Angela K. VandenBroek, PhD
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Angela K. VandenBroek, PhD
@akvbroek.bsky.social
Anthropologist of Innovation (and all the hype that entails) | Asst Prof of Anthro, TXST | Director of InnoAnth Lab | CASTAC Web Producer | She/Her | ak.vbroek.org | All Opinions My Own
Good morning #4s2025 in Seattle! I'm excited to learn and mingle with STS folks! Starting off at the AI and Ground Truth with Dietmar Offenhuber, Beth Coleman and Gabriella Coleman. 🤩 Come say "Hi 👋" if you see me.
September 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
CASTAC has stickers! 🤩 Donate and receive 4" vinyl stickers to show your CASTAC support! 💰 Every contribution goes directly toward sustaining CASTAC’s current initiatives and building new ones.

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#anthropology #STS #technoscience #fundraising #donate @castac.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I love these days where we come together, faculty and students, to celebrate our achievements and time together @txst.anthro 💜
May 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Today I got to celebrate the graduation of my two brilliant students, Manar Naser & Ian Whitehead, who completed their MA today. 🥳 It has been such a privilege to spend the last two years thinking with these inspirational students. You'll both be missed! Congratulations! 👏
May 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I recently got to sit down with Abigail Letsinger to chat about anthropology careers and the applications of anthropology to business and entrepreneurship on AnthroPuzzled 🎙️! Check it out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, YouTube, or anthropuzzled.com

👉 tinyurl.com/anthropuzzled
May 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
CASPR 2025 🌼"Knowledge in Crisis: Navigating Science in Uncertain Times" with @alexhanna.bsky.social, @eyatesd.bsky.social , & @youknowjuno.bsky.social—moderated by @castac.bsky.social. Panel + Breakout Q&A.

📅Friday May 2, 11AM - 1PM (Central) on Zoom
✍️Register: caspr2025.eventbrite.com
April 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
[CASPR 2025] Knowledge in Crisis: Navigating Science in Uncertain Times

May 2 11AM CDT

Join us for a roundtable discussion and Q&A with Alex Hanna, Emily Yates-Doerr, & Juno Salazar Parrenas, moderated by CASTAC Co-Chair Ana Carolina de Assis Nunes

caspr2025.eventbrite.com #anthropology #STS
April 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
My graduate students have taken to sending me photos of their animals when they send me drafts of their work. So far I've received cats, dogs, baby goats, cows, and a calf. I return photos of my cats. In these unsettled and unsettling times, these small moments of connection and care mean so much.
March 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Is sociocultural #anthropology a career? 🤔 In my chapter for this brilliant new volume, I argue that anthropology is not a #career in the same way that other majors are—that is a specific set of skills and knowledge for a specific set of occupations.💡 bit.ly/4iFD2L5 🧵
December 16, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Setting aside the UX and Al fiasco that is #SpotifyWrapped this year, ionnalee, again this year, made the music that sang to my soul -(and this doesn't even include the listens on vinyl). Highly recommend this independent artist and her audiovisual Swedish electropop art. 💜
December 5, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Are you interested in STS and Anthropology? Join CASTAC! Our annual business meeting is November 2024, 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM (EDT) and online (via Zoom). All are welcome! We are a diverse community of academic and practicing anthropologists of all levels.
November 17, 2024 at 3:23 PM
So incredibly lucky to be Manar Naser's thesis advisor! Can't wait to see this thesis complete later this year and where her career will go next!

#anthropology #STS #AI
November 8, 2024 at 6:02 PM
I'll be accepting 1-2 MA/PhD students to join my advisee workgroup in the InnoAnth Lab from this year's applicants. I mentor students interested in the areas of Science & Tech Studies, Design Anth, Business Anth, & related areas.
Learn More: go.txstate.edu/05d
September 27, 2024 at 4:27 PM