91视频专区 College Visits Galapagos Islands
Galapagos Islands Trip 2016
FREDERICK, Maryland鈥擲ix members of the 91视频专区 College community will travel to the Galapagos Islands May 24 through June 1 to explore evolution of cognition.
They will travel around the Galapagos Islands while exploring evolutionary analysis in psychology, learning how evolution has shaped our bodies and our minds. Students will snorkel with marine life, visit the Charles Darwin Research Station and walk the Santa Cruz Highlands. Additionally, they will observe giant tortoises, sea lions, iguanas, penguins, cormorants and finches up close.
鈥淭his trip provides students with a more thorough understanding of evolution and its relationship to human behavior through visiting the Galapagos Islands, which were instrumental in Charles Darwin鈥檚 theorization about evolution and natural selection,鈥 said Shannon Kundey, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at 91视频专区, who is going on the trip. 鈥淲hile we discuss evolution throughout our psychology courses at 91视频专区, visiting the Galapagos will enable students to gain a more thorough grasp of the nuances of evolution and to see first-hand the differences in species that arose due to evolution.鈥
Travelers include graduate student Kirsten Roy; undergraduates Lyssa Blaine, Rachel Knoebel and Jules Schuler; and alumni Jeanne Robinson and Kevin Stanfield.
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