH 5900.711, Special Problems, Fall 2015 
                    

                    ANTH 5900.711, Special Problems, Summer 10W 2015 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.711, Applied Thesis, Spring 2015 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.911, Applied Thesis, Spring 2015 
                    

                    ANTH 5100.810, Organizational Anthropology, Spring 2015 
                    

                    ANTH 5100.820, Organizational Anthropology, Spring 2015 
                    

                    ANTH 5041.810, Quantitative Methods in Anthropology, Spring 2015 
                    

                    ANTH 5041.820, Quantitative Methods in Anthropology, Spring 2015 
                    

                    ANTH 5041.830, Quantitative Methods in Anthropology, Spring 2015 
                    

                    ANTH 5900.711, Special Problems, Spring 2015 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.711, Applied Thesis, Fall 2014 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.911, Applied Thesis, Fall 2014 
                    

                    ANTH 5810.711, Applying Anthropology: Practicum II, Fall 2014 
                    

                    ANTH 5031.810, Ethnographic and Qualitative Methods, Fall 2014 
                    

                    ANTH 5031.820, Ethnographic and Qualitative Methods, Fall 2014 
                    

                    ANTH 5031.830, Ethnographic and Qualitative Methods, Fall 2014 
                    

                    ANTH 5700.810, Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, Fall 2014 
                    

                    ANTH 5700.820, Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, Fall 2014 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.711, Applied Thesis, Summer 5W2 2014 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.711, Applied Thesis, Spring 2014 
                    

                    ANTH 5041.810, Quantitative Methods in Anthropology, Spring 2014 
                    

                    ANTH 5041.820, Quantitative Methods in Anthropology, Spring 2014 
                    

                    ANTH 5900.711, Special Problems, Spring 2014 
                    

                    ANTH 5900.911, Special Problems, Spring 2014 
                    

                    ANTH 4701.007, Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, Spring 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    ANTH 5950.711, Applied Thesis, Fall 2013 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.911, Applied Thesis, Fall 2013 
                    

                    ANTH 5110.001, Design Anthropology, Fall 2013 
                    

                    ANTH 5110.810, Design Anthropology, Fall 2013 
                    

                    ANTH 5110.820, Design Anthropology, Fall 2013 
                    

                    ANTH 5900.711, Special Problems, Fall 2013 
                    

                    ANTH 4701.008, Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, Fall 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    ANTH 5900.711, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2013 
                    

                    ANTH 5900.911, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2013 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.711, Applied Thesis, Spring 2013 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.911, Applied Thesis, Spring 2013 
                    

                    ANTH 5810.911, Applying Anthropology: Practicum II, Spring 2013 
                    

                    ANTH 2300.810, Culture and Society, Spring 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    ANTH 5041.810, Quantitative Methods in Anthropology, Spring 2013 
                    

                    ANTH 5041.820, Quantitative Methods in Anthropology, Spring 2013 
                    

                    ANTH 5900.711, Special Problems, Spring 2013 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.911, Applied Thesis, Fall 2012 
                    

