FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PATTON ULBRIGHT ~...... ~ F~~ BOGGS .. ASSOCIATION As the Executive Director of the Fulbright Association, and on behalf of the Board of Directors, it is a pleasure and a privilege to welcome 2012 -2013 you to the nation's capital for our 36th annual conference. Themed ,c\ :\f ~ ~ I{ Fulbright Association P L '1' I lJ I S PO S () "Fulbright in Action", this year's conference aims to provide actionable Board of Directors outcomes across a broad range of subjects, encouraging attendees to PRESIDENT John H. Vogel and get involved with the work and mission of the presenters and their John Vogel organizations, while generally building stronger bonds between us in VICE-PRESIDENT Patton Boggs LLP the alumni community. Mary Ellen H. Schmider
SECRETARY My Fulbright sent me to Sweden for a year where I earned a Master's Manfred Philipp * in Peace and Conflict Studies from Uppsala University. Like many of TREASURER you, this experience was life-changing and I appreciate how fortunate I John F. Ausura am to be a part of the Fulbright family. For over 6 decades now, alumni Directors and friends of Fulbright have been tackling some of the world's greatest John B. Bader challenges, been at the forefront of innovation and entrepreneurship, Jerome M. Cooper and inspiring tomorrow's generation as educators and leaders across a Kim David Eger broad range of academic and professional disciplines. We have Nobel Pauline M. Eveillard Prize winners and heads of state, authors and scientists, teachers and Thrivent Financial Krishna Richard Sankar Guha ~ business leaders. One could argue it is one of the more impressive for Lutherans· Robert W. Helm communities of alumni the world has ever seen. I certainly believe so. Keisuke Nakagawa P I~ 1\ TIN U i\11 S PC) N SC) l{ H. Andrea Neves As individuals Fulbrighters are doing great things but imagine what Everette Penn we could do if we could better connect our world, if we could bring Mary Ellen Heian Schmider Philip Rakita our global community closer together. We can do more and, with the Ramesh Ramakrishnan advent of social media and technological innovation, the opportunities and Thrivent Financial for Robert Ruminski to interconnect are greater than ever. However, technology could never John Sargent take the place of personal relationships and face-to-face interaction. Lutherans Foundation Herma Williams I ask you to take advantage of this face-to-face opportunity at our Gwendolyn Willis-Darpoh conference to forge stronger bonds with our fellow alumni and start to identify more opportunities to come together under the banner of Fulbright Association Staff Fulbright.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Stephen Reilly PROGRAM It is exciting times at the Fulbright Association and the future looks SENIOR DIRECTOR, MEMBERSHIP PRODUCTION very bright but we cannot continue to grow and prosper with you. I call Sarah Sears Shaz Akram Kamilla Hassen upon each of you to help us find more of our alumni, engage them as P I~1\'1~I N l 1 l\1 S PO~ S() R. DIRECTOR, CHAPTER RELATIONS Sarah Sears members, 'connect the dots' between us and support our association. Shaz Akram DESIGN OFFICE COORDINATOR Elio Leturia It is my great -honor to be here and to know all of you. Dr. H. Andrea Neves Kamilla Hassen FINANCE CONSULTANT All the best for a great conference, and Barton Evans Norma Floriza DIVERSITY CONSULTANT Steve Reilly David J. Smith .. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
3 SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE EVENT DETAILS Thursday, October 3, 2013 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. Registration Open Grand Ballroom Foyer Friday, October 4, 2013 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Opening Reception and Poster Fair Solarium & Grand Ballroom Foyer OPENING PLENARY SESSION President John Vogel will open the Annual Conference with Fulbright business, to be followed Friday, October 4, 2013 Fulbright Association President John Vogel by the Welcome from Ms. Harriet Mayor Fulbright. Congressman Jim Moran will speak Harriet Fulbright about the importance of International Academic Exchange, notably the Fulbright Program, and 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Registration Open Grand Ballroom Foyer Congressman Jim Moran how it relates to our US Foreign Policy interests. 8:30-10:15 a.m. Opening Plenary Session Ballroom A, B, C ------10:15 - 10:30 a.m. Break ALL CONFERENCE SESSION As the USA continues to shift from a national and industrial economy to a global and informa "The Relevance of a Liberal Arts tion economy, our institutions of higher education are under constant pressure to keep pace. 10:30 - 11 :45 a.m. All Conference Panel Discussion Ballroom A, B, C Education in the 21st Century Economy" There is considerable debate about our education system, its standing in the world, and how Brandon Busteed, Angel Cabrera & Laura to adjust to an increasingly competitive global employment market. The transition from analog 11 :45 - 12: 15 p.m. Break Trombley (Arts & Humanities) to digital has created more opportunity to accelerate learning while also helping to level the 12:15 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. Diversity Lunch Ballroom A, B, C playing field for many other countries around the world. Some argue higher education must shift to a competency or skills-based approach whereas others insist the broad base of a 1:50- 2:05 p.m. Break liberal arts education and learning 'soft skills' is the way forward. What does this mean for a 2:05 - 3:35 p.m. Large Breakout Sessions Monet 1 & 2 or Monet 3 & 4 liberal arts education in an increasingly competitive global market? Does a liberal arts degree prepare graduates for the work force they will be entering? Join panelists Brandon Busteed 3:35 - 3:55 p.m. Break of Gallup Education, George Mason University President Dr. Angel Cabrera, and Pitzer Col lege President Dr. Laura Trombley as they discuss the changing nature of higher education 3:55 - 5:25 p.m. Breakout Sessions Monet 1, 2, 3, & 4 in the 21st century.
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6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Reception Diplomatic Rooms - U.S. State Dept. DIVERSITY LUNCH American civil rights movement icon, writer, and political adviser James Meredith will speak "Taking Action to Train & Educate to the responsibilities of educating our children so that they may succeed in our increasingly 8:30 p.m. Buses Depart for Return to Hotel Children to Fulfill Their Mission in a global society. Maya Minter will introduce James Meredith. Global Society''' James Meredith Saturday, October 5, 2013 ------8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Registration Open Grand Ballroom Foyer LARGE BREAKOUT SESSIONS 8:30 - 10:00 a.m. Selma Jeanne Cohen Lecture Ballroom A, B, C "The Global Challenge in Cybersecurity" Information is the currency of the 21st century. Protecting digital information is of supreme im 10:00 - 10:20 a.m. Break Tim McKnight & Admiral William 0. portance to governments, private enterprises, universities and colleges, and individuals. Who Studeman and panelists are the actors that pose the greatest threat to cybersecurity? Why is this threat global? What 10:20 - 11: 50 a.m. Breakout Sessions Monet 1, 2, 3, & 4 (Science & Technology) can be done to protect valuable information in a digitally interconnected age? Tim McKnight, 11:50- 12:15 p.m. Break EVP of Enterprise Information Security and Risk for Fidelity Investments, will lead a panel of experts in discussion of these questions and more. 12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Lunch Discussion Panel Ballroom A, B, C ------1: 45 - 2:05 p.m. Break "The Challenges of Healthcare in Africa" Nick Lawson , Director of Field Human Resources for Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans 2:05 - 3:35 p.m. Breakout Sessions Monet 1, 2, 3, & 4 Nick Lawson & John Sargent Frontieres (MSF), and John Sargent, Founding Partner of Broadreach Healthcare, will discuss (Global Health Policy) healthcare in Africa; the challenges, the rewards, and the needs that constantly need to be 3:35 - 3:55 p.m. Break addressed. With extensive experience in the region, Lawson and Sargent will provide their 3:55 - 5:25 p.m. Breakout Sessions Monet 1, 2, 3, & 4 perspective of the current healthcare climate and how others can become involved. 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. Closing Banquet Ballroom A, B, C Saturday, October 5, 2013
