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Becoming an Intentional Physician provides a roadmap for medical professionals to cultivate a fulfilling career rooted in empathy, resiliency, and ethical practice. Through personal stories and practical insights, the book guides readers in developing a strong professional identity and embracing the lifelong journey of self-improvement. It underscores the importance of mentorship, meaningful professional relationships, and strategic career planning for physicians to become skilled and committed to compassionate patient-centered care. Written by Dr. Tom Cox, with a foreword by Dr. Tim Bono, the work draws on the author’s extensive experience in medicine and education to offer a thoughtful guide for aspiring and early-career physicians.

This short guidebook introduces the reader to critical pedagogy in foreign language education as a logical extension of the liberal arts’ core mission to encourage the analysis of (social) problems in order to arrive at just solutions. We present six common approaches, noting any possible difficulties of implementation, and demonstrate how a sample lesson plan would change from one approach to another. In addition we discuss the challenges of addressing exclusionary culture at the curricular level, as well as highlighting the feasibility and necessity of doing so.

An Anthology of Interference in Law School Clinics explores interference in law school clinics in the United States, addressing its long history and the legal ethics, academic freedom, and First Amendment responses to that interference. Law clinics have faced interference in their representation of clients from elected officials, business groups, alumni and, at times, even their own school administrators. Such interference has targeted clinics for providing legal representation to individuals and nongovernmental organizations on important matters, including racial and gender discrimination, environmental issues, prisoner rights litigation, death penalty cases, and immigration and human rights matters. In each instance, the interference sought to subvert the legal process by preventing clinics from representing their clients rather than addressing the legal merits of their clinic clients’ claims. Interference with law clinic client representation also appears to be part of the broader attacks on public interest lawyers and other lawyers representing clients in disputes with governmental entities, business interests, or other more powerful adversaries. This book is designed to serve as a reference and resource to address future interference.

Public Speaking for Modern Learners provides a practical, streamlined approach to oral communication in social and professional settings. It presents public speaking as an extension of everyday interaction, emphasizing clarity, adaptability, and purpose. Attention is given to overcoming anxiety, developing a confident presence, and crafting messages that are organized, engaging, and audience-centered. The book highlights the importance of research and practice, while exploring both informal and formal speaking situations. It concludes with a focus on professional communication, preparing readers to navigate presentations and workplace interactions.

An Introduction to Geospatial Thinking and Open Source GIS is a beginners guide to understanding geospatial concepts and tools. As we move into an age of AI generated research, this foundational learning is essential for understanding the nuts and bolts of conducting analyses as well as evaluating the analyses of others. Part one is focused largely on concepts and part two is focused on practice using open source tools. This is an Open Educational Resource (OER). Part one was adapted mainly from Essentials of Geographic Information Systems, Campbell, 2011, and Spatial Thinking in Planning Practice: An Introduction to GIS, Fang, 2014. Part two is newly developed content focused on providing readers, scaffolded introductory exercises.

Digital Cartography covers foundational cartographic principles that are needed to make effective maps. lt explores such concepts as data, lettering, along with multivariate and uncertainty visualization. By the end of this book, a reader will be able to: (1) Describe how cartographic concepts such generalization, scale and projection will affect mapping products; (2) Identify the medium, purpose, and spatial data requirements to create a map that is appropriate to a specific audience; (3) Evaluate maps produced by peers and various organizations; and (4) Construct maps that effectively use color, font, and other design elements using ArcGIS Pro.