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The path one takes in life is very rarely linear. It is also safe to say that life sometimes does not go as planned. These are comments that very much epitomize the career of Aimee Hosemann, Ph.D. Hosemann pursued her degrees in various areas of anthropology, but she opted to work outside of academia. Today’s blog post will cover how she uses her anthropological expertise in her current position with RHB.
Aimee Hosemann attended Idaho State University, where she earned her Bachelor’s degree. At that time she worked as a journalist for a local newspaper. She took a new position, still within the newspaper industry, in southern Illinois, causing her to move across the country. She eventually pursued her Master’s of Arts degree in Biological Anthropology. Her research focused on primate communication patterns, but when she began to pursue her doctorate she continued to study language but instead among humans, not primates. Her Ph.D. was rooted in sociocultural and linguistic anthropology, and she studied the language and songs of Amazonian groups, specifically those spoken exclusively by women.
Hosemann began teaching as an Adjunct Faculty member at various institutions, but as she tired of the grind of the part time teaching she began to seek employment options outside of the academy. When she saw the ad from RHB, a higher education consultancy, she felt that the position was tailored for an anthropologist. She immediately applied.
She ultimately landed her current position as the Director of Qualitative Research. In this position she is responsible for research and composition of various resources for her higher education clients. She employs her linguistic and ethnographic skills frequently, be it for interviewing students, faculty, and staff to composing emails or website content for specific audiences, who are typically generations younger than herself. As the RHB president put it, “Aimee adds a new level of appreciation for nuance in the selection of words and understanding of the sociological implications of human interactions to our expertise in serving higher education.” She has served in this position since 2019, becoming a permanent employee in 2020, and we wish her all the best as she continues on in this fulfilling position.
Works Cited
Hosemann, Aimee. "Ace Advice: A Virtual Chat with Aimee Hosemann." n.d. Prime Earth. Electronic. 4 January 2024.
RHB. Aimee Hosemann, Ph.D., Director of Qualitative Research. 2024. Electronic. 4 January 2024.
—. "RHB is pleased to announce the appointment of Aimee Hosemann, Ph.D., to the research and creative team." 2020. RHB. Electronic. 4 January 2024.
7 comments:
It is amazing the amount of versatility that Dr. Hosemann possesses. I find it very intriguing that she shifted her research from communication patterns in primates to language among humans. I wonder what caused her to desire the change in her research.
I find the faith Aimee Hosemann has in herself inspiring. Choosing to leave career and skill she already excelled in for Anthropology is amazing. Her ability to handle so many different aspects of a vast subject and narrowing down is wonderful. Her Inspiration for language of women brings me comfort as one myself. I only hope she continues to excel and teach others. -Kennedi W.
It was interesting to discover Aimee Hosemann's expertise in sociocultural, linguistic, and biological anthropology, among other anthropological fields. Her expertise in several disciplines probably broadens her horizons and strengthens her capacity to handle challenging problems in her present position. Also, how she moved from academia to a position at RHB shows how adaptable anthropological knowledge is in non-academic contexts. This could serve as motivation for other anthropologists thinking about making such career changes or seeking novel applications for their knowledge.
I didn't even know that we had evidence of Amazonian languages Let alone music from the Amazonian woman that's amazing.
-Ahmesha Johnson
I can relate to the sentiment that the path of life is rarely linear, but for a different reason. For me, I feel like I have always known the destination I want to go in regards to a career. But my journey to get there has been full of twists and turns that has left me lost in some areas. But, there are still many aspects that still cannot account for, I just need to be ready.
I like that Aimee Hosemann step out of her comfort zone to be somewhere better and she found something that she can apply her anthropological skills nice biography.
After reading this article, I am very impressed with the diversity of Dr. Aimee Hosemann's career. Dr. Aimee Hosemann's comment that her life path has not always been a straight line and has not always gone according to plan sums up her career quite well. She then left academia and entered the field of consulting. I think it is wonderful that she continues to apply her expertise in this way across disciplines and professions.
I find it particularly interesting that she is working as the Director of Qualitative Research at RHB, a consulting firm for higher education. Her linguistic knowledge and ethnographic skills are being used to interview students, faculty, and staff, and to create content for younger audiences, which makes me realize that her skills can be applied in a wide variety of settings. Seeing examples of anthropologists like Dr. Horsman succeeding in non-academic fields also reaffirmed for me the breadth of possibilities that academia has to offer.
The importance of Dr. Aimee Hosemann's contributions is underscored by the words of RHB's president, who said that she has “added a subtle sense of word choice and a new understanding of the sociological implications of human interactions.” I am encouraged by the way she is using her skills to provide new perspectives to the field of education, which I believe is encouraging for many of us. I sincerely encourage her to continue to be active in this fulfilling role.
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