American Fulbright Grantees
in Hungary
Academic Year 2015/2016
Hungarian-American Fulbright Commission for Educational Exchange
H-1082 Budapest, Baross u. 62.
Tel: (36-1) 462-8040 Fax: (36-1) 252-0266
E-mail: info@fulbright.hu
Internet: http://www.fulbright.hu
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2015-2016
FULBRIGHT GRANTEES IN HUNGARY, AY 2015/2016
I. Lecturers
Dr. Ellen M. Litwicki
Dr. Jessica M. Deshler
Dr. Gregory Gardner
Dr. Skyla Herod
Dr. Andrea Noel
US History
Mathematics
Business
Neuroscience
Education
II. Researcher
Ms. Meredith Morten
Fine Arts
Austrian- Hungarian Joint
Grant
III. Students
Ms. Irina Denischenko
Ms. Natalie Douglass
Mr. Zachary Milliman
Mr. James Moffet
Ms. Mara Richman
Mr. Lihan Yao
Mr. Robert Mevissen
Comparative Literature
Education
Musicology
Interdisciplinary Studies
Psychology
Mathematics
Modern History
English Teaching Assistants
Ms. Elisabeth Walsh
Ms. Susanne Liaw
Ms. Rachel McVey
TEFL
TEFL
TEFL
Renewals
Ms. Alissa Caitlin Lester
Ms. Lisa Romain
Ms. Hanni Thoma
Education/Anthropology
Music
TEFL
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2015-2016
I. LECTURERS
Fall Semester
Dr. Ellen Litwicki
Dr. Jessica Deshler
Dr. Gregory Gardner
Spring Semester
Dr. Skyla M. Herod
Dr. Andrea M. Noel
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2015-2016
Dr. Ellen M. Litwicki
Professor
Department of History
State University of New York at Fredonia
280 Central Avenue, Fredonia, NY 14063
Ellen.Litwicki@fredonia.edu
Date of Birth:
July 15, 1955
Grant Category:
Lecturer
Discipline:
History & American Studies
Specialization:
U.S. Cultural History; Gilded Age & Progressive Era;
Material Culture; American Holiday & Gift Rituals
Affiliation in Hungary:
University of Szeged
Institute of English and American Studies
Department of American Studies
H-6722 Szeged, Egyetem utca 2.
Duration of Stay:
September 2015 – December 2015
Academic Background:
Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1992
M.A., University of Virginia, 1985
B.A., Northern Arizona University, 1976
Professional Background:
Professor, State University of New York Fredonia, 2007
Associate Professor, SUNY Fredonia, 1999-2007
Assistant Professor, SUNY Fredonia, 1992-99
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Utah, 1990-91
Foreign Languages:
None
Selected Publications:
“George’s Story: Dolls and the Material Culture of Christmas.” Common-place 12:3 (2012),
http://www.common-place.org/vol-12/no-03/lessons/
“From the ‘ornamental and evanescent’ to ‘good, useful things’: Redesigning the Gift in
Progressive America”: Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 10 (2011)
“‘Agitate, Educate, Organize’: Labor Day in America.” Encyclopedia of American Holidays
and National Days: Greenwood Press, 2006
America’s Public Holidays, 1865-1920: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2000
“‘Our Hearts Burn with Ardent Love for Two Countries’: Ethnicity and Assimilation at
Chicago Holiday Celebrations, 1876-1918,” Journal of American Ethnic History 19 (2000)
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2015-2016
Dr. Jessica M. Deshler
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics
West Virginia University
PO Box 6310, 320 Armstrong Hall
Morgantown, WV, 26506, USA
deshler@math.wvu.edu
Date of Birth:
June 20, 1977
Grant Category:
Lecturer
Discipline:
Mathematics
Specialization:
Undergraduate Mathematics Education, Professional
Development of Graduate Students, Equity in
Mathematics, Calculus Learning
Affiliation in Hungary:
Central European University
Department of Mathematics and Its Applications
Center for Teaching and Learning
H-1051 Budapest, Nádor u. 9.