DEATH Sunday,October6,2013 SELMA JEANNE COHEN LECTURE Flamenco dance is not a folk art stuck in a specific era but must be seen by dancers and METAL Optional Activities: Please note that participants must have registered for these activities prior to the conference. "Beyond Stereotypes: Unraveling dance scholars as a language that is constantly evolving. Along with historical context and Flamenco Dance from its Historical & demonstrations, the presentation will include audience participation; first in learning a basic ANGOLA 9:00 a.m. - noon Screening of Death Metal Angola Degas - L'Enfant Plaza Hotel Cultural Threads" rhythm, being able to distinguish between different styles within this rhythm, then finally t 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Private Tour & Lecture U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Alice Blumenfeld (Arts & Humanities) analyzing how one dance step functions within the different styles of one rhythm and why that is essential to flamenco. Blu menfeld is a freelance flamenco dancer based between New York j 9:30 a.m. - noon Private Behind-The-Scenes Tour Kennedy Center • and Sevilla. She is currently working on mounting her own show in New York. (* indicates session is part of Diversity track) 4 5 LUNCH DISCUSSION PANEL What is the next big step for gender equality? We have all learned about Susan B. Anthony, BREAKOUT SESSIONS "Gender Equality: The Missing Voice'" Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and the historical milestones of the women's Charles Clymer, Glen S. Fukushima, movement. Slowly but surely, women have attained key leadership positions, as evidenced Elio Leturia, Kuna! Modi & Mana Nakagawa by individuals such as Hillary Clinton and Sheryl Sandberg. But in the recent decades, the Video introduction by Sheryl Sandberg gender revolution has stalled. Since the 1990s, the numbers of women leaders in government, Saturday, October 5, 2013 corporations and academics have stagnated in the majority of countries around the world. De spite the fact that women now make up about 50 percent of the workforce globally, the "male breadwinner" model continues to dominate social, economic and political norms. So what is 10:20 - 11 :50 a.m. I MONET 1 The increasing importance of scientific literacy in modern society has been accompanied by the missing piece? Men. Men have been the missing voice in the gender equality movement. Julianne McCall & Roselin van der Torren: falling student scores in mathematics and the sciences across the developed world, particular Now for the first time, men are leading the discussion. "Fostering Public Scientific Literacy" ly in the United States (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, 2011 ). What In the true spirit of the Fulbright Scholarship in furthering international understanding through (Science & Technology) are the reasons underlying this trend, and how can we, members of every profession and edu open dialogue and exchange, the Fulbright Conference brings the first all-male panel on gen cational background, contribute to the reversal of this degenerating talent pool? This session, der equality. Men will take center stage to discuss their challenges and perspective as men in complete with roundtable discussion, video features of contemporary science communicator a gender-unequal society. What do men want in the gender equality movement? What is their leaders, and a hands-on demonstration of a simple outreach activity, will highlight ongoing vision of a gender-equal society? science outreach initiatives for students and the public at the local, national, and international levels and, further, provide tools for establishing and maintaining such programs
BREAKOUT SESSIONS 10:20 - 11 :50 a.m. I MONET 3 In this panel session we will explore diversity. Fulbright program objectives are enhanced and Ana Gil-Garcia, Judy Meredith, & David achieved when Fulbrighters represent a mosaic of backgrounds, cultures, ethnic groups, and Friday, October 4, 2013 Smith: "Achieving Diversity in the other characteristics that reflect an ever changing definition of diversity. However, we often Fulbright Program" struggle to identify diverse candidates , support their aspirations, and build professional and (Human Rights & Social Justice)' personal bridges to them. J. William Fulbright once said that "the rapprochement of peoples is only possible when differences of culture and outlook are respected and appreciated rather 3:55 - 5:25 p.m. I MONET 1 This interactive presentation will examine the influence of the Fulbright experience on the work, than feared and condemned." Considered in a contemporary light, he reminds us that the Kristin Pichaske, Joseph Polizzi, & Joseph both personal and teaching, of Professor Joseph Vitone (Photocommunications, St. Edwards ultimate goals of the program -global understanding and peace- can only be achieved when Vitone: "Documentary Photography & University), Associate Professor Kristin Pichaske (Television, Columbia College Chicago), and Fulbrighters mirror and support the vast diversity that reflects present-day society. Films as lntercultural & Interdisciplinary Associate Professor Joseph Polizzi (Educational Leadership, Marywood University). Vitone's Learning" (Arts & Humanities) photographs, both his own and his students, have been collected and archived by the Smithso nian Institution and the National Museum of American History. Pichaske's award-winning films have documented an array of international cultures and have been screened on television and 10:20 - 11 :50 a.m. I MONET 4 This session will focus on work two Fulbrighters have done internationally and how that at numerous international festivals. Polizzi writes about using documentary films to teach global Andrea Neves & Mary Ellen Schmider: might lead to a Fulbright Association Volunteer Corps. What might a FA Volunteer Corps awareness and social justice in the classroom. Through a combination of their Fulbright experi "Fulbrighters in Action Volunteering look like? What elements would Life Members offer that could shape the experience? The ences and their work in the field, these three professors have gained shared insights about the Internationally: Iran & the Balkans" session is to be focused by the question of an official FA relationship for continuing work significance of documentary film and photography as a tool for enhancing cultural understanding. (Arts & Humanities) abroad by alumnae of the Fulbright Program either short term or longer, self-initiated, but connected with international institutions or relationships so that it extends the global outreach 4 of the FA and aids in cultural/public diplomacy by American alums. The case studies of the 5 Designed for entrepreneurs who want to leverage crowdfunding, this session examines how Balkans and Iran would serve as examples of work that could occur as part of the proposed 3:55 - 5:25 p.m. I MONET 2 FA Volunteer Corps. Brian Meece & Keisuke Nakagawa: "The to maximize this new funding model -supported by key data from a leading global platform. Brian Meece is the CEO of RocketHub, one of the world's top crowdfunding platforms that Crowdfunding Success Pattern & Intro to A&E Project Startup" has recently partnered with A&E Networks for Project Startup -a collaboration that is taking (Business & Entrepreneurship) crowdfunding to a wide television audience. RocketHub has hosted over 30,000 funding campaigns while helping people raise millions of dollars globally. In doing so, the company 2:05 - 3:35 p.m. I MONET 1 SOS Ch ildren's Villages will present a round table discussion on current education stan has narrowed down the formula for successful crowdfunding. Claudia Enger, Gebre-Egziabher Gebre, dards and practices in Africa today. Reasons for lack of growth and opportunities for tertiary April Quinlan & Lisa Leeper: "Distance/ education will be discussed. Pros and Cons of western distance education for both vocational Online Education for Africa via SOS and university will be argued. A personal viewpoint of education in Ethiopia and Ghana will Children's Villages Worldwide" be presented by a SOS Village Alumnus, as well as how SOS Children's Villages provides 3:55 - 5:25 p.m. I MONET 3 This session seeks to highlight the role of HBC Us in the global arena. In particular the session (Science & Technology) educational opportunities to children throughout Africa. Meldon Hollis & Jeanne Toungara: "Seeking will focus on the HBCU/Brazil Alliance created to enhance HBCU participation and to respond Equity through Global Exchange - The to Brazilian government's ettorts to give Brazilian minorities greater access to higher education. Brazil Scientific Mobility Program" This collaborative relationship was facilitated by the Joint Action Plan for Racial Equality signed This breakout session is a one-on-one interview with Dr. Jay Nathan and discussion of how (Human Rights & Social Justice)' by President Dilma Roussett and President Barack Obama. IIE is the US sponsor and manager 2:05 - 3:35 p.m. I MONET 2 for the undergraduate Brazil Scientific Mobility Program that seeks to take over 100,000 students Jay Nathan & Nancy Neill: "Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan's nomads and eagle hunters cope with modern management tools and technolo abroad for STEM education. Nomads & Eagle Hunters Meet Modern gies. Interviewer Nancy Neill will be asking provocative and engaging questions to bring the ... Management Tools & Technologies" research on Kazakhstan alive for the audience. One of five Central Asian countries (and for (Business & Entrepreneurship) merly part of the Soviet Union), Kazakhstan has prospered in recent years by tapping its rich Learn more about social business and how it changes the way we work. Social business through natural resources of oil, gas, and minerals. As a result, it is becoming a major force in Central 3:55 - 5:25 p.m. I MONET 4 Asia, forging peaceful relations with Russia, China, the United States, and other Western Clarissa Felts: "Enterprise Wide Social collaboration brings down silos and builds understanding and meaning around formal commu nication and learning channels. This ettort is often referred to as enterprise 2.0 and is realized countries. But Kazakhstan's leadership continues to wrestle with the cultural conflict between Networking: Lowe's Companies" a Nomadic past and an industrialized present. To explore these issues, this session will draw (Business & Entrepreneurship) as employees shift from hoarding information to sharing information and knowledge. Benefits include higher levels of productivity, improved knowledge retention, better employee engage from a mix of video and interview formats and conclude with questions and discussions from ment and more productive talent identification. Learn about the three-year journey for Lowe's in • the audience. (* indicates session is part of Diversity track) social business from start up to one of the largest and most successful implementations in the (* indicates session is part of Diversity track) world today. 