What Non-Native Faculty Should Know When Working with Native Students

Thursday, April 12
3:00-4:30 pm
1-450 Moos Tower
University of Minnesota
515 Delaware Street, SE - Minneapolis, MN

Dr. Manson’s presentation “What non-Native faculty should know when working with Native students,” is meant for faculty or staff who work with Native students or wish to know more about Native students attending the University of Minnesota.

 Topics of discussion will include:

• The lived experience of Native students today.
• The impact of geographical location on academic success, including the impact it has on resources usually taken for granted, such as accessibility to the Internet, tutorial assistance and other resources necessary to succeed in academia.
• Native communication styles and how to best communicate with your students.
• The importance of oral vs. literal histories.
• Cultural adaptations that are both useful and respectful and how that differs from special treatment.

Spero M. Manson, PhD (Pembina Chippewa) is Professor of Psychiatry and heads the American Indian and Alaska Native programs at the University of Colorado, Denver and Health Sciences Center; which includes eight national centers and a collaboration with 102 American Indian and Alaska Native communities spanning rural, reservation, urban and village settings across the county. Dr. Manson's work includes working on health care issues in Pakistan, Southeast Asia, as well as, working with Eastern European refuges in the U.S. A substantial portion of his work addresses the use of state-of-the-art telecommunication technologies to bridge gaps in culture and geography that diminish access to health care.

 This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

 Sponsored by the University of Minnesota School of Nursing Native Nurses Center Opportunity Program.