Kobe University

Non-U.S. Scholars

Each year roughly 850 faculty and professionals from around the world receive Fulbright Scholar awards for advanced research and university lecturing in the United States. Individual awards are available to scholars from over 100 countries.

Non-U.S. Scholars

U.S. Institutions

U.S. Higher Education institutions are instrumental to the success of the Fulbright mission. They are key allies in advancing the goal of sharing knowledge across communities, promoting mutual understanding across nations and improving lives around the world.

U.S. Institutions

Country

Japan

State

Hyogo

City

Kobe

U.S. Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Barbara Bunker	University at Buffalo, The State University of New York	Kobe University	Psychology	Japan	1989-1990	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Mark Shechner	University at Buffalo, The State University of New York	Kobe University	Literature	Japan	1987-1988	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Daniel Rosen	Loyola University New Orleans	Kobe University	Law	Japan	1986-1987	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Charles Fenwick	College of New Jersey	Kobe University	Sociology	Japan	1987-1988	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Matthew O'Brien	Bradley University	Kobe University	Business	Japan	2010-2011	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
John Zeugner	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Osaka University , Kobe University	History	Japan	1976-1977	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
John Zeugner	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Kobe University , Osaka University	History	Japan	1977-1978	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Wayne Falke	Miami University	Kobe University , Osaka University	Literature	Japan	1975-1976	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
James Noffsinger	University of Kentucky	Kobe University	Architecture	Japan	1969-1970	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Sho Sato	University of California, Berkeley	Kobe University	Law	Japan	1969-1970	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Samuel Mermin	University of Wisconsin	Kobe University , Chuo University	Law	Japan	1968-1969	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
David Katzman	University of Kansas	Kobe University	History	Japan	2001-2002	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Laurence Dowd	University of Washington	Kobe University	Economics	Japan	1955-1956	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Laurence Dowd	University of Washington	Kobe University , Kobe University of Commerce	International Relations	Japan	1956-1957	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Robert Hall Jr	University of Rochester	Kobe University	Geography	Japan	1954-1955	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Geoffrey Lanning	Catholic University of America	Kobe University	Law	Japan	1966-1967	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Brian Vargus	University of Pittsburgh	The University of Tokyo , Kobe University	Urban Studies	Japan	1973-1974	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Sara deFord	Goucher College	Kobe University	Literature	Japan	1961-1962	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Percy Luney Jr	North Carolina Central University	Kobe University	Law	Japan	1991-1992	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Michael Waxman	Marquette University	Kobe University	Law	Japan	1993-1994	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Tsutomu Harada	Kobe University	Harvard University	Business	Japan	2005-2006	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Junichi Goto	Kobe University	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Economics	Japan	1993-1994	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Tsutomu Harada	Kobe University	Harvard University	Business	Japan	2004-2005	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Fujio Hamada	Kobe University	University of Pennsylvania , Columbia University	Law	Japan	1982-1983	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Eiji Maruyama	Kobe University	Yale University , Yale University , Northwestern University	Law	Japan	1980-1981	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Fumio Iida	Kobe University	Harvard University	Political Science	Japan	2014-2015	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Wakae Kawatani	Kobe University	CIES	Education	Japan	1999-2000	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Enshu Hiromi	Kobe University	University of California, Berkeley	Architecture	Japan	1990-1991	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Masao Kishida	Kobe University	New York University	Law	Japan	1986-1987	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Takayuki Sakai	Kobe University	Cornell University	Social Sciences	Japan	2023-2024	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program

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Visiting Grantees