6 7 2:05 - 3:35 p.m. I MONET 3 As a visiting teacher in Lithuania, I worried that my "armchair preparation" would fall somewhere Lydia Kualapai : "In the Path of Broken between a partial and an adequate understanding of Lithuanian culture, which means that I would SESSIONS BY TRACK Stones: Lithuania's Residual Jewish miss the complexities that a more sophisticated intercultural competence would raise, i.e., the Community" (Arts & Humanities) very complexities that might benefit my students. The Path of Broken Stones aims to suggest a sound method for examining firsthand a culture's non-dominant communities, thereby accelerat ing and deepening global learning and intercultural knowledge. BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP ALL CONFERENCE PANEL DISCUSSION 2:05 - 3:35 p.m. I MONET 4 Governments, non-profit organizations, corporations and others have spent trillions of dollars to "The Relevance of a Liberal Arts BREAKOUT SESSION "The Crowdfunding Eyub Yegen: "Innovation for Poverty fight poverty, but still eighty percent of humanity lives under $10 a day. Many experiments and Education in the 21st Century Economy" Success Pattern & Intro to A&E Project Action & Social Development: Social studies have been executed in order to find ways to make development policies more efficient Friday, October 4, 10:30-11 :45 a.m. Startup" Business & Microfinance" - to decrease inequality, poverty, and to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Friday, October 4, 3:55-5:25 p.m. (Human Rights & Social Justice) Goals. In the past years, 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate and U.S. Congressional Gold Medalist BREAKOUT SESSION "Documentary Muhammad Yunus has developed a new type of model, the "Social Business" model that enabled .. Photography & Films as lntercultural & BREAKOUT SESSION "Enterprise Wide to solve problems such as inequality, poverty, and environmental disasters.One of a successful Interdisciplinary learning" Social Networking: Lowe's Companies" Social Business project was the Turkish Grameen Microfinance Program (TGMP). Eyub Yegen Friday, October 4, 3:55-5:25 p.m. Friday, October 4, 3:55-5:25 p.m. will be sharing his experience on how microfinance was a successful financial innovation for Photo ELIO LETURIA poverty action and how Fulbrighters can apply the Social Business principals in their profession to BREAKOUT SESSION "Transformative BREAKOUT SESSION "Kazakhstan: be more socially responsible. Arts & Humanities: An Intergenerational Nomads & Eagle Hunters Meet Modern Conversation Between E. Ethelbert Management Tools & Technologies " Miller & Grace Aneiza Ali" Saturday, October 5, 2:05-3:35 p.m. (' indicates session is part of Diversrty track) Saturday, October 5, 3:55-5:25 p.m. DIVERSITY LUNCH "Taking Action to 3:55 - 5:25 p.m. I MONET 1 The purpose of this session will be to raise awareness of LGBT issues in the context of the Train & Educate Children to Fulfill Their Candace Gingrich-Jones, Mike Gorman, & Fulbright Association. This Roundtable will mark one of the first efforts of its kind in the history SELMA JEANNE COHEN LECTURE GLOBAL HEALTH POLICY Mission in a Global Society" Sultan Shakir: "Initiatives to Advance the of Fulbright Association to explore the issues. Obviously global LGBT human rights issues have "Beyond Stereotypes: Unraveling Friday, October 4, 12:15-1:50 p.m. Human Rights of lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, become front and center and it is therefore timely that the Fulbright Association adds its voice Flamenco Dance from its Historical & LARGE BREAKOUT SESSION "The & Transgender Persons: What Should be to the global conversation. In fact, what should the role of Fulbright be regarding LGBT Human Cultural Threads" Challenges of Healthcare In Africa" BREAKOUT SESSION "Seeking Equity Fulbright's Role?" Rights? What is currently happening under the rubric of LGBT awareness and an advocacy at Saturday, October 5, 8:30-10:00 a.m. Friday, October 4, 2:05-3:35 p.m. through Global Exchange - The Brazil (Human Rights & Social Justice)* Fulbright; what kinds of initiatives and strategies might be useful in terms of contributing to greater Scientific Mobility Program" understanding of this issue? What are individual Fulbright chapters doing to address these issues BREAKOUT SESSION "Fulbrighters in BREAKOUT SESSION - "Promoting Friday, October 4, 3:55-5:25 p.m. and could there be ways to support doing more? Action Volunteering Internationally: Iran & the Balkans" Palliative Care In the Middle East: The Saturday, October 5, 10:20-11 :50 a.m. Role of Technology & Partnerships" BREAKOUT SESSION "Achieving Saturday, October 5, 3:55-5:25 p.m. Diversity in the Fulbright Program" 3:55 - 5:25 p.m. I MONET 2 This session focuses on the importance of palliative care at the end of life to relieve physical and Saturday, October 5, 10:20-11 :50 a.m. Hatem Manasrah & Mary Norton: emotional distress for patients and their families - particularly Palestine. Quality of life issues BREAKOUT SESSION "In the Path of "Promoting Palliative Care in the occur at any stage of life and are especially challenging at the end of life. Health care profes Broken Stones: Lithuania's Residual LUNCH PANEL DISCUSSION . "Gender Middle East: The Role of Technology & sionals need advanced skills to address these issues in an ethical manner. Moreover, effective Jewish Community" HUMAN RIGHTS Equality: The Missing Voice" Partnerships" (Global Health Policy) health care policies encouraging palliative care also need to be in place. The dialogue continues Saturday, October 5, 2:05-3:35 p.m. & SOCIAL JUSTICE Saturday, October 5, 12:15-1:45 p.m. focusing on the use of partnerships and technology in fostering sustainable educational programs teaching these skills. An innovative educational program is presented supported through private/ BREAKOUT SESSION "They Don't Bite - BREAKOUT SESSION - "StM/dng Equity BREAKOUT SESSION "Distance/Online corporate, government and academic institutions to teach these skills across countries and We Don't Bite: Examining & Dismantling through Globlll Exchange- The Braz// Education for Africa via SOS Children's cultures. The discussions and shared knowledge foster improved patient and family care, as well Predisposed Concepts of Culture" Sclenllt1c lloblllly Program" Friday, Villages Worldwide " as continuing professional education without leaving the country. The strengths and challenges of (Arts & Humanities)* Friday, October 4, 3:55-5:25 p.m. Saturday, October 5, 2:05-3:35 p.m. providing palliative care in Palestine, and development of the educational program are discussed. Saturday, October 5, 3:55-5:25 p.m. BREAKOUT SESSION · "Achifflng BREAKOUT SESSION "In the Path of Dlwtslly In the Fulbrlghl Program" Broken Stones: Lithuania's Residual 3:55 - 5:25 p.m. I MONET 3 This session encompasses consideration of innovative and engaging cross-discipline approaches Saturday, October 5-10:20-1 1: 50 a.m. Jewish Community" Ann Ackerman & Elizabeth Jackson: "They to the study of culture. How culture is viewed and interpreted varies. A factor often overlooked for Saturday, October 5, 2:05-3:35 p.m. Don't Bite - We Don't Bite: Examining & this variation is individual unconscious biases. LARGE BREAKOUT SESSION "The Global BREAKOUT SESSION · '1nnovatJon for Dismantling Predisposed Concepts of Goals: Challenge in Cybersecurity" Poverty Acllon & Social Oerelopment: BREAKOUT SESSION "Initiatives to Culture" (Arts & Humanities)* -Encourage deeper examination of other cultures beyond simple compare and contrast. Friday, October 4, 2:05-3:35 p.m. Socltl/ Bus/ntlss & llk:toflnMan Advance the Human Rights of lesbian, -Examining the effect of hidden brain biases when looking at external cultures and values. Saturday, October 5-2:05-3:35 p.m. Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Persons: -A call for faculty to "think upside down" and jump beyond the borders of traditional material .. BREAKOUT SESSION "Fostering Public What Should be Fulbright's Role?" specific to a discipline Scientific Literacy" BREAKOUT SESSION · "Initiatives to Saturday, October 5, 3:55-5:25 p.m. Saturday, October 5 - 10:20-11 :50 a.m. Adrata the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Blssxual, & Transgender Persons: BREAKOUT SESSION "Transformative 3:55 - 5:25 p.m. I MONET 4 Speakers E. Ethelbert Miller and Grace Aneiza Ali will examine how they are each framing their BREAKOUT SESSION "Distance/Online What Should be Fulbright's Role?" Arts & Humanities: An Intergenerational Grace Aneiza Ali & E. Ethelbert Miller: work in the arts and humanities so that it embraces contemporary and global concerns. Miller Education for Africa via SOS Children's Saturday, October 5, 3:55-5:25 p.m. Conversation Between E. Ethelbert "Transformative Arts & Humanities: An and Ali will each make 15-minute presentations on how the arts can impact policy, promote Villages Worldwide" Miller & Grace Aneiza Ali" Intergenerational Conversation Between global citizenship and understanding, and bridge cultures. They will then engage in a 30-min Saturday, October 5, 2:05-3:35 p.m. Saturday, October 5, 3:55-5:25 p.m. E. Ethelbert Miller & Grace Aneiza Ali" ute interview/dialogue with each other, followed by a 30-minute audience O+A session. (Arts & Humanities)* (* indicates session is part of Diversity track) 8 9 POSTER FAIR PRESENTERS Q) Global Public Health ~ Educa{ion SPEAKER PROFILES cu Social Justice c Humanities g ·u; ANN ACKERMAN Dr. Ackerman is an Associate company that pioneered adaptive online education in alcohol abuse PATTI POWELL Charting The Hero's Journey Q) Advocacy Culture ~ Diversity Professor of Education, Rivier University, Nashua, prevention. Busteed received his bachelor's degree in public policy EVERETTE PENN The Teen And Police Service (TAPS) NH. Originally from Dallas Texas, she earned her from Duke University. He is a trustee emeritus of Duke and has ·u Cybeh rsecurlty Social Media Global Chalk Academy Ph.D. from the University of North Texas where she served on the Board of Visitors of the Sanford School of Public Policy. V) T e Arts Human Righ (5 0 majored in Victorian Intellectual and Cultural History He is a member.of Young Presidents' Organization and serves on the MARY KONYA Weishaar International Training Program in Technology and minored in 19th - 20th Century US History and English. She National Board of Directors for Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity. Pedagogy: A Partnership between Southern Illinois University Entrepreneurship was honored with three fe llowships: Fulbright-Hays Summer Seminar to Greece and Bulgaria (2008), Goethe lnstitut's Transatlantic Edwardsville and Northwest Normal University, China ANGEL CABRERA Dr. Cabrera is the President 31th ~ Education ·c Leadership Outreach Program Study-Travel Seminar to Germany (2006), and of George Mason University. Prior to joining George JANIFER G. STACKHOUSE Keeping Your Fulbright in cu § Action a Korean Study Workshop to South Korea (2009). Ackerman is a Mason University, Cabrera served as the 11th ;ice c Humanities < Vision Action ·u; tlO current member of the NH Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation State president of Thunderbird School of Global Manage Rehabilitation Advisory Council (SRC). Ackerman is also a former ment in Arizona from 2004 to 2012, being designated PATRICIA BROCK The Power of Mentoring: Enhancing ture ~ Diversity ~ four term member of the Nashua Board of Aldermen and continues President Emeritus in April 2012. He was professor and dean of IE Cultural Competencies through Cultural Connections Social Media Global Challenges her involvement in city government with the City of Nashua's Ethnic Business School in Madrid, Spain, between 1998 to 2004. A native MUSHTAQ MEMON Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Human .Rights Diplomacy inspiration Awareness Committee. of Spain, Cabrera holds BS and MS degrees in engineering from the Un iversidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain's premier engineering uni Diseases ship Technology Jnno vation ;~···· GRACE ANEIZA ALI As the Founder I Editorial versity. He earned MS and PhD degrees in psychology and cognitive JUAN DURAN Sexual Differences in Glial Reactivity After Director of OF NOTE magazine, Grace Aneiza Ali's science from the Georgia Institute of Technology, which he attended --' work is steeped in using the arts as a catalyst for as a Fulbri ght Scholar. Brain Injury SARA RENDELL Through Her Eyes: Making Maternal Health activism and social change. She's an Adjunct Profes JUDITHANNE SCOURFIELD MCLAUCHLAN & Decisions in Burkina Faso sor of Literature for the City University of New York CHARLES CLYMER Mr. Clymer is the founder LARISA PATLIS Cultivating Global Citizenship in Higher DARLENE DEMARIE The Mid-Florida Chapter's Diversity (CUNY), a World Economic Forum Global Shaper and a Fulbright and administrator of Equality for Women , the fast Scholar. Ali was born in Guyana, South America and immigrated to growing--and one of the largest--pages on Facebook Education: Civic Engagement and Service Learning in Joint Initiative: Awakening an Audience to Issues of Racial Identity the United States when she was fourteen years old. She holds an exclusively dedicated to women's rights. He served in Study Abroad Courses RITA ROWAND Enhancing the Presence of Fulbright at Your M.A. in Africana Studies from New York University, where she was the United States Army from 2005 to 2012. Hisser SALOUA SAIDANE Changing Mindsets through Personal Campus the recipient of the Henry MacCracken Fellowship, and a B.A. in En vice inspired him to address social justice issues as a calling. He is glish Literature from the University of Maryland, College Park, where a proud feminist and ally of the LGBTQ community. Mr. Clymer also Growth Education WILLIAM E. HILLS Obstacles and challenges of teaching she graduated magna cum laude. maintains his own blog
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GLEN S. FUKUSHIMA Mr. Fukushima is Master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction, Specialist Degree in the board by President Barack Obama in 201 1. He ELIO LETURIA Mr. Leturia is an Associate Pro Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, Middle School Curriculum, and Bachelor's degree in Biology Teach also teaches at New York University and is currently fessor at the Department of Journalism of Columbia a prominent public policy think tank headquartered in ing. Dr. Gil-Garcia is past-president of the Fulbright Association-Chi a visiting professor at the New School. He served on College Chicago. His area of expertise is visual Washington, D.C. He was a senior executive with sev cago Chapter. She was named as one of the 2010 "Top Ten Chicago President Clinton's Presidential Advisory Council on journalism. He has worked for the Detroit Free Press, eral major multinational corporations including : AT&T Latinos" and one of the "100 Most Influential Hispanics in the USA" by HIV/AIDS and as president of the Lower Manhattan iExito!/Chicago Tribune and El Comercio in Lima, Japan Ltd., Arthur D. Little Japan, Cadence Design Systems Japan, the Hispanic Business magazine. She founded The Book Partnership, Cultural Council in the years after 9/11. He was awarded the New Peru. Mr. Leturia has also been an assistant professor of graphic arts NCR Japan; and Airbus Japan. Mr. Fukushima also served as Director an ongoing international community service project of the Chicago York City Arts Award by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2005 for lead at the Universidad de Lima School of Communications for 1O years . for Japanese Affairs (1985-1988), Deputy Assistant United States Fulbright Association to bring literacy to Panama, Guatemala, Costa ing rebuilding efforts for the downtown arts community. He studied He is a writer and a blogger in English and Spanish, and his articles Trade Representative for Japan and China (1988-1990) at the Office Rica, Egypt, Moldova, Ghana, Botswana and Ecuador in order to philosophy at Harvard and received his M.F.A. in creative writing from have appeared in publications in the US and abroad. His design work of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), Executive Office serve socioeconomically deprived schools in those regions. Columbia. has received awards from the Society for News Design and the Na of the President. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, tional Association of Hispanic Journalists. He is past president of the Tokyo Club, and Tokyo Rotary Club. Until June 2001, he served for GEBRE-EGZIABHER GEBRE Mr. Gebre is an ELIZABETH JACKSON Dr. Jackson is a full Fulbright Association-Chicago chapter, where he maintains its blog. eight years in the White House-appointed positions of Vice Chairman SOS alumni from Mekelle, Ethiopia. He completed his professor at California State University Bakersfield of the Japan-United States Friendship Commission and Vice Chairman secondary school at SOS-Herman Gmeiner lnt'I Col in the Department of Communications, and Adjunct HATEM MANASRAH Mr. Manasrah is currently of the U.S. panel of CULCON (Joint Committee on United States-Ja lege in Ghana. He attended Harvard University on a Professor of Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and a PhD student at Nursing School, University of Louis pan Cultural and Educational Interchange. A native of California, Mr. full scholarship and graduated with Honors in Applied Peacebuilding at California State University Domin ville, Kentucky. He graduated from Villanova University Fukushima was educated at Stanford University, Harvard University Mathematics and Economics. Mr. Gebre currently resides in Boston, guez Hills. She earned her B.A. in Psychology from UCLA, a master's in 2011 with a masters in nursing education sponsored Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Business School, and MA and works as a Senior Energy Analyst at EMMT. from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee in Clinical Psychology, under the Fulbright student foreign program. He Harvard Law School. At Harvard, he was awarded a National Science a second M.A. and Ph.D. in Communications from Northwestern also has a masters in adult health nursing from Jordan University of Foundation Fellowship. He has studied and worked in Japan for over CANDACE GINGRICH-JONES Since 1995, University in Illinois. In 1997, Jackson received the International Pro Science and Technology. He graduated from Bethlehem University, 20 years, including