Amy Kuiken, Fulbright English Teaching Assistant, Burgas, AY 2007-2008
Amy Kuiken presented a paper at the Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society 2019 Conference in Nashville, Indiana. The paper was titled, “A Pedagogy of Guilt: A Freirean Critique of a Hegemonic Ethos in the Foreign...
Nancy Bartley, Fulbright Scholar, American University in Bulgaria, AY 2012-2013
Nancy Bartley was among the featured speakers at the 2019 annual conference of the Fulbright Association, “Connecting Minds and Hearts for Global Change”, taking place in Washington, DC on October 24-26, 2019. Fulbrighte...
Nancy J. Scannell, Fulbright Scholar, Sofia University, AY 1998-1999
Dr. Nancy J. Scannell, Associate Professor of Business Administration, was invited to serve as a Fulbright Specialist at Irkutsk State University (ISU) in Russia. Thanks to her hard work and support, a select cohort of studen...
Laura Geier, Fubright Student Researcher, Academy of Music, Dance, and Fine Arts, AY 2010-2011
Laura Geier continues to perform music from Bulgaria, Romania & Moldova. She recently performed a set of music with colleague, Igor Iachimciuc, at the World Village Festival in Boise, ID....
Edward A. Friedman, Fulbright Scholar, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, AY 1992-1993
During the past 12 months, Dr. Edward A. Friedman has been active as a Board member of the American University in Bulgaria, as well as teaching a course on Nuclear Energy and Society at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hobo...
George Miaoulis, Fulbright Scholar, VUZF University, AY 2013-2014
George Miaoulis co-authored a publication on Netnography as a marketing research tool in the fashion industry in Southeast Europe for the International Journal of Market Research. The article explores the evolving opportuniti...
Jesse Scinto, Fulbright Scholar, American University in Bulgaria, AY 2017-2018
Jesse Scinto has been busy with many activities in the past year, here’s a list of some of them: Articles “Blues Without Borders,” Bulgarian-American Commission for Educational Exchange Newsletter (3/2019) “The Camer...
Elizabeth Bews, Fulbright Student Researcher, New Bulgarian University, AY 2016 – 2017
Elizabeth Bews completed her MA in archaeology from Cornell University in December 2018. The title of her thesis is: “After Accession: EU Funding and Archaeological Practice in Bulgaria.” She was also accepted to...
Daniel Keifer, Fulbright Student Researcher, Sofia University, AY 2017-2018
Daniel Keifer received a Boren Scholarship in 2019 to study in Kazakhstan. The Boren Fellowship is funding his studies at Nazarbayev University, as an exchange student in Eurasian Studies and Advanced Russian. It is also faci...
Diane Wawrejko, Fulbright Scholar, National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts, AY 2006 – 2007
Dr. Diane Wawrejko had the following essays, articles, and presentations in 2018-2019: “Daniel Nagrin’s Man of Action: Dancing Jewish through a Photographic Lens.” Published photo essay with five shots by photograph...
Jeremiah Chamberlin, Fulbright Scholar, Sofia University, AY 2016 – 2017
Jeremiah Chamberlin was named a Fulbright Specialist with a three-year mandate (2018-2021) and returned to Sofia in May of 2019 to teach a series of creative writing workshops for high school students in collaboration with t...
Eireene Nealand, Fulbright Student Researcher, Sofia University, AY 2015-2016
Eireene Nealand, together with her translation partner Daniela Hurezanu, have published an excerpt of a translation of Marguerite Duras’ Le Camion in the London Journal Index on Censorship. Bulgarian author Blagovesta...
Steven G. Kellman, Fulbright Scholar, Sofia University, AY 2000-2001
Steven G. Kellman published two books within the past year: The Restless Ilan Stavans: Outsider on the Inside (University of Pittsburgh Press) American Suite (Finishing Line Press) Steven G. Kellman is professor of comparativ...
Keana Mirmajlesi, Fulbright English Teaching Assistant, Varna, AY 2018-2019
Keana Mirmajlesi had her undergraduate biomedical engineering research published this past year in an article titled “Free radical-mediated targeting and immobilization of coupled payloads” in the Journal of Drug...
Priscilla Howe, Fulbright Scholar, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, AY 2014-2015
Professional storyteller Priscilla Howe recently received the International Story Bridge Oracle Award at the National Storytelling Summit in Fremont, California. This award recognizes the exemplary work, dedication and spirit...
David Jenkins, Fulbright Scholar, University of Plovdiv, AY 1994-1995; Veliko Tarnovo University, AY 1997-1998
Dr. David Jenkins had a collection of his English translations of contemporary Bulgarian prose published by Plovdiv University Press in 2019. Interim Report of the Bulgarian Society for the Diffusion of Useful Ignorance intro...
Dan Fellner, Fulbright Scholar, American University in Bulgaria, AY 2014 – 2015
Dan Fellner was named a Fulbright Specialist to the Republic of North Macedonia in 2019 and taught intercultural communications at the country’s largest university, Saints Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje. He also...
Brian Farrell, Fulbright Scholar, Sofia University, AY 2012-2013
Dr. Brian Farrell was selected by the Association of American Law Schools Clinical Section as a Bellow Scholar along with is colleague Prof. Daria Fisher Page. The program recognizes and supports innovative research proposals...
Shawn Ross, Fulbright Scholar, American University in Bulgaria, AY 2005-2006
Dr. Shawn Ross, together with colleagues who worked with him during his time in Bulgaria, recently published a book about their joint Tundzha Regional Archaeological Project (TRAP). The project was a collaborative, multidisci...
Anna Chernova, Fulbright Student Researcher, Sofia University, AY 2001-2002
Check out Anna Chernova’s most recent policy analyses on UK foreign policy and refugee issues here and here. Anna is Oxfam’s senior policy adviser on humanitarian issues. She provides policy expertise on rights, dem...
