Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program Edition
Dr. Riwanto Tirtosudarmo is an independent researcher, having previously had a distinguished career as a senior researcher in sociology and demography at LIPI (now BRIN), Jakarta. He’s currently researching intercultural/multicultural diversity studies at Boston University. His research project aims to examine the appropriateness and effects over time of adapting Western sociological concepts in a post-colonial country.. Read More.
Dr. Nurmala Elmin Simbolon is an associate professor of TEFL at Politeknik Negeri Pontianak. She is researching teaching English as a foreign language at the University of Virginia. Her research project is “English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Learning Material Design: Adopting Indonesian Local Wisdom for an International Course Syllabus.” In addition to the research program, she.. Read More.
Dr. Muzakki Bashori is a lecturer in linguistics at Universitas Negeri Semarang. His current research project at Cornell University on endangered languages and language preservation is entitled “Language Contestation in Indonesia: The Future of Javanese Language and the Effects of a Digital Game on its Preservation.” After his Fulbright Visiting Scholar program, he will write.. Read More.
Dr. Mutia Meireni is a lecturer in physics at Universitas Pertahanan Republik Indonesia, Bogor. Her current research is in physics at the University of Texas at Austin, with a project entitled “Effect of Ion Dynamics and Oscillating Electric Fields in Fusion and Astrophysical Plasma.” She would like to improve the accuracy of the spectroscopic models.. Read More.
Dr. Muhamad Yusa is an associate professor in geotechnical engineering at Universitas Riau, Pekanbaru. At Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, he’s researching geotechnical engineering on a project entitled “coastal peat burst and slide,” which refers to peatland collapse. Since peatland stores more than 30 percent of carbon worldwide, and its degradation and collapse result in.. Read More.
Dr. Monita Olivia is a lecturer in civil engineering at Universitas Riau, Pekanbaru. She is currently conducting research on civil engineering at Drexel University. Her research project is “Self-healing performance and durability improvement of nano silica-based biomass mortar exposed to a sulfuric acid environment.” She wants to study the advancements in construction material research in high-end.. Read More.
Dr. Marlyn Dian Laksitorini is a lecturer in pharmaceutical chemistry at Universitas Gadjah Mada. Her current research on pharmaceutical chemistry is conducted at the University of Kansas. Pharmaceutical chemistry studies “pharmaceutical drug products manufactured in, extracted from, or semisynthesized from biological sources” (Wikipedia). Her research project is “Establishment of the Indonesian Center for Biologics Formulation and.. Read More.
Dr. Maria Teodora Ping is a lecturer in education at Universitas Mulawarman, Samarinda. She is researching teaching, curriculum, and instruction at Ohio State University on a project entitled “Literacy Instructions in Indonesia and the USA: Cross-National Current Practices and Conceptualization of Future Directions.” She intends to contribute to developing literacy instruction models and instruments applicable in.. Read More.
Dr. Maria Tamarina Prawati is a lecturer in TEFL at Universitas Bina Nusantara, Jakarta. Her research project on teaching English as a foreign language at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is “English language and culture learning: Previewing interculturality in Intensive English Program (IEP).” She would like to gain new perspectives on cultural pedagogical paradigms.. Read More.
Dr. Joni Safaat Adiansyah is a lecturer in environmental sciences at Universitas Muhammadiyah Mataram. His current research concerns environmental studies conducted at Arizona State University—Tempe, entitled “Assessing the Role of Renewable Energy in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Target using a Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment Approach: Lessons Learned from West Nusa Tenggara Province and Arizona.. Read More.
