SIETAR USA Webinar Series
Dedicated to providing continuing professional education opportunities, the Webinar Series from SIETAR USA features leading practitioners working in key areas of intercultural and DEIB theory and practice.
The depth and diversity of the webinars is designed to grow your knowledge base and to provide a positive impact on your work in the ever-evolving professional landscape. The Webinar Series is just one example of SIETAR USA’s commitment to support transformational growth and intercultural understanding through professional interchange with a commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging and social justice.
Your participation and feedback are welcome and appreciated.
UPCOMING WEBINAR
April 9th - 11:30AM ET
Reimagining Culturally Resilient Initiatives Through the Power of Questions
Questions drive innovation, and this webinar invites SIETAR USA members to explore how thoughtful inquiry shaped the adaptation of the Barnga intercultural communication simulation and the creation of the Culturally Resilient Card Deck. Consider the questions that fueled their creative processes—How can we recreate cultural immersion online? What tools enable resilience and understanding in diverse contexts? —as they transformed traditional methods into dynamic virtual experiences. Questioning plays a central role as participants learn how asking questions can uncover new possibilities and create meaningful, culturally rich learning environments. This session offers actionable insights emphasizing the importance of flexibility, cultural awareness, and creative design in fostering meaningful learning experiences that resonate across cultural and digital divides.
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Presented by:Â
Dr. Terra Gargano & Dr. Ed Timke
Dr. Terra Gargano serves as the Director of Faculty Development and Academic Affairs in the School of Education at Johns Hopkins University. Throughout her twenty-five year career in higher education, she managed dozens of institutional collaborations worldwide, conducted workshops for faculty at domestic and international organizations, and learned alongside her students in the US and over a dozen countries. She taught English in Japan serving as the Assistant Dean for Semester at Sea before joining the faculty at American University as the Program Director and Faculty Advisor for Online Programs in the School, with students logging into classes from over 15 time zones. She is a fierce Skee-Ball competitor and enjoys a good campfire story. Â
Dr. Ed Timke, assistant professor in the Department of Advertising + PR at Michigan State University, is an expert in intercultural and global studies of media, with a focus on disability. He taught intercultural communication at American University’s School of International Service, held faculty positions at Duke University and the University of California, Berkeley. Through the International Student Exchange Programs, Ed taught English in a French high school and collaborated on international research projects. Living with a lifelong hearing disability, he advocates for accessibility and inclusion. When not spoiling six cats or trying to get home to the forests of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Ed enjoys “just one more coffee" and indulging his ultimate vice: The Golden Girls. Â
UPCOMING WEBINAR
May 14th - 11:30AM ET
ENHANCING PERCEPTION THROUGH ART: How Perceptual-Art Tools Can Support Intercultural Teams
This webinar will present the key concepts of The Art of Seeing, ArtMed inSight’s core workshop and explore their application to the field of intercultural training. The session will also provide a series of hands-on art engagement exercises that illustrate how clients can interact with artworks in order to help them enhance their observation, self-reflection, and communication skills.
Anne Willieme, MFA
Anne Williem, MFA, is founder and director of ArtMed inSight, an education-based organization using art to improve the perceptual expertise of medical practitioners and professionals in many fields. ArtMed inSight works with numerous leading academic and medical institutions such as Columbia University Medical Center and Massachusetts General Hospital among many others. Willieme, a recognized professional in art and medicine brings over 20 years of experience as a visual artist, art lecturer, collaborator with leading museums in the United States.
Want to present in the Webinar Series?
The SIETAR USA Webinar Team is always on the lookout for new and different presentations that will appeal to practitioners in intercultural relations, diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, social justice, and more.
Got a topic you’d like to present? Please complete the form at the link shown below. Your completed form will go to our Webinar Team for review, and they will contact you for further details and the possibility of scheduling your presentation as part of the SIETAR USA Webinar Series.
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Meet the webinar team:
Cheryl Woehr
Carolyn RyffelÂ
Sandy FowlerÂ
Julia Gasper-Bates
Brianna Harrison
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