American Fulbright Grantees
in Hungary
Academic Year 2011/2012
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: bruckner@fulbright.hu
Internet: http://www.fulbright.hu
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
FULBRIGHT GRANTEES IN HUNGARY, AY 2011/2012
I.
Lecturers
1. Distinguished Chair
Dr. Todd Berliner
Film Studies
László Országh Chair
2. Lecturers
Dr. Johanna Granville
Dr. Zsolt Ugray
Dr. Sherry Marx
Dr. Monica Weis
Dr. Lisa Kay
Dr. Linda Mason
II.
Researchers
Dr. Lynn Hooker
Dr. David Frey
Dr. Emily Rauschert
Ms. Nanette Lorraine-Frey Vinson
Dr. Katalin Balog
III.
Political Science
Business Administration
Education
Literature
Art Education
Education
Music
History
Biological Sciences
Art
Philosophy
Students
Ms. Heather Tidrick
Ms. Julia Szendro
Mr. Martin Allen
Mr. Adam Hesterberg
Mr. Christopher Jones
Ms. Nicky Loomis
Mr. Daniel Bruggeman
Anthropology
Anthropology
Mathematics
Mathematics
Chemistry
Creative Writing
Music
Teaching Assistants
Mr. James Tyler Askew
Ms. Robin Whitford
IV.
TEFL
TEFL
Classroom Teacher Exchange Program
Mrs. Monica Housen
Mrs. Lisa Nye
Mr. Brian Thelen
Mrs. Christine Tapu
Mathematics
History
Literature
ESL
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
I. LECTURERS
1. Distinguished Chair
Dr. Todd Berliner
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
Dr. Todd Berliner
Professor, Department of Film Studies
University of North Carolina Wilmington
601 South College Road
Wilmington, NC 28403-5950
Date of Birth:
11/12/64
Grant Category:
Lecturer / László Országh Chair in American Studies
Discipline:
Film Studies
Specialization:
Film aesthetics; film narration; American cinema;
Hollywood films of the 1970s; John Cassavetes; Martin
Scorsese; cognitive and neoformalist film theories.
Affiliation in Hungary:
Eötvös Loránd University
Departments of American Studies and Cinema
H-1088 Budapest, Rákóczi út 5.
Duration of Stay:
January-July 2012 (grant period February-June 2012)
Academic Background:
Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley, 1996.
B.A. University of California at Berkeley, 1986
Professional Background:
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Professor, Film Studies, 2010-present
Associate Professor, Film Studies, 2002-2010
Chair, Film Studies, 2002-2005
Assistant Professor, English, July 1996-June 2002
Selected Publications:
Todd Berliner. Hollywood Incoherent: Narration in Seventies Cinema. Austin: University of
Texas Press, October 2010.
Todd Berliner and Dale J. Cohen. “The Illusion of Continuity: Active Perception and the
Classical Editing System.” Journal of Film and Video 63.1 (2011): 44-63.
Todd Berliner. “Killing the Writer: Movie Dialogue Conventions and John Cassavetes.”
Maske und Kothurn: Internationale Beiträge zur Theater-, Film- und
Medienwissenschaft, 55.4 (2010): 79-93.
Todd Berliner. “Visual Absurdity in Raging Bull.” Martin Scorsese’s “Raging Bull”: A
Cambridge Film Handbook. Ed. Kevin Hayes. New York: Cambridge UP, 2005. 41-68.
Todd Berliner and Philip Furia. “The Sounds of Silence: Songs in Hollywood Films since the
1960s.” Style 36.1 (2002): 19-35.
Todd Berliner. “The Pleasures of Disappointment: Sequels and The Godfather, Part II.”
Journal of Film and Video, 53.2-3 (2001): 107-123.
Todd Berliner. “The Genre Film as Booby Trap: 1970s Genre Bending and The French
Connection.” Cinema Journal 40.3 (2001): 25-46.
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
2. Lecturers
Fall semester
Dr. Johanna Granville
Dr. Lisa Kay
Dr. Sherry Marx
Dr. Linda Mason
Dr. Zsolt Ugray
Dr. Monica Weis
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
Dr. Johanna C. Granville
Adjunct Professor
Bush School of Government and Public Service
Texas A & M University
College Station, TX 77843-4220
Grant Category:
Lecturer
Discipline:
Political Science
Specialization:
International Security Issues,
American Diplomatic
History and Foreign Policy; Russian/Soviet/Post-Soviet
Politics and Foreign Policy; Twentieth Century East
European History
University of Debrecen
North American Department, Institute of English and
American Studies;
H-4010 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1.
