University of North Carolina at Asheville | 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

State

North Carolina

City

Asheville

Institution IPED

199111

Liaison(s)

Dr. Tiece Ruffin

Title

Interim Director and Associate Professor

Phone

1 (828) 250-2361

truffin@unca.edu

U.S. Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Dwight Mullen	University of North Carolina at Asheville	University of Malawi	Political Science	Malawi	1996-1997	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Jeff Rackham	University of North Carolina at Asheville	University of Skopje	Literature	North Macedonia	1992-1993	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Arthur Whitehill Jr	University of North Carolina at Asheville	Keio University	Labor/Industrial Relations	Japan	1957-1958	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
John Honigmann	University of North Carolina at Asheville	University of Karachi	Anthropology	Pakistan	1957-1958	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Elisha Douglass	University of North Carolina at Asheville	Fredrich Alexander University of Erlangen	History	Germany	1957-1958	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
G Welton Marquis	University of North Carolina at Asheville	University of Oslo	Music	Norway	1957-1958	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Elizabeth Umstead	University of North Carolina at Asheville	Queen Aliyah College	Physiology	Iraq	1957-1958	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Jennifer Ward	University of North Carolina at Asheville	University of Cape Coast	Biology	Ghana	2023-2024	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Afaf Omer	University of North Carolina at Asheville	University of Qatar	Sociology	Qatar	2003-2004	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Keya Maitra	University of North Carolina at Asheville	University of Delhi	Philosophy	India	2015-2016	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Agya Boakye-Boaten	University of North Carolina at Asheville	University of Cape Coast	Area Studies	Ghana	2019-2020	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Tiece Ruffin	University of North Carolina at Asheville	University of Education, Winneba	Education	Ghana	2017-2018	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
David Gillette	University of North Carolina at Asheville	Kathmandu University	Biology	Nepal	2015-2016	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Cara Gilpin	University of North Carolina at Asheville	German-American Fulbright Commission	Political Science	Germany	2015-2016	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Florence Akua Mensah	University of Education, Winneba	University of North Carolina at Asheville	Education	Ghana	2019-2020	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Claudio Malo	Pontifical Catholic University-Cuenca	University of North Carolina at Asheville	Anthropology	Ecuador	1988-1989	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Monique Hugo	Lycee Georges de la Tour	Clemson University , University of North Carolina at Asheville	Language	France	1973-1974	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program