Athens, Ga. – Six UGA faculty and staff have
received Fulbright Scholar grants for the 2008-2009 academic year.
Jeffrey Bennetzen, a professor in the department of genetics
is conducting research with the International Crops Research Institute for the
Semi-Arid Tropics and the Rural Economy Institute, in Bamako, Mali
from August to November. His project is called “Analysis of Genetic Diversity
in the Parasite Striga and Co-Evolution With Its Cereal Hosts.”
John Carroll, a professor in the Warnell School of Forestry
and Natural Resources will be lecturing and conducting research at the University of Cyprus,
Nicosia, Cyprus
and the Near East University, Lefkosa,
Cyprus from January
to August 2009. “My Fulbright award will enable me to work at the University of Cyprus and assist in developing a
graduate ecology program at the university.
I will also be working on research with the Ministry of the Interior,
investigating the impacts of reared gamebirds on wildlife conservation on Cyprus,”
said Carroll.
Thomas Holland, director of the Institute for Nonprofit
Organizations and professor in UGA’s School
of Social Work will be lecturing
on the “Principles and Skills for Effective Management and Governance of
Non-Governmental Organizations.” Holland is
lecturing at Charles
University in Prague, Czech Republic
from September to December.
David Leigh, a professor in the department of geography will
be participating in a Joint Argentina-Uruguay Environmental Sciences award at
the National University of La Plata, La
Plata, Argentina
from March to July 2009. Leigh will be studying the environmental setting, late
Quaternary stratigraphy and geomorphology pertaining to archaeological sites of
the first Americans. Leigh will
present seminars to students and faculty and participate in field excursions.
Abdulahi Osman, assistant professor in the department of
international affairs, is lecturing and conducting research at the MS Training
Center for Development Cooperation in Arusha,
Tanzania from
July 2008 to May 2009. His project is called “Comparative Democracy and
Governance; Post-Genocide Justice in the Rwanda United Nations Tribunal in
Arusha and in the Gacaca Traditional Justice System.”
Leigh Poole, director of International Student Life and associate
director for Intercultural Affairs in the department of intercultural affairs,
was involved as a short-term seminar participant in June in the U.S.-Korea
International Education Administrators Program. This short-term Fulbright IEA
seminar introduces participants to the society, culture and higher education
systems of various countries through campus visits, meetings with foreign
colleagues and government officials, attendance at cultural events and
briefings on education.
Since 1946, the U.S. government-sponsored Fulbright
Scholar Program has provided faculty and professionals with an unparalleled
opportunity to study and conduct research in other nations.
These UGA faculty and professionals are among the more than 279,500
participants—chosen for their academic merit and leadership potential—with the
opportunity to exchange ideas and to contribute to finding solutions to shared
issues.
For more information, see the Office of International
Education’s web site at www.uga.edu/oie.
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