Ethnographic Solutions

Conrad is one of the nation's leading anthropological scholars. Currently the Julian H. Steward Collegiate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan, he has been elected to both the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. 

Now in their 13th editions, his textbooks in anthropology and cultural anthropology have been best-sellers for over 30 years. Conrad also is the author of several books and articles on contemporary American culture, consumer culture, culture change, and cross-cultural approaches to television and media. 

Chris received his doctoral degree in cultural/psychological anthropology at Duke University. Before beginning his career in corporate anthropology, Chris was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Emory University's MARIAL (Myth and Ritual in American Life) Center. 

His ethnographic research on romantic love not only has won awards from the Society of Psychological Anthropology and the Robert J. Stoller Foundation, but it also has been featured on many popular news outlets (e.g., Glamour magazine, NPR's "Morning Edition," & CBC's "The Current"). 

Pete completed his doctoral training in cultural/psychological anthropology at Emory University. He is experienced in consumer research projects, but also specializes in employee ethnographies, or Workplace Anthropology, bringing ethnographic methods to understanding organizational psychology and workplace culture.

As a Sloan Research Fellow at the Center for the Ethnography of Everyday Life and the Institute for Social Research (ISR) at the University of Michigan, Pete conducted extended ethnographic research on the lives and factory experiences of auto workers. He has also done ethnographic research on work in timber mills and on Alaskan factory trawlers, exploring topics such as family models in workplace organization and play and productivity in work groups.