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Academic Conference & Workshop Programming

01 Academic Conference & Workshop Programming · 9 edit slice
3
orgs
9
activities
3
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 3 organizations and 9 activities — MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF, North American Society for Sport Management, SOUTHWESTERN MISSION RESEARCH CENTER and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Academic Freedom for Civic Engagement", run by 1 orgs.
MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF and North American Society for Sport Management hold roughly a third of all activity — know those first.
pull-quote · for funders
who to look at first

shortlist

Ranked by activity breadth, method diversity, and network reach across the slice. Attach a memo to this report and this list re-ranks around your intent.

where this slice is thin

gap signals

Concrete structural gaps — method mix, geographic concentration, coalition density, funder diversity. Evidence is cited from the slice's own numbers.

where the field lives · works

geography

Orange headquarters dots are sized by how many grantees are based in the state. Green circles mark real locations these orgs say they serve — from city-level populations in this slice's impact_map_populations data. Toggle layers at the bottom right.

regional breakdown · hq density
Arizona 100% · 3 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 3

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how the field thinks

strategies in this slice

Theories of action extracted from the orgs in this slice. The count is how many orgs cite each one — a strategy run by many orgs in common is a through-line; one cited by a single org is still surfaced so the reader can gauge the full spread.

where strategy meets practice

strategies × activity types

How each shared strategy breaks down across the four activity types the orgs running it actually do.

direct service
advocacy
research
capacity building
Academic Freedom for Civic Engagement
4
Standardized Peer Review
3
Values-Aligned Advertising
4
who works with whom

named partnerships · coalitions · networks

Entities these orgs explicitly call out as partners, coalition members, or networks. Unlike the strategy-sharing graph below (which is inferred from shared approaches), these are relationships the orgs claim on their own sites.

African Studies Association Partner
shared by 1 org
American Council of Learned Societies Coalition
shared by 1 org
American Press Partner
shared by 1 org
American Studies Association Partner
shared by 1 org
Anza Society Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Historical Society Partner
shared by 1 org
Association for Asian American Studies Partner
shared by 1 org
Bishop’s University Partner
shared by 1 org
Bri Newland Partner
shared by 1 org
Brock University Partner
shared by 1 org
CUP Partner
shared by 1 org
Cambridge Journals Online Partner
shared by 1 org
Cambridge University Press Partner
shared by 1 org
Clemson University Partner
shared by 1 org
Committee on Academic Freedom Partner
shared by 1 org
Critical Ethnic Studies Association Partner
shared by 1 org
where the field connects

strategy-sharing network

Inferred from shared theories of action: each line connects an org to a strategy it runs. Organizations that share many strategies cluster through the same nodes — funders can spot the field's structural bridges.

funder shortlist · top 5

Orgs that combine the highest activity counts with the broadest strategy reach — the default entry points for a funder diligencing this field.

  1. #01 MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF AZ · 4 · shares w/ 0
  2. #02 North American Society for Sport Management Inc AZ · 3 · shares w/ 0
  3. #03 SOUTHWESTERN MISSION RESEARCH CENTER AZ · 2 · shares w/ 0