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Hope in the Time of Covid

Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 1, Number 4 (2023) AuthorMark Seielstad Fulbright in a Time of COVID: Essays by U.S. Fulbrighters in Asia, 2019-20, edited by Kurt Mosser, Fulbright Scholar at Soochow University in Suzhou from 2019-2020, and Amanda H. Schmidt, Fulbright Scholar at Sichuan University in China in 2019-2020 Three years after reports of an atypical…

“Global, Heartless and Without National Identity”: Oligarchy in Today’s World

Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 1, Number 4 (2023) AuthorLouis E. Esparza Oligarchy in the Americas: Comparing Oligarchic Rule in Latin America and the United States by Joe Foweraker, Visiting Fulbright Scholar in political science to the University of Colorado at Boulder, 1992-1993 Joe Foweraker’s Oligarchy in the Americas is a sobering and provocative comparison between oligarchic tendencies in…

The Impact of the Fulbright Experience on a Community College Educator: Twenty Years Later

Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 1, Number 4 (2023) Author David J. Smith Abstract The author shares his experiences in navigating the Fulbright US Scholar Program process and the impact that the experience had on his family and himself. Coming from a community college, he represents a minority of grantees, even though community colleges educate over 40%…

My Fulbright Award Helped Me to Uncover the Past and Discover My Future

Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 1, Number 4 (2023) AuthorMarx Navarro-Castillo Abstract The author, passionate about archaeology and the development of his birthplace Chiapas in Mexico, was granted the Fulbright-García Robles scholarship to pursue his graduate studies at SUNY-Albany. This accomplishment allowed him to not only contribute to the field of study of his interest, archaeology, but…

How My Fulbright Took Me to Broadway and Helped Me Discover the Dream and Dilemma of Creating New Musicals

Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 1, Number 4 (2023) AuthorCarmel Dean Abstract Without the Fulbright experience that brought me from Australia to New York, I would never have been able to step inside the traditionally American artform of the new musical. Yet is Broadway the only place that new musicals can succeed? Or can Australian-made musicals make…

Weaving Threads Between Music and Social Equity in New York City

Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 1, Number 4 (2023) AuthorBrydie-Leigh Bartleet Abstract As a Fulbright Scholar at New York University, I undertook a program of research that explored how music and the arts are addressing complex social issues, such as social inequity, and bringing about positive change in communities. In this article I explore some of the…

Online Learning in Thailand: My Fulbright Experiences

Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 1, Number 4 (2023) AuthorKuldeep Nagi Abstract In 2006 I was posted as a Fulbright fellow to work in Thailand. My main goal was to help a prominent Catholic university (Assumption University) develop a robust online learning system. My early exposure and experiences with online learning with WebCT in Seattle, WA, helped…

Fulbright Specialists in a Time of Change

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…

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…

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…