V3N3 Archives - Fulbright Chronicles

More Than a Drink: The Global Journey of Yerba Mate

Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 4, Number 2 (2026) AuthorBenjamin Junge The Book of Yerba Mate: A Stimulating History by Charles Folch, who had a Fulbright Dissertation Research Grant to Paraguay, 2008-2009. Across Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and southern Brazil, it is as common to see people cradling a cuia (gourd) and bomba (metal straw) as it is…

Handel’s MESSIAH and the Librettist Who Inspired It

Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 4, Number 2 (2026) AuthorJames E. Crimmins Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel’s Messiah by Charles King who was a Fulbright Scholar in 2013 to Zambia. We know a good deal about Handel’s life and career as the preeminent composer of the age, while Jennens has virtually…

Hear Them Speak

Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 4, Number 2 (2026) AuthorCynthia Smith The Diary Keepers: World War II in the Netherlands Written by the People Who Lived Through It by Nina Siegal, who had a Fulbright Fellowship in Creative Writing in 2014. In The Diary Keepers, author Nina Siegal taps into the importance of first-person contemporary narratives during…

Food Dome Dietary Guidelines: My Fulbright Research on Mapping Obesity in the Gulf Region

Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 4, Number 2 (2026) AuthorAlexander Woodman AbstractMy Fulbright research at Arabian Gulf University in Bahrain was mixed-method research that focused on a better understanding of the relationship between Gulf medical students’ knowledge and attitudes about Food Dome dietary guidelines (FDDG). In this article, I share the qualitative findings of my research. Medical…

How A Taiwan Fulbright Broadened A China Scholar’s Horizon

Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 4, Number 2 (2026) AuthorHilary A. Smith AbstractFor decades I had conducted research abroad primarily in the People’s Republic of China, until a 2024 Fulbright award to Taiwan reoriented my perspective. Living and doing research in Taiwan gave me a new understanding of Chinese history and identity that both shaped my latest…

A Fulbright Journey of Global Healing in Barbados

Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 4, Number 2 (2026) AuthorLauren D. Pitts-Bounds AbstractAs a Fulbright Student Scholar to Barbados, my goal was to explore the influence of paternal presence or absence in shaping emotional resilience and personal agency in adolescent daughters. Through inquiry, cultural immersion, and community collaboration via the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program and…

Teaching-Learning Centers: Why Should They Be in All Universities?

Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 4, Number 2 (2026) AuthorMelina Murgel AbstractThe Fulbright Project for the Modernization of Undergraduate Education (PMG) aims to improve engineering education in Brazil. As a teaching assistant to the project, I visited Harvard, Columbia and MIT to learn about innovative teaching strategies in these universities. I found that such innovation demands institutional…

Bridging Borders Through Service Learning and Information Diplomacy: Insights from the Diplomacy Lab and Fulbright Scholars Programs

Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 4, Number 2 (2026) AuthorBethany McGowan AbstractThrough the Diplomacy Lab and the Fulbright Scholar Program, I explored innovative approaches to tackling global information challenges by integrating service-learning with information diplomacy. These programs demonstrated thepower of education to foster mutual understanding, equip students as citizen diplomats, and address real-world challenges. Reflecting on my…

Bridging Systems: Insights on Germany’s Higher Education System from a US Fulbright Scholar Specializing in Career Services

Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 4, Number 2 (2026) AuthorMelissa Kulp AbstractThis article reflects on a US Fulbright Scholar’s participation in the International Education Administrator (IEA) program in Germany. It examines Germany’s dual education system, emphasizing the integration of academic and vocational pathways. Insights gained inform recommendations for enhancing US career services through industry-academia partnerships, workforce readiness…

Being the First Fulbrighter in Ordu, Türkiye

Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 4, Number 2 (2026) AuthorHailey A. Hesseltine AbstractThis article reflects on my experience as the first Fulbright EnglishTeaching Assistant assigned to Ordu, a small city on Türkiye’sBlack Sea coast. It explores what it means to be a yabancı (foreigner),the power of everyday encounters to create exchange, and theimportance of access to international…