Duration of Stay:
November 15 2015 – March 2016
Academic Background:
Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 2008
M.S., University of New Mexico, 2001
B.S., New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology,
1999
Professional Background:
Associate Professor, West Virginia University, 2015Assistant Professor, West Virginia University,
2008 -2015
Foreign Languages:
Spanish
Selected Publications:
Deshler, J.M., Hauk, S. & Speer, N.M., (2015). Professional Development in Teaching for
Mathematics Graduate Students, The Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 62 (6)
Burroughs, E.A. & Deshler, J.M., (2015). Three Characteristics of a Feminist Mathematics
Classroom, International Journal of Diversity in Education, 15 (2)
Deshler, J.M. & Burroughs, E.A., (2014). Making Mathematics Meaningful for Calculus
Students, MathAMATYC Educator, 6 (1)
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2015-2016
Dr. Gregory A. Gardner
Associate Professor
Business Administration
State University of New York (SUNY) Potsdam
44 Pierrepont Avenue
Potsdam, New York 13676
gardnega@potsdam.edu
Date of Birth:
July 20, 1958
Grant Category:
Researcher/Lecturer
Discipline:
International Business
Specialization:
International strategy and management, innovation
Affiliation in Hungary:
Eszterházy Károly College
Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
Institute of Economics
H-3300 Eger, Egészségház u. 4.
Duration of Stay:
September 2015 – January 2016
Academic Background:
Ph.D., University of Capella, 2005
M.S., Embry-Riddle University, 1988
B.S., Southern Illinois University, 1982
Professional Background:
Associate Professor, SUNY Potsdam, 2005
Dean of Business, Jefferson Community College, 94-05
Mgr of Strategic Plning, McDonnell Douglas Corp 82-94
US Air Force/Reserve, 1980-2014 (with some breaks)
Foreign Languages:
German, Some Russian and French
Selected Publications:
(2015) Innovative Strategies of American World-Class Research Universities .
Economic Policy, Kyiv, Ukraine
(April 2008) Возможный Кризис Валюты в Украине (Possible Currency Crisis in Ukraine), National
Academy of Finance, Dnipropetrovsk. Presented in Russian.
(2008) The role of university incubators in international economic development. Journal of Educational
Technology, Kherson State University, Kherson, Ukraine.
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2015-2016
Dr. Skyla M. Herod
Associate Professor
Department of Biology and Chemistry
Azusa Pacific University
PO Box 7000, Azusa, CA 91702-7000
sherod@apu.edu
Date of Birth:
June 14, 1979
Grant Category:
Lecturer/Researcher
Discipline:
Neuroscience
Specialization:
Developmental and Behavioral Neuroendocrinology,
genetic models of anxiety and depression, fetal brain
development, early life stress, neurotransmitter/endocrine
signaling and neurophysiology
Affiliation in Hungary:
Eötvös Loránd University
Institute of Psychology
H-1064 Budapest
Izabella u. 46.
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Institute of Psychology
H-1117 Budapest
Magyar Tudósok krt. 2.
Duration of Stay:
February 2015 – May 2015
Academic Background:
Ph.D., Oregon Health and Science University, 2009
B.S., Belmont University, 2001
Professional Background:
Associate Professor, Azusa Pacific University, 2012
District Director, Beta Beta Beta National Biological
Honor Society
Director, Brain Awareness Week
Assistant Professor, Azusa Pacific University, 2009-2012
Foreign Languages:
none
Selected Publications:
Herod SM, Dettmer AM, Novak MA, Meyer JS, Cameron JL (2011) Sensitivity to stressinduced reproductive dysfunction is associated with a selective but not a generalized
increase in activity of the adrenal axis. American Journal of Physiology,
Endocrinology and Metabolism 300(1):E28-36.
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2015-2016
Dr. Andrea M. Noel
Professor
Department of Elementary Education, OM 221
State University of New York at New Paltz
New Paltz, NY 12561 USA
noela@newpaltz.edu
Date of Birth:
May 9, 1962
Grant Category:
Researcher/Lecturer
Discipline:
Educational Psychology
Specialization:
Early Child Development and Learning
school readiness and early literacy)
Affiliation in Hungary:
University of West Hungary
Benedek Elek Faculty of Pedagogy, Sopron, Hungary
Duration of Stay:
February - May 2016
Academic Background:
Ph.D Educational Psychology, Univ. at Albany 1997
M.S. German Education, Univ. at Albany, 1986
B.S. Business-Economics/German, SUNY, 1983
Professional Background:
Professor, State Univ. of New York at New Paltz, 2015
Associate Professor, 2008-2015.
Assistant Professor, 2001-2008
Assistant Professor, Marist College, 1999-2001
Civics Education Fellow, US Information Agency,
Wittenberg, Germany, 1998-1999.
Foreign Languages:
German
(especially
Selected Publications:
Noel, A. M. (2014). Teacher performance assessment (edTPA): An instructor's
development and evaluation of an embedded signature assessment in an early
childhood literacy course. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 35(4), 357372.
