American Fulbright Grantees
in Hungary
Academic Year 2009/2010
Hungarian-American Fulbright Commission for Educational Exchange
H-1082 Budapest, Baross u. 62.
Tel: (36-1) 462-8040 Fax: (36-1) 252-0266
E-mail: bruckner@fulbright.hu
Internet: http://www.fulbright.hu
FULBRIGHT GRANTEES IN HUNGARY, AY 2009/2010
I. Lecturers
Dr. Joan M. Borst Social Sciences
Dr. Scott H. Huffmon Political Science
Dr. Richard O. Kellems Agriculture
Dr. Sue G. Lurie Anthropology
Dr. Harry Perlstadt Sociology
Mr. Bruce H. Rogers Creative Writing
Dr. Thaddeus W.Usowicz Business Administration
Dr. Louise O. Vasvari Language and Literature
Dr. Luther Waters, Jr. Agriculture
Dr. Lorene A. Wedeking Public/Global Health
II. Researchers
Dr. Thomas S. Burns History
Dr. Lynn M. Hooker Music
Dr. Janos Szanyi Chemistry
III. Students
Ms. Allison P. Beresford Literature
Ms. Adee Braun Art/Architectural History
Ms. Ameerah N. Chowdhury Mathematics
Ms. Barbara E. Coons Public/Global Health
Mr. Brett S. Frankel Mathematics
Mr. Christopher P. Maroshegyi Economic Development
Ms. Leslie M. Waters Modern History
Teaching Assistants
Mr. Benjamin C. Brooks TEFL
Ms. Kristina E. Poznan TEFL
IV. Classroom Teacher Exchange Program
Mr. John M. Dater English
Mr. Mark F. Deebold English
Ms. Joyce I. Mannel English
I. Lecturers
Fall semester
Dr. Joan M. Borst
Dr. Scott H. Huffmon
Dr. Sue G. Lurie
Dr. Louise O. Vasvari
Dr. Luther Waters, Jr.
Spring semester
Dr. Richard O. Kellems
Dr. Harry Perlstadt
Mr. Bruce H. Rogers
Dr. Thaddeus W. Usowicz
Dr. Lorene A. Wedeking
Dr. Joan M. Borst
Associate Professor
School of Social Work
Grand Valley State University
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Date of Birth: 11/27/55
Grant Category: Researcher/Lecturer
Discipline: Social Work
Specialization: Chronic Illness; Health Care; Dying and Death; AIDS; Grief and Loss; International Learning
Affiliation in Hungary: University of Pécs
Department of Social Work and Social Policy, Faculty of Humanities, University of Pecs
7624 Rokus Street 2, Pecs Hungary
Duration of Stay: September 2009- January 2010
Academic Background: Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2005
M.S.W., Grand Valley State University, 1990
B.A., Calvin College, 1978
Professional Background: Associate Professor, Grand Valley State University,
2009
Assistant Professor, Grand Valley State University,
2002-2008
Selected Publications:
Borst, J. (2010). Social work and health care: Policy, practice, and professionalism. Boston:
Allyn & Bacon.
Borst, J. (2005). Annie. Casebook: Medical Social Work. In J. L. Johnson & G. Grant (Eds.),
Casebook Series, Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Borst, J. (2005). Bob and Phil. Casebook: Medical Social Work. In J. L. Johnson & G. Grant
(Eds.), Casebook Series, Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Dr. Scott H. Huffmon
Associate Professor of Political Science; Director, Social & Behavioral Research Lab
Winthrop University
Dept. of Political Science, Winthrop University, Rock Hill SC 29732 USA
Date of Birth: 05/13/1969
Grant Category: Lecturer
Discipline: Political Science
Specialization: American Public Opinion; American Campaigns and Elections; American Political Parties; Politics of the American South; American State and Local Government
Affiliation in Hungary: University of Debrecen
North American Department,
Institute of English and American Studies;
Department of Political Science,
Institute of Political Science and Sociology
H-4032 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1. Hungary
Duration of Stay: August 2009- January 2010
Academic Background: Ph.D., University of Mississippi, 2001
B.S., James Madison University, 1991
Professional Background:
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Winthrop University, 08/2006 - Present
Director, Social & Behavioral Research Laboratory, 2002 – present
Director of the Winthrop/ETV Poll
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Winthrop University, 08/2001 – 08/2006
Selected Publications:
“Community Context, Personal Contact, and Support for an Anti-Gay Rights Referendum.” with Jay Barth and L. Marvin Overby. 2009 Political Research Quarterly vol. 62 no. pp 355-365.