September- December, 2011
Ph.D., Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts
University, 1992
M.A.L.D. Tufts University, 1989
B.A. Amherst College, 1986
Adjunct Professor, Texas A & M University
Research Fellow, Stanford University
Assistant Professor, Clemson University
Visiting Professor, U.S. Air War College
Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Fulbright Lecturer, Moscow
Russian, Hungarian, German, Romanian
Affiliation in Hungary:
Duration of Stay:
Academic Background:
Professional Background:
Foreign Languages:
Selected Publications:
---"Hogyan segítette az 1956-os magyar forradalom a román vezetést," Századok, forthcoming, winter
2011.
--"True Grit: Gheorghiu-Dej and Romanian Exceptionalism in 1956," Canadian Journal of History,
vol. 46, no. 3 (Winter 2011) forthcoming.
--"Between Scylla and Charybdis: Austria's First Test Case of Neutrality during the Hungarian Crisis,
1956-57," Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics 26, no. 4 (2010): 494-517
--" 'Ask for Bread, not Peace:' Reactions of Romanian Workers and Peasants to the Hungarian
Revolution of 1956," East European Politics and Societies 24, no. 4 (2010): 543-571.
--"Forewarned is Forearmed: How the Hungarian Crisis of 1956 Helped the Romanian Leadership,"
Europe-Asia, vol. 62, no. 4 (June 2010), pp. 615-645.
--"Hungary, 101: Seven Ways to Avoid a Revolution and Soviet Invasion of Romania," Cold War
History, vol. 10, no. 1 (February 2010), pp. 81-106.
--"Dej-a-Vu: Early Roots of Romania's Independence," East European Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 4,
(2008): 365-404.
--"If Hope is Sin, Then We Are All Guilty: Romanian Students’ Reactions to the Hungarian
Revolution and Soviet Intervention, 1956-1958,” Carl Beck Paper, no. 1905 (April 2008): 1-78.
---The First Domino: International Decision Making in the 1956 Hungarian Crisis (College Station,
Texas: Texas A & M University Press, 2004).
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
Dr. Lisa Kay
Assistant Professor
Tyler School of Art/Temple University
2001 N. 13th Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Date of Birth:
08/05/53
Grant Category:
Lecturer/Researcher
Discipline:
Art Education and Art Therapy
Specialization:
Contemporary art education and school art therapy;
cross-cultural visual expressions of beauty and ugliness
in adolescents’ drawings; arts-based qualitative inquiry
Affiliation in Hungary:
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design,
Department of Pedagogy and Psychology,
Institute for Theoretical Studies
H-1121 Budapest, Zugligeti út 9-25.
Duration of Stay:
May 2011- October 2011
Academic Background:
Ed.D, Northern Illinois University, 2008
M.A., University of Memphis, 1980
B.F.A., University of Memphis, 1975
Professional Background:
Board-Certified Art Therapist, Research Committee
American Art Therapy Association,
Assistant Professor, Tyler School of Art/Temple
University, 2010
Adjunct Faculty, School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
2009-2010
Adjunct Faculty, Northern Illinois University, 2008-201
Foreign Languages:
-
Selected Publications:
Kay, L., Karpati, A., & Bergmann, J. (2011). Through adolescent eyes: Cross-cultural visual
expressions of beauty and ugliness in drawings. In Proceedings of the INSEA World Congress,
Budapsest, 2011, Budapest, INSEA. (Ed.) Andrea Karpati,
Kay, L, & Woywod, C. (2010). Objects of Amplified Context: An Interview with Artist/Teaching
Pepon Osorio. In Visual Inquiry: Teaching and Learning Art. Daichendt, G. J., (Ed.) In publication.
Kay, L. (2010). T...O...R...N... Research Findings as Performance Art. Liminalities: A performance
studies journal. 6(1).
Kay, L. (2009). Collages and Poems and a Play, Oh My: An arts-based search journey. In Buffington, M.
& McKay, S., (Eds.) Practice Theory : Seeing the Power of Teacher Researchers, Reston, VA: NAEA.
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
Dr. Sherry Marx
Associate Professor
School of Teacher Education and Leadership
Utah State University
2805 Old Main Hill
Logan, Utah 84321
Date of Birth:
07/09/67
Grant Category:
Researcher/Lecturer
Discipline:
Multicultural Education
Specialization:
Critical Multicultural Studies, Race and Education,
English as a Second Language Education, Qualitative
Research
Affiliation in Hungary:
Eötvös Loránd University
Faculty of Education and Psychology,
Center for Intercultural Psychology and Education
H-1064 Budapest, Izabella u. 46.
