Penn State Is An Active Particpant In Fulbright Program

March 23, 2000
University Park, Pa. -- Penn State has long been an active participant in the Fulbright Senior Scholar exchange program and this year, eight of our faculty or staff members are lecturing or conducting research abroad as Fulbright Scholars. In addition, Penn State is a popular destination for international Fulbright Scholars who come to study and conduct research with noted scholars in the U.S. This year, four international Fulbright Scholars are or have been working with Penn State faculty.

The following are Penn State faculty members who received Fulbright grants for teaching or research abroad in the 1999-2000 academic year.

-- Thomas E. Boothby, associate professor, Department of Architectural Engineering, to conduct research on old and historic bridges in the Republic of Ireland and their management, assessment, and repair, University College, Dublin, Ireland.

-- Thomas H. Bruening, associate professor, Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, to lecture on new methods of teaching agricultural science at Moscow State University of Agricultural Engineering, Moscow, Russia.

-- Leslie S. Gallay, research associate, Office of International Programs, College of Agriculture, to lecture on health planning in Hungary, economic analysis in health policy and ecological aspects of health promotion, University School of Medicine, Debrecen, Hungary.

-- Steven L. Garrett, professor, Graduate Program in Acoustics, to lecture and conduct research on modern audio engineering and thermoacoustic refrigeration, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark.

-- Konstadinos G. Goulias, program director, The Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, Center for Intelligent Transportation Systems, to lecture on knowledge management and policies, and Fulbright-FLAD Chair; Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.

-- James E. Johnson, professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, to conduct research on teachers’ and parents’ conceptions and attitudes about children’s play in early childhood education, National Hsin-Chu Teachers College, Hsinchu, Taiwan.

-- Rangachar Kasturi, professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, to lecture on computer vision, pattern recognition and their applications, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

-- Robert N. Proctor, professor, Department of History, to conduct research on a history of molecular anthropology, Max Plack Institute for History of Science, Berlin, Germany.

The following are senior international scholars who received Fulbright grants for teaching, research and study at Penn State in 1999-2000:

-- Raissa Abdrahmanova, director, International Educational Center, Bishkek Humanities University, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, to conduct research on modern American distance education and its methodologies with Professor Elizabeth Hawthorne, Penn State World Campus.

-- Mohammed Asaduzzaman, professor and dean, Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, to conduct research on the role of American private voluntary development organizations in local level governance., with Professor Robert LaPorte, Department of Political Science.

-- Carlos Gomez-Lojero, professor, Department of Biochemistry, Center for Research and Advanced Studies, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico, D.F., Mexico, to conduct research on Ferredoxin-NADPH Oxidoredctase, a photosynthetic catalyst in cyanobacteria and green sulfur bacteria with Professor Donald A. Bryant, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

-- Pervaiz Tariq, director and professor, National Institute of Psychology, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, to conduct research on helpiing aggressive children through self-esteem enhancement and other intervention techniques, with Professor Karen Bierman, Children Youth, and Family Consortium Development.

This year, approximately 750 U.S. faculty and professionals received Fulbright grants to lecture or conduct research abroad. A similar number of visiting scholars received awards to come to the U.S. The Fulbright Scholar Program is sponsored and funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State, with additional funding from participating governments and host institutions. It is administered by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars. Penn State's contact for Fulbright Scholars is John M. Keller, (814) 863-1603. For more information, go to http://www.international.psu.edu/fulbright/ and to http://www.iie.org/cies/.