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University of Rhode Island

Country

United States

State

Rhode Island

City

Kingston

Institution IPED

217484

Liaison(s)

Dr. Kristin Johnson

Title

Vice Provost for Global Initiatives

Address

Kingston, RI
United States

Phone

Email

kristin_johnson@uri.edu

Ms. Kathleen Maher

Title

Director, Office of National Fellowships

Address

Kingston, RI
United States

Email

Ms. Kathleen Maher

Title

Fulbright Program Adviser

Email

Dr. Kristin Johnson

Title

Vice Provost for Global Initiatives

Email

kristin_johnson@uri.edu

Emmanuel Michaca

Title

Specialist, Global Initiatives

Address

United States

Email

uriglobal@etal.uri.edu

U.S. Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years Sort descending	Program
Janet Hirsch	University of Rhode Island	University of Iceland	Medical Sciences	Iceland	1984-1985	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Richard Weeks	University of Rhode Island	University of Lisbon	Business	Portugal	1985-1986	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Calvin Poon	University of Rhode Island	Assiut University	Environmental Sciences	Egypt	1985-1986	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Clair Cheer	University of Rhode Island	University of Thessaloniki	Chemistry	Greece	1986-1987	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Jan Northby	University of Rhode Island	Max Planck Institute	Physics	Germany	1986-1987	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Nancy Potter	University of Rhode Island	University of La Serena , University of Talca	Literature	Chile	1987-1988	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Richard Hauke	University of Rhode Island	Kenyatta University College	Biology	Kenya	1987-1988	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Phyllis Brown	University of Rhode Island	Hebrew University	Chemistry	Israel	1987-1988	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
George Willis	University of Rhode Island	Murdoch University , Canberra College of Advanced Education	Education	Australia	1989-1990	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Diedre Badejo	University of Rhode Island	University of Ghana	Language	Ghana	1990-1991	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Robert Bullock	University of Rhode Island	University of the Azores	Biology	Portugal	1990-1991	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Chong Kim	University of Rhode Island	Ajou University	History	South Korea	1991-1992	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Dean Cycon	University of Rhode Island	The University of Waikato	Law	New Zealand	1991-1992	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Josephine Milburn	University of Rhode Island	Diponegoro University , Andalas University	Political Science	Indonesia	1991-1992	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Roger Goos	University of Rhode Island	University of Lisbon	Biology	Portugal	1992-1993	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Stanley Pickart	University of Rhode Island	National Autonomous University of Mexico	Philosophy	Mexico	1993-1994	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Frank Heppner	University of Rhode Island	Universiti Brunei Darussalam	Biology	Brunei	1995-1996	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Nicolai Petro	University of Rhode Island	Novgorod State University	Political Science	Russia	1996-1997	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Michael Rice	University of Rhode Island	Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University	Agriculture	Philippines	1996-1997	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
James Findlay	University of Rhode Island	Kossuth Lajos University	History	Hungary	1997-1998	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years Sort descending	Program
Suvaluck Satumanatpan	Mahidol University, Nakorn Pathom, Thail	Duke University , University of Rhode Island	Environmental Sciences	Thailand	2015-2016	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Pravin Patkar	Amrita Vishwa Vidhyapeetham-University	University of Rhode Island	Social Work	India	2015-2016	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Charles Antoine Claude Alexandr Guerin	University of Toulon	University of Rhode Island	Oceanography	France	2016-2017	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Jose Luis Hierro	National University of La Pampa	University of Rhode Island	Environmental Sciences	Argentina	2017-2018	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Chi Shiun Lai	National Yunlin University of Science & Technology	University of Rhode Island	Business	Taiwan	2017-2018	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Elvis Carissimi	Federal University of Santa Maria	University of Rhode Island	Engineering	Brazil	2018-2019	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Henderite Loisa Ohee	Cenderawasih University	University of Rhode Island	Fisheries	Indonesia	2019-2020	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Mihajla Dan	University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences	University of Rhode Island	Genetics	Serbia	2019-2020	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Noer Kasanah	Universitas Gadjah Mada	University of Rhode Island	Biology	Indonesia	2019-2020	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Riffat Malik	Quaid-i-Azam University	University of Rhode Island	Environmental Sciences	Pakistan	2023-2024	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program