Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program

Otterbein University hosted Argentinian scholar Andrea Pac during the 2019-2020 school year. Dr. Pac taught courses on Latin American history, culture, literature, and film. She collaborated and co-taught with Dr. Kristina Escondo, Assistant Professor in the Department of Modern Languages & Cultures, on a new Global Cultures course in Otterbein’s General Education curriculum: “Latin America: Orientations, Perspectives, Contexts.” Dr. Pac delivered talks to the campus community on considering and reading the work of Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza. She also assisted in the hosting of Woodrow Wilson Fellow Dr. Anita Perez Ferguson and Dr. Mu Chun on Otterbein’s campus.

Randolph-Macon College hosted Professor Lucien Lameijer of The Netherlands during the 2019-2020 academic year. Dr. Lameijer designed, developed and taught courses in carbohydrate chemistry and pseudoscience, which have become a regular part of the college’s offerings. While in the United States, participated in the American Chemical Society (ACS) events. Dr. Lameijer was scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the March 2020 local meeting in Virginia. While the event was canceled due to Covid-19, he was featured in their monthly publication and his presentation was posted on the website. Dr. April Marchetti, Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Honors Program, writes that “students were exposed to pathways and careers in chemistry that they would not have been had this opportunity not been provided to us, as well as a cultural exchange that wouldn’t have happened otherwise.”

Reach Institute for School Leadership hosted Dr. Yoshiko Kitada during the 2019-2020 academic year. Dr. Kitada participated in faculty and class meetings and served as an active member of the Institute’s master’s candidate panel. She visited with practicing elementary school teachers and intern teachers to learn how the Institute trains and prepares students to work in K-12 schools. Dr. Kitada shared her expertise in Japanese Lesson Study and worked with Institute faculty to bring their work to a digital platform and delivery.

SUNY Geneseo hosted Professor William Kofi Anyan of Ghana during the 2019-2020 academic year. Dr. Anyan taught immunology and parasitology courses, spoke with student clubs, and worked with a total of 16 research students. Dr. Susan Bandoni Muench, Professor in Biology, notes that his expertise in schistosomiasis, a disease not normally observed in the United States, inspired students “to think beyond the local, expand their knowledge of global health problems, become concerned about social justice… and apply their knowledge to make the world a better place.” In addition to his campus duties, Dr. Anyan traveled to Boston and Kentucky to attend Fulbright meetings.

Tennessee State University hosted Turkish scholar Murat Culduz during the 2019-2020 academic year.  Dr. Culduz served as primary, secondary, or guest lecturer in several English and Literature courses. He worked closes with the Intensive English center to review all thirty courses to prepare for CEA accreditation and helped build the IELTS Test Prep Program for international students. Dr. Culduz also participated in numerous activities organized by and for the Humphrey Fellows housed at Vanderbilt University. A protocol was signed between Tennessee State University and Istanbul Medipol University, which allows students to attend TSU Intensive English Center for their language studies.

Tulsa Community College and University of Tulsa hosted Dr. Kendra Reynolds of Northern Ireland during the 2019-2020 academic year. Dr. Reynolds creative writing at the University of Tulsa and an honors composition course at TCC. She worked with faculty to infuse poetry and its merits in the college’s curriculum where possible, including in English, theater, physiology, and anatomy classes. Dr. Reynolds helped build connections and collaborations with Ulster University’s English and theater departments. She now serves an advisory role to developing TCC’s global theater project. Her campus events included an interdisciplinary lecture with child development faculty on the importance of poetry for young children, and a workshop with physical therapy students on using poetry as a tool for learning to write succinctly. She taught a community course on Irish poetry through TCC’s Continuing Education program, and through the Outreach Lecturing Fund, presented a talk a Northeast Nazarene College in Boston. In Oklahoma, Dr. Reynolds had the opportunity to meet and visit with Poet Laureate Joy Harjo.

Western Washington University hosted Mongolian scholar Baya Dashdondog during the 2019-2020 academic year. Dr. Dashdondog provided support in enriching exchange programs, especially improving exchange between Western Washington and the National University of Mongolia. She lectured in the History and East Asian Studies departments. Additionally, Dr. Dashdondog was invited to speak and meet with students at the University of Northern Georgia. She delivered her talk, “Armenian Cultural Interactions with the Mongols during the Conquest Era,” at the university’s two main campuses.

Whitworth University hosted Italian scholar Gianni Nicolini during the 2019-2020 academic year. Dr. Nicolini brought knowledge of European Union business practices and expertise in international markets to Whitworth’s undergraduate Economic courses. He spoke with student-led finance groups and assisted the Whitworth Student Investment Group in preparation for a competition that they later won. Dr. Nicolini collaborated with Professor Robin Henager on a study of financial literacy, comparing the United States to eight countries in Western Europe.

Wittenberg University and Antioch College hosted Professor Nermina Mujagić of Bosnia-Herzegovina during the 2019-2020 academic year. Dr. Mujagić led courses in Political Science and Political Economy for undergraduate and graduate students. “Her teaching infused the curriculum with a stronger and lasting international perspective and provided focused, creative, and meaningful study of political and social conflict in former-Yugoslavia,” writes Dr. Keith Doubt, Professor Emeritus in Sociology. Dr. Mujagić attended many campus and community events, including a student-choreographed performance influenced by her teaching. The theme was a plea for understanding and empathy for the plight of refugees globally and included a text provided and translated by Dr. Mujagić. Two student essays from her classes were so strong that they were published in the interdisciplinary, online, bilingual journal, Duh Bosne / Spirit of Bosnia

• 2007 to 2021 S-I-R Awarded Institutions

Updated: May 22, 2018
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Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Institutions by location since 2007