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Fulbright Scholars Directory OFFICE OF ACADEMIC EXCHANGE PROGRAMS ECA/A/E ROOM 234 Fulbright Scholar Program 1999-2000 Directory of Visiting Fulbright Scholars and Occasional Lecturers FULBRIGHT Visiting Scholar Program Sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs 1999-2000 Directory of Visiting Fulbright Scholars and Occasional Lecturers Geographical listings in this publication are a matter of administrative convenience and are not intended to imply a United States government position on the legal status of the areas listed. FULBRIG HT 1999-2000 Directory of Visiting Fulbright Scholars and Occasional Lecturers Contents Introduction 5 Visiting Scholar Stories: Experiences in the United States 7 Scholars by Academic Field 11 Seminar Program Participants 95 Alphabetical Index 99 Host State Index 111 Home Geographic Area Index 123 Special Programs Index 133 1998-99 Visiting Fulbright Scholars 137 1999-2000 DIRECTORY OF VISITING FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS AND OCCASIONAL LECTURERS: INTRODUCTION Each year approximately 750 scholars from abroad hold grants to conduct research and lecture at U.S. colleges and universities under the Fulbright Scholar Program. While the majority of the scholars apply for grants through Fulbright commissions or U.S. embassies in their home countries, approximately 40 are invited by colleges and universities in the United States to lecture in their specific fields under the Scholar-in-Residence or European Union Scholar-in-Residence Programs. The Directory To acquaint the U.S. academic community with the visiting scholars and their fields of specialization, the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES), which cooperates with the United States Department of State in administering the Fulbright Scholar Program, publishes an annual directory of visiting scholars and occasional lecturers. Available in the fall, this directory provides a comprehensive listing of scholars by academic discipline, which includes their home geographic areas, U.S. affiliations, lecturing or research project titles, and dates of stay in the United States. Scholars are also listed in separate indexes arranged alphabetically by last name, by home geographic area, by host state, and by involvement in special programs or seminars. These listings can also be found onlinewww.cies.org at . Grants for some 1999-2000 visiting scholars will not be confirmed until after this directory is published. The names of these scholars will appear in the next edition—just as scholars who received grants but were not listed in the 1998-99 edition appear in this directory beginning on page 139. An updated listing of 1999-2000 visiting scholars will be posted online in early 2000. The Occasional Lecturer Program The Occasional Lecturer Program provides an opportunity for colleges and universities to host Fulbright grantees as short-term guest lecturers. It enables grantees to share their specific research interests with the U.S. academic community, speak on the history and culture of their countries, exchange ideas with U.S. students and faculty, become better acquainted with U.S. higher education and the diversity of academic life in this country, and create linkages between their home and host institutions. This directory, through its listing of grantees’ lecturing and research topics, assists institutions that wish to invite scholars to their campuses as occasional lecturers. Colleges and universities are encouraged to arrange guest lecturing visits by contacting scholars directly, using the faculty associate names and addresses provided. The Occasional Lecturer Program is able to provide funding, although limited, for the round-trip transportation of scholars who accept lecturing invitations. A visiting scholar who wishes to accept an occasional lecturer invitation must submit to CIES a formal letter of invitation from the host institution, along with dates of travel and approximate cost of round-trip economy airfare, at least 1 month before the visit is to take place. (If possible, scholars should try to submit their requests even further in advance.) Within 2 weeks of receiving information, ClES will inform the scholar whether the travel request has been granted. The scholar is responsible for purchasing an airline ticket and will be reimbursed up to a maximum of $750 after the travel takes place. Due to limited funding, each scholar is eligible for only one trip, although requests to visit more than one institution on a single trip will be considered. An exception to the one-trip rule may be made if the scholar guest lectures at minority-serving colleges and universities. Professional organizations wishing to invite scholars as presenters or discussants at meetings may also participate in the Occasional Lecturer Program. Meeting coordinators are encouraged to arrange participation by contacting visiting scholars directly. Responsibilities of Institutions Hosting Occasional Lecturers Institutions wishing to host a visiting Fulbright scholar should develop a comprehensive plan of activities and arrangements to share with the scholar well in advance of the proposed visit. Host institutions are asked to provide local transportation, accommodations, and meals for their visitor. It is important to inform the scholar about the kind of support the host institution will provide prior to arrival. The length of the lecturer’s stay at the institution will depend upon the particular interests of the academic community and the facilities available, but the period should allow an opportunity for the scholar to become acquainted with the educational program and academic life of the host institution. A program of 2 to 3 days’ duration is suggested; a longer period may be advisable if visits to several member institutions of a consortium are planned. Suggested Activities for Visiting Lecturers • Department- or school-wide lectures to students and/or faculty • Lectures in classrooms where the scholar can make a contribution to the discipline • Faculty meetings that allow for an exchange of ideas • Informal gatherings of students and faculty • Home hospitality offered by faculty • Meetings with community organizations or religious groups that have a special interest in international relations • Panel participation at professional conferences Examples of Recent Participants in the Occasional Lecturer Program Administrators and faculty at Oakwood College,A Russian a scholar from Moscow State University minority-serving institution, determined thatvisited the New Mexico State University, New Mexico research ofLebanese a Fulbright scholar was Highlands University, and Western New Mexico germane to a new international social workUniversity—all course minority-serving institutions—and they had just added to the curriculum. Thelectured scholar on “Bridging the Gap: Russian-American applied for and received funds to travel Interculturalto the college, Communication.” This was the first where she gave a successful lecture on “Globalizationopportunity many of the students had had to discuss and Working Women in the Third World.”recent political changes in Russia with a Russian scholar. A Macedonianscholar visited SUNY-Plattsburg to speak on “The Crisis in Yugoslavia and ItsA Impact Vietnamese on grantee was invited to George Mason the Republic of Macedonia.” This lecture Universitywas very well to lecture on the impact of socioeconomic attended and resulted in the recommendationdevelopment that an and policy on forest resources in exchange program be established betweenVietnam. SUNY This and visit has led to an effort to initiate an the grantee’s home institution, the Universityexchange of program between the scholar’s home Macedonia. institution, Vietnam National University, and George Mason University that will focus on geography and A Moroccanscholar participated in an internationalenvironmental problems. workshop on “Slavery and the African Diaspora” at Northwestern University. As a direct result of the scholar’s visit, a discussion of the joint translation and publication of some original Arabic texts dealing with the question of slavery in North and West Africa has developed. ----------------------------------------- VISITING SCHOLAR STORIES:--------------------------------------- EXPERIENCES IN THE UNITED STATES Included in this year’s directory are some recent examples of how the Visiting Scholar Program, the Scholar- in-Residence Program, and the Occasional Lecturer Program have benefitted both host institutions and the visiting scholars themselves. The scholars routinely express how personally and professionally important their experiences in the United States have been. Institutions hosting visiting Fulbrighters are equally pleased with how much their visitors are able to share with their students and faculty—from cultural details about their home countries to technical expertise in a variety of disciplines as diverse as astrophysics, music, and languages. The goals of the Fulbright Program are carried out each year through these exchanges; below are just a few examples illustrating how this was achieved in 1998-99. 1998-99 Visiting Scholar Stories A widely respectedIsraeli scholar from the UniversityLebanon. The grantee, an associate professor at the of Haifa spent a year at the University of OklahomaAmerican University of Beirut, spent his 6-month grant researching and writingBisha, about the ordeal byconducting research on environmental adaptation in fire practiced in Egypt and the Levant; teachinglivestock. In addition to his work,
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