Noel, A. & Lord, K. (2014). Beyond Columbus: Helping young children develop a
conceptual understanding of "exploration". Childhood Education 90(6), 427-433.
Noel, A. (2011). Easing the transition to school: Administrators’ descriptions of
transition activities. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood Education. 36(4), 44-52.
Noel, A. M. (2010). Perceptions of school readiness in one Queensland primary school.
Australasian Journal of Early Childhood Education. 35(2). 28-35.
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2015-2016
II. RESEARCHER
Ms. Meredith Morten
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2015-2016
Ms. Meredith Morten
Professor
Sculpture and Foundation
Montserrat College of Art
23 Essex Street, Beverly MA 01915
meredith.morten@montserrat.edu
Date of Birth:
May 12, 1950
Grant Category:
Researcher
Discipline:
Visual Art
Specialization:
Ceramic sculpture, installation art, performance art,
inspired by prehistoric artifacts of Central Europe
Affiliation in Hungary:
Kecskemét Contemporary Art Studios
International Ceramics Studio
H-6000, Kecskemét, Kápolna u. 11
April - May 2016
Duration of Stay:
Academic Background:
Professional Background:
Foreign Languages:
M.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art, 1979
B.A., Connecticut College, 1972
Professor, Montserrat College of Art, 2009 to present
Associate Professor, Montserrat College of Art, 20012009
Assistant Professor, Montserrat College of Art, 19972001
Chair, Department of Sculpture, Montserrat College of
Art, 2000–2009
French
Selected Solo Exhibitions (ceramic sculpture):
2012 Gorka Géza Ceramics Museum, Verőce Hungary, “Homage to the Terrain”
2011 HallSpace, Boston MA, “re:Stata”
2009 Museion, Kecskemét Hungary, “Time Collapse”
2008 Montserrat College of Art, Beverly MA, “Fertile Soil”
2006 HallSpace, Boston MA, “Organography”
2000 Cultural Informative Centre, Skopje Macedonia, “Traces II” (installation)
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2014 Spoke Gallery, Boston MA, “By Land, By Sea – Hidden Histories”
2013 FPAC Gallery, Boston MA, Annual Members Exhibition
2012 FPAC Gallery, Boston MA, Annual Members Exhibition
Cultural Exchange Projects (installation and performance art):
1999/2000 “Usvajanje Slobode/Taking Liberty”, multiple venues: Pula, Porec, Labin
Croatia (1999) and Boston MA (2000)
1996/1997 “Liquor Amnii”, Skopje Macedonia (1996) and Providence RI (1997)
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2015-2016
III. STUDENTS
Ms. Irina Denischenko
Ms. Natalie Douglass
Mr. Zachary Milliman
Mr. James Moffet
Ms. Mara Richman
Mr. Lihan Yao
Mr. Robert Mevissen
English Teaching Assistants
Ms. Elisabeth Walsh
Ms. Susanne Liaw
Ms. Rachel McVey
Renewals
Ms. Alissa Caitlin Lester
Ms. Lisa Romain
Ms. Hanni Thoma
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2015-2016
Irina Denischenko
PhD Candidate
Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures and the Institute for Comparative Literature
& Society
Columbia University
116th St & Broadway, New York, NY 10027, USA
irina.denischenko@gmail.com
Date of Birth:
August 31, 1985
Grant Category:
Student
Discipline:
Comparative Literature
Specialization:
Literatures & cultures of Central and Eastern Europe;
philosophy of language; 20th-century avant-garde
literature & art.
Affiliation in Hungary:
Kassák Múzeum
H-1033 Budapest, Fő tér 1.
Duration of Stay:
September 2015 - May 2016
Academic Background:
M.Phil., Columbia University, 2013
M.A., Columbia University, 2012
M.A., Central European University, 2008
B.A., Stanford University, 2007
Professional Background:
Instructor, Columbia University, 2012-present
Foreign Languages:
Russian, Hungarian, Czech, German
Selected Publications:
• Translation of art film, Mayakovsky Forever, with Bradley Gorski, The State Museum of
Literature (Gosudarstvennyi literaturnyi muzei), Moscow, Russia (2015).
• “S. Ansky’s Letters”, with Gabriella Safran in Studies in Russian and Eastern European
Literature, Society and Culture, Peter Lang Pub Inc. (Feb 2008).
