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INST 179C - Study Abroad--Japan: First Year Seminar Culture History Environment(GT-SS3)

  • 3 credits
International education, awareness of and appreciation for diverse perspectives. Designed to help incoming first-year students transition to college life. Familiarizes students with social, cultural, and environmental issues in the United States and in a specific international context. Cultivates intercultural understanding.
Written consent of instructor. This is a partial semester course. Credit not allowed for both INST 179C and INST 182B.

This course is approved under gtPathways in the content area of Human Behavior, Culture, or Social Frameworks (GT-SS3).

Instructors

Deana Davalos
Deana Davalos

9704915548 | deana.davalos@colostate.edu

Deana Davalos is a professor in the Cognitive Neuroscience Program in the Department of Psychology at Colorado State University. She received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Texas A&M University and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in counseling psychology from Colorado State University.
Dr. Davalos completed her predoctoral internship at Yale University School of Medicine in neuropsychological assessment and outpatient services, and her postdoctoral fellowship through the Developmental Psychobiology Research Group at the University Of Colorado School Of Medicine. Her research has focused on a wide range of psychopathology, including schizophrenia, mild traumatic brain injury and aging (both healthy and pathological) to better understanding the cognitive development of newborns to older adults.
Dr. Davalos is the director of the Aging Clinic of the Rockies and part of an interdisciplinary research program on campus focused on better understanding the aging process called the Enriched Environments for Healthy Aging Brains team.