https://www.aarondelgaty.com/home daily 1.0 2025-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60abecfe408af51a4dbbd5b6/1731299583637-VO4PTJ2PRDVDX8TMBNU1/unsplash-image-ilwIPLfA5jM.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60abecfe408af51a4dbbd5b6/8500bbb6-c3f3-4011-8549-546d1910cea4/under-construction-site-dog-as-funny-builder-wearing-hard-hat-sitting-toy-toolbox-91266471.webp https://www.aarondelgaty.com/about-1 daily 0.75 2024-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60abecfe408af51a4dbbd5b6/3ef41f48-5177-423d-8268-09c5fa542f3e/IMG_5337.jpg Contact - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.aarondelgaty.com/teaching daily 0.75 2025-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60abecfe408af51a4dbbd5b6/8a93bc81-08fc-4f72-81a3-494a7028aea7/ChatGPT+Image+Aug+13%2C+2025%2C+01_34_30+PM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60abecfe408af51a4dbbd5b6/1622081403631-2MNO5L1HO73VEG1QZPVU/20170831_181236.jpg Teaching - Teaching Philosophy As a teacher, I approach the classroom as both a site of inquiry and a space for transformation. My background in anthropology and strategy allows me to bridge disciplines, helping students connect rigorous research methods with real-world application, whether they’re analyzing consumer behavior, workplace culture, or their own roles in emerging systems. I emphasize clarity without oversimplification, and care without condescension. I believe deeply in the practicality of humanities education. I focus on connecting the seemingly abstract to opportunities for real impact in working lives and institutions. My goal is to help students ask better questions, the kind that shape how they see the world and their place in it. I teach research not just as a technical skill, but as a way of noticing, of interpreting, of finding meaning in noise. Whether we’re designing a survey, analyzing interview data, or exploring the ethical implications of generative AI, I want students to feel grounded, curious, and equipped. My teaching style has evolved over the years in such a way that I talk less and listen more. As an anthropologist of work, I'm particularly attentive to students' concerns about post-graduation life. I've adjusted my classes to focus not just on content mastery, but on building durable skills, like presentation, idea translation, and strategic thinking, that prepare students to move fluidly between intellectual and professional worlds. Navigating a precarious professional world myself, I increasingly find empathy critical to building connections and content relevance with students situated in the daunting liminality of soon-to-be “on-the-market.” I build my courses around applied learning, reflection, and intellectual generosity. I design assignments that stretch students to think across disciplines and communicate their insights to diverse audiences. I want them to leave my courses with tools they can actually use, not just in their careers, but in their capacity to engage with the world. Above all, I believe that learning is relational. I aim to create a classroom culture built on respect, curiosity, and context, one where students feel seen, challenged, and inspired to bring their full selves into the work. This includes a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects of my teaching. I strive to ensure that all students, regardless of background or trajectory, feel that their voices matter, their identities are respected, and their perspectives are integral to our shared learning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60abecfe408af51a4dbbd5b6/1622318692257-4L59ZJPT4TNYH2KVGGTB/Cafe+Lavanderia+Shutter+2.jpg Teaching https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60abecfe408af51a4dbbd5b6/1622316275858-VDBOD1QDY4XTSWWFBZ9O/IMG_1455.jpg Teaching https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60abecfe408af51a4dbbd5b6/1622317103672-TTBY44SK4T4ZCE8WXWU1/IMG_0738.JPG Teaching https://www.aarondelgaty.com/projects-2 daily 0.75 2021-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60abecfe408af51a4dbbd5b6/1622302844197-U6X5KSULFXI5BPPOE9BF/WordItOut-word-cloud-4724326.png Projects (Copy) - A Brewer’s Aesthetic COVID-19 has prompted brewery leadership to revaluate their organizational resilience. Roundtable and informal discussions have focused on SOPs, market presence, and strategic collaborations. Observing this moment, our team proposed a question: To what extent does aesthetic design influence resilience? To explore this question, we are collecting all NC brewery beer names and logo designs into a database. Using qualitative analysis, we are developing a bank of themes to describe these aesthetic choices and track trends across brewing communities. Comparing these trends against production data, demographics, and opening/closures give insight into the potential of aesthetics to enfranchise or disenfranchise consumers. This study will serve as a practical demonstration of data-based interventions for IDEAs students. We are currently developing infographics to disseminate findings to NC breweries in collaboration with the North Carolina Craft Brewers Guild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60abecfe408af51a4dbbd5b6/1622319043933-3VC2LT2POXP1A5SNT446/UNC-Genomics-6217.jpg Projects (Copy) - Big IDEA Courses Mentoring student researchers has been an education in its own right. As we’ve developed data modules, I’ve observed the aspects of mixed-methods research that inspire my team, and the aspects that frustrate or stymie them. These insights have informed the design of a large-scale course for the IDEAs program: Culture & Consumption. This course aims to teach fundamentals of anthropology through critical qualitative and quantitative research, and in a way that is empathetic to the pleasures and pains of complex learning and design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60abecfe408af51a4dbbd5b6/1622295033033-PL64G0I0NLDKLW47ZY7D/BackBar_GSL-Banner.jpg Projects (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60abecfe408af51a4dbbd5b6/1622165628203-XDU0OXOF7EQ5QYF4IKQ2/IMG_1713.jpg Projects (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60abecfe408af51a4dbbd5b6/1622162506697-ULCDYMN6518TLHKGU38N/IMG_2350.jpg Projects (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60abecfe408af51a4dbbd5b6/1622304928569-E6XP1IBUIKNUDCACLAZS/20170901_135553+copy.jpg Projects (Copy) Wishes written on ema boards hung outside a shrine, Nara, Japan (2017) https://www.aarondelgaty.com/general-2 daily 0.75 2025-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60abecfe408af51a4dbbd5b6/fb9268d8-d38e-4801-a282-8fef2b9ba1d5/71eIAaatAQL._SL1500_.jpg