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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

Title

Manager, Research Development

Email

arutenberg@utk.edu

Dr. Gretchen Neisler

Title

Vice Provost for International Affairs

Email

gneisler@utk.edu

U.S. Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
John Lievsay	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	University of Rome	Literature	Italy	1953-1954	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Edda Hankamer	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	University of Adelaide	Language	Australia	1957-1958	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
William Bull	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	University College	Chemistry	Ireland	1970-1971	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Ivan Sellin	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Technical University of Darmstadt	Physics	Germany	1977-1978	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Reinhard Bressler	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Technical University of Hanover	Engineering	Germany	1971-1972	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
William Wade	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Moscow State University	Mathematics	Russia	1977-1978	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
William Judge	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Moscow State Institute of International Relations	Business	Russia	2000-2001	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Sharon Judge	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Moscow Pedagogical State University	Education	Russia	2000-2001	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Mary Erickson	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Royal Institute of Technology	Music	Sweden	2000-2001	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Benjamin Bates	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	University of Tampere	Communications	Finland	2000-2001	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Robert Cunningham	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Yarmouk University	Public Administration	Jordan	1991-1992	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
John Finger	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Victoria University	History	New Zealand	1990-1991	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Neelam Poudyal	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Institute of Forestry	Environmental Sciences	Nepal	2022-2023	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Orou Gaoue	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	University of Johannesburg	Biology	South Africa	2022-2023	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Kimberly Wolbers	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	University of the Witwatersrand	Education	South Africa	2022-2023	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Benjamin Barton	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	University of Ljubljana	Law	Slovenia	2014-2015	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Steven Oberman	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	University of Latvia	Law	Latvia	2018-2019	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Gerard Cohen-Vrignaud	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Cadi Ayyad University	Literature	Morocco	2014-2015	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Sarah Eldridge	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Technical University of Dresden	Literature	Germany	2016-2017	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Isabel Munoz	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	University of Buenos Aires	Geography	Argentina	2019-2020	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Mircea Maniu	University of Cluj	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Economics	Romania	1992-1993	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Christoph Irmscher	University of Bonn	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Literature	Germany	1993-1994	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Kandrathanda Kaveriappa	Mangalore University	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Biology	India	1993-1994	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Maja Micevska	Institute of Economics	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Business	North Macedonia	1993-1994	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
El Sayed El Ashry	Alexandria University	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Chemistry	Egypt	1993-1994	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Aurelian Craiutu	University Of Bucharest	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Economics	Romania	1993-1994	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Malcolm Morrison	University of East Anglia	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Education	United Kingdom	1994-1995	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Larissa Chuprina	Military University	University of Tennessee, Knoxville , University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Business	Ukraine	1995-1996	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Roxanna Senyshyn	L'viv Institute of Management	University of Tennessee, Knoxville , University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Education	Ukraine	1995-1996	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Maciej Widawski	University of Gdansk	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Linguistics	Poland	1999-2000	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Eyal Schiff	Sheba Medical Center	University of Tennessee Health Science Center , University of Tennessee, Knoxville , University of Tennessee Health Science Center	Medical Sciences	Israel	1991-1992	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Yordanka Mateva	International Division Commercial Bank Biochim	University of Tennessee, Knoxville , University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Business	Bulgaria	1993-1994	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Ion Gireada	Academy of Economic Studies	University of Tennessee, Knoxville , University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Business	Romania	1993-1994	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Nikolay Gospodinov	Agency for Economic Coordination and Development	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Economics	Bulgaria	1993-1994	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Mihnea Constantinescu	Polytechnic University of Bucharest	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Business	Romania	1994-1995	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Alexandr Lastuvka	Czech Technical University	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Business	Czech Republic	1995-1996	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
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