University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 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

Country

United States

State

Texas

City

Edinburg

Institution IPED

227368

Liaison(s)

Dr. Jaime Ortiz

Title

Professor

Address

Brownsville, TX
United States

jaime.ortiz@utrgv.edu

Dr. Jaime Ortiz

Address

Edinburg, TX
United States

jaime.ortiz@utrgv.edu

U.S. Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Pamela Anderson-Mejias	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	National University of Tucuman	Linguistics	Argentina	1989-1990	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Parwinder Grewal	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	University of Stockholm	Biological Sciences	Sweden	2013-2014	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Jon Amastae	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	Universidad de los Andes		Colombia	1979-1980	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Gilbert Cruz	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	various Colombian Universities	History	Colombia	1979-1980	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
William Strong	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	University of Ibadan	Communications	Nigeria	1992-1993	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Dorothy Schmidt	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	Secretariat for Upper Secondary Education	Literature	Norway	1992-1993	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Kurt Mendenhall	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	University of Damascus	Political Science	Syria	1994-1995	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Jose Pagan	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon	Economics	Mexico	1998-1999	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Stacy Schaefer	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	University of Guadalajara	Anthropology	Mexico	1998-1999	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Patrick Lynch	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	Valle de Bravo University	Education	Mexico	1996-1997	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Kurt Mendenhall	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	Damascus University	Political Science	Syria	1995-1996	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Adam Boggs	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	Autonomous University of Baja California, Tijuana	Art History	Mexico	2025-2026	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Reto Felix	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	University of Jaen	Marketing	Spain	2025-2026	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Mauricio Alfredo Beneitez	Autonomous University of Tamaulipas	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	Biology	Mexico	2004-2005	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Jose Castro	National Autonomous University of Honduras	Florida International University , University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	Business	Honduras	1987-1988	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Marco Tello	University of the Americas	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley , University of Texas Rio Grande Valley , Kent State University	Business	Mexico	1995-1996	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Mark Cloet	Independent Scholar/Unaffiliated	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	Arts	Belgium	2011-2012	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Marco Panduro Mendoza	University of Tamaulipas	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	Engineering	Mexico	2012-2013	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Revathi Srinivas	The English and Foreign Languages Univer	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	Education	India	2015-2016	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Santosh Kumar Gupta	Bhabha Atomic Research Centre	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	Chemistry	India	2017-2018	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Humberto Lorenzana Basilio	Experimental Ctr. for Special Education	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley , University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	Education	Mexico	1977-1978	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Efren Sandoval Hernandez	Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	Anthropology	Mexico	2009-2010	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Adelaido Garcia Andres	Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	Economics	United States	2022-2023	Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program