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Visit www.fulbright.org to learn more about Ful- bright Association’s 60 chapter network nation- wide. Are you interested in starting a new chapter or learning more about what they do? Contact Shaz Akram via email at [email protected] or call 202-775-0725. Interested in contributing to the e-newsletter Ful- bright Edge? Email Shaz Akram. Chapter name President Title Email Patrons of Fulbright Partners of Fulbright Alabama Stacey Nickson President [email protected] Arizona Alexandra H.Humphreys President [email protected] Austin Robert Watkins President [email protected] Arkansas DeDe Long Preisdent [email protected] Blue Ridge Virginia Tobias Ecker President [email protected] Brazos Valley Robert Harmel President [email protected] Central New York Elane Granger Carrasco President [email protected] Central Pennsylvania Janet Haner President [email protected] ME John Keller Co-President [email protected] Central Virginia Steven Isaac President [email protected] Chicago Ron Harvey President [email protected] Supporters of Fulbright Colorado Linda Lang-Peralta President [email protected] QUT - Institute for Future Environments Connecticut Tom Agoston President [email protected] Benefactors of Fulbright Eastern New York Edward J. Shaughnessy President [email protected] E Washington/N Idaho Mushtaq Memon President [email protected] Georgia Lee Pasackow President [email protected] Mary Ellen Heian Schmider and Greater Los Angeles Francesco Chiappelli President [email protected] Greater New York Josephine Dorado President [email protected] Pivotal 2015 Spatial Edge Master Class Greater Puget Sound Suzanne Tierney President [email protected] US Dept. of State’s Bureau of Educational & Cul- Hawai’i State Carlos Juarez President [email protected] tural Aff airs (ECA) Houston/Southeast Texas Christine Tierney President [email protected] Idaho James Wolfe President [email protected] Iowa Ann Russell President [email protected] John and Maureen Ausura and Kentucky Laura McGee President [email protected] Maine Jane Knox President [email protected] Massachusetts William Pjura President [email protected] Michigan Jeff rey Nutt President [email protected] Mid Florida Alexander Adducci President [email protected] Minnesota Julieta Alvarado President [email protected] John & Gigi Vogel Gregory Mason co-president [email protected] Nancy Neill and Dr. H. Andrea Neves Nebraska Christy Hargesheimer Contact [email protected] Embassy of the State of Qatar National Capital Area Rachael Aldridge President [email protected] Mr. & Mrs. Jean-Marie Eveillard New Hampshire Joseph M. Horton President [email protected] New Jersey Melda N. Yildiz President [email protected] Anthony and Margo Viscusi Richard Marranca Co-president [email protected] FA Board of Directors New Mexico Merideth Paxton President [email protected] North Carolina Ruie Pritchard President [email protected] Friends of Fulbright North Florida Nicholas Comerford President nbc@ufl .edu Northeast Ohio Benjamin N. Muego President [email protected] Northern California Erwin Cho President [email protected] Philadelphia/Delaware Valley Francis Novack President [email protected] Rhode Island Alice Grellner President [email protected] San Antonio Pat Burr President [email protected] San Diego Eniko Csomay President [email protected] Seven Rivers Region Robert Jecklin President [email protected] South Carolina Donald Sparks President [email protected] South Florida Ana Krift President AKrift @lynn.edu Southeast Virginia David Keithly President [email protected] Southern Illinois Th omas Saville President [email protected] Tennessee Molly Chatterjee President [email protected] Fred P. Hochberg and Tom Healy Utah Robert Shaw President [email protected] W New York/NW Pennsylvania Jean-Francois Gounard Vice President gounarjf@ buff alostate.edu Wisconsin Dean Bowles President [email protected] Mississippi stephen cottrell contact [email protected] Alaska Fulbright Association contact [email protected] Indianna Fulbright Association contact [email protected] Vermont Fulbright Association contact [email protected] Ohio Fulbright Association contact [email protected] Humboldt, CA Fulbright Association contact [email protected] North Texas Fulbright Association contact [email protected] Elio Leturia Northern New York Fulbright Association contact [email protected] Marilyn & Robert Callander 2 31 Table of Context 04 MESSAGE FROM OUR TEAM 05 SPONSOR/ INTERSECTION EX- HIBIT 06 SCHEDULE 13 MAPS 15 BIOGRAPHY POSTER ROOM 29 POSTER ROOM 31 NEWSLETTER 30 3 As the Executive Director of the Fulbright Association, and on behalf of the Board of Di- 01 Dr. Rebecca Anderson 13 Dorothy S. McClellan & Nikola Knez rectors and our staff , it a pleasure to welcome you to Washington, DC for our 38th annual confer- Penn. State Univ. TX A&M Univ.