Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 2, Number 4 (2024) AuthorKatherine Arnoldi A Dangerous Business by Jane Smiley who was a Fulbright Fellow to Iceland in 1976-77. When we set off on our Fulbright adventures equipped with a proposal and itinerary, we are told that what we will encounter on the ground may change not only our plans for…
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Fulbright Chronicles Interviews Femi Mimiko: Former Vice Chancellor Adekunle Ajasin University
Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 2, Number 4 (2024) AuthorJohnBosco Chika Chukwuorji & Habiba Atta AbstractProfessor Femi Mimiko has served in a variety of leadership roles in Nigeria’s higher education. His Fulbright Fellowship at the US Military Academy at West Point helped shape his career. It provided him a global network and honed his sense of the…
Continue ReadingCultural Artifacts, Youth and Drama: A Creative Approach to Building Self-Efficacy
Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 2, Number 4 (2024) AuthorDaniel A. Kelin, II AbstractDuring my 2009-2010 Fulbright-Nehru fellowship in Chennai, I conducted a drama-based program in collaboration with the Sharma Center for Heritage Education. Participating students explored the mythological iconography of Mahabalipuram to increase interest in their cultural heritage. I later conducted an analogous approach at home…
Continue ReadingTeaching Internships at the University of Extremadura (Spain) and the University of Virginia’s College at Wise (US): Experiences from a Comparative Perspective
Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 2, Number 4 (2024) AuthorAlicia Sianes-Bautista AbstractDuring my stay as a Fulbright Postdoc Scholar at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise (VA) I collaborated in teacher training internships. This paper summarizes this experience from a comparative view, contrasting the strengths and weaknesses of teaching internships between my home and host institution….
Continue ReadingA Fulbright Experience in Ireland: Finding a New Medium to Tell the Stories of Irish Men’s Sheds Members
Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 2, Number 4 (2024) AuthorMelinda Heinz AbstractAs a Fulbright Scholar in Ireland, I learned about Irish Men’s Sheds and how they impacted the well-being of older men. Hearing the stories from Men’s Shed members inspired me to share their stories on a wider scale. After returning to the US, I collaborated with…
Continue ReadingEarly Childhood Care and Education in Minnesota and Finland: Similarities and Differences
Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 2, Number 4 (2024) AuthorIiris Happo Abstract I was fortunate to receive a Fulbright scholarship to share my early childhood education expertise in West Central Minnesota. The main goals were to collaborate with partners in West Central Initiative Foundation while they were developing their early care and education system and to teach…
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Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 2, Number 4 (2024) AuthorAdina Ionescu AbstractThe Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement (Fulbright TEA) Program I attended in 2022 was an opportunity for me to connect with other teachers with the same interests from Europe and Asia and to organize a project focused on creating sustainable futures. All the participants (teachers and…
Continue ReadingNothing About Us Without Us: A Fulbright Research Scholar Paves the Road to Embrace the Disability with Dignity
Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 2, Number 4 (2024) AuthorAlexander Woodman Abstract As a Fulbright research scholar at the School of Medicine, AGU (Bahrain), I became genuinely interested in how “Nothing About Us Without Us” concept is perceived in Bahrain, one of the most inclusive countries for people with disabilities. I started a series of qualitative studies…
Continue ReadingHow an Errant Fulbright Shaped My Personal and Professional Life
Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 2, Number 4 (2024) AuthorShepard Forman AbstractSerendipity and opportunism enabled this unmoored young man to acquire a Fulbright-Hays fellowship in Brazil from 1961-62. The fellowship was marked by a clash of wills between my insistence on “learning by living” and the Fulbright Commissioner’s strict interpretations of the contractual nature of my Fulbright…
Continue ReadingA National Bird and an International Message
Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 2, Number 4 (2024) AuthorDaniel Hopkins The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America’s Bird by Jack E. Davis, who was a Fulbright Scholar to Jordan in 2002. Jack E. Davis has enjoyed a celebrated career as an environmental historian since his time as a Fulbright Scholar to Jordan over twenty years ago….
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