Fulbright Scholar Program
2006 - 2007 Visiting Scholar Directory
Sociology Back
Al-Oraimi, Suaad
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
Research: Increasing Political Awareness of Women in the United Arab Emirates: Lessons From the United States
Sewall-Belmont House and Museum, Washington, DC, c/o Mrs. Amy Conroy
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Middle East Program, Washington, DC, c/o Dr. Marina S. Ottoway
November 2006 - August 2007

Babaeva, Laili
Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Philosophy and Law, Tajik Academy of Sciences, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Research: State Social Policy and Poverty
Johns Hopkins University--School of Advanced International Studies, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, Washington, DC, c/o Dr. S. Frederick Starr
September 2006 - June 2007

Cassan, Damien Jean-Jacques
Postdoctoral Student, Department of Sociology, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Penal Law, Freiburg, Germany
Research: Police Socialization in New York in an International Comparative Perspective
CUNY--John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Maria Haberfeld
November 2006 - October 2007

Chen, Weimin
Professor, Institute of Population and Development, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Research: The U.S. Long Term Care System for the Elderly: Lessons for China
Duke University, Department of Sociology, Centers for Demographic Studies and Chinese Population and Socioeconomic Studies, Durham, NC, c/o Dr. Zeng Yi
September 2006 - July 2007

Gosain, Ajoy
Detective Inspector, Human Resources Unit, Metropolitan Police, London, United Kingdom
Research: Anti-Discrimination Employment Legislation to Create a Diverse Police Force
American University, Department of Justice, Law and Society, Washington, DC, c/o Dr. Richard R. Bennett
September 2006 - January 2007

Hastings, Sandra
Constable, Youth Offending Service, Leicestershire Constabulary, Leicester, United Kingdom
Research: Restorative Justice Within the Neighborhood Policing Context
Finger Lakes Restorative Justice Center, Rochester, NY, c/o Ms. Sue Klassen
March 2007 - September 2007

Hirao, Keiko
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophical Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
Research: Maternal Employment and Household Spending on Children's Education: Educational Strategies of Dual-Earner Families in the United States and Japan
Harvard University, Department of Sociology, Cambridge, MA, c/o Dr. Mary C. Brinton
August 2006 - December 2006

Huseissi, Badi
Research Fellow, Department of Sociology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
Research: Police and Minority Relations in Israel and the United States: Arab and African American Relations With the Police
University at Albany, State University of New York, School of Criminal Justice, Albany, NY, c/o Prof. David H. Bayley
October 2006 - October 2007

Jibu, Renge
Staff Writer, Nikkei Business Publications, Inc., Tokyo, Japan
Research: What Motivates the American Man's Cooperative Attitude Toward Sharing Household Responsibilities?
Bryn Mawr College, Special English for Japanese Scholars (SPENG), Conferences and Events, Bryn Mawr, PA, c/o Dr. Eleanor H. Jorden
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor, Center for the Education of Women, Ann Arbor, MI, c/o Ms. Beth Sullivan
July 2006 - July 2007

Kato, Shuichi
Professor, Department of Sociology, Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan
Research: Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis and Its Discussions in the United States
New York University, Anthropology Department, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Rayna Rapp
September 2006 - March 2007

Ku, Hok Bun
Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Research: Narratives and Empowerment: A Participatory Cultural Action Project in Rural China Under the Context of Globalization
Washington University, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Office of International Programs, St. Louis, MO, c/o Dr. Gautam Yadama
January 2007 - July 2007

Lan, Pei-Chia
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Research: Migratory Experience, Identity Politics and Transnational Links: Chinese Immigrants in New York City
New York University, Department of Sociology, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Judith Stacey
August 2006 - July 2007

Mohanty, Ranjita
Program Manager, Society for Participatory Research in Asia, New Delhi, India
Research: Revisiting Development: Explorations in Participation, Rights and Democracy
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill, Department of Anthropology, Chapel Hill, NC, c/o Dr. Arturo Escobar
October 2006 - May 2007

Monteiro, Maria Anjali
Professor and Head, Unit for Media and Communications, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Bombay, India
Lecturing: Power, Resistance and Identity: Cinema, Television and Documentary Film in India
University of California--Berkeley, Center for South Asia Studies, Berkeley, CA, c/o Dr. Reka Ray
January 2007 - May 2007

Moravek, Jan
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Research: Drug Policy
CUNY--Queens College, Department of Sociology, Flushing, NY, c/o Dr. Harry G. Levine
CUNY--Graduate School and University Center, Department of Sociology, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Philip Kasinitz
September 2006 - August 2007

Nielsen, Gregory
Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Lecturing and Research: Mediating Acts of Citizenship Between City and Nation
New York University, Department of Journalism, New York, NY, c/o Prof. Brooke Kroeger
September 2006 - March 2007

Quemin, Alain
Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Marne La Vallee, Marne La Vallee, France
Research: National and International Migration of Artists to the World's Urban Arts Centers: The United States and New York
New School University, Department of Sociology, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Vera L. Zolberg
Columbia University, Department of Sociology, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson
January 2007 - May 2007

Saar, Juri
Professor, Institute of Law, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
Research: Trafficking of Women for Sexual Exploitation in Estonia and in the United States
University of Nebraska--Omaha, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Omaha, NE, c/o Dr. John Crank
September 2006 - April 2007

Shahin, Zeinab
Professor, American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Lecturing: Arab Society and Women
Saint Xavier University, School of Arts and Sciences, Department of English and Foreign Languages, Chicago, IL, c/o Mr. Laurence Musgrove
August 2006 - December 2006
(Scholar-in-Residence Program)

Tran, Giang
Head, Division of Gender and Socio-Cultural Studies, Institute for Family and Gender Studies, Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam
Research: Gender Relations in South Vietnam's Society During the Period 1954-1975
Temple University, Center for Vietnamese Philosophy, Culture and Society, Philadelphia, PA, c/o Dr. Sophie Quinn-Judge
September 2006 - May 2007

Tsay, Ruey-Ming
Professor, Department of Sociology, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
Research: Higher Education, Human Capital Policy and National Development: A Comparative Study of Taiwan and the United States
University of California--Los Angeles, Department of Sociology, Los Angeles, CA, c/o Prof. Robert D. Mare
August 2006 - February 2007

Zepa, Brigita
Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
Research: Society Integration: Practice and Perspectives
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill, Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies, Chapel Hill, NC, c/o Dr. Robert Jenkins
January 2007 - June 2007

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