American Fulbright Grantees
in Hungary
Academic Year 2014/2015
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 2014/2015
FULBRIGHT GRANTEES IN HUNGARY, AY 2014/2015
I.
László Országh Chair in American Studies
Dr. Kenneth Stevens
II.
Lecturers
Dr. Gyorgy Baffy
Dr. Keith A. Cherkauer
Dr. John Cox
Dr. Mary Durfee
Dr. Karen Garner
Dr. Laurence Maloney
Dr. Gabriel Meléndez
Dr. Adrienne Stanley
Dr. Jason Wittenberg
III.
Medical Sciences
Engineering
History
Political Science
History
Psychology
Interdisciplinary Studies
Mathematics
Political Science
Researchers
Dr. David Pitt
Dr. Kai Schafft
IV.
History
Philosophy
Sociology
Students
Ms. Kelly Cannon
Ms. Anne Fischer
Ms. A. Caitlin Lester
Ms. Johanna Mellis
Ms. Lisa Romain
Ms. Kathryn Shuford
Mrs. Megan Small
Ms. Hannah Turner
Art History
Creative Writing
Education, Anthropology
History
Music
Musicology
Musicology
Mathematics
Teaching Assistant
Ms. Hanni Thoma
TEFL
Renewals
Mr. Daniel Nyikos
Mr. Jan Wessel
Creative Writing
Business
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2014/2015
I. LÁSZLÓ ORSZÁGH CHAIR IN AMERICAN STUDIES
Dr. Kenneth Stevens
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2014/2015
Dr. Kenneth Stevens
Department of History
Texas Christian University
Reed Hall, 2850 South University Drive
Fort Worth, TX 76129
Date of Birth:
August 18, 1946
Grant Category:
László Országh Chair in American Studies
Discipline:
American Studies, History
Specialization:
The American Presidency; American Constitutional
History; Nineteenth-Century U.S.
Affiliation in Hungary:
University of Debrecen
North American Department, Institute of English and
American Studies;
Department of Political Science, Institute of Political
Science and Sociology
H-4010 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1.
Faculty Associate: Dr. Tibor Glant
Tel.: +36-52-512-900/2737
Fax: +36-52-431-147
E-mail: tglant10@yahoo.com
Duration of Stay:
September 2014 – December 2014
Academic Background:
Ph.D., Indiana University, 1982
M.A., Indiana University, 1974
B.A., Indiana University, 1968
Professional Background:
Professor, Texas Christian University, since 2001
Associate Professor, TCU, 1989-2001
Assistant Professor, TCU, 1983-1989
Editor, Diplomatic Papers of Daniel Webster, 1978-1983
Foreign Languages:
None
Selected Publications:
The Texas Legation Papers, 1836-1845 (2012)
William Henry Harrison: A Bibliography (1998)
Border Diplomacy: The Caroline and McLeod Affairs in Anglo-American-Canadian
Relations, 1837-1842 (1989)
The Diplomatic Papers of Daniel Webster, vol.1. 1841-1843 (1983)
The Diplomatic Papers of Daniel Webster, vol.2. 1850-1852 (1987)
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2014/2015
II.
LECTURERS
Fall semester
Dr. Gyorgy Baffy
Dr. John Cox
Dr. Mary Durfee
Dr. Karen Garner
Dr. Laurence Maloney
Dr. Gabriel Meléndez
Spring semester
Dr. Keith A. Cherkauer
Dr. Adrienne Stanley
Dr. Jason Wittenberg
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2014/2015
Dr. Gyorgy Baffy, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Department of Medicine, VA Boston Healthcare System and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
150 South Huntington Avenue, Room A6-46, Boston, MA 02130, USA
Date of Birth:
May 18, 1956
Grant Category:
Lecturer
Discipline:
Medical Sciences
Specialization:
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Affiliation in Hungary:
University of Debrecen Medical and Health Science
Center, Department of Medicine
H-4032 Debrecen, Nagyerdei krt. 98.
Duration of Stay:
September – December 2014
Academic Background:
Ph.D., Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1995
M.D., University of Debrecen, 1980
Professional Background:
Professor (hon), University of Debrecen, 2010–
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, 2008–
Assistant Professor, Brown Medical School, 2001-2007
Foreign Languages:
Hungarian, French
Selected Publications:
Baffy G, Brunt EM, Caldwell SH. Hepatocellular carcinoma in nonalcoholic fatty liver
disease: An emerging menace. J Hepatol 2012; 56: 1384-91.
