University of Latvia | 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

Latvia

City

Riga

U.S. Grantees

Name Sort descending	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Margaret Rung	Roosevelt University	University of Latvia	History	Latvia	2000-2001	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Carol Schmid	Guilford Technical Community College	University of Latvia	Sociology	Latvia	2002-2003	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Janis Schulmeisters	State University of New York, Maritime College	University of Latvia	Law	Latvia	2007-2008	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Seth Shelden	Yeshiva University	University of Latvia	Law	Latvia	2012-2013	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Frederick Shiels	Mercy University	University of Latvia	Political Science	Latvia	2005-2006	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Charles Smith	Otterbein University	University of Latvia	Business	Latvia	2003-2004	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Jeffrey Sommers	University of North Georgia	University of Latvia	History	Latvia	2004-2005	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Thomas Sponsler	Seattle University	University of Latvia	Law	Latvia	2005-2006	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Mark Steiner	South Texas College of Law	University of Latvia	Law	Latvia	2010-2011	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Shawn Sullivan	University of Southern California	University of Latvia	Law	Latvia	2019-2020	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Ilga Svechs	Case Western Reserve University	University of Latvia	Sociology	Latvia	1992-1993	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Yelena Tarasenko	Georgia Southern University	University of Latvia	Public Health	Latvia	2023-2024	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Jenny Tripses	Bradley University	University of Latvia	Education	Latvia	2017-2018	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Brenda Vallance	United States Air Force Academy	University of Latvia	Political Science	Latvia	2002-2003	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Valdis Zeps	University of Wisconsin-Madison	University of Latvia	Linguistics	Latvia	1994-1995	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name Sort descending	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Dace Visnola	University of Latvia	Sofia University	Education	Latvia	2013-2014	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Vita Zelce	University of Latvia	Iowa State University of Science and Technology	Communications	Latvia	1999-2000	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Brigita Zepa	University of Latvia	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Sociology	Latvia	2006-2007	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Ineta Ziemele	University of Latvia	University of Connecticut	Law	Latvia	1997-1998	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program