Duration of Stay:
September 2011 - January 2012
Academic Background:
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2001
M.A.T., University of Louisville, 1997
B.A., Hanover College, 1989
Professional Background:
Associate Professor, Utah State University, 2010-2011
Assistant Professor, Utah State University, 2003-2010
Selected Publications:
Marx, S. & Larson, L. (forthcoming). Taking off the Colorblind Glasses: Recognizing and Supporting
Latina/o Students in a Predominantly White School. Education Administration Quarterly.
Marx, S. & Pray, L. (2011). Living and Learning in Mexico: Developing Empathy for ELLs through Study
Abroad. Race Ethnicity and Education.
Marx, S. (2008). Not Blending In: Latino Students in a Predominantly White School. Hispanic Journal of
Behavioral Sciences, 30(1), 69-88.
Marx, S. (2008). Popular White Teachers of Latina/o Kids: The strengths of personal experiences and the
limitations of Whiteness. Urban Education, 43(1), 29-67.
Marx, S. (2006). Revealing the Invisible: Confronting Passive Racism in Teacher Education. New York:
Routledge Press.
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
Dr. Linda H. Mason
Associate Professor
Educational and School Psychology and Special Education
The Pennsylvania State University
213 Cedar, University Park, PA 16802
Date of Birth:
02/20/54
Grant Category:
Lecturer
Discipline:
Special Education
Specialization:
Literacy and assessment for students with special needs
Affiliation in Hungary:
University of Szeged
Institute of Education
H-6722 Szeged, Petőfi Sándor sgt. 3-34.
Duration of Stay:
August 2010 – December 2011
Academic Background:
Ph.D., University of Maryland, 2002
M.Ed., University of Maryland, 1994
B.S., University of Texas, 1976
Professional Background:
Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University, 2008
Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania State University,
2005-2008
Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, 2002-2005
Selected Publications:
Mason, L.H., & Hedin, L. (in press). Reading science text: Challenges for students with
learning disabilities and considerations for teachers. Learning Disabilities Research
and Practice.
Mason, L.H. (in press). Teaching students who struggle with learning to think before, while,
and after reading: Effects of SRSD instruction. Reading and Writing Quarterly.
Mason, L.H., Harris, K.R., & Graham, S. (2011). Self-regulated strategy development for
students with writing difficulties. Theory in Practice, 50, 20-27.
Mason, L.H., Kubina, R., Valasa, L.L., & Cramer, A. (2010). Evaluating effective writing
instruction of adolescent students in an emotional and/or behavioral support setting.
Behavioral Disorders, 35, 140-156.
Mason, L.H., Benedek-Wood, E., & Valasa, L. (2009). Quick writing for students who
struggle with writing. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 53, 313-322.
Mason, L.H., Kubina, R. & Taft, R. (2009). Developing quick writing skills of middle
school students with disabilities. Journal of Special Education. J Spec Educ
OnlineFirst, published on October 21, 2009 as doi:10.1177/0022466909350780.
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
Dr. Zsolt Ugray
Associate Professor
Management Information Systems Department
Utah State University
3515 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-3515
Date of Birth:
07/29/67
Grant Category:
Lecturer
Discipline:
Business Administration
Specialization:
MIS; e-Commerce; Development, use and perception of
Management
Information
Systems;
Quantitative
Modeling; Optimization; Heuristics
Affiliation in Hungary:
Corvinus University
Department of Information Systems
H-1093 Budapest, Fővám tér 13-15.
Duration of Stay:
September 2011 - May 2012
Academic Background:
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, 2001
MSEE, Budapest University of Technology
Economics, 1991
and
Professional Background:
Associate Professor, Utah State University, 2010–Present
Assistant Professor, Utah State University, 2003–2010
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of California Riverside, 2001-2003
Foreign Languages:
Hungarian
Selected Publications:
An Exploratory Look at Attributes of Internet Use and Adoption by Franchisees,(2010) K.
O’Reilly, Z. Ugray; International Journal of E-Business Research, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp.15-33.
Looking at human-computer interface design: Effects of ethnicity in software agents (2007) J.
Pratt, K. Hauser, Z. Ugray, and O. Patterson; Interacting with Computers, Vol. 19, No.4, July
2007, pp. 512-523
Scatter Search and Local NLP Solvers: a Multistart Framework for Global Optimization
(2007) Z. Ugray, L. Lasdon, J. Plummer, F. Glover, J. Kelly, and R. Marti; Informs Journal
on Computing, Vol. 19, No. 3, Summer 2007, pp. 328-340.