Baffy G. Allostasis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Implications for risk assessment. Dig
Dis Sci 2013, 58: 302-8.
Baffy G. The impact of network medicine in gastroenterology and hepatology. Clin
Gastroenterol Hepatol 2013, 11: 1240-4.
Karagozian R, Derdak Z, Baffy G. Obesity-associated mechanisms of hepatocarcinogenesis.
Metabolism 2014, 63: 607-17.
Baffy G, Loscalzo J. Complexity and network dynamics in physiological adaptation: An
integrated view. Physiol Behav 2014, 131: 49-56.
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2014/2015
Dr. Keith Aric Cherkauer
Associate Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Purdue University
225 S. University St., West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2093
Date of Birth:
May 16, 1970
Grant Category:
Lecturer
Discipline:
Engineering
Specialization:
Hydrology, Hydrologic Modeling and Model
Development, Land Use and Climate Change Impacts,
Remote Sensing of the Environment, Environmental
Informatics
Affiliation in Hungary:
Szent István University
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry
H-2103 Gödöllő
Páter Károly u. 1.
Tel: +36-28-522-081
Duration of Stay:
January 2015 - July 2015
Academic Background:
Ph.D., University of Washington, 2001
M.S., University of Colorado, 1994
B.A., Augustana College, 1992
Professional Background:
Associate Professor, Purdue University, 2011Assistant Professor, Purdue University, 2004-2011
Research Scientist, Univ. of Washington, 2001-2003
Foreign Languages:
German
Selected Publications:
Tan, J. and K. A. Cherkauer (2013), Assessing stream temperature variation in the Pacific
Northwest using airborne thermal infrared remote sensing, Journal of Environmental
Management, 115:206-16. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.10.012. Epub 2012 Dec 20.
Chaubey, I., K. A. Cherkauer, M. Crawford, and B. Engel (2011), Multiscale Sensing and
Modeling Frameworks: Integrating Field to Continental Scales, in The Bridge, pp. 39-46,
National Academy of Engineering, Washington, DC.
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2014/2015
Dr. John K. Cox
Professor and Department Head
History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies
North Dakota State University
P.O. Box 6050
Fargo, ND 58104 USA
Date of Birth:
July 13, 1964
Grant Category:
Lecturer
Discipline:
History
Specialization:
19th- and 20th-century Balkan intellectual history;
nationalism; transnational studies of writers under
communism and fascism; Central European Studies
Affiliation in Hungary:
University of Szeged
American Studies Department; Department of History
Egyetem u. 2, H-6722 Szeged
Duration of Stay:
August 2014 - December 2014
Academic Background:
Ph.D., Indiana University, 1995
M.A., Indiana University, 1993
B.A., Guilford College, 1986
Professional Background:
Professor, North Dakota State, 2007 - present
Asst/Assoc. Professor, Wheeling Jesuit U., 1994 - 2007
Foreign Languages:
Hungarian, Serbian (BCS), German, French, Slovene
Selected Publications:
"Pannonia Imperiled; or Why Danilo Kiš Still Matters in Serbia," in History 96:321 (October
2012)
Slovenia: Evolving Loyalties: Routledge, 2005
The History of Serbia: Greenwood, 2002
Editor and translator (from the Serbian) of the collection Night and Fog: The Complete
Dramas and Screenplays of Danilo Kiš (Helena History Press, 2014) and three other
volumes of Kiš's works, as well as novels from Slovene and Croatian and
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2014/2015
Dr. Mary Durfee
Associate Professor of Government
Department of Social Sciences
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Dr., Houghton, MI 49930 USA
Date of Birth:
September 2, 1951
Grant Category:
Lecturer
Discipline:
Political Science
Specialization:
International Relations, International
Politics, U.S. Foreign Policy
Affiliation in Hungary:
Corvinus University, H1093 Budapest, Fővám tér 8.
Hungarian Institute for International Affairs
National Institute for the Environment
Duration of Stay:
September 2014 – December 2014
Academic Background:
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1990
M.A., Cornell University, 1984
B.A., University of Colorado, 1974
Professional Background:
Associate Professor Michigan Tech., 1998Visiting Professor, University of Malta, 2008Fulbright Scholar to Malta, 2007-2008
Assistant Provost for Academic Improvement, Michigan
Tech 2002-2007.
