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13 Cornellians Awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Awards

Laura Chang headshot
May 18, 2023

Thirteen Cornell students have been selected to research and teach English abroad with funding from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.

Cornell's 2023–24 Fulbright students include six graduate students and seven graduating undergraduates whose time abroad will increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. 

They will join the ranks of over 500 Cornellians who have traveled across the globe as Fulbrighters since the 1940s. 

Fulbright Students 2023–24

Graduate Students

Michael Cary headshot

Michael Cary, Development Sociology

Paraguay

Project Title: Remaking Ñeembucú: Infrastructure, Rice Production, and Wetland Conversion in Paraguay


Duncan Eaton headshot

Duncan Eaton, History

Slovak Republic

Project Title: Nation-Building and Agrarian Politics in Interwar Eastern Slovakia


Jarvis Fisher headshot

Jarvis Fisher, Development Sociology

Senegal

Project Title: Rice Production and Agroecology in the Senegal River Valley


Giselle Hobbs headshot

Giselle Hobbs, Painting and Print Making

France

Project Title: The Aftermath of the Lockdown: Comparative Study of Paris, France, and the U.S.


Sasha Prevost headshot

Sasha Prevost, Religious Studies

Israel

Project Title: On the Path of Two Abrahams: Contemporary Jewish Sufism in Israel


David Rubinstein headshot

David Rubinstein, History

Poland

Project Title: Coal Town Cosmopolitanism: Jews, Germans, and Poles's Visions of Home in Postwar Walbrzych


Undergraduate Students

Laura Chang headshot

Laura Chang '23, Anthropology

Ecuador

Project Title: Intersections in Reproductive Health: The Integration of Kichwa and Western Medicines


Maria DiGiovanni headshot

Maria DiGiovanni '23, Development Studies

Italy

Project Title: How Young Italians in Cosenza, Calabria Maintain Sustainable Rural Livelihoods


Farzana Hossain headshot

Farzana Hossain '23, Architecture

India

Project Title: Cultivated Landscapes: The Making and Remaking of Agriculture


Sarah Hughner headshot

Sarah Hughner '23, Government and English

Timor-Leste

English Teaching Assistantship


Catherine Kopp headshot

Catherine Kopp '23, Applied Economics and Management

Czech Republic

English Teaching Assistantship


Dylan Rodgers headshot

Dylan Rodgers '23, Agriculture

Nepal

Project Title: Feasibility of Small-Scale Recirculating Aquaculture Systems in Nepal


Evan Sierra headshot

Evan Sierra '23, Government

Kazakhstan

English Teaching Assistantship


Will you be next? 

Fulbright at Cornell is administered by the Einaudi Center. There are opportunities for undergraduate students, graduate students, and recent Cornell alumni to apply—Einaudi supports you throughout the process!

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