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I suggest you also get acquainted with the basics of design and design thinking. "The Design of Everyday Things" is a seminal text for this. There are some Coursera and similar courses you could check out too.
This is a great introduction for thinking about methods and process: https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Your-Users-Second-Technologies/dp/0128002328
I suggest you look for Steve Portigal's videos on Youtube and check out his podcast Dollars to Donuts. He interviews research leaders and so you can pick up a lot of important perspective. This is a great way to pick up the jargon and shibboleth of industry.
UX research is wonderfully interdisciplinary (in a way academia isn't), but that means you need to get beyond the cord anthropologist methods and get a foundation in cog psych, stats, HCI, etc.

Phd in anthropology is a fantastic basis for this work, but you are definitely going to have to demonstrate that you can adapt to a VERY different research context and build a bunch of skills that you might not have developed in grad school. It can be a very great move, but very humbling (especially initially).

I made a similar transition from a Phd in ethnography to ux research a few years ago, feel free to message me if you have questions (if you do let me know what city you are in as that will change any advice I would give you).

Good luck!

r/UXResearch (okay, it is still growing, but let's make it a good resource!)
If you like his book, Steve Portigal's podcast is also fantastic (https://www.portigal.com/podcast/) He interviews the UXR leaders at several companies and really drills into their processes and challenges. He has some great talks on youtube as well.
There are several good books related to UX research by Rosenfeld Media. Their "Research Pack" ain't a bad place to start: https://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/research-pack/ (includes the book you mentioned)
It is a bit more of a textbook, but this is a fantastic resource: https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Your-Users-Second-Technologies/dp/0128002328