“[Fulbright] has been an amazing and eye-opening experience to learn firsthand the challenges faced by faculty worldwide and how their cultures both enhance and challenge their academic work.”
Fulbright Specialist Christopher Rhoades from Liberty University finds “Whether it’s in Kandahar or Kansas, whether it’s in Bogota, Boston, or Baghdad, human behavior is human behavior, and people are the same everywhere.”
“It's important for us to go, if there’s interest in our art form, to share it so they can do it there at their own university. It’s like having a native speaker come teach a language — it brings a different flavor.”
“Fulbright allowed me to understand that I was making the right decision to engage with this amazing Deaf community and bring some of my Deaf and hearing professor friends along for the ride.”
“[Fulbright] has been an amazing and eye-opening experience to learn firsthand the challenges faced by faculty worldwide and how their cultures both enhance and challenge their academic work.”
“There is no typical day as a Fulbrighter... you need to approach it not just as “What I can do?” but “What can I do with others?” and view your engagement with this guiding philosophy.”
“The more I share my skills and experience around the world, the more I am able to reflect on the wide variety of challenges faced, which further strengthens my own research and teaching endeavors.”
“What I learned as a Fulbright Specialist, I was able to bring back to my current job in the U.S. and help my students in Seattle get real-world entrepreneurial experience.”
"The work in South Africa is bringing home — quite literally — to my students, colleagues, and projects a sense of connection and immediacy with our local community and local needs."