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
Dr. Monica Weis
Professor of English and Director of Master of Arts in Liberal Studies
Program (MALS)
English
Nazareth College
4245 East Avenue / Rochester NY 14618-3790
Date of Birth:
23/10/87
Grant Category:
Lecturer
Discipline:
American Literature
Specialization:
Colonial American Literature; Captivity and Slave
narratives; British and American Romanticism;
American nature writers; Thomas Merton
Affiliation in Hungary:
University of Pannónia
Institute of English and American Studies
H-8200 Veszprém, Egyetem u. 10
Duration of Stay:
September 2011- January 2012
Academic Background:
Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1985
M.A., Bread Load School of English, Middlebury
College, 1973
B.A., Nazareth College, 1965
Professional Background:
Professor, Nazareth College, 1991 - present
Associate Professor, Nazareth College, 1984-1991
Assistant Professor, Nazareth College, 1974 -1984
Foreign Languages:
some French, Italian
Selected Publications:
The Environmental Vision of Thomas Merton, University Press of Kentucky, 2011
Thomas Merton’s Gethsemani: Landscapes of Paradise, University Press of Kentucky, 2005
“Dwelling in Eden: Thomas Merton’s Return to Paradise” in Riscritture Dell’Eden: Il
Giardino nell-Immaginazione Letteraria dell’Occidente, Vol 3, edited by Andrea Mariani,
Mazzanti Editori, 2006.
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
II. RESEARCHERS
Fall semester
Ms. Nannette Lorraine-Frey
Spring semester
Dr. Katalin Balog
Dr. David Frey
Dr. Lynn Hooker
Dr. Emily Rauschert
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
Nanette Lorraine-Frey Vinson
Artist
At Large
St. Louis, MO
Date of Birth:
08/03/74
Grant Category:
Researcher
Discipline:
Fine Art
Specialization:
Art and Art Theory; Visual Dialogue; Literacy Through
Photography
Affiliation in Hungary:
IPA Foundation
Intercultural Dialogue Foundation
H-1084 Budapest, Rákóczi tér 10 I / 3
Duration of Stay:
September 2011 - May 2012
Academic Background:
BFA (Hon), Washington University, 2000
CAT Institute, Webster University, 1999
Selected courses, Berkeley University, 1994-1995
Professional Background:
Freelance photographer/videographer, 2000 – present
Artist Residency ArtLinks Serbia, 2006, 2008
Professor in communication/new media US, 2002 – 2005
Artist Residency Hungarian Multicultural Center, 2005
RAC Regional Arts Award MO US, 2001-2002
Puffin Foundation Grant Award, 2002
Artist Residency Anderson Center MN US, 2001
ArtLinks Artist Residency and grant MO US, 2001
Photography director, ArtWorks, US, 2000
Foreign Languages:
German (Int), Hungarian (Int)
Selected Exhibitions:
2002-2010
Writing in the Sky, Serbja Culturalis Centre, Paris, France
Foreign Bodies, 2B Galeria, Budapest, Hungary
Fekete Leves, Chinese Characters Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Return of the Gastarbejters, Galerija Doma Omaldine, Belgrade, Serbia
Nothing Gold Can Stay, ArtLink, Belgrade, Serbia
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
Dr. Katalin Balog
Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy
Rutgers University/Newark
175 University Avenue, Newark, NJ 07102
Date of Birth:
10/04/58
Grant Category:
Researcher
Discipline:
Philosophy
Specialization:
Consciousness; The Mind-Body Problem; Free Will; The
Self
Affiliation in Hungary:
Collegium Budapest
H-1014 Budapest, Szentháromság u. 2.
Duration of Stay:
February 2012- July 2012
Academic Background:
Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1998
Professional Background:
Associate Professor, Rutgers/Newark, 2010
Associate Professor, Yale University, 2006-2010
Assistant Professor, Yale University, 2000-2006
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University, 19981999
Foreign Languages:
Hungarian
Selected Publications:
1.
“Acquaintance and the Mind-Body Problem”, forthcoming in The Mental, the
Physical, ed. by Christopher Hill and Simone Gozzano, Cambridge University Press.
2.
“In Defense of the Phenomenal Concept Strategy”, forthcoming in Philosophy and
Phenomenological Research.
3.
“Jerry Fodor on Non-Conceptual Content”, Synthese 170 (2), (2009), 311-320.
4.
“Conceivability, Possibility, and the Mind-Body Problem”, The Philosophical Review
108 (4), 1999, 497-528. Chosen by The Philosopher’s Annual as one of the ten best
articles appearing in print in 2000.
