Participants in this two-hour software workshop will introduced TerraSeer's STIS software, and participants will learn basics of space-time visualization and analysis of cancer rates, including map animation, local cluster analysis, and detection of health disparities.

Literature and Film in Interdisciplinary Teaching about the American Southwest

This workshop will discuss how an interdisciplinary Southwestern Studies class attempts to achieve the following objectives: 1) Explore the rich diversity of the Southwest and give focus to interdisciplinary studies by examining the region's people, institutions, history, and physical and cultural ecology; 2) Analyze selected texts that examine issues directly relevant to understanding the Southwest; 3)Provide a understanding of the historically changing concept of the Southwest, especially as it has been altered physically by human beings; 4) Explore using the concept of region to break down traditional disciplinary limits and to lead teachers and scholars with similar interests in region to understand similarities and differences among disciplinary approaches to regional study; 4) Enable faculty to develop curricula at their home institutions.

The workshop will examine how a course on the Southwest may deal with four interrelated topics: 1) Defining the Physical and Historical Southwest, 2) Charting the Changing Natural Environment of the Southwest, 3) Tracking the Literary Southwest, and 4) Viewing the Visual Southwest.

Cultural Competency in Healthcare

In this workshop, participants will explore their understanding of the core concepts of cultural competence, and their potential to serve as change agents in this area. Participants will work to articulate their own vision of a diverse and culturally competent organization. They will discuss how their personal and professional goals fit with this vision. Participants will also explore the ways in which they have contributed to improving cultural competence.