Virginia State University | 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

Virginia

City

Petersburg

Institution IPED

234155

Liaison(s)

Dr. Daniel Roberts

Title

Dean, Honors College

droberts@vsu.edu

Daniel Stoelting, Ph.D.

Title

Manager

dstoelting@vsu.edu

U.S. Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Maxine Sample	Virginia State University	United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF)	Literature	India	2014-2015	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Shobha Sriharan	Virginia State University	Jawaharlal Nehru University	Physical Sciences	India	2010-2011	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Young Nwoye	Virginia State University	University of Nigeria	Economics	Nigeria	2015-2016	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Maxine Sample	Virginia State University	University of Zimbabwe	Literature	Zimbabwe	2005-2006	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
David Porter	Virginia State University	Silliman University		Philippines	1979-1980	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Joseph Tritschler	Virginia State University	University of Asmara	Agriculture	Eritrea	2005-2006	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Diana Perdue	Virginia State University	Kigali Institute of Education	Education	Rwanda	2009-2010	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
C Derby	Virginia State University	Covenant University	Sociology	Nigeria	2014-2015	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Charles Whyte	Virginia State University	University of Ghana	Economics	Ghana	1994-1995	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Sheila Saravanabhavan	Virginia State University	University of Madras	Education	India	2007-2008	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Harry Johnson	Virginia State University	National Institute of Pedagogy	Education	France	1958-1959	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Karl Jackson	Virginia State University	University of Ghana	Chemistry	Ghana	2023-2024	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Lisa Hopson	Virginia State University	West African Research Center , Franco-American Commission for Educational Exchange	Education	Senegal,France	2024-2025	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Sarah Witiak	Virginia State University	Babes-Bolyai University	Biology	Romania	2025-2026	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
El Sayed Mokhtar Bakr	Helwan University	Virginia State University	Engineering	Egypt	2006-2007	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Kithaka Mberia	University of Nairobi	Virginia State University	Linguistics	Kenya	2005-2006	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Peter Shalo	Egerton College	Virginia State University	Agriculture	Kenya	1986-1987	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
John Anim-Appiah	University of Science and Technology	Virginia State University , Virginia State University	Economics	Ghana	1978-1979	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Antonio Goncalves Rodriguez	University of Lisbon	Virginia State University	Language	Portugal	1974-1975	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Joseph Yankey	Caribbean Development Bank	Virginia State University	Animal Science	Barbados	1982-1983	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Mustapha El Qadery	National Library and Archives	Virginia State University	History	Morocco	2010-2011	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Richard Hunt	University of Cambridge	Virginia State University	Biology	United Kingdom	1974-1975	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Adekunle Adegoke	Obafemi Awolowo University	Virginia State University	Psychology	Nigeria	2009-2010	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Magdy Mansour Mansour	Supreme Council of Antiquities	Virginia State University	Arts	Egypt	2006-2007	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Shafaq Fatima	Lahore College For women University	Purdue University Fort Wayne , Virginia State University	Animal Science	Pakistan	2022-2023	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program