Portrait of Dr. Angela VandenBroek

Dr. Angela VandenBroek

  • Assistant Professor at Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Director, Innovative Anthropologies Lab. August 23, 2021 - Present.
  • Member, Hiring Committee for Medical Anthropology Assistant Professor. September 2025 - Present.
  • Advisory Board Member, Silicon Island: Building Equitable Tech Futures in Out of the Way Places (Danish Research Fund). 2024 - Present.
  • Chair, Anthropology Brownbag & Speaker Series. August 22, 2024 - Present.
  • Designer, Anthropology Promotion & Branding. August 20, 2021 - Present.
  • Officer, Committee for the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing (CASTAC) in the General Anthropology Division of the American Anthropological Association. 2014 - Present.

2025

  • Reviewer / Referee, School for Advanced Research Press. July 30, 2025 - October 31, 2025.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of High School Research. September 2025.
  • Member, Anthropology Department Chair Hiring Committee. January 2025 - June 2025.
  • Member, Presidential Upper Level Scholarship Committee. March 2024 - April 2025.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Annals of Anthropological Practice. August 2024 - February 2025.

2024

  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Business Anthropology. 2024.
  • Member, Graduate Student Thesis Research Funding Selection Committee. May 2024.
  • Member, Internship Committee. September 18, 2023 - May 2024.

2023

  • Member, Hiring Committee for Administrative Assistant II. March 1, 2023 - April 28, 2023.
  • Officer, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Apply Club, Applied Anthropology Network, European Association of Social Anthropology. February 2021 - February 2023.

2022

  • Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation, Science and Technology Studies (STS) Program. November 29, 2022.
  • Member, Sexual Misconduct Committee. March 3, 2022 - August 18, 2022.
  • Member, Bulletin Board Committee. November 15, 2021 - August 18, 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Human Organization. June 22, 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Nations and Nationalism. June 3, 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Rowman & Littlefield. April 13, 2022.

2018

  • Reviewer / Referee, Multicultural Perspectives. 2018.

2016

  • Reviewer / Referee, Springer Books. 2016.
  • Member, Material and Visual Worlds Transdisciplinary Area of Excellence, Binghamton University. 2013 - 2016.

2015

  • Librarian, Anthropology Graduate Organization, Binghamton University. 2014 - 2015.

2014

  • Secretary, Anthropology Graduate Organization, Binghamton University. 2013 - 2014.
  • Associate Web Producer, Committee for the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing (CASTAC) in the General Anthropology Division of the American Anthropological Association. 2013 - 2014.

2013

  • Member, Search Committee Member for Graphic Designer, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College. 2013.
  • Member, Search Committee Member for Web Designer, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College. 2013.
  • Vice President, Vice President. College Staff Association, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College. 2012 - 2013.

2012

  • Member, Search Committee Member for College Foundation Manager, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College. 2012.

2011

  • Member, Search Committee Member for Directory of College Relations, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College. 2011.

2008

  • Representative for Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Graduate Student Advisory Council, University of Southern Mississippi. 2007 - 2008.
  • President, University of Southern Mississippi Chapter, Lambda Alpha, National Anthropological Honor Society. 2007 - 2008.
  • Community Columnist, Hattiesburg American. 2007 - 2008.

2005

  • Member, Advising Task Force, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Grand Valley State University. 2005.
  • Member, Selection Committee for Pew Teaching and Excellence Award, Grand Valley State University. 2005.
  • Member, Selection Committee for Pew Teaching and Technology Award, Grand Valley State University. 2005.
  • Member, Advisory Committee to the Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Grand Valley State University. 2004 - 2005.
  • President, Grand Valley State University Chapter, Lambda Alpha, National Anthropological Honor Society. 2004 - 2005.

2004

  • Member, Selection Committee for Pew Teaching and Excellence Award, Grand Valley State University. 2004.
  • Member, Selection Committee for Pew Teaching and Technology Award, Grand Valley State University. 2004.