Muhlenberg Faculty Members Receive Fulbright Awards
Muhlenberg faculty members Anne W. Esacove, research scientist in the department of sociology and anthropology, and Tammy L. Lewis, associate professor of sociology and anthropology, have been awarded Fulbright Scholar grants to research during the 2006-2007 academic year.Thursday, November 2, 2006 01:59 PM
This is according to the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Esacove and Lewis are two of approximately 800 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad through the Fulbright Scholar Program. Established in1946 under legislation introduced by the late Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, the Program’s purpose is to build mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the rest of the world.
The Fulbright Program, America’s flagship international educational exchange program, is sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Since its inception, the Fulbright Program has exchanged approximately 273,500 people-102,900 American who have studied, taught or researched abroad and 170,600 students, scholars and teachers from other countries who have engaged in similar activities in the United States. The Program operates in over 150 countries worldwide.
Recipients of Fulbright awards are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields. Among the thousands of prominent Fulbright alumni are: Mohamed Benaissa, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Morocco; Dolores Kendrick, Poet Laureate of the District of Columbia; and Robert Shaye, Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, New Line Cinema.
Fulbright recipients are among over 30,000 individuals participating in U.S. department of State exchange programs each year. For more than forty years, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has supported programs that seek to promote mutual understanding and respect between the people of the United States and people of other countries. The Fulbright Scholar Program is administered by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars.
