Professor of cultural anthropology Dr. Kathryn Stam and SUNY Poly alumna and adjunct professor of anthropology Anna Woodworth participated in the 83^rd annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, which took place from March 28 through April 1, 2023, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The team presented a videotaped conversation about their research, "Divorce and Separation among Somali-Bantu Refugees in the U.S." Hawa Juma, SUNY Poly alumna and activist, also contributed to the paper. Support for Woodworth's participation was provided by a UUP Individual Development Award.

Dr. Stam also attended the Association of Social Anthropologists conference called, "An Unwell World: Anthropology in a Speculative Mode," on April 11 to 14, 2023, at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London. There, she presented a talk, "Representation and storytelling from a photo collection of images of resettled refugees taken by refugees themselves."