FULBRIGHT AND FULBRIGHT-HAYSRECIPIENTS

MARCH 2019

13TH ANNUAL RECEPTION TO HONOR

TH E F U LB RI G HT PRO G RAM was established in 1946 under legislation introduced by then Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas. The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the Bureau of Educational

and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State and is administered by the Institute of International Education and its division, the Council for the International Exchange of Scholars. The Fulbright Program awards approximately 8,000 new grants annually. Currently, the Fulbright Program operates in over 160 countries worldwide, but it has operated in more than 180 throughout its lifespan. Program alumni include 37 current or former heads of state or government, 59 Nobel Laureates, 82 Pulitzer Prize winners, 71 MacArthur Foundation Fellows, 16 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients and thousands of leaders across the private, public and nonprofit sectors. Since its beginnings in 1946, more than 370,000 “Fulbrighters” have participated in the program. The flagship international educational program sponsored by the United States Government, the Fulbright Program is designed to “increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries...” The Fulbright Program provides grants for graduate students, scholars, professionals, teachers and administrators from the United States and other countries.

TH E F U LB RI G HT-HAYS PRO G RAM was established in 1961 under legislation introduced by Senator J. William Fulbright who succeeded in persuading Congress to pass the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange, or the Fulbright-Hays Act. Like Title VI, Fulbright-Hays was aimed at strengthening non-West European language and area expertise in the United States. These goals were achieved through focused opportunities for overseas study and research—both

essential for training language and area experts. Thus, Fulbright-Hays is viewed as the overseas counterpart to the domestic capacity-building Title VI programs. The original Fulbright-Hays legislation supported the following four initiatives: Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA); Faculty Research Abroad (FRA); Group Projects Abroad (GPA); and Foreign Curriculum Consultants (FCC). A Teachers Abroad (TA) program was integrated into FRA, then eliminated as other international education opportunities for teachers became possible through Fulbright-Hays. Except for TA and FCC, these programs continue to serve as important mechanisms for developing and maintaining international expertise among elementary, secondary and postsecondary educators. The Fulbright-Hays program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the Office of International Foreign Language Education (IFLE).

F U LB RI G HT AN D F U LB RI G HT-HAYS

WELCOMEGil Latz

Vice Provost for Global Strategies and International Affairs

REMARKSMichael V. Drake, MD

President, The Ohio State University

PERSONAL HIGHLIGHTS OF FULBRIGHT PROGRAMTimothy Landers, PhD RN CNP CIC FAAN

Associate Professor, College of Nursing and College of Veterinary Medicine Fulbright Scholar Award to Ethiopia

The Ohio State University is proud of our Fulbright and Fulbright-Hays

recipients, as well as our visiting international Fulbright awardees and their distinguished accomplishments across the globe. During Fulbright Week at Ohio State, we celebrate their dedication and commitment to enhancing the

university’s teaching, research and engagement mission.

VI S ITI N G ( N O N-U.S.) F U LB RI G HT S C H O LARS

The Visiting Fulbright Scholar Program. Each year some 500 faculty and professionals from around the world receive Fulbright Scholar grants for advanced research and university lecturing in the United States. Individual grants are available to scholars from more than 125 countries to conduct research, lecture or pursue combined lecturing and research in the United States.

2018 - 2019

Nita Andreea, University of Bucharest, RomaniaSchool of Environment and Natural Resources

Boua Celestin Atse, Oceanological Research Center, Ivory CoastSchool of Environment and Natural Resources

Opeyemi Ayinde, University of Ilorin, NigeriaDepartment of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics

Natalia Cattelan, Natural Scientific and Technical Research Council, ArgentinaDepartment of Microbial Infection and Immunity

Nighat Fatima, COMSATS University Islamabad, PakistanCollege of Pharmacy

Stephen Kibusi, University of Dodoma, TanzaniaDepartment of Microbiology

Andres Dario Pantoja Bucheli, University of Narino, ColombiaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Salifou Traore, University of Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoSchool of Environment and Natural Resources

Monika Varga, Kaposvar University, HungaryDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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VI S ITI N G ( N O N-U.S.) F U LB RI G HT S C H O LARS

2017 - 2018

Mousa Mohammad H Alreshidi, University of Hail, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Food Science and Technology

Boris Boincean, Selectia Research Institute of Field Crops, MoldovaCarbon Management and Sequestration Center

Oleksandr Debych, Independent Filmmaker, UkraineDepartment of Slavic and Eastern European Languages and Cultures

