Making Lemonade Out Of Lemons – Janet Chapman – Romania 2004-05
The International Educators Newspaper connected me in 2000 with a special education position at an American International School in Cairo, Egypt. After being accepted and attending orientation, I taught for two months. The former administrator had quit and took most students with him so they did not need me for three students. Aspersions led to […]
Visiting a Champagneski Factory in Ukraine – William W Wilen – Ukraine 2003
My Fulbright Scholar teaching experience in Ukraine was one of the most culturally informative and memorable experiences in my traveling academic life as a teacher education professor at Kent State University. I was the first Fulbrighter to serve as a senior lecturer at the Horlivka State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages located in the eastern […]
Making a Difference by Dispelling Stereotypes and Aging Poles – Greta Garniss – Poland 2011
I was a mid-career professional at the time of my award pursuing a Masters Degree at Jagiellonian University in Krakow. I used this award to extend my research relating to seniors and housing plus working on dispelling the myths of Polish seniors -all very old, all close to death, and possibly living with extended family. […]
Visiting Professor – Loreley Gomes Garcia – Brazil 2010 & 2019
In 2010, I went to Temple University as a Scholar in Residence. Then in 2019, I was a Visiting Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Chair in Brazilian Studies. Loreley Gomes Garcia – Fulbright to Brazil 2010 and 2019
Finding “Hygge” While on a Fulbright – Dianne Morrison Beedy – Norway 2018-19
I set off on my Fulbright Specialist adventure heading to Oslo, Norway. While working on various nursing curriculum strategies, conducting leadership workshops, and giving talks on evidence-based practice, I started noticing something else. There was the essence of “hygge” all around me. As a newcomer to Norway, I wondered, could I gain some of this […]
Becoming Part of my School Community – Rohan Dharan – India 2015
Rohan Dharan – Fulbright to India 2015
Teaching the History of U.S. Foreign Relations During the Invasion of Iraq – Joseph Michael Henning – Japan 2002-03
At Japan’s Tohoku University in 2002-2003, I taught courses on the history of U.S. foreign relations to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. During the break between the fall and spring semesters in March 2003, the United States invaded Iraq. I initially had planned to address the 9/11 attacks and U.S. responses to them in the […]
Asha Jawa (Coming and Going) – Snehendu B. Kar – India 2015
Snehendu B. Kar – Fulbright to India 2015