“The Student-Athlete Model and the Socialization of Intercollegiate Athletes.” with Jonathan Marx and Andy Doyle. 2008 Athletic Insight, March Vol. 10 Issue 1.
“A Case Study of Public Attitudes Toward Taxation in Anderson County, South Carolina.” with Adam Smith and Jeremy Winkler 2006. Public Policy & Practice. vol. 5. no. 1.
“Revisiting the Role of Information Format in Candidate Evaluation: An ‘Update’ Model of Evaluation.” 2003. Journal of Political Science. vol. 31. pp 35-69.
“Public Attitudes Toward Planning and Development in Rock Hill.” with B.J. Thomas 2003. Public Policy & Practice. vol. 2 no 4 pp. 23-32.
Dr. Sue Gena Lurie
Assistant Professor
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences School of Public Health
University of North Texas Health Science Center
3500 Camp Bowie Boulevard Fort Worth, Texas 76107 USA
Date of Birth: 10/21/41
Grant Category: Lecturer
Discipline: Anthropology
Specialization: Social and Behavioral Health, Medical Anthropology, Comparative Health Systems, Healthcare Ethics,
Mental Health Policy, Qualitative Research Methods
Affiliation in Hungary: Semmelweis University
Institute of Behavioral Science
H-1089 Buadpest
Nagyvarad ter 4
Duration of Stay: September 2009- January 2010
Academic Background: NIMH Post-Doctoral Fellow, Northwestern University Program in Ethnography and Public Policy, l984-1985
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 1983
M.A., University of North Carolina, 1965
B.A., University of South Carolina, 1963
Professional Background: Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 2004-2009
Assistant Professor/Medical Humanities Director,
Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 1987-2004
Visiting Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, 1984-1985
Foreign Languages: (Spanish)
Selected Publications: Reinventing Mental Health Care: Public-Private Systems. S. Lurie. In Economics of Health and Wellness: Anthropological Perspectives. Wood, ed. San Diego, Calif.: Elsevier. 2008.
Health-Seeking Behavior in Ethnic Populations. Gibbs,
S. Lurie, eds. Lewiston,N.Y.:Edwin Mellen Press. 2007.
Ethical Choices in Public Health Policy and Practice.
S. Lurie. The Applied Anthropologist 26:1, 37-45. 2006.
Dr. Louise O. Vasvari
Professor Emerita & Adjunct Professor
Comparative Literature & Linguistics
Stony Brook U + New York University
Stony Brook NY + New York City
Date of Birth: 05/13/1943
Grant Category: Senior Lecturer
Discipline: Cultural Studies & American Studies
Specialization: Gender Studies, Language and Gender, Holocaust Studies, Medieval and Renaissance Literature, & Folklore, Romance languages
Affiliation in Hungary: Eötvös Loránd University
H-1088 Budapest, Rákóczi út 5
University of Szeged
H-6722 Szeged, Egyetem u. 2
Duration of Stay: September 2009- January 2010
Academic Background: Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley 1969
M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1966
B.A., Montclair State University, 1963
Professional Background: Professor, Stony Brook University, 1984-2005
Adjunct Professor, New York University, 2000-present
Associate Professor, Stony Brook University, 1977-1983
Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University, 1973-1977
Foreign Languages: Hungarian, Spanish, French, German, Italian
Selected Publications: [selected & since 2004 only]
[with Steven Totosy]. CLCWeb 11 (2009) Thematic Issue: New Work in Holocaust Studies http://docs.ib.purdue.edu/clcweb/vol11/iss1
[with Steven Totosy]. Comparative Central European Holocaust Studies. West Lafayette IND: Purdue UP, 2009.
[with Steven Totosy]. Imre Kertész and Holocaust Literature. Books in Comparative Cultural Studies. West Lafayette IND: Purdue UP, 2005 .
[with Louise Haywood]. A Companion to the “Libro de Buen Amor.”London: Tamesis, 2004.
“A töredékes (kulturális) test irása Polcz Alaine Asszony a fronton cimü müveben.” In Erzsébet Barát & Klára Sándor, eds.2009 [in press].
“’A megcsalt férj,’ or Cunningly Lingual Wives in Hungarian Ballad Tradition.” Folklorika
[forthcoming]
“Lefordított traumák, lefordított életek: holokauszt-túlelö magyar nök az emigrációban.” Mult és Jövö (Budapest), 2009.1.