Assistant Professor Michigan Tech, 1992-1998
Visiting Assistant Professor at University of Dayton,
Wittenberg University and Canisius College. 1985-1992
Foreign Languages:
Some German
Law,
Water
Selected Publications:
“Can the Great Lakes of North America Survive Globalization?” Co-authored with Mirit
Shamir. In Philippe LePrestre and Peter Stoett, eds. Bilateral Ecopolitics, Ashgate: 2006.
Thinking Theory Thoroughly, 2nd ed. Co-author James N. Rosenau, Westview, 2000.
“Constituting Complexity” in Heidi Hobbs, ed., Pondering Postinternationalism, SUNY,
2000.
“Diffusion of Pollution Prevention Policy,” in Paul Lopes and Mary Durfee, eds., Annals,
November 1999, pp. 108-119.
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2014/2015
Dr. Karen Garner
Associate Professor
Historical Studies
SUNY Empire State College
Northeast Center, Saratoga, 111 West Ave., Saratoga Spring, New York, 12866
Date of Birth:
November 11, 1956
Grant Category:
Lecturer
Discipline:
History
Specialization:
International History and U.S. Foreign Relations, Gender
Studies and Women’s History (19th, 20th, 21st centuries)
Affiliation in Hungary:
University of Pannonia
Institute of English and American Studies
H-8200, Veszprém, Egyetem u. 10
Duration of Stay:
September 2014 – December 2014
Academic Background:
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1995
M.A., University of Texas at Dallas, 1987
B.A., University of Texas at Dallas, 1984
Professional Background: Associate Professor, SUNY Empire State College, 2010-present
Assistant Professor, SUNY Empire State College, 2005-10
Director, Women’s Center, Florida International U. 1998-2005
Assistant Professor, Alma College, 1995-98
Foreign Languages:
none
Selected Publications:
Gender and Foreign Policy in the Clinton Administration, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2103
Shaping a Global Women’s Agenda: Women’s NGOs and Global Governance, 1925-85,
Manchester University Press, 2010
Precious Fire: Maud Russell and the Chinese Revolution, University of Massachusetts Press,
2003.
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2014/2015
Dr. Laurence T. Maloney
Professor of Psychology and Neural Science
Psychology
New York University
6 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003 USA
Date of Birth:
August 7, 1948
Grant Category:
Researcher
Discipline:
Cognitive Science
Specialization:
Decision making, mathematical models of motor
planning and visual performance
Affiliation in Hungary:
Central European University
Department of Cognitive Science
H-1051 Budapest
Nádor u. 9.
Duration of Stay:
September 2014 – December 2014
Academic Background:
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1985
M.S., Stanford University, 1982
B.A., Yale University, 1973
Professional Background:
Professor, New York University, 2004 - present
Associate Professor, New York University,1990-2004
Assistant Professor, University, 1988-1990
Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, 1985-1988
Foreign Languages:
Italian, French, German
Selected Publications:
Fleming, S., Maloney. L.T. & Daw, N.D. (2013), The irrationality of categorical perception.
Journal of Neuroscience, 33 (49), 19060-19070
Zhang H., Daw, N. & Maloney, L.T. (2013), Testing whether humans have an accurate model
of their own motor uncertainty in a speeded reaching task. PLoS Computational
Biology, 9(5):e1003080, 1-11.
Maloney, L.T. & Zhang, H. (2010), Decision-theoretic models of visual perception and
action. Vision Research, 50, 2362-2374.
Wu, S.-W., Delgado, M. & Maloney L.T. (2009), Economic decision-making compared to an
equivalent motor task, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA,
106(15), 6088-6093.
Trommershäuser, J., Maloney, L.T. & Landy, M.S. (2008), Decision making, movement
planning and statistical decision theory. Trends in Cognitive Science, 12(8), 291-297.
