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Sabina’s Fulbright Fellowship to focus on violence against women

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Chiara Sabina, associate professor of social sciences in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, has received a research-based Fulbright Fellowship for the 2015-16 academic year.

Sabina’s studies will focus on inter-partner violence in Latino communities. Her research project, Building the Capacity of Health Professionals to Address Domestic Violence, will be conducted in Ecuador in collaboration with the Health Secretary of the Metropolitan District of Quito and San Francisco University of Quito, Department of Public Health.

“We are pleased to announce Dr. Sabina’s Fulbright award,” said Catherine Surra, director of Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Behavioral Sciences and Education. “Dr. Sabina is an exemplary scholar citizen, and her Fulbright award reflects both of these roles. Her scholarship will help Penn State continue to build linkages around the world, strengthen its commitment to diversity, lead to future research and teaching collaborations, and build long-lasting relationships in Ecuador with the Metropolitan District of Quito and San Francisco University of Quito.”

Ecuador is considered a leader in Latin America for its innovation in addressing violence against women. In 2007, the National Action Plan for the Elimination of Gender-based Violence, a multiagency collaborative effort, was initiated. To expand that effort, Sabina will develop, implement, and evaluate culturally-sensitive training modules for health professionals on how to identify and respond to domestic violence.

While Sabina’s project will be heavily based in research, she also will devote time to teaching activities, such as mentoring students at the San Francisco University of Quito by involving them in her research on health professionals as well as giving lectures and workshops on violence against women.

The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.

The program operates in more than 155 countries worldwide. Approximately 8,000 competitive, merit-based grants are awarded annually in most academic disciplines and fields of study.

Last Updated July 28, 2017

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