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AINSP spring 2012 event

RETHINKING CULTURAL COMPETENCY: Insights from Native American Studies

DATE/TIME: Wednesday April 25, 9:30AM-2:30PM
LOCATION: 1117 UCC

The goal of this one-day workshop is to create an opportunity for faculty and students across campus to consider critical perspectives on ongoing “cultural competency” efforts in health and social services, from the perspective of Native American Studies.

Through speakers’ presentations (in the morning) and a roundtable discussion centered on selected readings (in the afternoon), participants will consider what key concepts and findings within Native American studies reveal about the numerous ongoing efforts to improve "cultural competency" in health and social services.

Our featured visiting guest for this event will be Joseph P. Gone, Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan, whose research examines efforts to improve the cross-cultural effectiveness of mental health interventions. Speakers from UI who conduct community-based research in Native American communities will include Vanessa Simonds, assistant professor in Community & Behavioral Health in the College of Public Health, and Catherine Burnette, Ph.D. candidate in the School of Social Work.   The workshop will be moderated by Erica Prussing (Departments of Anthropology and Community Behavioral Health, and academic coordinator, American Indian & Native Studies Program).

All UI faculty and students are welcome to attend any part of this event and to participate in the roundtable discussion, relating presentations and readings to their own experiences and projects.

 

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
9:30  Coffee
9:45 Welcome and goals: Erica Prussing
10:00 Presentation by Joseph Gone: “Rethinking cultural competence: Insights from Native American studies”
11:00 Presentation: Vanessa Simonds, College of Public Health
11:30 Presentation: Catherine Burnette, School of Social Work
12:00-1:00 Lunch buffet
1:00-2:30 Roundtable discussion of morning presentations and selected readings (see articles one and two, attached, authored or co-authored by Joseph Gone)

 

For further information, please contact Erica Prussing, Academic Coordinator for AINSP (erica-prussing@uiowa.edu).