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The Fulbright Program, which operates in over 160 countries worldwide, is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. For the past several years running, the University of Pennsylvania has been a top-ten producer of Fulbright Students among U.S. colleges and universities. Last year, 22 Fulbright U.S. Student Awards were awarded to Penn students and alumni to conduct independent research, pursue graduate study, or teach English abroad. Fulbright recipients for grant year 2017-2018 will be announced on a rolling basis this spring.
The Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (CURF) wishes to heartily congratulate Penn’s Fulbright recipients for grant year 2016-2017:
Fulbright Study/Research Grant
- Emily Clayton (WH GRD ‘16, St. Louis, MO) to Malawi, Economic Development/Fulbright-Clinton Public Policy Fellowship
- Gina Elia (GAS ’22, Hingham, MA) to Taiwan “Shifting Concepts of Religion and Modernity in Republican-Era Chinese Literature”
- Alexander Hoppe (GAS ’23, Madison, WI) to India “The Social Life of Apparel: Fashion Production Between India and the United States”
- Sandhya Jetty (WH ’16, Folsom, CA) to India “Entrepreneurship’s Efficacy in Empowering Women”
- Jamie Kent (WH ’14, Piedmont, CA) to Chile “Analyzing Educational Infrastructure for Developing Technical Talent in Chile”
- Rohini Kopparam (EAS ’16, Irvine, CA) to India “India’s Missing Girls: Improving Initiatives to Eliminate Female Feticide”
- Kelsey Norris (GAS ’23, Miami, FL) to Russia “Displaced Persons (DPs) and the Politics of Family Reunification in the Postwar Soviet Union”
- Aardra Rajendran (EAS/COL ’16, Lewisville, NC) to India “Social Pathogens: Investigating Water-Borne Diseases in Porur, Chennai”
- Didem Uca (GAS ’22, Syosset, NY) to Germany “Writing Childhood in Contemporary Intercultural German Literature”
- Arianna Ulloa (COL ’16, Tampa, FL) to the UK – Psychology, Master of Science in Psychological Research Methods at Lancaster University
- Eileen Wang (COL ’16, Richmond, VA) to China “The Experience of Childbirth Pain in Zhejiang Province, China”
- Johnathan Zeng (EAS ’16, Solon, OH) to China “Investigation of Lung Cancer Risk Factors for Ethnic Minorities in Southwest China”
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program (ETA)
- Kendra Carson (COL ’16, Silver Spring, MD) to India
- Lisa Cheung (COL ’16, Philadelphia, PA) to Malaysia
- Sarah Elnahal (COL ’16, Linwood, NJ) to Malaysia
- Leila Ehsan (COL ’16, Los Angeles, CA) to Tajikistan
- Amanda Laura (COL ’14, Berkeley Heights, NJ) to Spain
- Lauren McCann (WH ’16, East Greenwich, RI) to India
- Mabel Oviedo (COL ’16, Guttenberg, NJ) to Spain
- Cathryn Peirce (COL ’16, Erdenheim, PA ) to Ivory Coast
- Stephen Pintauro (COL ’16, Brentwood, TN) to South Africa
- Nathan Stauffer (COL ’16, Belcamp, MD) to Malaysia
The individuals listed above will be magnificent additions to the ranks of Penn “Fulbrighters,” who now number over 250 since CURF’s founding in 2001. Potential future Fulbrighters (undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni) are encouraged to call CURF at 215-746-6488 to schedule an appointment with Penn’s Fulbright Advisor, Lauren Orr (lorr@upenn.edu), and to take advantage of the support CURF offers to all Penn applicants to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
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