-Corpus Christi, iFilms llc ence and Fulbright Prize ceremony and gala, which we have brought together again for the fi rst Rhetoric & Composition for Global Citizens: A Ful- Rape as an Instrument of Terror in the Balkan War: Seeking Justice time in more than a decade for one amazing Fulbright weekend. This year’s “—— to Act!Ó theme, bright-Infl uenced Model for Revising Today’s General for Victims carried forward from our April TEDxFulbright event “——— —— ———Ó, intends to showcase the Education Courses to Prepare Tomorrow’s Global Citi- power of Fulbright and how Senator Fulbright’s vision and passion for the program is alive and zens 14 Dr. David A. McTier well since it’s inception 68 years ago. Sam Houston St. Univ. As a Fulbright alumnus (Sweden 1998–1999), I am a direct benefi ciary of this life-changing 02 Dr. Rick A. Breault Dare to Act…Literally! Theatre to Transform program and have witnessed its power to transform perspectives, building mutual understanding Missouri State Univ. between people of all ages and cultures across the globe. With over 325,000 alumni of the pro- A 360 Experience: Enhancing the Scholar’s Work 15 Dr. Jay Nathan gram from 155 countries, the Fulbright program lives up to its status as the Department of State’s through Community Engagement St. John’s Univ. Mongolia: Leadership Mistakes in Uneven Devel- fl agship academic exchange program. opment Fulbright alumni are thought leaders across all academic disciplines and professional 03 Jethro Cessant & Thomas Owens fi elds, many of whom have risen to the top of their fi eld of study or vocation. As alumni we are Univ. Miami, Howard Univ. School Medicine 16 Michael P. O’Malley part of a community unlike any other the world has known, including more than 50 Nobel Prize Bridging Cultural Gaps Through Mentoring Texas State Univ. winners, 80 Pulitzers, 30 heads of State, university professors, entrepreneurs, artists, and many Rebeldes y Ciudadanos: Youth Participatory Educational Leader- other visionary agents of change. I am in awe of the accomplishments and ambition of our fellow 04 Vanessa B. Cruz ship in Chilean Social Movements alumni. Fulbrighters continue to make signifi cant contributions to improving our world and in- Univ. North Florida spiring future generations to action. Dare to Break Out! Creating Outside the Box 17 U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and This conference is in part a tribute to those who dare to act and who motivate others to do Cultural Aff airs (ECA) the same. You will be inspired by the content and speakers while also having the opportunity to 05 Dr. Darlene DeMarie engage directly on issues relating to advocacy and helping to shape our alumni community mov- Univ. South Florida After Fulbright, Then What? The 18 Stephen R. Smith ing into the future. Journey Continues Entrepreneurs as Social Architects Our FA staff , Board of Directors, and a host of volunteers have worked hard to put on a great conference and Prize gala. We are trying some new and exciting formats and sessions for 06 Hilda Demsky 19 Dr. Christina L. Turczyn & Laura Petrovich-Cheney this year’s conference and hope you will enjoy the experience. Conserving & Protecting our Global Waters Artists in Education: Agents of Inclusion and Change It is my great honor to be here and spend time with all of you. 07 Sean Dolbow 20 Margaret Weidner All my best for a great weekend, Tokelau Drought Relief Bridging the Divide: A Participatory Approach to Water Access in the Garhwal Himalayas 08 Michael J. Gallagher Turkey’s Education Model in a Secular State Populated 21 Dr. Mary Konya Weishaar & Dr. Phillip M. Weishaar by Muslims Southern Illinois Univ. Edwardsville Sch. of Education erome M. Cooper, CA lations Event Guide Design by Stu- Dare to Act: Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Remote M. Gail Derrick, GA Shaz Akram dents from St. Edward’s 09 John Gaudet Northwest China and Teacher Training Kim David Eger, VA Dir. Outreach & Develop- University, Austin, TX If Africa Saves its Wetlands, the Wetlands will save Pauline M. Eveillard, NY ment Africa! 22 Dr. Andrea Wyman Robert W. Helm, MA Jennifer Oxley Liason Fulbright Alumnus Edinboro Univ. Penn., Baron-Forness Library Stanley N. Katz, NJ Offi ce Coordinator Joseph Vitone Professor, 10 Leland M. Lazarus Get Out There and Do It! Mining Your Expertise! Christopher Kelley, AR Kamilla Hassen Photocommunications The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts Uni. Mushtaq Memon, WA Finance