Three College of Arts and Sciences faculty members have been selected as recipients of prestigious Fulbright fellowships and another faculty member has been chosen as a U.S. Fulbright Specialist.

The Council for International Exchange of Scholars, which administers the program for the U.S. Department of State, selects recipients. Fulbright Scholar Programs offer U.S. faculty, administrators and professionals grants to lecture, do research or participate in seminars. Approximately 1,100 American scholars and professionals go to approximately 125 countries every year.

The Fulbright Specialist Program is a short-term complement to the Fulbright Scholar Program and sends U.S. faculty and professionals to serve as expert consultants on curriculum, faculty development, institutional planning and related subjects at overseas academic institutions for a period of two to six weeks.

2011-2012 Arts and Sciences U.S. Fulbright Scholars:

• Carole Fink, faculty emeritus, Department of History, for "The Future Versus the Past: West Germany and Israel, 1966-1974" at the University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel, March 2012-July 2012.
• Darla Munroe, associate professor, Department of Geography, for "Comparative Forest Transitions in Rural Peripheries" at Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany, September 2011-February 2012.
• Barry Shank, professor, Department of Comparative Studies, "Transnational Music in American Studies" at the University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, April 2012-July 2012.

2011-2012 Arts and Sciences U.S. Fulbright Specialist:

• Elizabeth Hewitt, associate professor, Department of English, for "American Literature in the Age of Hamilton and Jefferson," at Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany, June 2011- August 2011.