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2015-2016
Natalie Douglass
Doctor of Musical Arts, Horn Performance
Winds, Brass, and Percussion
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Cincinnati, OH
douglane@mail.uc.edu
Date of Birth:
August 12, 1987
Grant Category:
Researcher/Student
Discipline:
Music Education
Specialization:
Kodály Methodology,
Performance
Affiliation in Hungary:
Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music
Zoltán Kodály Pedagogical Institute of Music
H-6000 Kecskemét, Kéttemplom köz 1
Duration of Stay:
September 2015 - May 2016
Academic Background:
D.M.A., University of Cincinnati, 2015
M.M., University of Illinois, 2012
B.M.E., University of Illinois, 2010
Brass
Pedagogy,
Professional Background:
Horn Studio Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Cincinnati, 2012-2015
Brass Methods Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Cincinnati, 2015
Kendall Betts Horn Camp, Teaching Staff, 2013 and 2015
Freelance Horn Player, substitute with Kentucky, Louisville, Illinois Symphonies
Summer Program Coordinator, David Adler Center for the Arts, 2010
Foreign Languages:
Spanish
Selected Publications:
“Aural Approaches to Horn Performance and Instruction”
The Horn Call, Journal of the International Horn Society, February 2014
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2015-2016
Horn
Zachary Milliman
M.M. Vocal Performance
At Large
zachary.milliman@gmail.com
Date of Birth:
May 24, 1983
Grant Category:
Student
Discipline:
Musicology
Specialization:
Peripheral Opera Repertories; Hungarian Opera; Opera
in Politics; 20th Century Music/Opera; Liszt Studies;
Gender Studies; Voice; Vocal Pedagogy
Affiliation in Hungary:
Hungarian Academy of Sciences,
“Lendület" Archives and Research Group
H-1014 Budapest, Táncsics Mihály utca 7.
Duration of Stay:
September 2015 - May 2016
Academic Background:
M.M. University of Utah, 2012
B.M. Brigham Young University, 2009
Professional Background:
Lecturer, University of Alaska, 2013-2015
Foreign Languages:
Hungarian
Selected Publications:
Victoria for Mrs. President: Modern Women at the Opera: Journal of the IAWM, 2013
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2015-2016
James David Moffet III
Graduate Researcher
Columbia University GSAPP/Harvard GSD
jdm2216@columbia.edu
Date of Birth:
March 5, 1983
Grant Category:
Student
Discipline:
Interdisciplinary Studies
Specialization:
Design; Design Education; Civic Engagement; Public
Policy; Community Development; Entrepreneurship
Affiliation in Hungary:
Central European University
Center for Media, Data and Society
H-1051 Budapest, Október 6. utca 7.
Duration of Stay:
September 2015 - May 2016
Academic Background:
Master Design Studies, Harvard GSD, 2018
New York / Paris Program, Columbia GSAPP, 2015
Architecture Studio, Harvard GSD, Summer 2014
B.S. Comp. Sci. DePaul University, 2005
Professional Background:
Digital Media Strategist, Columbia U. Europe, 2015
Board Director & Exec. Secretary, Depave, 2013-2015
Data Analyst/Data Designer, SEIU, 2009-2014
Election Campaign Manager, SEIU, 2008
Foreign Languages:
Spanish (Fluent), French, Hungarian
Selected Publications:
Blockbuster Architecture: How the imaginings of cinema and other media shape urban reality
in Paris, Univ. of Columbia Press, 2015
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2015-2016
Mara Richman
Kalamazoo College
Department of Psychology
1200 Academy Street
Kalamazoo, MI 49006
mara.richman11@kzoo.edu
Date of Birth:
September 15, 1992
Grant Category:
Student
Discipline:
Psychology
Specialization:
Borderline Personality Disorder
Affiliation in Hungary:
Eszterházy Károly College
Department of Psychology
H-3300 Eger, Eszterházy tér 1.
Duration of Stay:
September 2015 - May 2016
Academic Background:
B.A., Kalamazoo College, 2015
Professional Background:
Research Assistant, Harvard Medical School, 2014-2015
Research Assistant, Semmelweis University, 2013-2014
Research Assistant, National Institutes of Mental Health,
2013
Research Assistant, University of Pennsylvania
Schizophrenia Research Center, 2012
Assistant Professor, Duke University, 1986-1991
Foreign Languages:
Hungarian (Some proficiency); Spanish
Selected Publications:
Richman, M.J., Moore, K, Barrett, B, & Young, M.S. (2014) Examining baseline mental health
symptoms as predictors of drug court graduation for female offenders with prescription drug
issues. Undergraduate Journal of Human Sciences, 14, 1-18.
