University of West Georgia | 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

Georgia

City

Carrollton

Institution IPED

141334

Liaison(s)

Denise Overfield

Title

Interim Associate Vice President

Phone

1 (678) 839-5966

doverfie@westga.edu

Dr. Maria Doyle

Title

Assistant Director

Phone

1 (678) 839-4853

mdoyle@westga.edu

U.S. Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Christopher Wise	University of West Georgia	University of Ouagadougou	Literature	Burkina Faso	1996-1997	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Siegfried Karsten	University of West Georgia	University of Greifswald	Economics	Germany	1994-1995	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
George Izzo	University of West Georgia	Alexandru Ioan Cuza University	Business	Romania	2007-2008	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Louis Howe	University of West Georgia	Queen's University	Political Science	Canada	2008-2009	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
John Bleuel	University of West Georgia	Taipei National University of the Arts	Music	Taiwan	2008-2009	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Emily Hipchen	University of West Georgia	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Literature	India	2008-2009	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Robert Vichas	University of West Georgia	Jose Simon Canas University	Economics	El Salvador	1970-1971	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Danilo Baylen	University of West Georgia	West Visayas State University	Education	Philippines	2022-2023	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Marjorie Snipes	University of West Georgia	National University of Jujuy	Anthropology	Argentina	2006-2007	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Janet Fisher	University of West Georgia	Benha University	Fisheries	Egypt	2024-2025	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Hema Ramanathan	University of West Georgia	English Language Teacher's Association of India	Education	India	2011-2012	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Alice Kinman	University of West Georgia	Jagiellonian University	Literature	Poland	1999-2000	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Satyanarayana Swamy Mruthinti	University of West Georgia	Acharya Nagarjuna University	Biological Sciences	India	2011-2012	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Siegfried Karsten	University of West Georgia	Jilin University	Economics	China	1986-1987	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Christopher Hamilton	University of West Georgia	Central School for Planning and Statistics	Political Science	Poland	1985-1986	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Robert Hutterer	University of Vienna	University of West Georgia	Education	Austria	1988-1989	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Jorge Kulemeyer	National University of Jujuy	University of West Georgia	Anthropology	Argentina	2008-2009	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program