at Keio University, a daily newspaper, an inter Ms. Gingrich-Jones has served as a key advocate for fessor of the Year Award from the International Foundation of Edu Palestine in 2001 with a bachelor's degree in nursing science. He has national law firm, and as a Fulbright Fellow and a Japan Foundation issues of importance to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual cation and Self-Help for her work in having created an Ethiopian-type clinical experience in adult nursing, and as faculty in Hebron University, Fellow at the Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo. and Transgender community. Her involvement in Sesame Street to help raise literacy rates for 9th graders there. In School of Nursing. His research interest focuses on palliative care; the movement for queer equality began when her 2012, she was invited as a Visiting Professor to the University of specifically health care that decreases cancer patients suffering and HARRIET MAYOR FULBRIGHT Ms. Fulbright brother, Rep. Newt Gingrich, R-GA., was elected House speaker. Virgin ia's Semester at Sea teaching International Conflict Resolution aims to improve patients' quality of life. He hopes to work in an aca has a BA from Radcliffe College and an MFA from the Her 1996 autobiography, The Accidental Activist, was a best seller through Central and South America. In March of 2013 as a Fulbright demic setting in a university in Palestine and make a difference in both • George Washington University. She has also received in the LGBT community. On behalf of the Human Rights Cam- Scholar Specialist, Jackson was hosted by Ural Federal University in quality of life for cancer patients and nursing education and practice. several Honorary Degrees: a Doctorate in Law from paign, Gingrich-Jones has criss-crossed the country to promote the Ekaterinburg, Russia. William & Mary College and the University of Scranton, importance of coming out, the duty to vote and the power of everyday JULIANNE MCCALL A neuroscientist at Heidel Doctorates in Humane Letters from Long Island University, Arcadia conversations to change minds. As HRC's Youth & Campus Outreach NICHOLAS LAWSON Nicholas Lawson is berg University, Germany, Ms. McCall conducts re University, the Bank Street College of Education, Pace University, and associate director, Gingrich-Jones works to provide tools, facilitate Director of Field Human Resources for Doctors 11 search on adult nerve regeneration and gene therapy the University for Development Studies in Ghana; and a Doctorate in connections and empower Gen EQ (Generation Equality) to fight for f Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres-USA. as a PhD Candidate and Student Speaker of the Bio Philosophy and Physics from Stevens Institute of Technology. She was LGBT equality on campus and beyond. . l, He began working for the organization in 1997 as a sciences Graduate School. She is currently the Chair inducted as an Honorary Bennett Fellow of the School of International : logistical and administrative expert in an MSF project of the International Brain Bee neuroscience education program, has Studies, Oklahoma State University. Panama presented her with its E. MICHAEL GORMAN Dr. Gorman is a tenured in southern Sudan, during that country's brutal civil war. Since then established four independent science outreach organizations over highest civilian award 'El Orden de Manuel Amador Guerrero' and the associate professor in the College of the Applied he has held many positions within the organization, which have taken the last eight years, and currently serves as the Director of Youth Republic of Hungary gave her a similar honor - the Middle Cross of the Sciences & the Arts and the School of Social Work at him to multiple humanitarian contexts including Afghanistan, Burundi, Education for a European-wide ethics society. She has worked as the Order of Merit. Ms. Fulbright was awarded the Order of Australia by the San Jose State University. He received his doctorate East Timar, Pakistan, Uganda and Malawi. In 2001 , Mr. Lawson's Science Ambassador for the San Diego Chapter of Autism Speaks, Governor-General of Australia, for service to educational and cultural in medical and social anthropology from the University extensive field experience prepared him for the headquarter role of and served on the Extended Board of the German Fulbright Alumni exchange between Australia and the United States. She has served of Chicago and his MPH (epidemiology) and MSW (social welfare) Recruitment Officer at MSF-Australia in Sydney. Today, as the Di Association. In 2011, Ms. McCall received the DMD International as the Executive Director of the President's Committee on the Arts and from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Gorman currently rector of Field Human Resources for MSF-USA, he continues to use Student of the Year award. In the Fulbright community, she leads the Humanities, as an "Unofficial Ambassador" for the 50th anniver chairs the social policy sequence and teaches research, social policy, these skills to lead the New York-based human resources team that the organization of TEDxFulbright, a program based on the TED sary of the Fulbright Program, taught in Korea at Ewha Women's and global social work at the San Jose State University School of recruits and places Americans in MSF projects. Prior to joining MSF platform that inspires alumni to communicate their ideas widely to the University, and in Moscow taught non-English speaking first graders Social Work. He is the recipient of 2 Fulbright Fellowships, Argentina in January 1997, Mr. Lawson worked in the finance, construction, general public and further translate ideas into powerful action. She to speak, read and write English. In the U.S. she taught art at several 2012 and Tunisia 2005, and a Fulbright-Hays Fellowship to Jordan education, and hospitality industries, both in Australia and internation holds a Bachelor' s degree in Neurosciences from Denison University institutions, including American University and the Maret School where and Oman in 2009. He currently serves as a Board Member of the ally. He studied Anthropology at the University of Western Australia. and a Master's degree in Biomedical Sciences from the University of she was elected 'Teacher of the Year' in 1980. Ms. Fulbright was the Northern California Fulbright Association. In 2005, while in Tunisia California, San Diego. Her Fulbright grant took her to Lund, Sweden first Assistant Director of the Congressional Arts Caucus, appointed on his first Fulbright, Mike assisted the human rights officer of the LISA LEEPER Ms. Leeper is currently the Inter to conduct research on genetic disorders of retinal degeneration. Executive Secretary of the International Congress of Art Historians at US Embassy in Tunis in establishing that country's first HIV testing national Student Coordinator for North America and the National Gallery's Center for the Advanced Study in the Arts, and center and during that same period he was actively involved in getting works remotely for SOS Ch ildren's Villages World TIMOT HY MCKNIGHT Mr. McKnight is Exec as President of the Center for Arts in the Basic Curriculum. She was a young man with HIV released from a Tunisian prison where he had wide, the Hermann Gemeiner Funds Deutschland , utive Vice President, Enterprise Information Security also the first Executive Director of the Fulbright Association. been incarcerated because he was gay. In Argentina, Dr. Gorman in Munich Germany. She is a Level Ill Instructional and Risk for Fidelity Investments. He is responsible worked closely with the US Embassy in Buenos Aires and local Leader and was a Fulbright Exchange Teacher to Germany in 1982. for leading Fidelity's information security and risk ANA GIL-GARCIA A Venezuelan-American universities in several human rights projects. She holds an MFA from the Max-Reinhardt Seminar, Vienna Austria/ efforts across the enterprise. Prior to joining Fidelity citizen, tenured Professor at Northeastern Illinois Uni California State University and an MA in World History. She attended in 2012, Mr. McKnight was Chief Information Security Officer for versity, author, community leader, and advocate for T OM HEALY Mr. Healy is a writer and poet and chairman of the an Educational Summit meeting held for SOS Country Directors/Afri Northrop Grumman Corporation. He has been Chairman of the Board Latino educational leaders, Gil-Garcia is a three-time Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, which oversees the Fulbright ca last year in Ghana1md presented information on post-secondary of Directors of the Internet Security Alliance since 2011 , and has Fulbright US Scholar (Venezuela, Middle East, and Program worldwide, the U.S. Government's flagship program of opportunities in the USA and Canada. been a board member of the National Board of Information Security Armenia). She holds a Doctorate degree in Educational Leadership, educational exchange and public diplomacy. He was appointed to Examiners since 2010. He has served as an Adjunct Professor at 12 13 SPEAKER PROFILES SPEAKER PROFILES
