Blog Posts

Jason Olsen, Senior Policy Advisor, United States Department of Labor 2016-2017 Fulbright U.S. Scholar to the United Kingdom People with disabilities hate the word “inspiration.” I think it’s because the term is used too often by people without disabilities in their efforts to describe the conquering of everyday mundane tasks by people with disabilities (i.e. shopping, school, parenting, working

Steve McMillan, Associate Professor of Management at Penn State Abington 2014-2015 Fulbright U.S. Scholar to Malta In 2014-2015, I received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar award to travel to Malta, a three-island archipelago in the south Mediterranean Sea. While in Malta, I taught two classes in human resources management, one on the Malta island and one on the sister island of Gozo. In addition, I

Dear Fulbright Program Alumnus/a: I write to you in my capacity as Chair of the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board , because you are a distinguished alumnus/a of the Fulbright Program. Senator Fulbright believed that the Fulbright effect is a life-long experience that demands continued engagement after scholars return home. Networking among alumni is critical to the long term vitality and success

Shelly Daly, Associate Professor of Business, Lindenwood University 2016-2017 Fulbright U.S. Scholar to Bhutan Embarking on my Fulbright experience, I was joyful, excited and full of energy. I had lived and worked overseas before and felt like I had done as much as possible to prepare for, and make the most of, my time in the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. I had read, emailed, contacted Fulbright

Engy Torky, 2016-2017 Fulbright Visiting Scholar from Egypt to the University of California, Berkeley, shares about her experience in the United States. What is your academic background and area of expertise? I am an assistant professor of English Literature at Department of Languages, Sadat Academy for Management Sciences in Egypt. I am expert in postcolonial studies, gender studies, teaching

Fulbright ON , a podcast series run by Fulbright Scholar and Alumni Ambassador Daris Hale at Texas State University, captures the offbeat stories and courageous personalities of Fulbright Scholars as they recall how they taught, researched, and managed their families in a foreign environment. In this episode of Fulbright On, Hale interviews Steve Wilson, an English professor at Texas State

Priscilla Gac-Artigas, Professor of Literature, Monmouth University 2014-2015 Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar to Chile When you travel to a foreign country as a Fulbright Scholar, to get to know that country you need to go far beyond the cultural immersion being in the country represents. You need to peel back the layers and immerse yourself in the country´s history, in its scars and beauties, in its

Denae D’Arcy, Associate Instructor of Communications, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 2015-2016 Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar to Sri Lanka The learning curve is steep when you move to a foreign country. My husband and I weren’t exactly sure what to expect even though we’d both lived abroad before. Hopefully this blog post will shed a little bit of light on how we dealt with the language barrier

Keith Hollingsworth, Chair and Associate Professor of Business Administration, Morehouse College Lee Pasackow, Business Librarian, Emory University Outreach Lecturing Fund Hosts for Guoxin Li, 2015-2016 Fulbright Visiting Scholar from China Social media is prevalent in many aspects of our lives so when Dr. Keith Hollingsworth, Chair and Professor of Management in the Department of Business

Monica Swahn, Professor of Public Health, Georgia State University 2016-2017 Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar to Uganda The first segment of my Fulbright Scholar Flex Award was a whirlwind of new ideas, collaborations, briefings and brainstorming. My flex award enabled me to split up my fellowship into three separate segments, and I recently completed my first rotation. My situation is a bit unusual