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
Dr. David S. Frey
Associate Professor; Director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
History
United States Military Academy, West Point
45 Thayer Hall, Bldg 616, West Point, NY 10996
Date of Birth:
09/30/67
Grant Category:
Researcher
Discipline:
History
Specialization:
Wartime and early Cold War Hungary; 20th century
Central Europe
Affiliation in Hungary:
Hungarian Academy of Science
Institute of History
H-1014 Budapest, Úri u. 53
Duration of Stay:
January 2012 - May 2012
Academic Background:
Ph.D., Columbia University, 2003
M.Phil., Columbia University, 1997
M.A., Columbia University, 1994
B.A., Dartmouth, 1989
Professional Background:
Associate Professor, US Military Academy, 2010
Assistant Professor, US Military Academy, 2004-2010
Lecturer, Columbia University, 2003-2004
Foreign Languages:
Hungarian, German, limited French
Selected Publications:
Jews, Nazis, and the Cinema of Hungary: The Tragedy of Success, 1929-44. I.B.
Tauris, forthcoming 2012.
“Mata Hari or the body of the nation? Interpretations of Katalin Karády,” Hungarian
Studies Review XXXIX: 1-2 (2012): forthcoming.
“A Smashing Success? The Paradox of Hungarian Cultural Imperialism in Nazi New
Order Europe, 1939-1942," Journal of Contemporary History, under review, 2011.
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
Dr. Lynn Hooker
Associate Professor, Department of Central Eurasian Studies
Adjunct Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology and Musicology
Indiana University
Goodbody Hall 157
Bloomington, Indiana 47405
Date of Birth:
11/10/68
Grant Category:
Researcher
Discipline:
Musicology/Ethnomusicology
Specialization:
American Political Institutions; Race and Politics;
Political Parties; Political Career; Institutional
Development
Affiliation in Hungary:
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for
Musicology
H-1014 Budapest, Táncsics Mihály u. 7.
Duration of Stay:
February 2012 - June 2012
Academic Background:
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2001
M.A., University of Chicago, 1994
B.A., Duke University, 1990
Professional Background:
Associate Professor, Indiana University, 2010-present
Assistant Professor, Indiana University, 2003-2010
Assistant Professor, University of Richmond, 2001-2003
Foreign Languages:
Hungarian, German, French
Selected Publications:
Redefining Hungarian Music from Liszt to Bartók, forthcoming from Oxford University
Press.
“Festivalization, the Carnivalesque, and the Creation and Maintenance of Community in North
American Hungarian Folk Music and Dance Camps,” Hungarian Studies 22, no. 1-2
(2008), 89-101.
“Controlling the Liminal Power of Performance: Hungarian Scholars and Romani Musicians in
the Hungarian Folk Revival,” Twentieth-Century Music 3, no. 1 (March 2006), 51-72.
“Modernism on the Periphery: Béla Bartók and the New Hungarian Music Society of 19111912,” Musical Quarterly 88, no. 2 (Summer 2005), 274-319.
“Gypsiness and Gender in the Hungarian Folkdance Revival,” Anthropology of East Europe
Review 23, no. 2 (Autumn 2005), 52-62.
“Transylvania and the Politics of the Musical Imagination,” European Meetings in
Ethnomusicology 9 (2002), 45-76.
“The political and cultural climate of turn-of-the-century Hungary,” The Cambridge
Companion to Bartók, ed. Amanda Bayley. Cambridge University Press, 2001, 7-23.
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
Dr. Emily Rauschert
Senior Project Associate and Instructor
Departments of Crop and Soil Science and Biology
The Pennsylvania State University
116 ASI Building
University Park, PA 16802
Date of Birth:
08/31/77
Grant Category:
Researcher
Discipline:
Ecology
Specialization:
Invasive Plants; Spatial Ecology; Population Dynamics
Ecological Modeling
Affiliation in Hungary:
University of Pécs
Faculty of Science,
Institute of Biology
H-7624 Pécs, Ifjúság u. 6.
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Institute of Ecology and Botany
H-2163 Vácrátót, Alkotmány u. 2-4.
Duration of Stay:
January 2012 – May 2012
Academic Background:
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 2006
B.A., Case Western Reserve University 1999
Professional Background:
Postdoctoral scholar, The Pennsylvania State Univ., 2006
Foreign Languages:
Hungarian, German
Selected Publications:
Rauschert, E. S. J. , K. Shea and O. N. Bjørnstad. Coexistence patterns of two invasive thistle species,
Carduus nutans and C. acanthoides, at three spatial scales. Biological Invasions (in press).
Rauschert, E. S. J., D. A. Mortensen,O. N. Bjørnstad, A. N. Nord 1 and N. Peskin1. (2010). Slow
spread of the aggressive invader, Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stiltgrass). Biological Invasions
12 (3): 563-579.