Center for Slavic and East European Studies

Tamar Laliashvili, Academy of Ministry of Internal Affairs, GeorgiaMoritz College of Law

Armen Mkrtchyan, Yerevan State Medical University, ArmeniaCrane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy

AjayKrishnan Muralidharan, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, IndiaDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering

Burak Ozbey, Bilkent University, TurkeyElectroScience Laboratory

College of Engineering

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FO RE I G N F U LB RI G HT FE LLOWS

The Fulbright International Fellow/Student Program supports educational exchanges that strengthen understanding and communication between the United States and more than 155 countries. The program has enriched the lives of more than 225,000 men and women and has brought some of the world’s finest minds to U.S. campuses. More than 4,000 new Foreign Fulbright Fellows/Students enter U.S. academic programs each year. Many Fulbrighters are young professionals who will return to responsible positions in their home countries. They often are involved in building institutions and government service when they return home.

2018 - 2019

Fernando Anvore Lopez, MexicoDepartment of Statistics

Yildiz Guventurk, TurkeyDepartment of Dance

Saes Byul Kim, South KoreaDepartment of Educational Studies

Ali Mansoor, PakistanDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Telma Martinez, HondurasMoritz College of Law

Byung-Doh Oh, South KoreaDepartment of Linguistics

Magdalena Julia Polczer, AustriaDepartment of Germanic Languages and Literature

Fayez Sahak, AfghanistanMoritz College of Law

Hlatshwayo Zweli, South AfricaDepartment of Chemistry

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FO RE I G N F U LB RI G HT FE LLOWS

2017 - 2018

Linda Capito Ruiz, EcuadorDepartment of Human Sciences

Guillermo Andres Castillo Martinez, EcuadorDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Robert Koller, GermanyDepartment of Germanic Languages and Literatures

Hamdy Mahmoud Negm, EgyptMoritz College of Law

Esteban Vargas Bernal, ColombiaDepartment of Mathematics

Theresia Georges Yazbeck, LebanonDepartment of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering

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U.S. F U LB RI G HT S C H O LARS

The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers U.S. faculty, administrators and professionals grants to lecture, conduct research or participate in seminars. Nearly 800 U.S. faculty and professionals travel abroad every year. Grantees come from more than 500 colleges and universities and public and private agencies in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

2018 - 2019

Joseph Bonnell, Dominican RepublicSchool of Environment and Natural Resources

Katherine Borland, FinlandDepartment of Comparative Studies

Melanye Dixon, IndonesiaDepartment of Dance

Alcira Duenas, BoliviaDepartment of History, Newark

Kay Bea Jones, ItalyKnowlton School of Architecture

Henry Klaiber, AustriaDepartment of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics

Jeannie Simmons, TaiwanOffice of International Affairs

Michael Vuolo, France, Croatia, PortugalDepartment of Sociology

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2017 - 2018

Carlos Castro, IrelandDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Robert Eckhart, BelarusCollege of Education and Human Ecology

Stephanie Hoffer, AustriaMoritz College of Law

Margot Kaminski, Netherlands, ItalyMoritz College of Law

Timothy Landers, EthiopiaCollege of Nursing

W. Berry Lyons, IrelandSchool of Earth Sciences

Kevin Passino, ColombiaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Halil Sezen, QatarDepartment of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering

David Somers, SpainDepartment of Molecular Genetics

Cheikh Thiam, SenegalDepartment of French and Italian

Francis Troyan, FranceDepartment of Teaching and Learning

U.S. F U LB RI G HT S C H O LARS

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The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is designed to give recent BS/BA graduates, master’s, doctoral candidates and developing professionals and artists opportunities for international experience, personal enrichment and an open exchange of ideas with citizens of other nations. The goal of the program is to promote mutual understanding through a commitment to the free flow of ideas and people across national boundaries. Fulbright grants provide students with the opportunity to study, conduct research or teach English abroad. The grants offer students the opportunity to experience another culture, to contribute research to their field of study, and to develop leadership skills and their careers.

