Faculty Leads in Fulbright Scholars

NC State again ranks among the top universities producing Fulbright Scholars — faculty members selected to travel abroad to teach or conduct research for up to a year through the nation’s flagship educational exchange program. The university previously made the list of top-producing institutions two years ago.

NC State’s Fulbright Scholars for the 2017-18 academic year are:

• Zubair Azad, postdoctoral researcher, Department of Physics
  Project Title: A Novel Device for Sequencing Proteins
  Host Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
• Anna Dunaway, director, Confucius Institute
  Project Title: U.S.-Taiwan International Education Administrators Seminar
  Host Institution: Foundation for Scholarly Exchange (Fulbright Foundation)
• Heidi Hobbs, associate professor, School of Public and International Affairs
  Project Title: Developing Future Leaders in the Czech Republic
  Host Institution: University of Economics, Prague
• James Kiwanuka-Tondo, associate professor, Department of Communication
  Project Title: Documenting of the Media in Uganda: From Colonial Era to Present
  Host Institution: Makerere University
• Mark Nance, associate professor, School of Public and International Affairs (2 awards)
  Project Title: Varieties of Crisis Capitalism? Saving the Auto Industry in Sweden, Germany, and the U.S.
  Host Institutions: University of Duisburg-Essen and University of Gothenburg
• Julieta Sherk, associate professor, Department of Horticultural Science
  Project Title: Discovering Community Assets and Evidenced-Based Active Learning Strategies
  Host Institution: Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education

“I’m proud of the fact that our emphasis on tackling real-world problems on a global scale aligns with the mission of the Fulbright Program,” says Provost Warwick Arden. “NC State remains committed to supporting the scholarly pursuits of those who continue to enrich our knowledge base and make us a world-class academic institution.”

Since its inception in 1946, the Fulbright Program has provided more than 380,000 participants — chosen for their academic merit and leadership potential — with opportunities to exchange ideas and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns. The State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs sponsors the program, founded by Sen. J. William Fulbright, with funding from the U.S. Congress.

This post was originally published in NC State News.