Mortensen, D. A., E. S. J. Rauschert, A.N. Nord1 and B.P. Jones (2009). The role of roads in plant
invasions. Invasive Plant Science and Management 2(3): 191-199.
Shea, K., S. H. Roxburgh and E. S. J. Rauschert (2004). Moving from pattern to process: coexistence
mechanisms under intermediate disturbance regimes. Ecology Letters 7(6): 491-508.
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
III.
STUDENTS
Mr. Martin Allen
Mr. Daniel Bruggeman
Mr. Adam Hesterberg
Mr. Christopher Jones
Ms. Nicky Loomis
Ms. Julia Szendro
Ms. Heather Tidrick
Teaching Assistants
Mr. James Tyler Askew
Ms. Robin Whitford
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
Martin Allen
B.A.
Mathematics
University of Washington
Department of Mathematics
Box 354350
Seattle, WA 98195
Date of Birth:
01/26/88
Grant Category:
Student
Discipline:
Mathematics
Specialization:
Algebra, Algebraic Combinatorics
Affiliation in Hungary:
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics
H-1053 Budapest, Reáltanoda u. 13-15.
Duration of Stay:
September 2011 - May 2012
Academic Background:
B.S. University of Washington, 2010
B.A. University of Washington, 2010
Foreign Languages:
Hebrew, Hungarian
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
Daniel Bruggeman
Doctoral Candidate
School of Music
University of Kansas
1530 Naismith Dr.
Lawrence, KS 66045
Date of Birth:
01/24/85
Grant Category:
Student
Discipline:
Music
Specialization:
Piano Performance; Piano Pedagogy
Affiliation in Hungary:
Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music
H-1061 Budapest, Liszt Ferenc tér 8.
Duration of Stay:
September 2011 - May 2012
Academic Background:
D.M.A., The University of Kansas, exp. 2012
M.M., The University of Kansas, 2009
B.M., Concordia College – Moorhead, MN, 2007
Professional Background:
Coordinator of Class Piano, Graduate Teaching Assistant
The University of Kansas 2007 - present
Foreign Languages:
Spanish, Hungarian
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
Adam Hesterberg
Student
Department of Mathematics
Princeton University
Fine Hall, Washington Rd.
Princeton, NJ, 08540
Date of Birth:
06/20/89
Grant Category:
Student
Discipline:
Mathematics
Specialization:
Combinatorics
Affiliation in Hungary:
Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics
H-1053 Budapest, Reáltanoda u. 13-15.
Budapest Semesters in Mathematics
Duration of Stay:
August 2011 - May 2012
Academic Background:
A.B., Princeton University, 2011
Foreign Languages:
Latin, some German
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
Christopher J. Jones
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Chemistry
Rice University
6100 Main St., Houston, TX 77005
Date of Birth:
07/16/83
Grant Category:
Student
Discipline:
Chemistry
Specialization:
Nanomaterials; iron oxides; arsenic remediation; water
science; academic, industrial, and governmental dialogue
Affiliation in Hungary:
Budapest University of Technology and Economics,
Faculty of Civil Engineering
H-1111 Budapest, Műegyetem rkp. 3.
Duration of Stay:
September 2011 - May 2012
Academic Background:
M.A., Rice University, 2009
B.S., Florida State University, 2006
Professional Background:
President, CBEN-SLC (NSF Student Org.), 2008-2009
Science Coordinator, CBEN-SLC, 2007-2008
Research Assistant, Rice University, 2006-present
Teaching Assistant, Rice Univeristy, 2006-2008
REU in Computational Chemistry at WSU, 2005
Selected Publications/Presentations:
Jones, Christopher J. et al., Forming Nanoscale Green Rust. In Progress, 2011.
Jones, Christopher J. “Nanorust Arsenic Removal and Hungary: Past, Present, and the Coming
Possibilities.” Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Budapest, Hungary. 4 May
2011
Zhu, Huiguang; Prakash, Arjun; Benoit, Denise N.; Jones, Christopher J.; Colvin, Vicki L., Low
Temperature Synthesis of ZnS, CdS and CdZnS Shells on CdSe Quantum Dots.
Nanotechnology 2009, 21, 25.
Prakash, Arjun; Zhu, Huiguang; Jones, Christopher J.; Benoit, Denise N.; Ellsworth, Adam Z.; Bryant,
Erika L.; Colvin, Vicki L., Bilayers as Phase Transfer Agents for Nanocrystals Prepared in
Nonpolar Solvents. ACS Nano 2009, 3, 8, 2139–2146.
