Susan Squires
University of North Texas, Anthropology, Faculty Member
This article considers the meaning of the automobile in American culture, with a focus on how attitudes and symbolism have an impact on ridesharing (carpooling). The author reports on her 2003 study that used ethnographic methods to learn... more
This article considers the meaning of the automobile in American culture, with a focus on how attitudes and symbolism have an impact on ridesharing (carpooling). The author reports on her 2003 study that used ethnographic methods to learn about the uses and associated meaning of the car’s interior spaces. Participants talked about the car interior as a comfortable place to relax, spend quality time with the kids, have a snack or lunch with a friend, take the family on vacation, invite a date. The author proposes a metaphor that sets up the automobile as private living space. The feeling that one’s car is private space is a potential barrier to ridesharing schemes and may explain why ridesharing is not more widespread in the United States. Many people may see the transportation of a stranger as an intrusion into personal, private space. The author concludes with a brief discussion of strategies that could help ease the ridesharing process. One strategy might be the use of a rating sy...
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As we reflect on the evolving nature of our practice, it is timely to consider how these individual evolutions impact the broader field of ethnographic praxis in industry. First, we look at the career paths of senior members of the EPIC... more
As we reflect on the evolving nature of our practice, it is timely to consider how these individual evolutions impact the broader field of ethnographic praxis in industry. First, we look at the career paths of senior members of the EPIC community to chart key transitions in their individual careers. We observe that their career paths have moved them away from fieldwork, and into management where they shape projects, mentor staff and participate in decision-making. Thus, a key aspect of evolution for the EPIC community lies in how senior members are influencing what industry expects from ethnographic praxis. In a second intersecting theme we review how these individual career evolutions collectively influence the EPIC Community of Practice. We discuss how our field continues to evolve both on an individual level and within the Community of Practice to which we all belong
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... Daniels points out that traditional top down administration on behalf of local communities has seen neither sustained effort nor positive results. ... The chapter by Feisal Uzair Khan and Jennifer E. Tessendorf on "The Ada Khan... more
... Daniels points out that traditional top down administration on behalf of local communities has seen neither sustained effort nor positive results. ... The chapter by Feisal Uzair Khan and Jennifer E. Tessendorf on "The Ada Khan Rural Support Program and the Orangi Pilot Project ...
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As we reflect on the evolving nature of our practice, it is timely to consider how these individual evolutions impact the broader field of ethnographic praxis in industry. First, we look at the career paths of senior members of the EPIC... more
As we reflect on the evolving nature of our practice, it is timely to consider how these individual evolutions impact the broader field of ethnographic praxis in industry. First, we look at the career paths of senior members of the EPIC community to chart key transitions in their individual careers. We observe that their career paths have moved them away from fieldwork, and into management where they shape projects, mentor staff and participate in decision-making. Thus, a key aspect of evolution for the EPIC community lies in how ...
Applied anthropology is increasing an alternative to academic anthropological contributing to innovations in a broad range of products and services including technology, office equipment and furniture, business organization, breakfast... more
Applied anthropology is increasing an alternative to academic anthropological contributing to innovations in a broad range of products and services including technology, office equipment and furniture, business organization, breakfast foods, automobiles, hand sanitizers, communication media, medical equipment, smartphones, and much, much more. When applied anthropologists began to work in business organizations, they first called themselves industrial anthropologists and, later, organizational anthropologists. The first industrial and organizational anthropologists were based in the academy. However, in the 1990s a growing number of anthropologists also began to be employed at private businesses, including the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), IDEO, E-Lab, GVO, and even General Motors. There they were instrumental in applying the theory and methods of anthropology to potential innovation. At these companies , many of early applied anthropologists became accidental innovators as a co...
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The High Productivity Computing Systems (HPCS) program seeks a tenfold productivity increase in High Performance Computing (HPC), where productivity is understood to be a composite of system performance, system robustness,... more
The High Productivity Computing Systems (HPCS) program seeks a tenfold productivity increase in High Performance Computing (HPC), where productivity is understood to be a composite of system performance, system robustness, programmability, portability, and administrative concerns. Of these, programmability is the least well understood and perceived to be the most problematic. It has been suggested that an “expertise gap” is at the heart of the problem in HPC application development. Preliminary results from research conducted by Sun Microsystems and other participants in the HPCS program confirm that such an “expertise gap” does exist and does exert a significant confounding influence on HPC application development. Further, the nature of the “expertise gap” appears not to be amenable to previously proposed solutions such as “more education” and “more people.” A productivity improvement of the scale sought by the HPCS program will require fundamental transformations in the way HPC a...
