The University of Kansas
An Official Employee Publication From the Office of University Relations
KU snares record 11 Fulbrights
No other university received more than 10 scholarships for ’02
With 11 Fulbright awards offered to KU faculty this
fall, the university set a campus record and perhaps a national record
for the greatest number of awards this academic year. In addition, one
KU professor received an extension of a 2001-02 Fulbright award.
Although the official report from the Council for International Exchange
of Scholars will not be available until later this year, KU international
programs staff has learned no other university received more than 10 Fulbright
awards for 2002-03. Only two universities had 10 faculty receive Fulbright
awards.
The number of Fulbrights offered to KU faculty breaks the previous record
of 10 in one year, set in 1956-57 and in 1962-63. Nine faculty received
Fulbrights in 1980-81.
KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway said, “KU has done an impressive job
over the years in participation in the highly competitive Fulbright program
by both students and faculty. I salute the faculty on this tremendous
accomplishment. It is a tribute to all their hard work and dedication.”
The Fulbright Scholar Program is one of the oldest and largest international
exchange programs in the world. Since 1951, KU faculty have received a
total of 257 awards, including the 11 offered this year.
KU faculty offered Fulbright grants this year include:
Nobelza Asuncion-Landé, professor
of communication studies, to teach at the St. Petersburg State University
of Business and Economics in Russia for the academic year.
Paul Comolli, associate professor of
economics, participated in the June 2002 Fulbright German Studies Seminar
in Leipzig, Cologne and Berlin.
Patrick Dooley, associate professor
of design, to teach in spring 2003 at Fachhochschule Trier, in Germany,
and to research time-based media.
Joshua Freeman, chair of family medicine
at KU Medical Center, to teach at the medical school of the Federal University
of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. He will help develop a new program in
family medicine.
Sivaprasad Gogineni, professor of electrical
engineering and computer science, for research at the University of Tasmania
Antarctic Cooperative Research Center in Australia.
Anita Herzfeld, associate professor
of Latin American studies, for research and teaching in Paraguay.
Gwynne Jenkins, assistant professor
of anthropology and women’s studies, for research in Costa Rica
and to teach a graduate seminar at the University of Costa Rica in San
Jose.
Garth Myers, associate professor of
geography, for research in Zambia and in Tanzania. He will spend two months
in Zambia and three months in Tanzania.
Carmen Nikazm, assistant professor
of Germanic languages and literatures, for research at the Free University
of Berlin in Germany.
Deborah Gerner, professor of political
science, to teach at Birzeit University in the West Bank. [Postponed.]
Philip Schrodt, professor of political
science, to teach at Birzeit University [Postponed.]
