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see also Cultural Awareness and the Military
- bibliography at the Air University Library

see also Cultural Awareness and Language,
at the Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center (aka Air University Library)

University Programs & Resources ___return to top

• Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, free online book, wide-ranging on cultural topics, from Center for Cross-Cultural Research, Western Washington University

• Georgia Tech
  • Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)
    • Human Terrain System (HTS) - "Campaign focused. Culturally enabled. Bridging the gap."

• University of Military Intelligence
  • - includes cultural awareness section on Iraq, Afghanistan, and more
  • - also includes Military Intelligence Foreign Language Training Center
  • Cultural, Foreign Language Integration Center (CFLIC)

• Fundamentals of Cross Cultural Communication, online class, U. of Texas

• Center for Advanced Study of Language, University of Maryland
  • "The University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL) is the national laboratory for advanced research and development on language and national security. Founded in 2003 under Department of Defense funding as a University Affiliated Resarch Center, CASL represents a unique partnership between the university and the Intelligence Community (IC) and the U. S. Department of Defense. CASL’s mission is to serve the nation by improving the language performance of the IC and DoD workforce. CASL is now the largest language research center in the United States."
  • "Because the United States has a critical need for individuals who can communicate effectively with others around the globe, the Center exists to enhance the ability of federal employees across all agencies and branches to speak and understand other languages at high levels of proficiency."
  • "... CASL convened an interdisciplinary workshop June 14-25, 2004, focused on what is known currently and what can be discovered through research in the next four or five years about detecting deception, particularly from a cross-cultural perspective."

• Anthropology teaching materials from MIT
• International Culture & Cognition (ICC) Program, U. of Michigan
• Intercultural Studies, Seinan Gakuin University

• Cross-Cultural Communication Course Materials, American University, Washington, D.C.

• Brain and Creativity Institute, University of Southern California
  • The mission of the Brain and Creativity Institute is to gather new knowledge about the human emotions, decision-making, memory, and communication, from a neurological perspective, and to apply this knowledge to the solution of problems in the biomedical and sociocultural arenas.