                    ANTH 5800.911, Applying Anthropology: Practicum I, Fall 2012 
                    

                    ANTH 5031.810, Ethnographic and Qualitative Methods, Fall 2012 
                    

                    ANTH 5031.820, Ethnographic and Qualitative Methods, Fall 2012 
                    

                    ANTH 5050.810, Preparation for Practice and the Applied Thesis, Fall 2012 
                    

                    ANTH 5050.820, Preparation for Practice and the Applied Thesis, Fall 2012 
                    

                    ANTH 5900.711, Special Problems, Fall 2012 
                    

                    ANTH 5000.810, Seminar in Cultural Anthropology, Summer 5W2 2012 
                    

                    ANTH 5000.820, Seminar in Cultural Anthropology, Summer 5W2 2012 
                    

                    ANTH 5900.911, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2012 
                    

                    ANTH 5950.911, Applied Thesis, Spring 2012 
                    

                    ANTH 5800.911, Applying Anthropology: Practicum I, Spring 2012 
                    

                    ANTH 5041.001, Quantitative Methods in Anthropology, Spring 2012 
                    

                    ANTH 5041.791, Quantitative Methods in Anthropology, Spring 2012 
                    

                    ANTH 5041.792, Quantitative Methods in Anthropology, Spring 2012 
                    

                    ANTH 5041.810, Quantitative Methods in Anthropology, Spring 2012 
                    

                    ANTH 5041.820, Quantitative Methods in Anthropology, Spring 2012 
                    

                    ANTH 5041.830, Quantitative Methods in Anthropology, Spring 2012 
                    

                    ANTH 5800.811, Applying Anthropology: Practicum I, Fall 2011 
                    

                    ANTH 5110.810, Design Anthropology, Fall 2011 
                    

                    ANTH 5110.820, Design Anthropology, Fall 2011 
                    

                    ANTH 5031.810, Ethnographic and Qualitative Methods, Fall 2011 
                    

                    ANTH 5031.820, Ethnographic and Qualitative Methods, Fall 2011 
                    

                    ANTH 5031.830, Ethnographic and Qualitative Methods, Fall 2011 
                    

                    ANTH 4701.810, Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, Fall 2011 
                    

                    ANTH 5041.790, Quantitative Methods in Anthropology, Spring 2011 
                    

                    ANTH 5041.810, Quantitative Methods in Anthropology, Spring 2011 
                    

                    ANTH 5041.820, Quantitative Methods in Anthropology, Spring 2011 
                    

                    ANTH 5041.830, Quantitative Methods in Anthropology, Spring 2011 
                    

                    ANTH 4900.711, Special Problems, Spring 2011 
                    

                    ANTH 5010.810, Anthropological Thought and Praxis I, Fall 2010 
                    

                    ANTH 5010.820, Anthropological Thought and Praxis I, Fall 2010 
                    

                    ANTH 5010.830, Anthropological Thought and Praxis I, Fall 2010 
                    

                    ANTH 5110.001, Design Anthropology, Fall 2010 
                    

                    ANTH 5900.829, Special Problems, Fall 2010 
                    

                    ANTH 4701.008, Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, Fall 2010 Syllabus

          


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Abstracts and Proceedings
Squires, S. E. (2007). Software Development Environments for Scientific and Engineering Software: A Series of Case Studies. 
Squires, S. E. (2006). Yes, There is an 'Expertise Gap' in HPC Applications Development. 
Book
Squires, S. E. (2003). Arthur Andersen: Shifting Values, Unexpected Consequences. 
Squires, S. E. (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,. 
Squires, S. E. (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. 
Squires, S. E. (2013). Carreers inCareers in Practice. In Riall Nolan (ed.) Handbook of Practicing Anthropology, : pp.61-70.. 
Squires, S. E. (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. 
Squires, S. E. (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.. 
Squires, S. E. (2008). Practical Strategies for Partnering: An Inside-Out View. 
Squires, S. E. (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. 
Squires, S. E. (2012). Multidisciplinary Practice For Creating Successful Assisted Living Technologies For Older Adults In Ireland. Journal of Assistive Technologies.. 
Squires, S. E. (2012). Renewing Our Practice: Preparing the next generation of practitioners in Renewal, Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Proceedings. 
Squires, S. E. (2011). Evolving Ethnographic Practitioners and Their Impact on Ethnographic Praxis. Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Proceedings,. 
Squires, S. E. (2011). Psychosocial and functional correlates of nutrition among community-dwelling older adults in Ireland. The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging15 (7): 527-531. 
Squires, S. E. (2010). Case Study of the OSPREY Code Project. 
Squires, S. E. (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. 
Squires, S. E. (2009). Scientific Computing's Productivity Gridlock: How Software Engineering Can Help. 
Squires, S. E. (2008). Development of a Weather Forecasting Code: A Case Study. 
Squires, S. E. (2006). Software Productivity Research in High Performance Computing.. 
Squires, S. E. (2003). Hunters or Browsers: Ethnography Applied to Bio-IT. 
Magazine/Trade Publication
Squires, S. E. (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/



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   
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Contracts, Grants and 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. (January 2017 – June 2017).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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			This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
				
      
					
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			This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
				
      
					
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