Moore, K., Richman, M.J., Laguna, S, Barrett, B, & Young, M.S. (2013) Policies and procedures
handbook for the pinellas county adult drug court. October 2013
Richman, M.J., & Unoka, Z., (in press) Reading in the mind of the eyes test in major depression and
borderline personality disorder: A meta-analysis. British Journal of Psychiatry, 207, doi:
10.1192/bjp.bp.114.152108
Unoka, Z., & Richman, M.J., (2014) Neurocognitive deficits in BPD patients and the moderator
effects of co-occurring mental disorders: A meta-analysis. (in review) Clinical Psychology
Review
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2015-2016
Lihan Yao
B.S.
Mathematics
Fordham University
441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, NY 10458
lyao1@fordham.edu
Date of Birth:
November 2, 1993
Grant Category:
Student
Discipline:
Mathematics
Specialization:
Combinatorics, Graph Theory
Affiliation in Hungary:
HAS Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics
1053 Budapest, Reáltanoda u. 13-15.
Duration of Stay:
September 2015 - May 2016
Academic Background:
B.S., Fordham University, 2015
Professional Background:
N/A
Foreign Languages:
Chinese, Spanish
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2015-2016
Robert Mevissen
History Department
Georgetown University
3700 O St NW
Washington, DC 20057
rsm68@georgetown.edu
Date of Birth:
October 3, 1986
Grant Category:
Researcher
Discipline:
History
Specialization:
Identity politics in the 19th-century Habsburg Empire,
particularly the influence that modernization projects and
the transformation of nature had on imperial
identification and loyalty.
Affiliation in Hungary:
Eötvös Loránd University,
Department of Social and Economic Geography
H-1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C
Duration of Stay:
January 2016 - May 2016
Academic Background:
Ph.D., Georgetown University, ongoing
M.A., Georgetown University, 2011
B.A., Saint John’s University (Collegeville, MN), 2009
Professional Background:
Teaching Assistant, Georgetown University, 2013-2015
Research Assistant, Georgetown University, 2011-2013
Foreign Languages:
German, Hungarian, French
Selected Publications:
“Innovation on the Danube and Loyalty in the Habsburg Empire” Gnovis Journal, (Georgetown
University, 10 Dec 2014), <http://www.gnovisjournal.org/2014/12/10/innovation-on-the-danube-andloyalty-in-the-habsburg-empire/>
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2015-2016
Elizabeth Walsh
English Teacher
Newark Public Schools
St. John’s University
8000 Utopia Parkway
Queens, NY 11439
elizabeth.walsh08@gmail.com
Date of Birth:
October 22, 1990
Grant Category:
English Teaching Assistant
Discipline:
English literature and History
Specialization:
English education; 18th
literature; world literature;
Affiliation in Hungary:
Fulbright Commission Advising Center
H-1082 Budapest, Baross u. 62.
century
literature;
travel
Pázmány Péter Catholic University
Institute of English and American Studies
H-2081 Piliscsaba, Egyetem u. 1.
Duration of Stay:
September 2015 - May 2016
Academic Background:
M.A., St. John’s University, 2013
B.A., St. John’s University, 2012
Professional Background:
English Teacher, Newark Public Schools, 2013-2015
Teach for America Corps Member, 2013-2015
Foreign Languages:
Intermediate French
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2015-2016
Susanne Liaw
English Teacher
Olympic High School
721 Ocean Park Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90405
susanneliaw@gmail.com
Date of Birth:
November 12, 1983
Grant Category:
English Teaching Assistant, Roma Student Initiative
Discipline:
English, Education
Specialization:
American Literature, Expository Writing, Social Justice
Education
Affiliation in Hungary:
University of Debrecen
North American Department
H-4032 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1.
Wáli István Roma Residential College
H-4024 Debrecen, Blaháné u 15
Duration of Stay:
September 2015 - May 2016
Academic Background:
M.Ed., University of California, Los Angeles, 2011
M.A., University of Washington, 2009
B.A., Pomona College, 2005
Professional Background:
English Teacher, Olympic High School,
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District 2013-2015
English Teacher, Huntington Education, 2011-2012
English Teacher, Santee Education Complex,
Los Angeles Unified School District, 2010-2011
English Teaching Assistant, University of Washington,
2008-2009
Foreign Languages:
Mandarin
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2015-2016
Rachel McVey
History and Sociology
University of Pittsburgh
4200 5th Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
rmcvey02@gmail.com
Date of Birth:
March 4, 1992
Grant Category:
English Teaching Assistant, Roma Student Initiative
Discipline:
History and Sociology
Specialization:
American History
Affiliation in Hungary:
Jesuit Roma Residential College
H-1191 Budapest, Hunyadi u. 2-4.