Dr. Luther Waters, Jr.
Professor and Coordinator of International Education
Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture
Auburn University,101 Funchess Hall
Auburn University, Alabama 36849
Date of Birth: March 29, 1942
Grant Category: Lecturer
Discipline: Horticulture
Specialization: Crop Physiology; seed science; post-harvest technology.
Affiliation in Hungary: Szent Istvan University, Samuel Tessedik College
Faculty of Water and Environmental Management
H-5540 Szarvas, Szabadsag ut 2
Duration of Stay: August 2009-December 2009
Academic Background: Ph.D., Oregon State University, 1979
A. A., Hillsborough Community College, 1974
M. S., Clemson University, 1966
B. S., Clemson University, 1964
Professional Background: Professor, Auburn University, 2001-2009
Dean and Director, Agriculture, Auburn University, 1999-2001
Chair and Professor, The Ohio State University, 1990-1999
Professor, Horticulture, University of Minnesota, 1989-1990
Associate Professor, University of Minnesota, 1982-1989
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, 1978-1982
Agriculture Research Manager, Del Monte Corp., 1970-1975
Horticulturist, Del Monte Corp., 1968-1970
Active Army Duty, 1966-68
Farmer in South Carolina, 1956-60
Languages: Limited Spanish
Selected Publications:
McElhannon, L. M., L. Waters, Jr., J. R. Kessler, C. Robinson. 2008. Temperature effects of
seed Germination of Lenton Rose (Helleborus orientalis Lam.). International Plant
Propagators Society Vol. 58:25-29.
Baxter, L. and L. Waters, Jr. 1991. Quality changes in asparagus spears stored in a
flow-through CA system or in consumer packages. HortScience 26(4):399-402.
Bennett, M.A. and L. Waters, Jr. 1988. Kernel maturity, seed size, and seed hydration effects
on the seed quality of a sweet corn inbred. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 113(3):348-353.
Waters, L.,Jr.,Breen, P.J. Mack, H.J. and P.H.Graham. 1980. Translocation of 14C
photosynthate, carbohydrate content and nitrogen fixation in Phaseolus vulgaris L. J. Amer.
Soc. Hort. Sci. 105(3):424-427.
Dr. Richard Owen Kellems
Professor, Emeritus
Department Plant and Wildlife Sciences
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602
Date of Birth: 01/30/46
Grant Category: Lecturer
Discipline: Animal Science – Animal Nutrition and Management
Specialization: Dairy Feeding and Management, International Animal Production, Animal Nutrition, Livestock Feeds and Feeding, Ruminant Nutrition
Affiliation in Hungary: University of Kaposvar
Animal Science Faculty
Kaposvar, Hungary
Duration of Stay: February 2010 – June 2010
Academic Background: Ph.D., Oregon State University, Animal Science
- Ruminant Nutrition, 1976 M.S., Oregon State University, Food Science
– Animal Nutrition, 1975
B.S., Brigham Young Univ., Animal Science
- Dairy Processing, 1969
Professional Background:
1998 – 2009 Professor, Teaching/Research, Plant and Animal Sciences Dept., Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT.
1986-98 Associate Professor, Teaching/Research, Animal Science Dept., Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT.
1985-86 Nutritionist, 85% Dairy Nutrition 15% Nutrition of Other Species, MoorMan Mfg. Co., Stockton, CA.
1980-85 Assistant Professor, Teaching/Research, Animal Science Dept., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR
1978-80 Research Associate, Regional Single Cell Protein Research Project Animal Science Dept., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR.
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Research Associate, FDA Validation Project, Pathology Dept., Medical School, Univ. of California at Davis, Davis, CA.
1975-77 Postdoctorate Research Associate, Regional Forage Research Project, Animal Science Dept., Univ. of Hawaii-Manoa, Honolulu, HI.
Selected Publications:
Kellems, R.O. and D.C. Church. July 2009 Livestock Feeds and Feeding, 6th Ed. Prentice Hall, Simon & Schuster, New Jersey
Kellems, R.O and D.C. Church, 2006.Livestock Feeds and Feeding –Chinese Translation Published by China Agricultural University Press, Edition 5th
Kellems, R.O., 2008. Overview of Dairying in the World and Factors Influencing Dairy Cattle Feeding, Chinese Journal of Dairy Science, Oct.
S. Gy. Fekete and Richard Kellems. 2007. Interrelationship of feeding with immunity and parasitic infections: A Review. Jounral Veterinarni Medicina, 2007.
