Grantee Stories

01/28/2026

Building Bridges through Empowering Healthcare Workers’ Communication Skills

Dr Nancy Muturi was a 2024 Fulbright Specialist at Politeknik Kesehatan Manokwari in West Papua, Indonesia, where she worked with nursing and midwifery programs. Dr Nancy Muturi, a professor at Kansas State University’s A.Q. Miller School of Media and Communication and the School of Nursing at Politeknik Kesehatan Manokwari, West Papua, Indonesia, recently completed a.. Read More.

12 Dec 2025

Strengthening Graduate Education through Collaborative Curriculum Review and Capacity Building

 Dr. Ashley E. Nickels was a 2024 Fulbright Specialist at the Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia (UIII), working with the Faculty of Social Sciences (FOSS). Dr. Sirojuddin Arif and Dr. Ashley Nickels discussing academic publishing at the AICIS conference, October 2025 A collaborative project to strengthen graduate education, carried out by Dr. Ashley Nickels, associate professor.. Read More.

24 Nov 2025

Rebuilding Education: Artificial Intelligence (AI) as Catalyst, Not Catastrophe

Sherri Harvey was a 2025 Fulbright Specialist at the University of Halu Oleo, Southeast Sulawesi, working with the Department of Language and Literature. When the use of AI in academic environment still invites debates, the Department of Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Halu Oleo, and Sherri Harvey, lecturer at San José State University.. Read More.

Seventeen New Fulbright English Teaching Assistants Begin Their Journey in Indonesia

We are pleased to announce that seventeen new Fulbright English Teaching Assistants (ETAs) from the United States arrived in Indonesia on September 15, 2025, marking the beginning of their transformative journey. Each year, the ETAs’ arrival marks a special moment for AMINEF, furthering our ongoing mission of promoting cross-cultural exchange and mutual understanding. In this.. Read More.