Georgetown University, teaching graduate and undergraduate cours azine. Since 1974, he has been the director of the KEISUKE NAKAGAWA As a Fulbright fellow international relations and Latin American studies. Dr. Neves studied es in digital forensics, and his professional experience also includes African American Resource Center at Howard Univer to Bangladesh in 2004, Mr. Nakagawa's experience cultural anthropology and early childhood education on a full scholar IT security leadership roles at BAE Systems and Cisco Systems. Mr. sity. Mr. Miller is the former chair of the Humanities sparked him to start a non-profit called Global Health ship from the Mexican American Education Project and received her McKnight began his career at the Federal Bureau of Investigation Council of Washington, O.C. He had two Fulbrights, Bridge that uses cell phones to improve maternal master's degree in social sciences from Sacramento State University. (FBI) and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers College. both to Israel, in 2004 and 2012. health in rural India. They raised over $10,000 using She has taught at the American School Foundation secondary school Mr. McKnight is a Certified Information Systems Security Profession the GlobalGiving crowdfunding platform. He has served on the Board in Mexico City and the Stanford University School of Education. In al (CISSP) and has completed training with the National Security MAYA M. MINTER Ms. Minter is Vice Presi- and as President of the National Capital Area Chapter (NCAC) of 1997 and in 2002, Dr. Neves received Fu lbright-Hays fellowships to Agency in the areas of information security assessment methodol dent for Editorial and Production at Cox, Matthews the Fulbright Association. Mr. Nakagawa left his position as a policy study issues of globalization in the education systems of Tanzania ogy, operating secure networks and advanced system security and & Associates, Inc. (CMA), a firm specializing in analyst at the Congressional Budget Office study at the University and of Uganda. exploitation. In addition, Mr. McKnight served as a police training publishing, multimedia, training and consulting with of California, Davis School of Medicine. He received his bachelor's instructor with the FBI. offices in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. As degree in biology from Cornell University in 2004. MARY NORTON Dr. Norton is Associate Dean f an executive manager, Maya is involved with editorial development, Professor of Global Academic Initiatives at Felician [ ~ , BRIAN MEECE Ms. Meece plays a mean ukulele business development, and strategic planning for Diverse: Issues In . . ] MANA NAKAGAWA Ms. Nakagawa is currently College-The Franciscan College of New Jersey. i and is the CEO of RocketHub, one of the world's top Higher Education. CMA's award-winning, national news magazine a PhD candidate in the International Comparative She earn ed an MA, Ed M, and EdD from Columbia i ,:-- •. crowdfunding platforms that has recently partnered serving higher education and the public since 1984. Maya earned her Education Program at Stanford University focusing University, and post-doctoral certificate in the medical · . with A&E Networks. He has lectured on crowdsourced bachelor's of arts degree in Government from the University of Virginia on gender equality issues in higher education. For humanities from Columbia University - College of Physicians and · ~ ..1. .: funding at SXSW, TEDxBrooklyn, White House in 1994. She earned her Masters in Business Administration (MBA) the past year, she has been working closely with Surgeons, New York. Her professional career spans development of roundtables, Maker Faire, and Columbia University, as well as other from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at The University of North Sheryl Sandberg on her recent bestseller Lean In: Women, Work graduate and undergraduate nursing programs in Iran, Pakistan, and colleges and institutions. His goal? To teach everyone how to lever Carolina-Chapel Hill in 2001 . From 1994-95 Maya was awarded a Ful and the Will to Lead, leading the international research efforts for Jordan; consultant with the Pan American Health Organ ization , field age the crowd for funding and awareness. bright Fellowship as an Educational Advisor in Madrid, Spain. While in the book's release in nearly 40 countries. Ms. Nakagawa received researcher with the National Institute of Health; research in Jordan Madrid she also worked as business analyst for A.T. Kearney, a global her B.A. in Sociology and East Asian Studies from the University of and Pakistan , on patient autonomy and breast cancer; to work in JAMES MEREDITH Mr. Meredith is an American management consulting firm. Before rejoining CMA in September 2002 Pennsylvania. In 2008 , she received a Fulbright Fellowship to Japan. Cambodian refugee camps. Dr. Norton's honors include: Felician civil rights movement icon, a writer, and a political Maya worked with I.B.M. Corp., in Research Triangle Park, N.C. as an At Stanford , she is a frequent writer for the Gender News at the College Presidents Medallion; Humanitarian Award -American Coun adviser. In 1962, he was the first African American e-Procurement Manager. She and her husband Keith, an architectural Clayman Institute for Gender Research. cil on Diversity; "Excellence in Nursing Education" New Jersey State student admitted to the segregated University of engineering graduate of North Carolina A&T State University, reside in Nurses Association, Columbia University/Teachers College/Nursing Mississippi, an event that was a flashpoint in the Prince William County, Virginia and are the parents of three children . JAY NATHAN Dr. Nathan is a professor of Alumnae Hall of Fame, and Fulbright Awards. Currently, she is 1st American civil rights movement. Meredith graduated on August 18, management at St. John's University, Queens, New Vice President of United Nations NGO Executive Committee and past 1963 with a degree in political science. He continued his education at ·1· KUNAL MODI Mr. Modi is a management con- York. He has earned MBA and PhD degrees from chair of the 63rd United Nations Annual OPI/NGO Conference. the University of Ibadan in Nigeria, then attended law school through sultant with McKinsey & Company in San Francisco. the University of Cincinnati, Ohio; was a Fulbright a scholarship at Columbia University, earning a LLB (law degree) He is a frequent opinion writer for various media Scholar to Kazakhstan; a visiting professor and PhD KRISTIN PICHASKE Or. Pichaske is a in 1968. In May 2013, Mr. Meredith was the recipient of Harvard outlets on issues concerning men's engagement in advisor at Eurasian National University in Astana; and is Honorable documentary filmmaker and associate professor University's Medal for Education Impact, the Graduate School of Ed L..JIIIII-'-. the gender equality movement. Sheryl Sandberg Professor of the Karaganda University of Economics, in the Republic at Columbia College Chicago. After receiving a ucation's highest award. Meredith is the author of numerous books, recruited him to serve on the Launch Team of Leanin.org, a global of Kazakhstan. He is a lifetime member of the Fulbright Association Fulbright fellowship in 2004, she spent four years in including the most recent, A Mission From God: A Memoir And Chal community committed to encouraging and supporting women leaning and serves on the board of the Philadelphia/Delaware Valley Chap South Africa making films, publishing research on the lenge For America with William Doyle. Mr. Meredith was married to in to their ambitions. Mr. Modi also served as an AmeriCorps*VIST A ter. He is committed to the Fulbright mission and passionate about local film industry, and teaching documentary courses at the Univer Mary June Wiggins Meredith, now deceased. He is currently married and strategy manager at Teach For America. Kunal holds a BA from business education and international business development in poor sity of Cape Town. Her directing credits include Get in the Know, an to Dr. Judy Alsobrooks Meredith. Northwestern University, a MPP from Harvard Kennedy School, and emerging countries. Emmy winner and centerpiece of a successful outreach campaign on and a MBA from Harvard Business School, serving as the Student teenage substance abuse, as well as several projects for Lucasfilm, JUDY ALSOBROOKS MEREDITH A former Association Co-President. NANCY NEILL Ms. Neill is a writer and consultant where she worked as a documentary writer, producer, and field pro TV and radio news reporter and anchor, Dr. Judy with a background in business and a lifelong affinity for ducer in Africa. She holds a BA from Northwestern University, an MA Alsobrooks Meredith teaches college and graduate JAMES "JIM" MORAN Congressman Moran is the arts. She spent six years with McKinsey & Compa in Documentary Film and Video from Stanford University and a Ph.D. broadcast writing and reporting classes at Jackson currently serving his twelfth term as U.S. Represen ny, Inc., before she founded the Atlanta Communica in Film and Media Studies from the University of Cape Town. State University. Or. Meredith lives in Jackson, tative from Virginia's 8th District. A senior member of tions Group, LLC, which provides facilitation, writing, Mississippi with her husband, civil rights icon James Meredith. A PhD the Appropriations Committee, Congressman Moran and training in such areas as presence and story1ell ing for leaders. JOE POLIZZI Or. Polizzi spent a year on a in Public Policy and Administration, her interests include women's serves as the Ranking Member on the Subcommittee Ms. Neill has also served a number of nonprofits, including CARE, the Fulbright in Hungary teaching English in 2000-2001 . issues in the U.S. and internationally. A former Fulbright Scholar, she on the Interior and Environment and also serves on the Defense and Carter Center, and the New York Blood Center. She is an