Rhode Island School of Design | 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

Rhode Island

City

Providence

Institution IPED

217493

Liaison(s)

Soul Brown

Title

Director of RISD

Address

Providence, RI
United States

Phone

+1 401 4546283

lbrown03@risd.edu

U.S. Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Susan Vander Closter	Rhode Island School of Design	Free University of Amsterdam	Literature	Netherlands	1988-1989	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Glenn Erickson	Rhode Island School of Design	University of Calabar	Philosophy	Nigeria	1985-1986	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Alice Petry	Rhode Island School of Design	Federal University of Parana	Literature	Brazil	1985-1986	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
William Brown	Rhode Island School of Design	University of Siegen	Literature	Germany	1992-1993	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Barbara Bejoian	Rhode Island School of Design	American University of Armenia	Writing	Armenia	1995-1996	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Michael Scheiner	Rhode Island School of Design	University of Antioquia	Arts	Colombia	1999-2000	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Jonathan Highfield	Rhode Island School of Design	University of Cape Coast	Literature	Ghana	2001-2002	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Mary Bergstein	Rhode Island School of Design	Sigmund Freud Museum	Art History	Austria	2004-2005	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Daniel Peltz	Rhode Island School of Design	University College of Arts, Crafts and Design	Arts	Sweden	2007-2008	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Elizabeth Hermann	Rhode Island School of Design	Eastern University, Sri Lanka	Design	Sri Lanka	2017-2018	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Eric Anderson	Rhode Island School of Design	Sigmund Freud Museum	Art History	Austria	2016-2017	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Esther Thyssen	Rhode Island School of Design	University of Bucharest	Art History	Romania	2017-2018	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Christopher Taylor	Rhode Island School of Design	New University of Lisbon	Arts	Portugal	2011-2012	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Catherine Sacco	Rhode Island School of Design	Korean-American Educational Commission	Education	South Korea	2016-2017	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Derek Bradford	Rhode Island School of Design	Dawood College of Engineering and Technology	Architecture	Pakistan	1993-1994	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
John Lukens	Rhode Island School of Design	Physics and Engineering Laboratory, D.S.I.R.	Architecture	New Zealand	1979-1980	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Masha Ryskin	Rhode Island School of Design	Bezalel Academy of Art & Design	Arts	Israel	2021-2022	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Yevgeniya Baras	Rhode Island School of Design	Bezalel Academy of Art & Design	Arts	Israel	2022-2023	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
James Fowle	Rhode Island School of Design	Istanbul Technical University	History	Turkey (Türkiye)	1965-1966	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Janusz Krupinski	Academy of Fine Arts	Rhode Island School of Design	Arts	Poland	1987-1988	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Mark Pennington	Wellington Polytechnic	Rhode Island School of Design	Arts	New Zealand	1988-1989	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Suk Jung	Chungang University	Rhode Island School of Design	Arts	South Korea	2003-2004	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Maria Oriskova	Academy of Fine Arts	Rhode Island School of Design	Art History	Slovak Republic	2002-2003	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Daniel Fischer	Academy of Fine Arts and Design	Rhode Island School of Design , Rhode Island School of Design	Arts	Slovak Republic	2001-2002	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Yeun Lee	Yonsei University	Pennsylvania State University , Rhode Island School of Design	Education	South Korea	1995-1996	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
August Sarnitz	Academy of Fine Arts	Rhode Island School of Design	Architecture	Austria	1990-1991	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Chunghie Lee	Hong Ik University	Rhode Island School of Design	Arts	South Korea	1994-1995	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Hoda Abdel Rahman	Faculty of Applied Arts	Rhode Island School of Design	Arts	Egypt	1995-1996	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Kyung-youn Chung	Hongik University	Rhode Island School of Design , Jefferson University - East Falls Campus	Arts	South Korea	1996-1997	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Monika Ewa Niwelinska	Academy of Fine Arts	Rhode Island School of Design	Fine Arts	Poland	2016-2017	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Uelo Pikkov	Estonian Academy of Arts	Rhode Island School of Design	Arts	Estonia	2023-2024	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program

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