Jones, Christopher J. “Water-Soluble Iron Oxide Nanoparticles with GR-like Surface Synthesized via
Surface Modification of Magnetite. ” Fall MRS Meeting. Boston, MA. 7 Dec 2008; Materials
Research Society: Warrendale, PA.
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
Nicky Loomis
Freelance Writer
Columbia University
University of Southern California
420 Taper Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90089
Date of Birth:
04/22/83
Grant Category:
Student
Discipline:
Creative Writing
Specialization:
Fiction
Affiliation in Hungary:
Eötvös Loránd University
Department of Literature and Creative Writing
H-1088 Budapest, Rakóczi út 5.
Duration of Stay:
September 2011 - May 2012
Academic Background:
M.A., Specialized Journalism, University of Southern
California, 2009
M.S., Journalism, Columbia University, 2008
B.A., English and Creative Writing, University of
Southern California, 2005
Professional Background:
Freelance Journalist, LA Times 2008-Present
Columnist, Pasadena Star News 2006-Present
Courts Stringer, The Associated Press 2007
Publicity Assistant, Penguin Books 2005-2006
Foreign Languages:
Some French
Selected Publications:
“Beware the Wheat Thins Truck at Your Door”
Originally published in the Pasadena Star News on March 21, 2011
“Scene Stealer”
Originally published in the Los Angeles Times on August 11, 2010
“The Mosquito Bite” Short Story, Driftwood Literary Journal 2006
Collection of news articles: www.nickyloomis.com
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
Julia Szendro
Independent Student Researcher
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
The City University of New York, NY
899 Tenth Ave.
New York, NY 10019
Date of Birth:
03/25/89
Grant Category:
Research
Discipline:
Anthropology
Specialization:
Work with at-risk youth; Alternatives to Incarceration;
Restorative Justice; Harm Reduction Services
Affiliation in Hungary:
National Institute of Criminology
H-1122 Budapest, Maros utca. 6/a.
Duration of Stay:
September 2011 - May 2012
Academic Background:
CUNY Baccalaureate Program; John Jay School of
Criminal Justice, 2011, Suma Cum Laude
Majoring in Criminal and Social Reform
Professional Background:
Researcher, John Jay department of Anthropology, 2010
Teachers Aid and One to One councilor, St. Dominic’s,
summer semester, 2008-2010
Teachers Aid Photography Department Pace University,
2007-2009
Assistant Librarian, Piermont Public Library, 2005-2007
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Foreign Languages:
Hungarian
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
Heather Tidrick
Doctoral candidate
Social Work and Anthropology
University of Michigan
1080 South University Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106
Date of Birth:
07/12/76
Grant Category:
Student
Discipline:
Anthropology
Specialization:
Institutional practices with Roma
Affiliation in Hungary:
Khetanipe Egyesület
H-7621 Pécs, Béri Balogh Á. 3.
University of Pécs,
H-7624 Pécs, Ifjúság u. 6.
Duration of Stay:
September 2011- August 2012
Academic Background:
Ph.D. student, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2005present
M.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2011
M.S.W., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2008
M.A. coursework, University of Texas at Austin,
2002-05
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1998
Professional Background:
Social Work intern, Alternatives for Girls, Detroit, MI,
2007-08
Graduate student instructor, University of Michigan,
2007-2011
Foreign Languages:
Hungarian, French, German, Romani
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
James Tyler Askew
B.A.
Philosophy
Wake Forest University
1834 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27109
Date of Birth:
10/10/88
Grant Category:
Student
Discipline:
TEFL
Specialization:
History of Philosophy, Church History, Theology,
Medieval Studies
Affiliation in Hungary:
Pázmány Péter Catholic University
Institute of English and American Studies
H-2087 Piliscsaba
Egyetem u.1.
EducationUSA Advising Center
Hungarian Fulbright Comission
H-1082 Budapest
Baross u. 62.
Duration of Stay:
September 2011- May 2011
Academic Background:
B.A., Wake Forest University, 2011
Foreign Languages:
Italian
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
Robin Whitford
Post-Undergraduate
English
Simpson College
701 North C Street
Indianola, Iowa 50125
Date of Birth:
02/22/89
Grant Category:
English Teaching Assistantship
Discipline:
TEFL
Specialization:
Hungarian Literature and Folk Traditions
Affiliation in Hungary:
University of Debrecen
H-4010 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1.
American Corner Debrecen
H-4024 Budapest, Kossuth út 1.
Duration of Stay:
September 2011 - May 2012
Academic Background:
B.A., Simpson College, 2011
Foreign Languages:
Intermediate Spanish, Beginner French
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
IV.
