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Deborah Engelen-Eigles, Faculty of Sociology at Century College 2011-2012 Fulbright U.S. Scholar to South Korea Spending a year conducting research at South Korea’s flagship research institution in Seoul was perhaps an unlikely setting for a faculty member from a teaching-focused, two-year community and technical college like myself. However, I knew my teaching would be invigorated by taking a

Laurie Lopez Charlés, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist 2017-2018 Fulbright Global Scholar to Kosovo and Sri Lanka As a 2017-2018 Fulbright Global Scholar, I am focused on the challenges of delivering family-focused mental health and psychosocial support in the post-conflict countries of Kosovo and Sri Lanka. I am a family therapist on my second Fulbright, and my current Global project is a

Congratulations to Fulbright U.S. Scholar alumni Jake Halpern and Jack E. Davis on becoming 2018 Pulitzer Prize winners ! The Pulitzer Prize honors excellence in American journalism and the arts. Author, journalist, and radio producer Jake Halpern is a 2018 Pulitzer Prize winner in Editorial Cartooning, along with Michael Sloan, freelance cartoonist, “For an emotionally powerful series, told in

Gabriela Misca, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Worcester, United Kingdom 2015-2016 Fulbright Visiting Scholar to William James College Reposted with permission from the British Psychological Society Last July I returned from a 10-month Fulbright research fellowship in the U.S. I was one of the chosen five British all disciplines scholars awarded Fulbright grants in 2015-2016 to

Ross Deuchar, Assistant Dean of Criminal Justice at the University of the West of Scotland, United Kingdom 2016-2017 Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence to Florida Atlantic University After my semester as the very first Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) for the 2017 spring term, I returned to Scotland with many of the usual takeaways: new teaching approaches, personal

Editor’s Note: High school student Benjamin Gerhardt recounts his experience of attending an Outreach Lecturing Fund lecture by Gargi Sen, an artistic director at Magic Lantern Movies in India and 2016-2017 Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Davis. I first met Gargi Sen, a Fulbright Scholar from India, when I saw her meditating on a stone bench outside of Cobb Hall at the

Fulbright International Education Administrators (IEA) seminars help U.S. international education professionals and senior higher education officials create empowering connections with the societal, cultural and higher education systems of other countries. Seminars include campus visits with a cross-section of universities and colleges; briefings with faculty and administrators, government

This year, Fulbrighters from the United States and all over the world made breakthrough discoveries and created lasting connections. Take a look back at this year’s highlights in the 2017 Fulbright Year in Review.

Karen Beardsley, Academic Coordinator of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis 2015-2016 Fulbright U.S. Scholar to Bhutan It feels like I never left. I quite naturally slipped on my traditional Bhutanese kira before starting class, and even remembered how to tie it properly—which is complicated and had taken me months to perfect. Stray dogs greet me as I walk up the hill to the