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Cyber-security studies have traditionally focused on the individual to understand computer-user risk mediation. This study is the first attempt to use social networks of practice to compare how security is perceived by IT and Non-IT... more
Cyber-security studies have traditionally focused on the individual to understand computer-user risk mediation. This study is the first attempt to use social networks of practice to compare how security is perceived by IT and Non-IT professionals, and the extent the perceptions of each are communicated. To investigate the similarities and differences between the two groups, we employed ethnography and trace ethnography to identify and compare each group’s beliefs and concerns. Findings demonstrate significant differences in how IT and Non-IT professionals think about, and communicate cyber security. These differences in cyber security suggests a mismatch about how IT and Non-IT think and talk about cyber-security. This mismatch has consequences for the education of Non-IT professionals. Because each is concerned about different issues, when IT tries to educate Non-IT about cyber-threats, they may be talking past each other. As a result, the cyber-awareness information does not necessarily prompt action by Non-IT professionals
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Research Interests: Gerontology, Informed Consent, Medicine, Ireland, Activities of Daily Living, and 15 moreMalnutrition, Independent Living, Humans, Female, Male, Aged, Middle Aged, Cross Section, Age Factors, Geriatric Assessment, Binary Logistic Regression, Cross Sectional Studies, Logistic Models, Food Deprivation, and Mini nutritional assessment
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Susan Squires draws on her own experience and that of others to discuss the sometimes circuitous path followed by practitioners as they build careers and develop their professional identities. The chapter begins with a look back at how... more
Susan Squires draws on her own experience and that of others to discuss the sometimes circuitous path followed by practitioners as they build careers and develop their professional identities. The chapter begins with a look back at how the practice option developed within anthropology, and how Squires herself made the decision to go into practice. Using examples from her own career, she discusses the importance of continuing to learn on the job, and how practitioner career arcs involve progressive increases in roles and responsibilities, while also noting some of the salient differences between practice and the academy. The chapter concludes by offering some lessons learned, as well as a reminder that the field of practice is still evolving.
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Yes, There Is an Expertise Gap In HPC Applications Development Susan Squires Sun Microsystems, Inc. 15 Network Circle UMPMK15-204 Menlo Park, CA 94025 1-650-786-3441 susan. squires@ sun. com Michael L. Van De Vanter Sun Microsystems,... more
Yes, There Is an Expertise Gap In HPC Applications Development Susan Squires Sun Microsystems, Inc. 15 Network Circle UMPMK15-204 Menlo Park, CA 94025 1-650-786-3441 susan. squires@ sun. com Michael L. Van De Vanter Sun Microsystems, Inc. 16 Network ...
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Purpose – This paper seeks to discuss the authors' experiences of multidisciplinary practice in relation to developing home-based assisted living technologies.... more
Purpose – This paper seeks to discuss the authors' experiences of multidisciplinary practice in relation to developing home-based assisted living technologies. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on almost three years' experience of working within an ongoing, large, multi-sited and multidisciplinary Irish national research programme: the Technology for Independent Living Centre. This involved industry and academic partners. Teams of clinicians, physical
Research Interests: Assistive Technology, Engineering Design, Medicine, Irish, Independent Living, and 12 moreTeam Building, Case Study, Design Methodology, Multidisciplinary Team, Assistive Technologies, Cognitive Function, Multidisciplinary Teams, Learning Outcome, Older Adult, Multidisciplinary Approach, Assisted Living, and B
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Loneliness can play a significant role in the wellbeing of older adults. This article describes a qualitative method for using case notes from the clinical records of older individuals in order to investigate the priority concerns... more
Loneliness can play a significant role in the wellbeing of older adults. This article describes a qualitative method for using case notes from the clinical records of older individuals in order to investigate the priority concerns spontaneously reported by older adults to deepen our understanding of both the context in which reported loneliness occurs in Ireland and the potential triggers. The participants in this study represent a cross-section of older adults who participated in the Technology Research for Independent Living Clinic (TRIL). Data were collected from participants through interviewer case notes at the TRIL centre in St James's hospital, Dublin. 624 participants (431 females; 193 males) ranging in age from 60-92 years (Mean 73 years, SD 7 years) took part in the study. All were community dwelling and provided consent. A thematic analysis from grounded theory was used to evaluate the case notes for each participant. Preliminary results highlight the richness of phen...
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In my struggle to define and explain the value of anthropology to oth-ers and myself, I learned two important lessons. I learned the need to translate anthropological theory to nonanthropologists so they could un-derstand my work and make... more
In my struggle to define and explain the value of anthropology to oth-ers and myself, I learned two important lessons. I learned the need to translate anthropological theory to nonanthropologists so they could un-derstand my work and make connections to their own work. I learned to ...