Dr. Harry Perlstadt
Professor
Department of Sociology
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1111 USA
Date of Birth: 08/23/1942
Grant Category: Visiting Lecturer
Discipline: Medical Sociology/ Public Health
Specialization: Health Care Organization, Delivery, Politics;
Evaluation Research; Applied Sociology.
Affiliation in Hungary: Semmelweis University, College of Health Care
Department of Public Health
H-1088 BUDAPEST, Vas u. 17.
Duration of Stay: February 2010– June 2010
Academic Background: Ph.D., (Sociology) University of Chicago, 1973
M.P.H., (Health Planning) University of Michigan, 1979
B.A., (Political Science) University of Michigan, 1963
Professional Background: Asst to Full Professor, Michigan State University, 1968--
Director, Program in Bioethics, Humanities and Society, Michigan State University, 2003-2007.
Interim Exec Dir. Michigan Public Health Institute 1993
Selected Publications:
Comparing Lead Poisoning Risk Assessment Methods: Census Block Group Characteristics vs. ZIP Codes as Predictors with S Kaplowitz and L Post. Public Health Reports forthcoming
A Framework for Decision Making on Funding State Retiree Health Care Benefits Center for State and Local Government Excellence with AM Schneider and RK Kelly, June, 2008.
"The Environment and Health and Process in Europe" with ID. Ivanov, in Health and the Environment in the WHO European Region: Situation and Policy. p 157-176. Copenhagen, DK. WHO Regional Publications, 2005
"An Overview of Citizen Participation in Health Planning: Lessons Learned from the Literature," with C Jackson-Elmoore, PP. Freddolino and C Reed. National Civic Review 1998 87:4 (Winter) 347-367
"The Development of the Hill-Burton Legislation: Interests, Issues and Compromises," Journal of Health & Social Policy, 1995, 6(3): 77-96.
Mr. Bruce Holland Rogers
Permanent Fiction Faculty
Whidbey Writers Workshop
Northwest Institute of Literary Arts
Freeland, Washington, U.S.A.
Date of Birth: 06/11/1958
Grant Category: Lecturer
Discipline: Creative Writing
Specialization: Fiction, Abbreviated Prose Forms
Affiliation in Hungary: Eötvös Loránd University
Department of American Studies
Duration of Stay: January 2010 – June 2010
Academic Background: M.A., University of Colorado, 1987
B.A., Colorado State University, 1982
Professional Background: Freelance Fiction Writer, 1988 - present
Visiting Lecturer, University of Illinois, 1992
Instructor, University of Colorado, 1987-1991
Foreign Languages: Spanish
Selected Publications:
The Keyhole Opera: Wheatland Press, 2005
Thirteen Ways to Water: Wheatland Press/Panisphere Books, 2004
Word Work: Surviving and Thriving as a Writer: Invisible Cities Press, 2002
Wind Over Heaven: Wildside Press, 2000
Dr. Thaddeus W. Usowicz
Associate Professor
Department of Information System, College of Businesss
San Francisco University
1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132
Date of Birth: 10/02/43
Grant Category: Senior Fulbright Lecturership
Discipline: Information Systems and Data Analyses
Specialization: Systems Analysis and Design; Object-Oriented Design; IT Project Management; Medical and Biological Informatics; Management Sciences.
Affiliation in Hungary: Veszprém. University of Pannonia
Department of Management, Faculty of Economics Institute of Political Science and Sociology
H-8200 Veszprém. Egyetem u. 10.
Duration of Stay: January 2010- June 2010
Academic Background: Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco, 1991
M.S. Management, Mass. Institute of Technology, 1968
M.S.C.E., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1968
S.B.M.E., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1965
Professional Background: Assoc. Professor, San Francisco State University, 1983
Capital Improvements Program Engineer (included internal management consulting, patronage forecasting), Bay Area Rapid Transit District, 1975-1980.
Transportation Syst. Analyst, INTERPLAN Corp., 1973-1974
Member, Economics Dept., General Research Corp., 1971-1972, 1968-69
Captain, U.S. Army Ordnance Corps, 1969-1971.
Foreign Languages: Polish
Selected Publications: “The Challenges and Directions of MIS Curriculum Development in Respect of Transformation of Business Requirements”. (with Wrycza, S., and others). Proceedings of ITiCSE ’99, 4th Annual SIGCSE/SIGCUE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Cracow, Poland, 1999.