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2014/2015
Dr. A. Gabriel Meléndez
Distinguished Professor of American Studies
Department of American Studies
University of New Mexico
MSC03 2110, 1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131-0001
Date of Birth:
March 22, 1953
Grant Category:
Lecturer
Discipline:
American Studies
Specialization:
U.S. Latino Studies; ethnic and cultural representations
in film, autobiography, ethnopoetics and ethnocritical
theory, race, culture and cinema, critical regionalism and
the U.S. Southwest
Affiliation in Hungary:
Eszterházy Károly College
Department of American Studies
Dr. András Tarnóc
H-Eger, Egészségház utca. 4
Tel: +36-36-520-460
Duration of Stay:
August 2014 – December 2014
Academic Background:
Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 1984
M.A., University of New Mexico, 1979
B.A., University of New Mexico, 1975
Professional Background:
Distinguished Professor, University of New Mexico,
2014 - present
Professor, University of New Mexico, 2002 - 2014
Associate Professor, University of New Mexico, 1994 –
2002
Assistant Professor, Mills College, 1986 - 1991
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Utah. 1981 1986
Foreign Languages:
Spanish/ Portuguese
Publications:
Hidden Chicano Cinema: Film Dramas in the Borderlands
Rutgers University Press, 2013: 274 pages.
So All Is Not Lost: The Poetics of Print in Nuevomexicano Communities, 1834-1958
University of New Mexico Press, 1997: 268 pages
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2014/2015
Dr. Adrienne Stanley
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa
Date of Birth:
September 7, 1968
Grant Category:
Lecturer
Discipline:
Mathematics
Specialization:
Set-theoretic Topology
Affiliation in Hungary:
HAS Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics
H-1053 Budapest
Reáltanoda u. 13-15.
Duration of Stay:
January 2015 – May 2015
Academic Background:
Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1997
M.A., University of Kansas, 1993
B.S., University of Kansas, 1991
Professional Background:
Associate Professor, University of Northern Iowa, 2002
Assistant Professor, University of Northern Iowa, 19992002
Research Assistant Professor, Purdue, 1997-1999
Foreign Languages:
Selected Publications:
Killing normality with a Cohen real , joint with W. Fleissner and T. Laberge, Topology and
its Applications 72 (1996) no. 2, 173-181
D-spaces, joint with W. Fleissner, Topology and its Applications 114 (2001) no. 3, 261-271
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2014/2015
Dr. Jason Wittenberg
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-1950
Date of Birth:
May 30, 1963
Grant Category:
Lecturer
Discipline:
Political Science
Specialization:
East European Politics; Research Methodology; Ethnic
and Religious Conflict; Elections
Affiliation in Hungary:
Central European University, Department of Political
Science
Duration of Stay:
January 2015-May 2015
Academic Background:
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999
M.A., The American University, 1988
B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1981
Professional Background:
Associate Professor, UC Berkeley, 2011Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley, 2005-2011
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin, 2000-2005
Foreign Languages:
Hungarian, German
Selected Publications:
“How Similar Are They?: Rethinking Electoral Congruence,” Quality & Quantity, Vol. 47,
Issue 3, April 2013
“Deadly Communities: Local Political Milieus and the Persecution of Jews in Occupied
Poland,” Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 44, No. 3, March 2011: with Jeffrey S. Kopstein
“Beyond Dictatorship and Democracy: Rethinking National Minority Inclusion and Regime
Type in Interwar Eastern Europe,” Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 43, No. 8, Aug. 2010:
with Jeffrey S. Kopstein
Crucibles of Political Loyalty: Church Institutions and Electoral Continuity in Hungary:
Cambridge Univ. Press, 2006
“Making the Most of Statistical Analyses: Improving Interpretation and Presentation,”
American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 44, No. 2, April 2000: with Gary King and Mike
Tomz
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2014/2015
III.
RESEARCHERS
Fall semester
Dr. David Pitt
Spring semester
Dr. Kai Schafft
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2014/2015
Dr. David Pitt
Professor
Department of Philosophy
California State University, Los Angeles
5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032 USA
Date of Birth:
June 23, 1959
Grant Category:
Researcher/Lecturer
Discipline:
Philosophy
Specialization:
Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, Philosophy of
Language
Affiliation in Hungary:
