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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
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
Susan Lucarelli	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Various Institutions	Communications	Ecuador	1995-1996	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
John Aydelott	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Bilkent University	Linguistics	Turkey (Türkiye)	1989-1990	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Michael Handelsman	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Fulbright Commission	Language	Ecuador	1989-1990	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Rosalind Gwynne	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	American Institute of Yemeni Studies	Language	Yemen	1989-1990	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
Todd Diacon	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Federal University of Goias	History	Brazil	1995-1996	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
George Bowen	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Ministry of Planning and Territorial Administration	Public Administration	Portugal	1995-1996	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
Peter Lizon	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Czech Technical University	Architecture	Czech Republic	1992-1993	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Chunlei Su	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	University of Sao Paulo	Biology	Brazil	2014-2015	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Denita Hadziabdic	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	University of Ghana	Biology	Ghana	2018-2019	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Lucia Molina	Patagonian Andes Forest Research and Extension Center	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Biology	Argentina	2023-2024	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Mari Hatavara	Tampere University	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Literature	Finland	2023-2024	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Ebrahim Abda	Addis Ababa University and Technology University	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Biology	Ethiopia		Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program