Western Carolina 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

State

North Carolina

City

Cullowhee

Institution IPED

200004

Liaison(s)

Dr. Wesley Milner

Title

Director of Global Engagement

Phone

1 (828) 227-3433

wmilner@wcu.edu

U.S. Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
James Nicholas	Western Carolina University	Palacky University	Linguistics	Czech Republic	1995-1996	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Michael Costello	Western Carolina University	Xavier Pontifical University	Sociology	Philippines	1978-1979	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Paul Dezendorf	Western Carolina University	Higher School of Economics	Public Administration	Russia	2009-2010	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Vicki Szabo	Western Carolina University	Cardiff University	History	United Kingdom	2009-2010	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Thomas O'Toole	Western Carolina University	Jean Bedel Bokassa University	History	Central African Republic	1979-1980	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Richard Berne	Western Carolina University	State University of Haiti	Education	Haiti	1975-1976	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Diane Martinez	Western Carolina University	Ludwigsburg University of Education	Education	Germany	2022-2023	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
John Carzoli	Western Carolina University	Royal, Pontifical University San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca , Royal, Pontifical University San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca	Medical Sciences	Bolivia	2022-2023	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Paul Ritter	Western Carolina University	Educational Extension Center	Education	Pakistan	1961-1962	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Yanjun Yan	Western Carolina University	Technical University of Sofia	Engineering	Bulgaria	2020-2021	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
William Turner	Western Carolina University	University of Peshawar	Physical Sciences	Pakistan	1959-1960	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Katerina Spasovska	Western Carolina University	AAB College	Journalism	Kosovo	2023-2024	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Jeanne Dorle	Western Carolina University	University of Quebec--Quebec City	Business	Canada	2005-2006	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Michael Paul	Western Carolina University	St. Petersburg State University	History	Russia	2006-2007	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Mary Fenton	Western Carolina University	Karoli Gaspar University of the Reformed Church in Hungary	Literature	Hungary	2017-2018	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Paul Worley	Western Carolina University	Autonomous University of Chiapas	Literature	Mexico	2017-2018	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Robert Young	Western Carolina University	Bulgarian Academy of Sciences	Physical Sciences	Bulgaria	2012-2013	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Ruth Goins	Western Carolina University	University of Auckland	Public Health	New Zealand	2017-2018	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
William Cook	Western Carolina University	University of Warsaw	Linguistics	Poland	1981-1982	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
William Cook	Western Carolina University	University of Warsaw	Linguistics	Poland	1983-1984	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Martin Crawford	University of Keele	Western Carolina University	History	United Kingdom	1985-1986	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Vladislav Deyanov Slavov	Technical University of Sofia	Western Carolina University	Engineering	Bulgaria	2022-2023	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program