RTP Activities Edition
Dr. Maryann Bylander traveled to Singapore in the end of February to give public talks at two institutions: Singapore Management University and the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore. At each institute, Dr. Bylander presented on her ongoing research with Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand. Her presentation, entitled “Absurd Journeys: The Costs.. Read More.
Cambodian Women and Youths Learn About Entrepreneurship from Fulbright Scholar Dr. Dan Holland
Dr. Dan Holland, a US Fulbright Scholar in Japan and Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at Utah State University, recently conducted workshops in Cambodia about developing an entrepreneurial mindset. The workshops started by inviting the participants, which include women, university, and high school students, to engage in a simulated market activity in which teams traded cards.. Read More.
Fulbright Scholar Dr. Darryn Diuguid visited the University of Jember in January 2018 to share teacher preparation presentations such as performance assessments, classroom management and curriculum development. He also facilitated discussions when faculty members shared their research project proposals. The presentation titles were “Performance Based Assessments: What Are They and How Do You Use Them.. Read More.
Thammasat University, Bangkok, one of the Thailand’s leading universities, hosted Daniel M. Amos, PhD, currently a Fulbright Scholar in Hong Kong, on Dec. 18, 2017, for his seminar presentation, and the presentations of Kamolwan Fairee Jocuns, and Yukari T. Amos, PhD, on “(Mis)reading different cultures: Interpreting international children’s literature from Asia,” which was part of.. Read More.
Dr. Christopher Leslie, who is a Fulbright lecturer at the South China University of Technology in Guangzhou this year, recently visited Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City. Dr. Leslie engaged with professors, students, and local high school teachers about using an interdisciplinary approach to the study of United States literature and the opportunities.. Read More.
Professor James J. Laskin is a physical therapist and exercise physiologist from the School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA. Dr. Laskin is on Sabbatical for the 2017-18 academic year and was awarded an ASEAN Fulbright Research Award to work in Thailand and Laos. As part of his Fulbright.. Read More.
Dr. Andrew Henderson received a Fulbright Scholar Award for research in Vietnam in 2006 and spent five months in the country in 2007 carrying out research on the systematics of Vietnamese palms, particularly rattans. At that time, he established an excellent collaboration with Dr. Nguyễn Quốc Dựng of the Forest Resource and Environment Centre (FREC),.. Read More.
Fulbright Scholar Yashwant Pathak connects local universities in Vietnam, Cambodia with US
Fulbright Scholar to Indonesia Yashwant Pathak recently completed his trip to Vietnam and Cambodia with the support of East Asia Pacific Regional Travel Program (RTP). During the visit, he managed to link local universities with his university in the States. With the support of RTP, which is administered by AMINEF, Prof. Pathak visited Vietnam’s International.. Read More.
Fulbright Scholar to Indonesia Dr. Wendy Erb recently returned from Sandakan, Sabah in Malaysia where she was involved in various activities related to her research interests with the support of the US Embassy in Malaysia and Fulbright’s East Asia Pacific Regional Travel Program. Dr. Erb, an Anthropologist from Rutgers University, is currently on a Fulbright.. Read More.
US Fulbright Scholar to China discusses women’s role and American political culture in Mongolia
Dr. Jeanette Cockroft, US Fulbright Scholar to China, presented two lectures on American politics and the impact of race and gender in contemporary American politics sponsored by WSTEM Mongolia in June. She also discussed basic elements of American political culture at the “Sustainable Development and Urgent Social Problems” conference at National University of Mongolia. The.. Read More.
