Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program
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Ibtesam Moh'd Abdel Rahman Al Atiyat
program officer, Jordanian National Commission for Women, Jordan
Discipline: sociology
Lecturing: Women, Islam and Politics in the Arab World
Host: University of Wisconsin—Green Bay, Wisconsin
August 2005–May 2006 |
An adventure to the Land of “Cheese-heads”
I was awarded a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence (S-I-R) grant for the 2005-06 academic year at the University of Wisconsin—Green Bay. Full
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Sanjukta Dasgupta
Professor, University of Calcutta, Calcutta, India
Discipline: Language and Literature (non-U.S.)
Lecturing: Representation of American and Indian Women in Literature and Film
Host: SUNY--College at Oswego, Oswego, New York
June–August 2006 |
Sanjukta Dasgupta, a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence from India, is teaching, sharing knowledge and creating connections at SUNY Oswego this fall.
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Tajudeen
Gbadamosi
Professor of History, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
Lecturing: Islam in Sub-Saharan West Africa
Host: Le Moyne-Owen College in Memphis, Tennessee
August 2005-May 2006 |
| In our age of global terrorism and
international distrust, programs that
allow college students and professors
to study or teach abroad enrich not
only those who leave home to participate
in such exchanges, but also the citizens
of the nations that host them. Full
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Eduardo Rodrigues
Gomes
Department of Political Science, Federal University of Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lecturing: Latin American Studies
Host: Bellevue Community College (BCC), Bellevue, WA
January 2005-October 2005 |
| An associate professor of political science from Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Eduardo Gomes is Bellevue Community College's third annual Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence. Full
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Badar Alam
Iqbal
Professor of International Business, Department of Commerce, Aligarh Muslim University, ALIGARH: 202002 (UP) India.
Teaching and Research: Teaching International Business to MBA and Under-graduate students. Research on Indo-US Economic Relations.
Business Administration
Date: October 1, 2004 to July 31, 2005.
Host: Claflin University Business School, Orangeburg (SC), USA |
| The opportunity to study and teach overseas has convinced one Scholar-in-Residence of the benefits of international exchange. Full
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Sarah Anyang
Agbor
Department of English, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon
Lecturing: African Literature and Criticism, Literature, Society and Gender
Host: University of Scranton, Scranton, PA
August 2004-June 2005 |
| Sarah Anyang Agbor, the department’s Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence for AY 04-05, maintains her fast pace of activities, both on campus and off. Full
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Xiangrong
Wang
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Lecturing: China's Environmental Planning, Management and Policy Implementation
Host: Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
August 2004-June 2005 |
| I was very lucky to have been invited
as a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence
to teach a course entitled "China's
Environmental Studies, Planning and
Sustainability" at both Bard
College and State University of New
York at New Paltz from August 2004
to June 2005. Full
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Fred Kato
Mutebi
Africa 2000 Network, Kampala, Uganda
Lecturing: History of Art in Uganda; History of Print Making
Host: Christian Brothers University, Memphis, TN
August 2003-May 2004 |
| Multicolor woodcut artist Fred Kato
Mutebi has long used his artistry
to convey the fragility of the human
condition in Africa and to celebrate
the natural beauty of Uganda, his
homeland. Full
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Stella Williams
Assistant professor, Obafemi Awolowo University, Osun State, Nigeria
Lecturing: Environmental Economics
Host: Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, WA
August 2003-May 2004 |
| In 2003-2004, Bellevue Community College
(BCC) hosted its first Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence,
Stella Williams. A scholar, activist
and policy advisor on gender and fisheries
trade, Williams engaged students,
faculty and the community in a year-long
exploration of Nigerian culture and
environmental issues. Full
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Hsing-lin
Tracy Chung
National Taiwan Junior College of Performing Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
Lecturing: Chinese Jingju Theater
Host: Department of Theatre, Denison University, Granville, OH
January 2003-May 2003 |
| As a Scholar-in-Residence at Denison
University in Granville, Ohio, Hsing-lin
Tracy Chung taught her students the
art of Jingju theater, ending the
semester with an adaptation of Shakespeare's
Taming of the Shrew. Full
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Alejandro
Gomez
Department of Economic History, Advanced School of Economy and Business Administration, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lecturing: Latin American Culture, Economics and History
Host: Coastal Georgia Community College, Brunswick, GA
August 2002-May 2003 |
| World Outlook Blooms in a Small Town
Moving from Buenos Aires, Argentina-a
bustling city of three million-to
a small, quiet town on the coast of
Georgia in the United States was a
dramatic change for Alejandro Gomez. Full
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Yolanda Teran
Department of Education, National Council of Indigenous Women, Quito, Ecuador
Lecturing: The Development of Cultural Awareness
Host: Sisseton Wahpeton Community College, Sisseton, SD
August 2000-August 2002 |
| When Yolanda Teran, a Kichwa Indian
from Quito, Ecuador, received a Fulbright
grant to be a Scholar-in-Residence
at Sisseton Wahpeton Community College
in Sisseton, South Dakota, she was
very excited. "I felt that I
was coming to work with my brothers
and my sisters," says Teran,
who is national coordinator of indigenous
education and culture for the National
Council of Indigenous Women in Ecuador. Full
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Nicholas
Sironka
Independent Artist, Kiserian, Kenya
Lecturing: Batik Art and the Massai Culture
Host: Whitworth College, Department of Art, Spokane, WA
c/o Dr. Gordon Wilson
August 2000-May 2001 |
Kenyan Scholar-in-Residence Nicholas
Sironka's vibrant artwork and Maasai
heritage were sources of delight and
wonder to his students and colleagues
at Whitworth College in Spokane,
Washington. Full
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Sundari Krishnamurthy
Department of Sociology, Stella Maris College, Tamilnadu, India
Lecturing: Indian Art, Culture, Religion and Society as Manifestations of Indian Philosophy
Host: Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, FL
August 2000-June 2001 |
| "In a rather homogenous culture
like that of rural southern Utah,
Sundari has been an absolute gift!
She has brought our students a new
awareness and appreciation for cultural
differences." Full
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Benjamin Offei-Nyako
Senior lecturer, College of Art, University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Lecturing: Art, African Art
Host: North Carolina Central University
Scholar in Residence
August 1999-May 2000 |
| "If you have not visited the farm
of the other you might always say you
are best." These are the words
of a Ghanaian proverb that reflect a
concept embodied by the Fulbright Scholar
Program: exploring the world beyond
the familiar broadens perspective and
brings wisdom. Full
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Marek Wasilewski
Assistant Professor, Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Multimedia Communication, Poland
Lecturing: Communications and Journalism, Experimental Video
Host: Florida Atlantic University, Fla.
Scholar-in-Residence Program
December 1999-May 2000 |
| Marek Wasilewski, an assistant professor
at the Academy of Fine Arts in Posnan,
Poland, spent the spring semester
at Florida Atlantic University teaching
courses on experimental sculpture
and eastern European art and cinema. Full
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