News Release
Five NC State Faculty Members Receive Fulbright Awards
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Aranzazu Lascurain, International Programs Coordinator, (919) 513-7742
Nov. 29, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Five North Carolina State University faculty members have received Fulbright Scholar grants to study and teach abroad during the 2007-08 academic year.
Fulbright grants are awarded each year to leading researchers, teachers and administrators at universities worldwide, allowing the recipients to travel, conduct research and teach abroad at host universities for up to one year.
This year's NC State recipients are among the approximately 800 U.S. faculty and professionals who were selected for the program. NC State's recipients are:
- Toby Brody, director of the English as a Second Language (ESL) program and a faculty member in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. Brody received a lecturing award on "Teaching English as a Foreign Language" at the Technological University of Panama in Panama City, Panama.
- Dr. Walter Jackson, associate professor of history. Jackson received a Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American Studies at Uppsala University in Sweden. In addition to teaching, he will work on his book, Intoxicating Honesty: Gunnar and Alva Myrdal in Sweden and America.
- Dr. Toddi Steelman, associate professor of environmental and natural resource policy. Steelman received a lecturing and research award focusing on "Courses Without Borders®: Conservation Biology and Open Space Planning" at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.
- Dr. Tomislav Vukina, professor of agricultural and resource economics. Vukina received a lecturing and research award on "Health Insurance Reform in Post-Socialist Croatia: An Analysis of Asymmetric Information Problems" at the University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
- Dr. Stephen Wiley, associate professor of communication. Wiley received a lecturing and research award on "A Geographic Analysis of Communication Networks and Social Space in Southern Chile: Media Theory and Globalization" at the University of Concepción in Concepción, Chile.
The Fulbright Scholar Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and is the most prestigious international exchange program for scholars. Established in 1946 under legislation introduced by the late Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, the program's purpose is to build mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the rest of the world.
Recipients of Fulbright awards are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement and leadership potential in their fields.
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