CLASSROOM TEACHER EXCHANGE PROGRAM
Mrs. Monica Housen
Mrs. Lisa Nye
Mr. Brian Thelen
Mrs. Christine Tapu
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
Monica Housen
Secondary Teacher
Mathematics
Ridgefield High School
700 North Salem Road
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Date of Birth:
08/23/68
Grant Category:
High School Teacher Exchange Program
Discipline:
Mathematics
Specialization:
Secondary mathematics with focus in Geometry and
application to origami
Affiliation in Hungary:
Hungarian-English Bilingual High School
H-8220 Balatonalmádi, Rákóczi u. 39.
Duration of Stay:
August 2011- June 2012
Academic Background:
Ed.M, Language Education, Rutgers University, 1995
A.B, Physics & Mathematics, Colgate University, 1990
Professional Background:
Secondary Mathematics Teacher, Ridgefield, CT, 2000
Asst. Dir. of Admission, Rutgers Prep School, NJ, 1999
Fulbright Teacher Exchange to Latvia, 1997-1998
Math & Japanese Teacher, Rutgers Prep, NJ, 1993-1999
English Teacher, Kumamoto and Oita, Japan 1990-1992
Foreign Languages:
Japanese
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
Lisa Nye
Teacher
Social Studies and International Baccalaureate
Bend High School
230 NE 6th St., Bend, OR 97701
Date of Birth:
11/17/68
Grant Category:
High School Teacher Exchange Program
Discipline:
English and History
Specialization:
Modern World History, US History,
International Baccalaureate
Affiliation in Hungary:
Munkácsy Mihály Grammar School
H-7400 Kaposvár, Kossuth Lajos u. 48.
August 2011 - June 2012
Duration of Stay:
Academic Background:
MA Teaching, George Fox University, 2007
Social Studies and Language Arts
MA Urban and Regional Planning, University of Oregon,
1992
Member, Community Planning Workshop, 1991
Intern, Northwest Power Planning Council, 1991
Recipient, NCAA Academic and XC All-American,
1991
BA Journalism-Public Relations, University of Oregon,
1990
Professional Background:
History Teacher, Bend High School, 2007 - Present
Head Cross Country and Track Distance Group Coach,
Bend High School, 2009 - Present
Compliance Consultant II, Wells Fargo Community
Reinvestment Act Risk Management, 2005 - 2006
World Class Distance Runner, 1992 – 2003
East Cascades District Assistant, Wells Fargo Bank,
2003 - 2005
Executive and Deputy Director, Deschutes Resources
Conservancy, 1998 – 2003
Assistant Cross Country and Track Coach, Summit and
Mt. View High Schools, 1992 to 2007
Project Director, Oregon Trout, Deschutes Fisheries
Restoration Project, 1995 - 1998
Communications Director, Oregon Watershed Health
Program, 1994 - 1995
Fish and Wildlife Advisor, NW Power Planning Council,
1991- 1994
Foreign Languages:
French
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
Brian Thelen
Teacher
Department of English
Hinsdale South High School
7401 S. Clarendon Hills Road
Darien, IL 60561
Date of Birth:
01/19/78
Grant Category:
High School Teacher Exchange Program
Discipline:
English as a Second Language
Specialization:
World Literature; Educational Policy; Rhetoric
Affiliation in Hungary:
Toldy Ferenc High School
H-1015 Budapest, Toldy utca 9.
Duration of Stay:
August 2011 – June 2012
Academic Background:
M.A., University of Michigan, 2003
B.A., The Ohio State University, 2000
Professional Background:
Teacher, English and World Literatures, Hinsdale South
High School, 2003-2011
Teacher, English, St. Charles Preparatory School
(Columbus, OH), 2000-2002
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012
Christine E. Tapu
Teacher
English as a Second Language
Pittsburgh Allderdice High School
2409 Shady Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15217
Date of Birth:
08/01/69
Grant Category:
High School Teacher Exchange Program
Discipline:
English as a Second Language
Specialization:
Immigrant Education, Limited Formal Schooling
Affiliation in Hungary:
Teleki Blanka High School and Primary School
H-8000 Székesfehérvár, Budai út 7.
Duration of Stay:
August 2011- July 2012
Academic Background:
MPM, Heinz College of Public and International Affairs,
Carnegie Mellon University, 2008
MEd, University of Pittsburgh, 1993
B.A., University of Pittsburgh, 1991
Professional Background:
Assistant Professor, Point Park University, 2010-2011
Teacher, Pittsburgh Public Schools, 1994-2011
Volunteer, United States Peace Corps, 2002-2004
Assistant Instructor, University of Pittsburgh, 1993-2011
Foreign Languages:
French, Spanish, Tongan
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2011/2012