Institute for Advanced Study/Department of Philosophy
Central European University
1051 Budapest, Nádor u. 9.
Duration of Stay:
September 2014 – December 2014
Academic Background:
PhD, City University of New York Graduate Center,
1994
MA, Queens College of the City University of New
York, 1985
BA, Haverford College, 1981
Professional Background:
Professor, California State University Los Angeles, 2012
Associate Professor, California State University Los
Angeles, 2008-2011
Assistant Professor, California State University Los
Angeles 2003-2007
Foreign Languages:
French (halting)
Selected Publications:
“Indexical Thought,” in Kriegel, ed., Phenomenal Intentionality: New Essays, Oxford
University Press 2013
“Introspection, Phenomenality and the Availability of Intentional Content,” in Bayne and
Montague, eds., Cognitive Phenomenology, Oxford University Press, 2011
“Intentional Psychologism,” Philosophical Studies, October 2009
“The Phenomenology of Cognition, Or, What Is It Like to Think That P?”, Philosophy and
Phenomenological Research July 2004
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2014/2015
Dr. Kai A. Schafft
Associate Professor
Department of Education Policy Studies
Penn State University
300 Rackley Building
University Park, PA 16854
USA
Date of Birth:
December 14, 1964
Grant Category:
Researcher
Discipline:
Education and Sociology
Specialization:
Rural Education,
Development
Affiliation in Hungary:
Central European University
Department of International Relations and European
Studies
1051 Budapest, Nádor u. 9
Duration of Stay:
February 2015 - June 2015
Academic Background:
Ph.D., Cornell University, 2003
M.A., Cornell University, 1999
M.A., University of Maine, 1991
B.A., The Evergreen State University, 1986
Professional Background:
Associate Professor, Penn State University, 2010
Assistant Professor, Penn State University, 2004-2010
Research Extension Associate, Cornell University 20032004
Foreign Languages:
Hungarian (intermediate)
Poverty
and
Inequality,
Rural
Selected Publications:
Lichter, D.T., & Schafft, K.A. (forthcoming 2015). Rural people and places left
behind: Poverty and spatial inequality in the new century. In Brady D., & Burton, L.
(Eds.) Oxford Handbook on Poverty and Society. Oxford University Press.
Schafft, K.A. & Kulcsar, L.J. (forthcoming 2014). The demography of race and ethnicity in
Hungary. In Rogelio Saenz (Ed.) The International Handbook of the Demography of
Race and Ethnicity. New York: Springer.
Schafft, K.A., Glenna, L.L., Borlu, Y., & Green B. (2014). Local impacts of unconventional
gas development within Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale region: Gauging boomtown
development through the perspectives of educational administrators, Society &
Natural Resources 27, 389-404.
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2014/2015
III. STUDENTS
Ms. Kelly Cannon
Ms. Anne Fischer
Ms. A. Caitlin Lester
Mrs. Johanna Mellis
Ms. Lisa Romain
Ms. Kathryn Shuford
Mrs. Megan Small
Ms. Hannah Turner
English Teaching Assistant
Ms. Hanni Thoma
Renewals
Mr. Daniel Nyikos
Mr. Jan Wessel
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2014/2015
Kelly Cannon
Bachelor of Arts
History of Art
Yale University
kellymcannon@gmail.com
Date of Birth:
December 30, 1988
Grant Category:
Student
Discipline:
Art History
Specialization:
History of Photography; Central European avant-gardes;
Contemporary Photography; Contemporary Art; Digital
Humanities
Affiliation in Hungary:
Vintage Galéria
H-1053 Budapest, Magyar u. 26.
Hungarian House of Photography - Mai Manó Ház
H-1065 Budapest, Nagymező u. 20
Duration of Stay:
September 2014 - May 2015
Academic Background:
B.A., Yale University, 2011
Professional Background:
Cataloguer and Assistant Digital Content Strategist,
Department of Photography, The Museum of Modern
Art, 2013-2014
Triennial Research Assistant, International Center of
Photography, 2012-2013
Editorial Assistant, Aperture Foundation, 2011-2012
Foreign Languages:
German, Spanish, some Hungarian, some French
Selected Publications:
“The Ambiguity of Value.” Foam 38 (2014): 73-76.
“Lisa Oppenheim” in A Different Kind of Order: The ICP Triennial of Contemporary
Photography and Video. New York: International Center of Photography, 2013.
“Home/Alone: Photographs by Soi Park” in Soi Park: Dear Home, Curated by An-My Lê.
New York: CUE Art Foundation, 2013.
“Remembering 9/11: Yale University Art Gallery.” Artforum.com Critics’ Picks, 2011.
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2014/2015
Annie Fischer
MFA, Creative Writing and Media Arts
At Large, Missouri
Date of Birth:
August 4, 1981
Grant Category:
Student
Discipline:
Creative Writing
Specialization:
Fiction, Non-fiction
Affiliation in Hungary:
Eötvös Loránd University
Department of Aesthetics, Institute for Theory of Art and
Media Studies
H-1088 Budapest, Múzeum krt. 6-8.
