Ethnography Lab at Florida Atlantic (ELFA)
Founded in 2024, the Ethnography Lab at Florida Atlantic's (ELFA) mission is to support a creative collaborative of qualitative and mixed methods social scientists. ELFA is dedicated to facilitating strong ethnographic work in the areas of sustained climate disruption, zoonoses and human-environment interactions, and political ecologies of community life in South Florida and beyond.听
About
The goals of our lab are to:
- Establish collaborations among faculty, students, and research associates at 麻豆精品视频and beyond our campus.
Train, supervise, and mentor student researchers at the doctorate, master's, and undergraduate levels in ethnographic methods. 听 - Support faculty and visiting researchers working with qualitative or mixed methods research design, implementation, and analysis.
- Develop and submit funding proposals, conference panel abstracts, and manuscripts for publication in collaboration with ELFA researchers.
- Plan and host public lectures and events, as well as in-lab workshops and writing sessions.听
People

Adriana Garriga-L贸pez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor | CSP Committee
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters
Anthropology

Katharina Rynkiewich, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters
Anthropology
Research Opportunities
The Ethnography Lab at Florida Atlantic (ELFA) is always looking for students interested in studying people, culture, and everyday experiences.
Contact elfa@fau.edu for more information.听
Sample Email:听
Dear Ethnography Lab,
I hope this message finds you well. My name is [Your Full Name], and I am a [Your Year, e.g., second-year] undergraduate student majoring in [Your Major] at [Your University]. I am reaching out to express my interest in learning more about potential research opportunities within the ethnography lab.
I am particularly interested in [briefly mention relevant research interests, if known], and I would love the opportunity to contribute and learn more through hands-on experience.
Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Best regards,
[Your Full Name]
[Your Email Address]
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