award-win Prior to this he was a New York State Senate Fellow has traveled extensively both professionally and as a visitor seeking Legislative Branch Subcommittees. He continues to receive some ning short story writer, co-author of the book "Real Collaboration: What and also a New York City public school teacher for knowledge about cultural, religious and ethnic diversity and the coex of the highest ratings from the League of Conservation Voters and it Takes for Global Health to Succeed," and author of a book on local eight years. Currently he is an Associate Profes- istence of various groups. Co-Chair of the Diversity Committee and organizations committed to animal protection, gun control and human history, "More than Bricks and Mortar." Ms. Neill is a past president of sor at Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania where he is Coordinator of Public Service for the Department of Mass Communi rights. Congressman Moran serves as co-chair of the Congressional the Georgia Chapter of the Fulbright Association and past Vice- Pres the Director of the Educational Leadership and Higher Education cations at Jackson State University, Dr. Meredith has initiated student Prevention Coalition, Congressional Anim al Protection Caucus and ident of the Board of Directors of the Fulbright Association. She has a Administration programs. At Marywood he serves as the Fulbright service projects, which through the broadcast medium highlight heads the Task Force on Sovereign Wealth Funds, which was estab master's degree in English literature from the University of California. Campus Representative and is the Treasurer of the Philadelphia International students at the University. Dr. Meredith is also interested lished to study issues surrounding sovereign wealth funds and their She was a Fulbright fellow in New Zealand in 1963. Delaware Valley Fulbright Alumni Chapter. His current research in the use of social media to ultimately help to bring about a more potential to affect geopolitics and the U.S. and international econo focuses on documentary use for instruction in social justice and cultural and racially tolerant world. mies. In the mid-1 990's, Congressman Moran co-founded the New H. ANDREA NEVES Dr. Neves is Professor global awareness. His most recent publication is Films for a New Democratic Coalition, a group of approximately 50 House Democrats emerita of education at Sonoma State University. She DEEL: Documentary Films in the Educational Leadership Classroom E. ETHELBERT MILLER Mr. Miller is a literary activist. He is committed to fiscal responsibility, free and fair trade, technology, and recei~d her doctorate in education from Stanford published in the Journal of School Leadership (May 2013). He holds the board chairperson of the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), and a maintaining America's security and economic competitiveness. University in 1984 and completed her undergraduate a Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University, an M.S from Hofstra board member of The Writer's Center and editor of Poet Lore mag- education in Mexico with a bachelor's degree in University and a B.A from LeMoyne College. 14 15 SPEAKER PROFILES SPEAKER PROFILES
APRIL QUINLAN Ms. Quinlan is the Senior and trainer he trained more than 5,000 candidates, campaign workers Director, External Relations at SOS Children's and citizen activists in 18 states. Shakir is currently a vice president Villages - USA. She has extensive experience in of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center of non-profit management, special events, public policy Baltimore and Central Maryland. and community outreach. Before joining SOS USA team, she owned a boutique event planning and fundraising firm, The ; DAVID J. SMITH Mr. Smith is a Washington, DC H-Q Group. She has also worked at Reading Is Fundamental, The based consultant and trainer working with non-profits, Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, and NGOs, and educational institutions in promoting the Mile High Youth Corps. Her passion for working to provide loving peacebuilding, conflict resolution, and global educa homes for children stems from her experience working with children tion. He recently published as editor Peacebu ilding in foster care in the US and with street children and AIDS orphans in Community Colleges: A Teaching Resource (U.S. Institute of in Tanzania. She graduated from the College of William and Mary in Peace Press, 2013). From 2005-2012 he was at the U.S. Institute of Virginia and earned a Master's Degree in Non-Profit Management Peace where he developed and ran programs on peacebuilding for and Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University. educators and students. Prior to that he was an associate professor at Harford Community College (MD) where he was a Fulbright Schol JOHN SARGENT Dr. Sargent is one of the ar teaching peace studies and conflict resolution at the University of founders of BroadReach Healthcare. He has been Tartu (Estonia, 2003-2004). Mr. Smith currently serves as chair of the involved in all major aspects of the company's Rockville, Maryland Human Rights Commission. He has a BA from strategy, business development and work, including American University, an MS from George Mason University (where he the creation of the company's first HIV/AIDS treat- teaches in the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution), and a JD ment program in South Africa. He also established the company's from the University of Baltimore. operations and projects in other countries including Kenya, Namibia, China and Switzerland. Dr. Sargent has worked on and led a variety WILLIAM o. STUDEMAN Adm. Studeman of healthcare projects including strategic planning, development of retired in 2005, from Northrop Grumman Corporation public private partnerships, health systems strengthening, manage as Vice President and Deputy General Manager of LAURA SKANDERA TROMBLEY Ms.Trom ogy, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and is currently ment and leadership training programs, and community mobilization Mission Systems (NGMS) where he focused on strat bley is the president of Pitzer College, a noted Mark Professor of Photocommunications at St. Edward's University in and patient education programs for government, multi-lateral funding egies, programs, business development, marketing Twain scholar, and author and nationally recognized Austin, Texas. Prof. Vitone has received a MA-AA/National Endow and assistance agencies, global NGO's and multi-national organi related to Intelligence and lnformation/Cyber Warfare, as well as cor champion of liberal arts education. President Tromb ment for the Arts fellowship and has been named a senior Fulbright zations. Before founding BroadReach, he served as Senior Director porate cross-Sector integration, and on managing technology partner ley, a passionate proponent of environmental sustain scholar in fine art. With a focus on documentary work, he has also and National Practice Leader at the Advisory Board Company, and ships and concepts related to Net Centricity, Intelligence, Surveillance ability, also led the charge to transform Pitzer into a model of green worked with students at schools outside of the U.S. first as a Fulbright as a management consultant within the New York office of APM/CSC and Reconnaissance (ISR) and advanced command environments. building and living. Since she took office, the percentage of students scholar in Costa Rica in 2001 and more recently in France and Healthcare. Dr. Sargent received his BS in Biology from Dartmouth He holds a BA in History from the University of the South, Sewanee, studying abroad has increased by more than 50 percent. In eight of Thailand. Prof. Vitone's work has been widely exhibited including one College, his master's degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology as Tennessee, and a MA in Public and International Affairs from George the last nine years, Pitzer has won more Fulbright Fellowships per person exhibitions at Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, a Fulbright Scholar from Oxford University, and his MD from Harvard Washington University and several honorary doctorates. He is a 1,000 students than any other college in the country. Trombley is lnstituto Cultural Peruano-Norteamericano in Lima, Peru, the Oregon Medical School. Distinguished Graduate of both the Naval and National War Colleges. the author of five books, including her most recent, Mark Twain's Center for Photographic Arts in Portland, and the Houston Center His positions have included: Naval Staff Director of Long Range Navy Other Woman: The Hidden Story of His Final Years. In December for Photography in Texas. His work is held in a number of significant MARY ELLEN H. SCHMIDER Dr. Schmider Planning; Director of Naval Intelligence; Director, National Security 2012, President Barack Obama named President Trombley to the collections including the Cleveland Museum of Art, the California held two Senior Fulbright Lecturer Awards: to China Agency; and Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (DDCI) (with two 12-member J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board that was Museum of Photography, the Museum of Fine Art, Houston , and the ' ' in 1997, and Macedonia in 2005-6. After four years extended periods as Acting Director of Central Intelligence). He was established by Congress to supervise the global Fulbright Program . Smithson ian Institution Museum of American History. living and