Tel/Fax: 36-1-704-8950
Roma Versitas Foundation
H-1066 Budapest, Teréz krt. 46.
Tel: 36-1-269-5987
Duration of Stay:
September 2004 - May 2005
Academic Background:
B.A., University of Pittsburgh, 2014
Foreign Languages:
French, Albanian, Hungarian
Publications:
Altruism, Prejudice, and Culture in Roma Education Advocacy: Education and Children in
the Decade of Roma Inclusion: University of Wisconsin Journal of Undergraduate
International Studies, 2012
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2015-2016
Alissa Caitlin Lester
Ph.D. Candidate
Departments of Anthropology and Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Indiana University, Bloomington
201 N. Rose Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47405-1006
aclester@indiana.edu
Date of Birth:
September 14
Grant Category:
Student
Discipline:
Anthropology; Education Policy Studies
Specialization:
Internalization of Higher Education, Higher Education
Reform, Anthropology of Policy and the State; Transnational
Political Activism and Grassroots Globalization; Students
and New Media.
Affiliation in Hungary:
Eötvös Loránd University
Faculty of Humanities
School of English and American Studies, Department of
American Studies
H-1088 Budapest, Rákóczi út 5.
Duration of Stay:
September 2015 - December 2015
Academic Background:
Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington, in progress
M.A., University of California, San Diego, 2005
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 2001
Professional Background:
Assistant Instructor, Indiana University, 2009-2013
Writing and Grammar Instructor, Elite Preparatory Institute,
2007-2009
Teaching Assistant, University of California, San Diego,
2003-2009
Foreign Languages:
Hungarian
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2015-2016
Lisa Romain
Professional Studies Diploma
Violin Performance
Mannes College The New School for Music
Arnhold Hall
55 West 13th Street
New York, NY 10011
lisa.romain@gmail.com
Date of Birth:
November 2, 1984
Grant Category:
Student
Discipline:
Music
Specialization:
Violin Performance; Chamber Music; Contemporary Music
Affiliation in Hungary:
Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music
H- 1077 Budapest, Wesselényi u. 52.
Duration of Stay:
September 2015 - May 2016
Academic Background:
P.S.D., Mannes College The New School for Music, 2012
M.M., Mannes College The New School for Music, 2010
B.M., The Juilliard School, 2007
Professional Background:
Guest violinist, Concerto Budapest, 2013 – present
Fulbright Grant recipient to Hungary, 2014 – 2015
Substitute Faculty, Mannes College Preparatory Division,
2009 – present
Teaching Assistant, The Juiliard School Pre-College
Division and Meadowmount School of Music,
2003 – 2007
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2015-2016
Hanni Thoma
M.Ed. candidate
Teacher Education/Curriculum Studies
University of Massachusetts Amherst
300 Massachusetts Ave. Amherst, MA 01003
thoma20h@mtholyoke.edu
Date of Birth:
July 9, 1987
Grant Category:
English Teaching Assistant
Discipline:
Bilingual/ESL/Multicultural Education
Specialization:
Second Language Learning; Higher Education
Affiliation in Hungary:
Pázmány Péter Catholic University
Faculty of Information Technology and Bionics
1083 Budapest
Práter u. 50/A
National University of Public Service
1083 Budapest
Ludovika tér 2.
EducationUSA Advising Center
Hungarian Fulbright Commission
H-1082 Budapest
Baross u. 62
Duration of Stay:
September 2015 - December 2015
Academic Background:
M.Ed. candidate, University of Massachusetts, 2016
B.A., Mount Holyoke College, 2009
Professional Background:
Research Assistant, Office of Research and Engagement,
UMass College of Education, 2013-2015
Research Assistant, Office of Innovative and
Development Alliances, USAID, 2013-2014
Assistante de Langue Étrangère, Lycée George Sand,
2011-2012
Foreign Languages:
French
Selected Publications:
Berger, J.B., & Thoma, H.S. (2015). The challenges of
developing an autonomous higher education system in
Afghanistan. International Higher Education,
81(Summer 2015), 20-21.
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2015-2016