Duration of Stay:
September 2014 - May 2015
Academic Background:
MFA, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2012
BA, Rockhurst University, 2003
Professional Background:
Adjunct Professor, Rockhurst University, 2012-present
Adjunct Professor, Park University, 2012-present
Graduate Teaching Assistant, UMKC, 2009-2011
Columnist, Village Voice, 2007-2009
Foreign Languages:
Spanish
Selected Publications:
“Experi/Mentors: Transmitting Agency at AS220, the Steel Yard and New Urban Arts.”
Outpost, 2014
“Wikipitulation.” Saints Stars & Selfies, H&R Block Artspace, 2014
“Potentially Interesting Defendants.” Sonora Review, 2013
“Public Access: The Amplified Antics of Whoop Dee Doo.” Outpost, 2013
“Uprushes.” Elaborate Webs/Striking Exploits, MDC Museum of Art & Design, 2013
“Wish You Were Here.” Have I Been Here Before? La Esquina, 2012
“Help.” Number One, 2012
“It Starts with a Molecule.” Sissel Tolaas: SmellScape KCK/KCMO, Grand Arts, 2012
“That’s That Then.” Canteen, 2011
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2014/2015
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
Date of Birth:
September 14, 1979
Grant Category:
Student
Discipline:
Anthropology; Education
Specialization:
Internationalization of Higher Education; Higher
Educational Reform; Anthropology of Policy and the
State; Transnational Political Activism and Grassroots
Globalization; Students and Social Media.
Affiliation in Hungary:
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of History
H-1014 Budapest, Úri utca 53.
University of Debrecen
Centre of Higher Education Research and Development
(CHERD);
Institute of Educational Studies
H-4032 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 2.
Duration of Stay:
September 2014 - May 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 2014/2015
Johanna L. Mellis
PhD Candidate
Department of History
University of Florida
Keene-Flint Hall
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32603
Date of Birth:
May 2, 1986
Grant Category:
Student
Discipline:
History
Specialization:
Modern Central European History; Sport History; Oral
History and Memory; Communist History
Affiliation in Hungary:
Eötvös Loránd University
Institute of Historical Studies
H-1088 Budapest
Múzeum krt. 6-8
Duration of Stay:
September 2014 - May 2015
Academic Background:
M.A. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2012
B.A., College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 2008
Professional Background:
Teaching Assistant, University of Florida, 2012-2014
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellow,
Academic Years 2009-2012
Assistant Swim Coach, High Tide Aquatics, 2012-2014
Foreign Languages:
Hungarian, German
Selected Publications:
Review of Between the States: The Transylvanian Question and the European Idea During
World War II, by Holly Case. Alpata: A Journal of History. Vol. VIII (Spring 2011),
112-113.
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2014/2015
Lisa Romain
Professional Studies Diploma
Violin Performance
Mannes College The New School for Music
150 West 85th Street
New York, NY 10024
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 2014 - May 2015
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: Artist, Birdfoot Chamber Music Festival, 2012 - present
Faculty, Fort Lee School of Music, 2013 - present
Faculty, Reveille! Music Festival, Vermont Youth Orchestra
Association, 2013
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 2014/2015
Kathryn Shuford
Bachelor of Music
Music Education
University of Mississippi
1 Sorority Loop
University, MS 38677
Date of Birth:
November 20, 1991
Grant Category:
Student
Discipline:
Musicology
Specialization:
Kodály Music Education
Affiliation in Hungary:
Zoltán Kodály Pedagogical Institute of Music
H-6001 Kecskemét
Kéttemplom köz. 1.
Duration of Stay:
September 2014 - May 2015
Academic Background:
M.F.A., University of Wisconsin, 2013
M.A., University of Wisconsin, 2012
B.F.A., Truman State University, 2009
Certificat de Langue, Université Catholique de l’Ouest,
Angers, France, 2007
Professional Background:
Instructor of Lithography, University of Wisconsin,
2012-2013
Assistant to the Master Printers, Tandem Press,
2010-2013
Foreign Languages:
French, some Hungarian
Solo Exhibitions:
2013. Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI. “Invisible Cities”
2012. Gallery 1308, Madison, WI. “Ruin Pub”
2012. Overture Center Gallery, Madison, WI. “Viventes Mortua”
Group Exhibitions:
2013. MARNsalon IV, Milwaukee, WI.
2013. Southern Graphics Council, Milwaukee, WI. “Fresh Hot Press”
2013. Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsin-Parkside
2012. VIP MFA online exhibition, Top 10 Distinction.
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2014/2015
Megan Small
Student/Doctor of Musical Arts in Horn Performance
School of Music
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Date of Birth:
March 3, 1985
Grant Category:
Student
Discipline:
Musicology
Specialization:
The Brass Music of Frigyes Hidas, Horn Performance
and Pedagogy
Affiliation in Hungary:
National Széchényi Library
H-1014 Budapest, Szent György tér 4-6.
