BSOS Students, Alumna Awarded Fulbright Grants

The College of Behavioral & Social Sciences (BSOS) congratulates its five students and one alumna who were awarded 2013 Fulbright grants to study, conduct research and teach English abroad during the 2013-2014 academic year. The University of Maryland boasts a total of 12 students and three recent graduates who were awarded Fulbright grants, with more honorees hailing from BSOS than any other college or school.

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides more than 1,900 awards annually for students and young professionals to pursue international study, research, and teaching experience.

Amy Austin—Germany

Amy Austin graduated with a B.A. in government and politics in 2010. She will serve as an English teaching assistant in Berlin. Austin recently completed service as a Teach for America corps member teaching fourth grade at the Wounded Knee District School on an Oglala Lakota Native American Reservation in South Dakota. After completing her Fulbright year, Austin plans to pursue a master’s degree in public policy or education and then work at an organization that aims to eliminate educational inequalities.

Ashley Enrici—Indonesia

Ashley Enrici, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Geographical Sciences, will research the recent extension of the UN’s Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) program. REDD+ moves beyond REDD’s focus on emissions reduction to include environmental and socioeconomic benefits. Enrici will examine implementation challenges faced by two REDD+ program forest communities. Enrici received Fulbright’s Critical Language Enhancement Award to study in Bahasa, Indonesia.

Amina Goheer—Turkey

Amina Goheer, a 2012 BSOS and ARHU graduate, was awarded an English teaching assistantship in Turkey. As an undergraduate student, Goheer studied abroad in Alexandria, Egypt, and held internships at Search for Common Ground, an NGO that encourages collaborative solutions to conflict, and the Embassy of Pakistan. Following her Fulbright year, she plans to pursue a master’s degree in international development or in global public health.

Mary Kate Schneider—Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mary Kate Schneider is a doctoral student BSOS’s Department of Government & Politics. Through her Fulbright grant, she will research the effects of divided education in Bosnia and Herzegovina by exploring how education policies affect interethnic perceptions and attitudes. She plans to survey and conduct focus groups with students from 10 cities and villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina, assessing interethnic attitudes that emerge among students.

Yu-Chi Wang—Taiwan

Yu-Chi Wang is a May 2013 graduate from BSOS and CMNS and has been awarded a Fulbright grant to teach English in Taiwan.  After her Fulbright year, Wang plans to pursue a master’s degree in industrial/organizational psychology and to use her Chinese-language skills to work internationally.

Kimberly Wilson—Taiwan

Kimberly Wilson, a doctoral student in BSOS, will examine Taiwan’s maritime and territorial claims in the South China Sea. She will be based in Taipei, utilizing the region’s academic and policy making sources and collecting data through interviews and documentary analysis. Wilson’s project will build on her current dissertation research in China, which is funded by a 2012-13 Boren Fellowship.

Published on Tue, Oct 15, 2013 - 11:59AM