Fulbright Stories

Stories of Fulbrighters promoting international understanding and mutual respect since 1946.

Personal and Professional Growth – Charles Edward Kiamie III – Jordan 2004

May 11, 2021

My Journey to the Heart of the American Dream – Chuck Chuan Ng – USA 2018

May 10, 2021

In Search of European Blind Salamanders in the Caves of Slovenia – Stanley K. Sessions – Slovenia 2016-2017

May 9, 2021

Reminiscences of the First Months of a Fulbright Grant – Sofika Zielyk – Ukraine 2014

May 8, 2021

Kirovohrad: A City of Contrasts and Harsh Realities in Central Ukraine – George Oleh Kolodiy – Ukraine 1998

May 7, 2021

Collaborative Learning and Fun – Hayal Köksal – Turkey 1986

May 6, 2021

Fulbright Equity: Celebrating the Founding Black Families of America – Dr. Barbara Paca – Ireland 1996

May 5, 2021

An International Fulbright Family – Thora Qaddumi – India 1965

May 4, 2021

“Our Town” to Basingtoke – Joanne Louise Hjort – United Kingdom 1982

May 3, 2021

Educacion Ecologica Praxis Interdisciplinario en Torno a la Sequia en Chihuahua Mexico – Sara Soledad Garcia – Mexico 2001

May 2, 2021

Our Guide: Radovan Karadjic – Susan Gayle – Yugoslavia 1984

May 1, 2021

On a Four Year Wedding Journey to the USA – Hermann Strasser – USA 1968

April 30, 2021

Changing a Young Man’s Life – Arne Zaslove – France 1964

April 29, 2021

My Fulbright Mission Adventure – Ruhul Kuddus – Bangladesh 2011

April 28, 2021

An American in a Christmas Market – Kaitlin Trokan – Slovakia 2018

April 27, 2021

“Let’s Put on a Show” in Hong Kong with American Myths – Eleanor Heginbotham – Hong Kong 1998

April 26, 2021

How Fulbright Enriched A Traveler Linguist, Musician, and Educator – Clinton Everett – Spain 1971

April 25, 2021

100 Years of Dominican Feminisms Published – Ginetta E.B. Candelario – Dominican Republic 2016

April 23, 2021

American Becomes TV Star in Belarus – Robert Eckhart – Belarus 2018

April 22, 2021

Anthropological Fieldwork in a Village in Turkey – Carol Delaney – Turkey 1979-1982

April 21, 2021

Environmental Education Field Based Project – Sara S. Garcia – Mexico 2001

April 20, 2021

Engineering with Fulbright – Hassaan Idrees – USA 2014-2016

April 19, 2021

First Thai Children’s Book That Has an African-American Girl as a Main Character – Peeriya Pongsarigun – USA 2018

April 18, 2021

Putting on a Musical at an Engineering School – Leanne Block – France 2017

April 17, 2021

From “Almost Heaven” West Virginia to “Just From Here is Heaven” Slovakia – Sonya M. Armstrong – Slovakia 2016

April 16, 2021

Birding Never Goes Out of Style – Laura A. Macaluso – Eswatini (Swaziland) 2008

April 16, 2021

The Kyber Pass – Malcolm Carroll Doubles – Pakistan 1983

April 15, 2021

Escaramuza Guinness World Record – Jane Lombardi – Mexico 2012

April 14, 2021

Fulbright Taught Me Service – Josephine Shikongo – Namibia 2015

April 13, 2021

My 7000-Mile Graphic Journey – Sang Young Yoon – South Korea 2007 and 2013

April 12, 2021

Closer to My Country Thanks to Fulbright – Carla Cabrera Cuadrado – USA 2018-20

April 11, 2021

Varying Professions and Varying Experiences – Andrew Carringer – Germany 2018

April 10, 2021

Ambiguously Brown – Ryan Booth – India 2019

April 9, 2021

The Privilege of Fulbright Abroad – Clinton Everett – Spain 1971-72

April 8, 2021

Teaching, Researching, and Becoming a Mom in Lebanon – Rebecca Dyer – Lebanon 2007

April 6, 2021

Myths of Cultural Acceptance of Modern Technologies – Shirin Karsan – UAE 2009-2010

April 4, 2021

A Year of Sharing Knowledge and Broadening Cultural Understanding – Dr. Joseph Jones Jr – Ghana 1973