Budapest Music Center
H-1093 Budapest, Mátyás u.8.
Duration of Stay:
September 2014 - May 2015
Academic Background:
M.M., Illinois State University, 2011
M.M., University of Kansas, 2009
B.A., Missouri State University, 2007
Professional Background:
Graduate Research Assistant, Rita Benton Music Library,
University of Iowa, 2013-2014
Graduate Assistant, Band Librarian, Illinois State
University, 2009-2011
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Musicology, University of
Kansas, 2007-2009
Private Horn Instructor, 2007-present
Foreign Languages:
German, Spanish, some Hungarian, some French
Selected Publications:
“The Role of the Horn in Band Music.” M.M. Thesis. University of Kansas, 2009.
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2014/2015
Hannah Turner
B.S.
Mathematics
Ball State University
2000 W University Ave, Muncie, IN 47303
hkturner@bsu.edu
Date of Birth:
December 22, 1991
Grant Category:
Student
Discipline:
Mathematics
Specialization:
Combinatorics, Graph Theory, Mathematics Education
Affiliation in Hungary:
Budapest Semesters in Mathematics
H-1017 Budapest
Bethlen Gábor tér 2.
Duration of Stay:
August 2014 – May 2015
Academic Background:
B.S., Ball State University, 2014.
Professional Background:
N/A
Foreign Languages:
Spanish, some Hungarian
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2014/2015
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:
Jesuit Roma Residential College
H-1191 Budapest
Hunyadi u. 2-4
EducationUSA Advising Center
Hungarian Fulbright Commission
H-1082 Budapest
Baross u. 62
Duration of Stay:
September 2014 - May 2015
Academic Background:
M.Ed. candidate, University of Massachusetts, 2015
B.A., Mount Holyoke College, 2009
Professional Background:
Project Assistant, Office of Research and Engagement,
UMass College of Education, 2013-2014
Research Assistant, Office of Innovative and
Development Alliances, USAID, 2013-2014
Assistante de Langue Étrangère, Lycée George Sand,
2011-2012
Foreign Languages:
French
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2014/2015
Daniel Nyikos
Doctoral candidate
English
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
202 Andrews Hall Lincoln NE 68588-0333
Date of Birth:
August 23, 1984
Grant Category:
Student
Discipline:
Creative Writing
Specialization:
Fiction
Affiliation in Hungary:
University of Szeged
Institute of English and American Studies
H-6722 Szeged
Egyetem u. 2.
Duration of Stay:
September 2014 - May 2015
Academic Background:
M.A., Utah State University, 2009
B.S., Utah State University, 2006
Professional Background:
Graduate Teaching Assistant, 2008-2013
Associate Coordinator of Writing Center, 2013
Senior Fiction Reader for Prairie Schooner, 2012-2013
Foreign Languages:
Hungarian
Selected Publications:
"Exhibition", a short story. Storyscape. December 2013.
“Potato Soup”, a poem. American Life in Poetry. September 2011
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2014/2015
Jan Alexander Wessel
Student/Bachelor of Science
Economics/Finance
University of Scranton
800 Linden St., Scranton, PA 18510
jan.wessel@scranton.edu
Date of Birth:
August 14, 1991
Grant Category:
Student
Discipline:
Business
Specialization:
International Business: Foreign Direct Investment in
Hungary’s Manufacturing Sector
Affiliation in Hungary:
Corvinus University of Budapest
H-1093 Budapest
Fővám tér 8.
Duration of Stay:
September 2014 - December 2014
Academic Background:
B.S., University of Scranton, 2013
Professional Background:
N/A
Foreign Languages:
German, Spanish, Hungarian
Selected Publications:
Industrial Transition: Hungary and the People’s Republic of China: Univ. of Scranton,
2013
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2014/2015