Faculty Profile

Susan Squires

Title
Modified Service Retiree
Department
Anthropology
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

Education

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

Current Scheduled Teaching*

ANTH 5950.111, Applied Thesis, Spring 2024
ANTH 5950.211, Applied Thesis, Spring 2024
ANTH 5070.200, Evaluation in Anthropological Practice, Spring 2024
ANTH 3101.200, Issues in Contemporary American Culture and Society, Spring 2024

* 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.

Previous Scheduled Teaching*

ANTH 5950.111, Applied Thesis, Fall 2023
ANTH 5950.211, Applied Thesis, Fall 2023
ANTH 5110.200, Design Anthropology, Fall 2023 SPOT
ANTH 5050.200, Preparation for Practice and the Applied Thesis, Fall 2023 SPOT
ANTH 5950.211, Applied Thesis, Summer 10W 2023
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 5W2 2016
ANTH 5950.711, Applied Thesis, Summer 5W1 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

* 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/

Awarded Grants

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 2017June 2017).
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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    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):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    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):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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