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University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Country

United States

State

Tennessee

City

Knoxville

Institution IPED

221759

Liaison(s)

Alan Rutenberg

Title

Director

Address

Knoxville, TN
United States

Phone

Email

arutenberg@utk.edu

Dr. Gretchen Neisler

Title

Vice Provost for International Affairs

Address

Knoxville, TN
United States

Email

gneisler@utk.edu

Alan Rutenberg

Phone

1 (865) 974-8686

Email

arutenberg@utk.edu

Dr. Gretchen Neisler

Email

gneisler@utk.edu

U.S. Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years Sort descending	Program
Rosalind Gwynne	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	American Institute of Yemeni Studies	Language	Yemen	1989-1990	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
John Finger	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Victoria University	History	New Zealand	1990-1991	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Robert Cunningham	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Yarmouk University	Public Administration	Jordan	1991-1992	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Peter Lizon	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Czech Technical University	Architecture	Czech Republic	1992-1993	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Ronald Bright	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	University of Cambridge	Medical Sciences	United Kingdom	1993-1994	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Frank Marsh	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Charles University	Philosophy	Czech Republic	1993-1994	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
William Shurr	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	University of Athens	Literature	Greece	1993-1994	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Geraldine Gesell	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	American School of Classical Studies	Anthropology	Greece	1993-1994	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Gerald Fryxell	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Academy of Economic Sciences	Business	Romania	1993-1994	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Michael Lofaro	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	University of Vienna	Literature	Austria	1994-1995	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Henry Herzog Jr	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	New Zealand Institute of Economic Research	Economics	New Zealand	1994-1995	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Susan Lucarelli	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Various Institutions	Communications	Ecuador	1995-1996	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Todd Diacon	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Federal University of Goias	History	Brazil	1995-1996	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
George Bowen	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Ministry of Planning and Territorial Administration	Public Administration	Portugal	1995-1996	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
La Vinia Jennings	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	University of Malaga	Literature	Spain	1997-1998	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
David Johnson	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Various Institutions	Architecture	Cyprus	1997-1998	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
William Judge	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Budapest University of Economic Sciences	Business	Hungary	1998-1999	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
William Farris	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	University of Tokyo	History	Japan	1998-1999	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Margaret Beauvois	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon	Linguistics	Mexico	1998-1999	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Richard Wirtz	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	University of Maribor	Law	Slovenia	1999-2000	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years Sort descending	Program
Maciej Widawski	University of Gdansk	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Linguistics	Poland	1999-2000	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Carl-Gustaf Thulin	University of Uppsala	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Biology	Sweden	2001-2002	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Zhanna Mukhamedyarova	Kazakh-American University	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Education	Kazakhstan	2002-2003	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Moges Woldemariam	Addis Ababa University	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Medical Sciences	Ethiopia	2002-2003	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Dario Conesa	University of Murcia	University of Tennessee, Knoxville , University of Massachusetts, Amherst	Public Health	Spain	2003-2004	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Nayani Melegoda	University of Colombo	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	History	Sri Lanka	2003-2004	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Julieta Velazquez	University of Costa Rica	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Biology	Costa Rica	2003-2004	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Noureddine Hannoun	International Institute of Management	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Mathematics	Algeria	2004-2005	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Gyula Zilahy	Budapest University of Economics and Public Administration	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Business	Hungary	2005-2006	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Suren Gigoyan	National Academy of Sciences of Armenia	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Physics	Armenia	2005-2006	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Tzong-Ru Lee	National Chung Hsing University	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Business	Taiwan	2005-2006	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Vellayan Subramaniam	Zoo Negara Malaysia	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Medical Sciences	Malaysia	2006-2007	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Dieudonne Timothee	University of Cocody--Abidjan	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Medical Sciences	Cote d'Ivoire	2006-2007	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Bahodur Kosimov	Internews Tajikistan	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Communications	Tajikistan	2006-2007	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Jian Ke	Wuhan University	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Law	China	2008-2009	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Dragoslava Radin	University of Belgrade	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Biology	Serbia	2009-2010	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Sergiu Tatarov	Academy of Public Administration	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Law	Moldova	2009-2010	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Truong Nguyen	University of Hue	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Agriculture	Vietnam	2010-2011	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Jiri Pinkas	Masaryk University	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Chemistry	Czech Republic	2011-2012	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Volodymyr Turchenko	Ternopil National Economic University	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Computer Science	Ukraine	2012-2013	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program