Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 1, Number 4 (2023) AuthorMichael R. Czaja Abstract Fulbright Specialists often execute projects during times of complexity and change. Recognizing how an individual project fits within the larger environment contributes to its success. A recent rural fire management project in Portugal provides applicable lessons for those Fulbrighters whose host is dealing with…
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Fulbright and Sustainability: Five Actions for the Planet
Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 1, Number 4 (2023) AuthorTremaine Smith and Anne C. Campbell Abstract In the era of climate change, this commentary discusses actions that Fulbright staff and participants can take to enhance sustainability. The five actions include choosing greener travel, designing pro-environment orientations, including climate action in service, teaching and learning about sustainability, and…
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Trust: The Superpower for the Fulbright and Peace Corps Program
Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 1, Number 4 (2023) AuthorJody K. Olsen Abstract Trust is core to both the Fulbright and US Peace Corps programs, built through participant promises, commitments, mutual reciprocal relationships, and integrity. Decades of experiences have reinforced the value of these programs to participants and others in often vulnerable places of service. This trust…
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Looking Back/Looking Ahead
Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 1, Number 4 (2023) AuthorsBruce B. Svare and Kevin F. F. Quigley With this fourth issue, we conclude our first year of publishing Fulbright Chronicles. Here, we want to review what we have accomplished and discuss our plans for the future. In establishing Fulbright Chronicles, we hoped to create a professional journal by and…
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Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 1, Number 4 (2023) AuthorEditors As the journal by and for Fulbrighters, we rely on community members to help produce the Fulbright Chronicles. One of the most important ways is for the peer-review process. Each article is reviewed by two individuals, these may be members of the editorial team as well as individuals…
Continue ReadingFulbright Chronicles Seeks Book Reviewers
Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 1, Number 4 (2023) AuthorBook Reviews Editor If you’re interested in reviewing books for Fulbright Chronicles and have experience reviewing non-academic, general interest books, please send your contact information, details about your Fulbright award(s), academic discipline, previous publications, as well as any particular interests that will help match you with the right book to…
Continue ReadingFulbright Chronicles: Associate Editors Wanted
Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 1, Number 4 (2023) AuthorEditors As the Fulbright Chronicles completes its fourth issue during our first year, we are looking to expand our editorial team to reflect the global nature and breadth of the Fulbright Program. We are especially interested in receiving expressions of interest from Fulbrighters with editing experience from Southern Africa, East…
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Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 1, Number 3 (2022) AuthorBook Review Editor Fulbright Chronicles has launched a new book review section. If you’ve written a general interest book, we’d like to know about it. If you’re interested in reviewing books and have experience reviewing general interest books, send your contact information, details about your Fulbright award, your…
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All We’ve Got
Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 1, Number 3 (2022) AuthorStanley K. Sessions Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future by Elizabeth Kolbert, Fulbright Scholar to Hamburg, Germany in 1983. In her latest book, Under a White Sky: the Nature of the Future, Pulitzer-Prize winning author Elizabeth Kolbert proves herself to be an engaging story teller,…
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At Home in the Word and the World
Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 1, Number 3 (2022) AuthorK. Narayana Chandran Playlist for the Apocalypse: Poems by Rita Dove, Fulbright Scholar to Germany in 1974 and a Fulbright Lifetime Achievement Medal Recipient in 2009. The poems in Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Rita Dove’s eleventh collection appeal to us not by being “poetic” in the traditional sense of…
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