teaching for the University of Maryland Uni recently a Commissioner on the Presidential Commission on WMD, versity College in Germany and Turkey, she began and is currently serving on the Public Interest Declassification Board ROSELIN R. (KLEVER) VAN DER TOR EYUB YEGEN Mr. Yegen is a senior student at teaching online for UMUC as an Adjunct Full Professor. As Graduate (PIDB). He is also a member of a recent Defense Science Board Task REN After concluding Biomedical Sciences and the State University of New York in Oswego double Dean Emerita from the Minnesota State University Minnesota, she Force, a current member of the Secretary of the Navy Advisory Panel Medicine at Leiden University, the Netherlands, Ms. majoring in Finance and Applied Mathematical Eco served as Chair of the Minnesota Humanities Commission. She holds (SNAP), the Sandia National Lab Intel Advisory Group (as chair), the Van der Torren received a Fulbright scholarship to nomics. He is also a part-time student at the Harvard the BA, magna cum laude, from St. Olaf College, the MA in English Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) Advisory Board and investigate causes of migraine headache at UCLA, University's Extension School. He is the recipient of and American Literature from the University of Southern California, Cyber Council, a Naval Studies Board Task Force, and other advisory Los Angeles and currently continues this path in Leiden in a PhD the Central New York International Student Leadership Award, the and the Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Minnesota. boards. He is also the recipient of the 2007 INSA "William Oliver fellowship combining fundamental research with a close connection Omicron Delta Kappa's Sophomore Leader of the Year Award, and Dr. Schmider previously served as Executive Director of the Fulbright Baker Award" and the AFCEA 2007 Distinguished Service Award for to the clinic. During her student years, she was involved in redesign the Financial Management Association's International Collegiate Association in 2012 as transition leadership. Intelligence community support. ing the (bio)medical curricula and became founder and editor-in-chief Fellowship. Mr. Yegen spent the summer of 2013 as a financial and of a research journal for and by (bio)medical students. Now, every statistical researcher for the Turkish Grameen Microfinance Program SULTAN SHAKIR Mr. Shakir is a native of JEANNE TOUNGARA Dr. Toungara is an year, she teaches high school students about scientific research of Grameen-Jameel Foundation. He also has been involved in social Philadelphia and began his organizing experience in Africanist scholar who offers courses on West Africa, during a lab internship. Roselin is a board member of the Netherlands business projects helping to create new projects for the Turkish low-income neighborhoods working to organize neigh the African Diaspora and Women in Africa. She Fulbright Alumni Association and co-organizer of TEDxFulbright. Ministry of Family and Social Policies, Turkcell, Turkish Foundation bors to address community concerns, from public earned her BA and PhD degrees in History, and an for Waste Reduction, Turkish Grameen Social Business Program, dumping to school improvement. He now works for MA degree in African Studies at the University of Cal JOSEPH VITONE Prof. Vilone attended the Darulaceze Foundation, and lnternationaler Sund. In addition to his the Human Rights Campaign as a regional field director working to or ifornia at Los Angeles. In 1992, the Fulbright-Hays award supported Maine College of Art, where he graduated with a academics, Mr. Yegen is also the president of the International Stu ganize HRC members and community allies to help elect fair-minded research in Cote d'Ivoire. Dr. Toungara is a member of the Council B.F.A. tn photography. He also earned an M.F.A. in dent Association, Financial Management Association, and the Turkish individuals to state and national government. Shakir joined HRC after on Foreign Relations. photography from the Rochester Institute of Technolo Culture Club at his home college. leaving the firm Grassroots Solutions, where as a project manager gy. He has taught at the Florida Institute of Technol- 16 17 0 --u.•ca.....&1' ...Gll!.- r.f.l System o,.,.,...... ~--.. HOW TO GET AROUND HOW TO GET AROUND ~ Map Legend -IN•._ ... .,.,.....1-..,._a.., g._...... a.... \'I.W..U..•...... ,...... _ ...... c..-o..,u. -m--c::-.-...... ~ METRO DIRECTIONS TO L'ENFANT PLAZA HOTEL - · -,___·,.CJ L' ENFANT PLAZA HOTEL From the Yellow line from Mt. Vernonnth ..... ,, ... Street Convention Center or Green line W AS H INGT O N D -C- from Greenbelt: Take the Yellow Line towards Huntington or Green Line towards MEETING SPACE Branch Ave. to L'Enfant Plaza. At L'Enfant Plaza take the Metro exit that faces the side of the train which you exit, not the exit to the IOlNIIUIII front or rear of the train . Exit the turnstile. _ _L Follow the path to find the escalator. Upon IIAUJIOOM f'OYUI disembarking from the escalator, turn left, enter the glass doors on right (leading to plaza, not outside). Go forward and take the first right. Mid-way down the hall you will see a sign saying "L'Enfant Plaza Hotel". Turn right into hall to find elevator immediately on left which will take you to the lobby of the hotel (press "L").
From the Yellow line from Huntington or Green line from Branch Avenue: Take the Yellow Line, towards Mt. Vernon/Convention Center or Green Line towards Greenbelt to L'Enfant Plaza. At L'Enfant Plaza, out of the IAI.II, CATEft!NQ train turn right and go up the escalators in NIMCIOFFICII -·OfflCA AIIEIIICAIIGIIILL front of you, cross to the other side of the . ... - - tracks and take the escalator down. Make RIMCE l(l\__ CIH'ID the first left hand turn (following the signs to 0 -- - \&'..... --- '@)'-- @ ==-...: • LOallY Plaza) and exit the turnstile and station to IIIGl8TII.VION....____, . . find and escalator on the left. Upon disem ·... -.... barking from the escalator, turn left, enter town you will follow the signs for The Green ed on it. The stops are listed on poles that can U)IIIIY the glass doors on right (leading to plaza, line, towards Branch Ave. Once on this side be located either in the middle of the platform not outside). Go forward and take the first of the tracks you can take either the Yellow (for platforms that are in the middle with trains QUOII~ ~ right. Mid-way down the hall you will see a or Green lines to L'Enfant Plaza. At L'Enfant running in each direction) or on the sides of Plaza take the Metro exit that faces the side the wall away from the train (for platforms 7 sign saying "L'Enfant Plaza Hotel". Turn right )-O_UOII_Ulil"-4 ~ - - into hall to find elevator immediately on left of the train which you exit, not the exit to the on either side of the tracks with trains, in the .___-" IIAR LClelY which will take you to the lobby of the hotel front or rear of the train. Exit the turnstile. middle, running in both directions). - (press "L"). Follow the path to find the escalator. Upon disembarking from the escalator, turn left, ... For wheelchair access-The Metro elevator From the Blue or Orange lines, from ei enter the glass doors on right (leading to will let you out on 7th Street. Cross the ther direction: At L'Enfant Plaza follow the plaza, not outside) . Go forward and take the intersection, at D Street. Yo will see the Dept. LOBBY LEVEL Sl!COND Ll!Vl!L signs to the Yellow line (to Huntington) and first right. Mid-way down the hall you will see of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Green line (to Branch Ave.). Take the escala a sign saying "L'Enfant Plaza Hotel". Turn building on the corner, to your right. Follow tor up and exit the turnstile in front of you. right into hall to find elevator immediately on the directional signs which lead you to the en left which will take you to the lobby of the trance to the L'Enfant Plaza shops. Enter the L' ENFANT P L AZA HOTEL Follow the path to find the escalator. Upon WASH I NGTON 0.C . disembarking, from the 2nd escalator, turn hotel (press "L"). glass doors and then the next set, on the left. PH0NE:202-484- 1 000 FAX:202- 646-4456 left, enter the glass doors on right (leading to Make the first right. You will find an elevator, SALES@LEN FANTPLAZAH0TEL.C0M plaza, not outside). Go forward and take the **'Be advised that the trip will cost approxi on the right, just past the L'Enfant Hotel sign. WWW. LENFANTPLAZAHOTEL.C0M first right. Mid-way down the hall you will see mately $1 .95, depending on your start point Press the button for "Hotel Lobby". a sign saying "L'Enfant Plaza Hotel". Turn (see metro fare listing in front of turnstiles), right into hall to find elevator immediately on and that as close to exact change is recom VIA TAXI left which will take you to the lobby of the mended. If you find that you do not know There is a taxi stand outside the main en hotel (press "L"). which side of the train tracks to be on, upon trance of the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel. Fare will entering the train tracks, simply locate one vary via trip. Please be advised that not all From Red Line: Take the Red line to Gallery of the many destination directories. You will DC cabs take credit cards; please be sure to Place/Chinatown. At Gallery Place/China- board on the side with the destination stop list- check with your driver prior to your trip. 18 19 U.S. FULBRIGHT ASSOCIATION CHAPTERS U.S. FULBRIGHT ASSOCIATION CHAPTERS
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