April 3, 2021

Giving the Fulbright Talk – Alexa Alice Joubin – United Kingdom 2014-2015

April 2, 2021

Was it Just a Nightmare or Something Real? – António Pacheco Pires – Lisbon 1990

April 1, 2021

Beijing Foreign Studies University – Susan M. Rigdon – China 1992

March 31, 2021

Playing for the Archbishop of Polynesia – Kent R. Burnham – Fiji 1978

March 30, 2021

Connected to Make a Better World – Rolando E. Tellez – USA 1992

March 29, 2021

Fulbright IEA – Amanda Yusko – South Korea 2016

March 28, 2021

Truth & Reconciliation – Doris M Schoenhoff – South Africa 1996

March 27, 2021

Starring Savannakhet No – Michael Bayyouk – Laos 2014

March 26, 2021

Seattle: My Second Home – Muditha Dharmasiri – Washington, USA 2016

March 25, 2021

Maria Xenia Wells Zevelechi – USA 1955 & Italy 1991

March 25, 2021

Maeve Moynihan – Spain 2017

March 25, 2021

Celebrating Winter – Audre Kapacinskas – Lithuania 2009

March 24, 2021

A Goodwill Ambassador to Brazil – King Chung – Fulbright Brazil 2019

March 24, 2021

My Fabulous Fulbright to Malaysia – Edmund Kellerman – Malaysia 2015

March 23, 2021

The Power of Forgiveness – Dr. Kimberly Battle-Walters Denu – South Africa 2002 & Ethiopia 2018-2019

March 22, 2021

Embedded Classes to Malta – Steve McMillan – Malta 2019

March 21, 2021

Bittersweet – Marilya Reese – Germany & France 2006

March 20, 2021

Unity in our Diversity – Divine Tarla – USA 2016

March 19, 2021

Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease in Sierra Leone – Cheedy Jaja – Sierra Leone 2018

March 18, 2021

Storytelling in Borneo – Eric Trules – Malaysia 2002

March 17, 2021

Fulbright Experiences in South America – J. Patrice McSherry – Argentina 1992, Uruguay 2005, Chile 2011

March 16, 2021

A New Perspective: Exchange Administrator to Exchange Visitor – Leeza Fernand – Japan 2018

March 15, 2021

The Best of Times – Missie Hodges Schaefer – Italy 1990

March 14, 2021

The Golden Year – Evelyn Eller – Italy 1954

March 13, 2021

Scholarship and Friendships in Kenya – Jay L. Wenger – Kenya 2011

March 12, 2021

Roma Health In Hungary – Sue Gena Lurie – Hungary 2009

March 11, 2021

Developing Taiwan’s National Symphony for Chiang Kai Shek Hall – Dr. Edward P. Sandor – Taiwan 1985-86

March 11, 2021

The Day I Became a Fulbrighter – Victor Hugo Cuspinera Contreras – USA 2012

March 11, 2021

Using My Malaysia Fulbright Experience to Travel Around the World – William Wilen – Malaysia 1994

March 11, 2021

Fulbright Spirit in the Czech Republic – Rick Feinberg – Czech Republic 2019

March 11, 2021

Sharing America’s Election Drama with Ukraine – Adrian Karmazyn – Ukraine 2016

March 11, 2021

My Experience in Brazil – Barbara Randolph – Brazil 2004

March 11, 2021

Making Lemonade Out Of Lemons – Janet Chapman – Romania 2004-05

March 11, 2021

Visiting a Champagneski Factory in Ukraine – William W Wilen – Ukraine 2003

March 11, 2021

Making a Difference by Dispelling Stereotypes and Aging Poles – Greta Garniss – Poland 2011

March 11, 2021

Visiting Professor – Loreley Gomes Garcia – Brazil 2010 & 2019

March 11, 2021

Finding “Hygge” While on a Fulbright – Dianne Morrison Beedy – Norway 2018-19

March 11, 2021

Becoming Part of my School Community – Rohan Dharan – India 2015

March 11, 2021

Teaching the History of U.S. Foreign Relations During the Invasion of Iraq – Joseph Michael Henning – Japan 2002-03

March 11, 2021

Asha Jawa (Coming and Going) – Snehendu B. Kar – India 2015

March 11, 2021

Full Circle – Jaime Palter – Costa Rica 2000

March 11, 2021

The Fulbright Spirit – Mark William Drews – Norway 1993

March 11, 2021

You Will Not Get What You Deserve, You Will Get What You Negotiate – Yasmine Abdelkarem Abdellatif – Egypt 2016

March 11, 2021

It Is More Important That We Eat Together – Robert Millis – India 2012

March 11, 2021

Sea Urchins, Kabuki Theater, and an Ocean of Memories in Japan – Lisanne Winslow – Japan 2009

March 10, 2021

Close Encounters – Dianne Morrison-Beedy – United Kingdom 2016

March 9, 2021

Japan, Up Close and Extremely Shareable – Wendy Weiner – Japan 1985

March 8, 2021

Women Hold Up Half the Sky: Bringing All the Women to Light – Cheryl Johnson-Odim – Nigeria 1975

March 7, 2021

The Lasting Value of a Korean Fulbright Experience – Thomas J Wegren – South Korea 1984

