University of Latvia

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

Latvia

City

Riga

U.S. Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years Sort descending	Program
Janis Schulmeisters	State University of New York, Maritime College	University of Latvia	Law	Latvia	2007-2008	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Thomas Rotnem	Southern Polytechnic State University	University of Latvia	Political Science	Latvia	2009-2010	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Mark Steiner	South Texas College of Law	University of Latvia	Law	Latvia	2010-2011	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
John Lubans	Independent Scholar/Unaffiliated	University of Latvia	Professional/Other	Latvia	2010-2011	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Seth Shelden	Yeshiva University	University of Latvia	Law	Latvia	2012-2013	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Vicki McGinley	West Chester University of Pennsylvania	University of Latvia	Education	Latvia	2014-2015	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Jane Kirtley	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	University of Latvia	Law	Latvia	2015-2016	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Jenny Tripses	Bradley University	University of Latvia	Education	Latvia	2017-2018	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Melanie Reid	Lincoln Memorial University	University of Latvia	Law	Latvia	2017-2018	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Steven Oberman	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	University of Latvia	Law	Latvia	2018-2019	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Shawn Sullivan	University of Southern California	University of Latvia	Law	Latvia	2019-2020	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Laura Dean	Millikin University	University of Latvia	Political Science	Latvia	2019-2020	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Robert Osgood	Saint Norbert College	University of Latvia	Education	Latvia	2020-2021	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
James Duplass	University of South Florida	University of Latvia	Education	Latvia	2022-2023	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Yelena Tarasenko	Georgia Southern University	University of Latvia	Public Health	Latvia	2023-2024	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years Sort descending	Program
Inta Mierina	University of Latvia	University of Washington	Sociology	Latvia	2015-2016	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Aija Van Der Steina	University of Latvia	Arizona State University - Tempe	Travel/Tourism	Latvia	2016-2017	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Vita Kalnberzina	University of Latvia	National Louis University	Language	Latvia	2021-2022	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Daunis Auers	University of Latvia	University of Washington	Area Studies	Latvia	2023-2024	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program

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U.S. Grantees

Visiting Grantees