Northeastern Illinois University | Fulbright Scholar Program

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

United States

State

Illinois

City

Chicago

Institution IPED

147776

Liaison(s)

Dr. Ana Gil-Garcia

Title

Professor

Address

IL
United States

Phone

1 (773) 442-5525

a-serafin@neiu.edu

Janet Fredericks

Title

Director of International Programs

Address

Chicago, IL
United States

Phone

1 (733) 442-6010

j-fredericks@neiu.edu

U.S. Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Lyon Leifer	Northeastern Illinois University	Sangit Mahabharati , Sangit Mahabharati	Music	India	2019-2020	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Kristen Over	Northeastern Illinois University	University of Bergen	Literature	Norway	2015-2016	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Brandon Bisbey	Northeastern Illinois University	University of Guanajuato	Language	Mexico	2015-2016	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
John Maher	Northeastern Illinois University	Edvard Kardelj University of Ljubljana	Linguistics	Slovenia	1989-1990	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
J Ignacio Mendez	Northeastern Illinois University	National University of Lujan	History	Argentina	1989-1990	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Christina Ciecierski	Northeastern Illinois University	Warsaw School of Economics	Economics	Poland	2014-2015	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Ana Gil-Garcia	Northeastern Illinois University	Ministry of Education and Science	Education	Armenia	2010-2011	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Cindy Voisine	Northeastern Illinois University	University of Heidelberg	Biology	Germany	2016-2017	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Patrick Miller	Northeastern Illinois University	University of Helsinki	History	Finland	2016-2017	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Thomas Tobin	Northeastern Illinois University	Eotvos Lorand University	Education	Hungary	2017-2018	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Carol Gartner	Northeastern Illinois University	Chonnam National University	Literature	South Korea	1986-1987	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Rory Donnelly	Northeastern Illinois University	National Pedagogical Institute	Linguistics	Hungary	1989-1990	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Marit Vamarasi	Northeastern Illinois University	University of Plovdiv	Linguistics	Bulgaria	2002-2003	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Patrick Miller	Northeastern Illinois University	University of Bayreuth	History	Germany	2002-2003	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Ana Gil-Garcia	Northeastern Illinois University	Simon Bolivar University	Education	Venezuela	2003-2004	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Rory Donnelly	Northeastern Illinois University	University of Costa Rica	Linguistics	Costa Rica	2004-2005	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Netiva Caftori	Northeastern Illinois University	University of Abomey-Calavi	Computer Science	Burkina Faso	2003-2004	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Rasoul Rezvanian	Northeastern Illinois University	Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications	Business	China	2006-2007	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
John Maher	Northeastern Illinois University	University Of Sofia	Linguistics	Bulgaria	1966-1967	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Marvin Willerman	Northeastern Illinois University	Ministry of Education	Education	Iran	1973-1974	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Izabella Petriashvili	Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University	Northeastern Illinois University	Education	Georgia	2011-2012	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Ghada Mahmoud Mamdouh Mohamed Abdelhafeez	Faculty of Arts, Minia University	Northeastern Illinois University	Literature	Egypt	2015-2016	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Liljana Gurkova	University of Skopje	Northeastern Illinois University	Language	North Macedonia	1985-1986	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Gezim Hadaj	University of Tirana	Northeastern Illinois University , Northeastern Illinois University	Linguistics	Albania	1991-1992	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Tami Yair	Beit Berl College	Northeastern Illinois University	Linguistics	United States	2022-2023	Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program