2018 - 2019

Rachel Beery, MalaysiaDepartment of Geography, International Studies Program

Jonathan Capps, Finland Department of Art

Andrew Carringer, Germany School of Communication, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures

Christopher Kinley, PhD Candidate, Greece Department of History

Megan Lobert, Spain Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Yamilex Molina, Spain Department of Educational Studies

Alejandra Timmins, Spain Department of English

Joshua Truett, PhD Candidate, Mexico Department of Theatre

Hannah Young, Romania Department of Linguistics, Department of French and Italian

U.S. F U LB RI G HT STU D E NTS

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U.S. F U LB RI G HT STU D E NTS

2017 - 2018

Aisha Abu-Hajar, GermanyDepartment of Teaching and Learning

Katherine Fitzgerald, PhD Candidate, ChinaDepartment of Comparative Studies

Rahwa Hassen, EthiopiaCollege of Public Health

Ann Imke, GermanyDepartment of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Department of English

Jeremy Kundtz, ColombiaDepartment of Spanish and Portuguese, Department of English

Marisa Lally, ColombiaDepartment of Educational Studies

Anna Lieswyn, SpainDepartment of Spanish and Portuguese, Department of Comparative Studies

Michael Richter, MexicoDepartment of Spanish and Portuguese

Kelly Yotebieng, PhD Candidate, CameroonDepartment of Anthropology

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U.S. F U LB RI G HT STU D E NTS

2019 - 2020 Semi-Finalists

Turner Adornetto, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Faraz Ansari, Department of Economics

Kassi Burnett, PhD Candidate Department of Germanic Languages and Literature

Patrick Cleary, Department of EconomicsDepartment of Geography

Sarah Craycraft, PhD Candidate Department of Comparative Studies

Harrison Fillmore, Department of East Asian Languages and Literature

Maria Fredericks, School of Environment and Natural Resources

David Giesige, Department of Teaching and Learning

Alexandra Goss, Department of Political Science Department of Psychology

Said Haji, Department of Biology

Saharla Hershi, Department of Finance

Taylor Klass, Department of Plant Pathology

Mark Kolat, Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Janelle Kyle, Department of East Asian Languages and Literature

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Madhav Misra, Department of Economics International Studies Program

Halima Mohamed, Department of Psychology

Patrick O’Connor, Department of History

Akosua Peprah, Department of English Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Charis Ramsing, Department of Plant Pathology

Mark Sandel, International Studies Program

Rebecca Slavik, Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures International Studies Program

Helina Solomon, Department of Political Science

Caitriona Techman, Department of East Asian Languages and LiteratureSchool of Communications

Laila Ujayli, Department of English International Studies Program

Jessica Wong, Department of English Department of Political Science

U.S. F U LB RI G HT STU D E NTS

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The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program (DDRA) is designed to contribute to the development and improvement of the study of modern foreign languages and area studies in the United States by providing opportunities for doctoral students to conduct dissertation research abroad for periods of six to 12 months. The U.S. Department of Education awards up to 90 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowships annually.

2018 - 2019

John Bundschuh, JapanDepartment of East Asian Languages and Literature

Ashlee Dauphinais, BrazilDepartment of Spanish and Portuguese

Katherine Fitzgerald, ChinaDepartment of Comparative Studies

Barbara Roth, BosniaDepartment of Political Science

Nathan Young, TurkeyDepartment of Near Eastern Languages and Culture

2017 - 2018

Nicole Freeman, Germany, PolandDepartment of History

F U LB RI G HT-HAYS D O CTO RAL D I S S E RTATI O N RE S EARC H AB ROAD

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F U LB RI G HT AN D F U LB RI G HT-HAYS PRO G RAM AD M I N I STRATO RS

Fulbright-Hays Program for Graduate Students

Joanna Kukielka-Blaser, Program Director Office of International Affairs

140 Enarson Classroom Building2009 Millikin Road

Columbus, Ohio 43210

Fulbright Scholar Program

Joanna Kukielka-Blaser, Campus Liaison Margo Lipps, Campus Liaison

Carina Hansen, Director, International Students and ScholarsOffice of International Affairs

140 Enarson Classroom Building2009 Millikin Road

Columbus, Ohio 43210

Fulbright Program for Graduate and Professional Students

Theresa Hazelwood, Director, Fellowship ServicesShari Speer, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Graduate School250 University Hall230 North Oval Mall

Columbus, Ohio 43210

Fulbright Program for Undergraduate Students and Recent Alumni

Corey Efron, Fellowship AdvisorAnne Krabacher, Interim Director

University Honors and Scholars Center220 W. 12th Avenue

Columbus, Ohio 43210

For more information about the Fulbright and Fulbright-Hays programs please visit:

fulbright.osu.edu

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Office of International Affairs • Graduate School • Undergraduate Fellowship Office