March 6, 2021

A library in Provence and an Intellectual Adventure – Richard Rubenstein – France 1976

March 5, 2021

“Azcárraga” – an American “Pasodoble fallero” for Spain – Richard Scott Cohen D.M. – Spain 1993

March 5, 2021

Teaching and Research in Geospatial Data in China – Sima Bagheri – China 2016

March 4, 2021

A Fulbright Scholar in Ireland – Richard Peach – Ireland 2007

March 4, 2021

My Inauspicious Fulbright Lecture Debut – Dan Fellner – Latvia 2001-2002

March 4, 2021

To Fulbright Polska with Love – Eilleen MacAvery Kane – Poland 2018

March 4, 2021

Fulbright Students Aboard SS. United States – Diana Kurz – France 1965

March 4, 2021

A House Warming in Bogota – Sam Owens – Colombia 1965

March 4, 2021

Fond Memories of the 50th Anniversary Conference – Stephen Hanzely – Hungary 1994

March 4, 2021

Fulbright to Czech Republic – Norma Hervey – Czech Republic 2001

March 4, 2021

The Power of Cultural Diplomacy – Katherine Hoffman

March 3, 2021

Experiences as a Fulbright – Roy Gonas – Ukraine 2010

March 3, 2021

Lasting Personal Connections – Patricia Moore – Belgium 1965

March 3, 2021

Celebrating Founding Fathers at 25th, 50th, 75th and 200th Anniversaries – Glenn W. Geelhoed – Mozambique 1996

March 2, 2021

Presentation at Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) – Khushboo Irshad – USA 2017

March 2, 2021

A Learning Experience – Eric F Prince – 2019

March 2, 2021

Exhibition of Tapestry Work – Jon Eric Riis – India 1969

March 2, 2021

Andean Treks – Robert Lima – Peru 1976

March 2, 2021

My Fulbright Year of Teaching: Pushing a Career Reset Button – Sara Tipton – Slovakia 1999

March 2, 2021

My Wonderful Memories at Texas A&M – Dr. Balagopalan Unni – Texas, USA 1988-1991

March 2, 2021

A Half A Century Ago – Edmond Gerald Meyer – Chile 1959

March 2, 2021

Give Back to my Birth Country – Piyavan Sukalakamala – Thailand 2013

March 1, 2021

Fulbright DAT Cohort 2017 – Abdelkrim Benqdad – Indiana, USA 2017

February 28, 2021

Planting Computer Science Seeds in Ukraine – Allen B Tucker – Ukraine 2001

February 27, 2021

My FLTA Journey – Fendika Aji Prawisma – Pennsylvania, USA 2014

February 26, 2021

Interruption of face-to-face instruction does not stop collaboration – John Donnellan – Finland 2020

February 26, 2021

Characterizing South Indian Dance Traditions – Aparna Keshaviah – India 2006

February 25, 2021

Unexpected Meeting with Vice President Ian Khama – Edwin Michael Kaiser – Botswana 2003

February 24, 2021

A Foundation For The Future – Rebecca Davis – Russia 2004 and The Crimea 2012

February 23, 2021

If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It – Andrea Gonzalez Esteche – New York, USA 2017

February 22, 2021

When the pandemic interrupted my Fulbright at Harvard – Paul David Harpur – Massachusetts, USA 2020

February 21, 2021

A Fulbrighter in Pakistan – Joseph M. Wronka – Pakistan 2015

February 20, 2021

Fulbright Scholar in Estonia During 9/11 – Jay L. Wenger – Estonia 2001

February 19, 2021

History in the Making – Marcy Tanter – South Korea 2018

February 18, 2021

Spanish Society through Fútbol – Brenda Garcia Millan – Spain 2018

February 17, 2021

Studying Coastal Engineering with the Dutch Masters – Joseph (Jack) Colonell – Netherlands 1960

February 16, 2021

Creating a Portraiture of the Indigenous Inhabitants of Taiwan – Brenda Zlamany – Taiwan 2011

February 15, 2021

Love at First Fulbright – David & Benita Fuchs (Italy-1959)

February 14, 2021

Unexpected Relationship in India – Jay L. Wenger – India 2017

February 13, 2021

Celebration – Nancy Duvall Hargrove – France (1963 & 1976) Belgium (1984) Sweden (1992) Austria (2005)

February 12, 2021

East and West Berlin – Kenneth Whetstone – United Kingdom 1978

February 11, 2021

Full Cycle – Oana Godeanu Kenworthy – Romania 2018

February 9, 2021

Fulbright Means Friendship – Allison LeClere – Germany 2013

February 9, 2021

A Fulbrighter in China: Constructing a Platform for a Cultural Dialogue between Confucianism and American Pragmatism

