• is an applied research and technical assistance unit in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Maryland College Park (UMCP);

• was initiated in 1989, with a mission of offering expertise in cultural and community analysis using knowledge and skills grounded in anthropology, community health, and ethnographic research methods;

• has a philosophical orientation towards facilitating social change through the design, implementation, and evaluation of community-based initiatives; and

• provides anthropologically based knowledge and skills to people and groups involved in community-based initiatives at the local, state, regional, national, and international levels.

Current Developments and Activities

• NEW! - Brown Bag Lunch/Speaker series on Applied Urban Ethnography and Community Health Sciences - Dr. Tony Whitehead will speak at the inaugural session November 12, 2009. Find more details here.
• Read: The Reintegration of Prisoners within the Jamaican Society by George Young
• Report from a May 1, 2009 Workshop on a Multi-Sectorial Approach to Prison- Community Reentry: Towards A University-Community Outreach Network
• A memorandum of understanding has been established for a collaborative agreement between the University of Maryland, College Park and the University of the West Indies. See a brief media release about this development here.

See All Recent and Current CuSAG Activities here.