Hello again-
Thanks for all the great discussion thus far; it is nice to hear the "been 
there, done that" stories & get sage advice from many of you.  I've a few other 
points/queries to add to the fray:
Yes, I've only been looking since November, but it's now January & with a load 
of loans due (despite "funding" I might add) upon graduation, working at the 
local convenience store will not cut it.  I didn't get into museum work for the 
money (I've yet to meet someone who has); it was "accidental".  Being an 
Africanist with Liberian experience, when the Liberian Collections Project was 
started up @ IU a few years ago, they were in need of grad students to do 
everything from catalogue items to create databases.  Two years later, I'm 
still there & love it.  I thought with an MA as of May & a few years experience 
I might get a legitimate, full time job after all these years of schooling.
I've only applied to non-Africanist positions thus far, so it's not like I'm so 
narrow in my search.  As I said, I've yet to see an advert for a West Africa-
specific employee in an medical anthro museum or otherwise.  I'm looking in the 
Boston area (actually, southern New England) as I'm applying to MPH (Public 
Health) programs at Boston U and Yale U.
Not only have I applied to museums, but also in the non-profit & public health 
sectors.  I'm writing my thesis based on research I've done on poliomyelitis 
eradication in Nigeria & Niger & hope to continue work on communicable disease 
in Africa.  I would ultimately like a job with the CDC, WHO, or some other 
similar entity.  
I will definitely check out the links sent by various people to help me in my 
job search.  I also appreciate Indigo's mailings & have applied to several jobs 
from those (yet not heard anything back; not your fault though obviously); I do 
appreciate them immensely!  Unfortunately, the AAM meeting is in May, by which 
time if I don't have a job I'll be moving back in with my folks at age 27, but 
I definitely would've gone if I knew about it last year (if I wasn't in Africa 
at the time).  If I have a job by then, I'd be thrilled to show up there & tell 
you all the good news as well!
Peace-
Stephanie

Quoting Candace Perry <[log in to unmask]>:

> My orthopedic surgeon said to me a few years back...there are 100s of me in
> PA, but only a handful [proportionately, I suppose] of you (meaning museum
> curators)!
> Kinda makes you think when it's put in that perspective...
> Candace Perry
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-- 
Stephanie E. Santos
Graduate Student
Dept. of Anthropology
African Studies Program
Indiana University
Bloomington IN 47405
USA

"My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together"
~Archbishop Desmond Tutu

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