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The American Anthropological Association, the primary professional society of anthropologists in the United States since its founding in 1902, is the world's largest professional organization of individuals interested in... more
The American Anthropological Association, the primary professional society of anthropologists in the United States since its founding in 1902, is the world's largest professional organization of individuals interested in anthropology. ... Alan Goodman, Hampshire Coll - President ...
To examine psychosocial and functional correlates of nutrition in a nonrandom sample of Irish community-dwelling older adults. Cross-sectional observational study. Technology Research for Independent Living (TRIL) Clinic, a comprehensive... more
To examine psychosocial and functional correlates of nutrition in a nonrandom sample of Irish community-dwelling older adults. Cross-sectional observational study. Technology Research for Independent Living (TRIL) Clinic, a comprehensive geriatric assessment facility in St James's Hospital, Dublin. Data were collected from participants by medical personnel (physical assessments) and psychologists (questionnaires), between August 2007 and May 2009. 556 participants (388 females; 168 males) ranging in age from 60-92 years (Mean 72.5 years, SD 7.1). All were community-dwelling and provided informed consent. The Nestlé Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA®), Time to get up and go (TUG) and the Lubben Social Network Scale-18 (LSNS-18) were used to assess nutrition, functional mobility and social support. Multivariate binary logistic regression was used to examine the association between social support or mobility and nutritional status, whilst controlling for possible confounders (age, g...
Research Interests: Informed Consent, Social Support, Ireland, Activities of Daily Living, Malnutrition, and 20 moreIndependent Living, Humans, Female, Male, Nutritional Status, Risk factors, Aged, Middle Aged, Cross Section, Age Factors, Geriatric Assessment, Risk Factors, Older Adult, Binary Logistic Regression, Observational Study, Cross Sectional Studies, Social Network, Logistic Models, Food Deprivation, and Mobility limitation
Prentice Hall FINANCIAL II MIS In an increasingly competitive world, it is quality of thinking that gives an edgean idea that opens new doors, a technique that solves a problem, or an insight that simply helps make sense of it all. We... more
Prentice Hall FINANCIAL II MIS In an increasingly competitive world, it is quality of thinking that gives an edgean idea that opens new doors, a technique that solves a problem, or an insight that simply helps make sense of it all. We work with leading authors in the various arenas ...
Manuel de tolérancement Vol. 4 : cotation de fabrication avec les normes ISO La cotation ISO en production impose de nouvelles méthodologies pour élaborer les documents de maîtrise de la qualité géométrique des produits : les dessins de... more
Manuel de tolérancement Vol. 4 : cotation de fabrication avec les normes ISO La cotation ISO en production impose de nouvelles méthodologies pour élaborer les documents de maîtrise de la qualité géométrique des produits : les dessins de phase, du brut et d'états ...
Research Interests: Computer Science, High Performance Computing, Software Engineering, Software Development, Productivity, and 9 moreProgramming, Computational Science and Engineering, Case Study, Acoustical Engineering, Software Development in Agile Environment, Concolic Testing, High performance computer, Software Performance, and Application Software
Abstract The Nene code project uses minimal but effective processes to develop a physics-based application code for analyzing and predicting complex behaviors and interactions among individual physical systems and particles. Although the... more
Abstract The Nene code project uses minimal but effective processes to develop a physics-based application code for analyzing and predicting complex behaviors and interactions among individual physical systems and particles. Although the expert core development ...
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... DoD HPCMPO, post@hpcmo.hpc.mil Jeff Carver, Mississippi State Univ., carver@cse.msstate. edu Susan Squires, Sun Microsystems, Inc.,Susan ... The target hardware for the real-time demonstration of the Eagle code was a Mercury... more
... DoD HPCMPO, post@hpcmo.hpc.mil Jeff Carver, Mississippi State Univ., carver@cse.msstate. edu Susan Squires, Sun Microsystems, Inc.,Susan ... The target hardware for the real-time demonstration of the Eagle code was a Mercury Powerstream 510; most of the development ...
... Download: http://care.cs.umd.edu:8080/hpcs/resources/existin CACHED: Download as a PDF. by Author(s) Richard Kendall , Lanl Andrew Mark , Hpcmpo Douglass , Post Hpcmpo , Susan Squires , Sun Microsystems , Christine Halverson ,... more
... Download: http://care.cs.umd.edu:8080/hpcs/resources/existin CACHED: Download as a PDF. by Author(s) Richard Kendall , Lanl Andrew Mark , Hpcmpo Douglass , Post Hpcmpo , Susan Squires , Sun Microsystems , Christine Halverson , Douglass Post Dod Hpcmpo , Susan ...
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ED372467 - Enhancing Systemic Change Through Effective Collaboration: A Formative Perspective and Approach to Collaboration.