About AAREA

The Alliance for Applied Research in Education and Anthropology (AAREA) is comprised of a multidisciplinary research team dedicated to conducting applied research on current evaluation and policy issues in the area of education from an anthropological perspective. AAREA provides research opportunities for graduate students interested in the area of educational evaluation and reform as well as educational anthropology.

The AAREA research team is led by Dr. Kathryn Borman who has conducted numerous research studies involving educational reform and policy as well as the evaluation of educational reform programs over the years.

Currently, the AAREA research team has full time researchers as well as graduate students with academic backgrounds in areas of anthropology, education, industrial psychology, sociology, and statistics.

AAREA works with a variety of partners on a national and local level including the United States Department of Education (US DOE), National Science Foundation (NSF), American Institutes for Research (AIR), WestEd, Pasco County Schools, and School District of Hillsborough County.

As the newest addition to the Department of Anthropology at the University of South Florida, AAREA shares the department's goals of promoting interdisciplinary research and education focusing on the close relationship between theoretical and applied research.