February 8, 2021

Deborah Merola – Nepal 2003 & 2011

February 7, 2021

The Park in Ramallah

February 6, 2021

Digging for Camelot – Mike Morrissey – United Kingdom 1966

February 5, 2021

Investigating the Will of the People – Theodore Life Jr – Japan 2003

February 4, 2021

My Fulbright Time – Kakhaber Djakeli – Connecticut, USA 2006

February 4, 2021

Royalty Encounter – Sophie Amado – Spain 2014

February 3, 2021

Bridging a Bureaucratic Gap – Nijole Etzwiler (Niola Semenas) – Brazil 1961

February 2, 2021

Monica Housen – Latvia 1997 & Hungary 2011

February 1, 2021

Niharika Kulshresth – Oregon, USA 2011

January 19, 2021

Gennady Filimonov – England 1986

January 7, 2021

Tim Perry – South Africa 2002

December 8, 2020

Ron du Bois – Nigeria 1987

October 1, 2020

Samantha Bennett – India 2019

September 14, 2020

Steven Darian – India 1992 – Uzbekistan 1997 – Ukraine 2001

July 27, 2020

Virtual Conversations: How to Talk to Your Community Abroad About Black Lives Matter Protests

June 29, 2020

Jinan Banna – Costa Rica 2018

May 25, 2020

Addison Dlott – Malaysia 2020

May 18, 2020

Alia Flanigan – Malaysia 2020

April 21, 2020

Laura Savage – Malaysia 2020

April 20, 2020

Josh Leib – Croatia 2019

April 13, 2020

Arcadia Trvalik – Malaysia 2020

April 6, 2020

David Hadaller – Romania 1987

April 1, 2020

Fulbrighter on the Front lines of COVID-19

March 25, 2020

Dustin Liu – Malaysia 2020

March 23, 2020

International Women’s Day

March 2, 2020

John A. Lindburg – Venezuela 1966

February 13, 2020

Ernest D. Rose – Austria 1972 – Israel 1972 – Czechoslovakia 1989 – Malta 1995

December 4, 2019

Fulbright Experience in Ethiopia

October 31, 2019

Wesley Warshawer – South Korea 2014

September 28, 2019

The Fulbright “Black Sheep”

September 27, 2019

Gordon Bronitsky – Germany 1984

August 20, 2019

Anne Fitzgibbon – Venezuela 2007

July 19, 2019

Alex Counts – Bangladesh 1988

June 26, 2019

2019 Conference Logo Announced

June 25, 2019

Stephen Cottrell – Thailand 2007 – Japan 2009 – Vietnam 2013

May 27, 2019

In Memory of Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick

April 26, 2019

Antonio Ingram – Malawi 2017

April 25, 2019

Welcoming FA’s New President, Dr. Mary Ellen Schmider

March 28, 2019

Kevin Morris – North Macedonia 2017

March 25, 2019

Raha Hakimdavar – The Netherlands 2013

February 26, 2019

Ashley Mae Conard – Belgium 2014

January 29, 2019

Emily Paxson – Bulgaria 2016

December 17, 2018

Noah Perales-Estoesta – Brazil 2016

November 29, 2018

Blake Phillips – Malaysia 2012

October 29, 2018

In Memory of Michael Samuel Gilmor

October 29, 2018

Kathleen Bakarich – Germany 2008

September 25, 2018

Munir Sayegh – Egypt 2011

August 23, 2018

Brenda McGadney and Phyllis Bell Miller – West Africa 1979 – Bulgaria 2005 – India 2006

July 20, 2018

Lori Amy – Albania 2009

June 15, 2018

OTTOnomy: Fulbright Alum’s NGO Works to “Restore the Social Fabric” in Albania

June 15, 2018

Derek Crider – Germany 1979

April 26, 2018

“Bringing Puppetry to Uganda” — Carol Sterling

April 13, 2018

“Travels Through India Conducting Puppetry Workshops” — Carol Sterling

April 12, 2018

Tammy Hensrud – Germany 1985

March 8, 2018

Jonathan Goodman Levitt – United Kingdom 1999

February 27, 2018

Alumni Bring International Scholarship to the Teaching of Music

February 15, 2018

Fulbrighters in the Operatic Arts Reimagine the Genre for Modern Times

February 1, 2018

Holly Wheeler – India 2016

December 19, 2017

Joyce Kim – South Korea 2015

November 29, 2017

Miguel Cruz – United States 2006

August 30, 2017

2016-2017 Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytellers Share Their Insights

July 21, 2017

5-time Fulbrighter Dr. Mary Norton to Co-Chair UN Intergenerational Dialogues Event

July 17, 2017

Priyali Sur – United States 2014

June 15, 2017

Remembering Donald Weinstein

February 29, 2016

Dr. Koji Nakanishi – United States 1950

January 6, 2016

Paying It Forward: The Dream Scholarship in Panama

November 8, 2015