"Current Trends in Object-Oriented Analysis and Design Methodologies in the U.S." Proceedings of Business Information Systems '97 (BIS'97), Poznan, Poland, 1997.
“Trip Distance and Fare Paying Characteristics of BART Patrons in May 1978”. (with W. Belding). 60th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, 1981. Published in the Transportation Research Record Series.
Integration of Transit Systems. Volume 2: Integrated European Transit Systems. (with R. Krzyczkowski, Dr. Vukan R. Vuchic, and others). Report 7123 R, INTERPLAN Corp., Santa Barbara, CA, May 1973.
Dr. Lorene A. Wedeking
Professor
Department of Nursing
Metropolitan State University
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55106
Date of Birth: 10/22 /1944
Grant Category: Lecturer
Discipline: Global/Public Health
Specialization: Public Health Nursing, Health Policy, Nursing Informatics
Affiliation in Hungary: University of Pécs
Faculty of Health Sciences
H-7621 Pé.cs
Duration of Stay: February- June, 2010
Academic Background: Ph.D., Capella University, 2001
M.S., University of Minnesota, 1972
BSN, University of Iowa, 1970
Professional Background: Professor, Metropolitan State University, 2005
Associate Professor, Metropolitan State University, 2002-2005
Consultant and Director positions, Minnesota Department of Health, 1975-2001
Assistant Professor, Winona State University, 1972-1975
Foreign Languages:
Selected Publications and Presentations:
Josten, L, Wedeking, L, Block, D.E., Savik, K, & Vincent, P. (1997). Linking High-Risk, Low-Income Pregnant Women to Public Health Services. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 3(2), 27-36.
Decker, F A., Vancini, M, Wedeking, L. A. & Stevens, L. (1979). Using Patient Outcomes to Evaluate Community Health Nursing. Nursing Outlook, 27 (April), 278-282.
Using Assessment to Improve Student Learning. Presented at the 2007 Spring Faculty Conference, Metropolitan State University, Saint Paul, MN.
The Wheel: A Language for Public Health Nursing Practice Spreading Across the World. Presented at the Hawai’i Department of Health, May 18, 2005; Hilo, Hawaii; sent by videoconference to Kona side of the Big Island and to offices in Maui and Kaui’i.
II. Researchers
Fall semester
Dr. Janos Szanyi
Spring semester
Dr. Thomas S. Burns
Dr. Lynn M. Hooker
Dr. Janos Szanyi
Staff Scientist
Chemical and Materials Sciences Division
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
902 Battelle Blvd., Richland WA 99352
Date of Birth: 01/18/58
Grant Category: Researcher
Discipline: Chemistry
Specialization: Surface Science/Catalysis
Affiliation in Hungary: Chemical Research Center
Institute of Nanotechnology and Catalysis
H-1025 Budapest, Pusztaszeri ut 59-67..
Duration of Stay: August 2009-December 2009
Academic Background: Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1993
Dr. of Univ., University of Szeged, 1996
B.A., University of Szeged, 1982
Professional Background: Staff Scientist, PNNL, 2007
Senior Scientist, PNNL, 2001
Senior Research Scientist, PPG Ind., Pittsburgh, 1996
Research Associate, Los Alamos Nat.Lab., 1993
Foreign Languages: Hungarian
Selected Publications:
“Understanding the nature of surface nitrates in BaO/γ -Al2O3 NOx storage materials: A combined experimental and theoretical study”, Journal of Catalysis, 2009, 261, 17.
“BaO/Al2O3/NiAl(110) Model NOx Storage Materials: The Effect of BaO Film Thickness on
the Amorphous-to-Crystalline Ba(NO3)2 Phase Transition”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2009, 113, 716.
“Reaction of NO2 with a Pure, Thick BaO Film: The Effect of Temperature on the Nature of
NOx Species Formed”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2009, 113, 2134.
“Oxygen Coverage Dependence of NO Oxidation on Pt(111)”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2009, 113, 5766.
“Role of Pentacoordinated Al3+ Ions in the High Temperature Phase Transformation of
γ-Al2O3”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2008, 112, 9486.
Dr. Thomas S. Burns
S. C. Dobbs Professor of History
Department of History
Emory University
Date of Birth: 07/ 06/ 45
Grant Category: Researcher
Discipline: History
Specialization: Ancient History and Archaeology
Affiliation in Hungary: University of Pécs
Department of Ancient History and Archeology
H-7624 Pécs
Rókus u. 2.
Duration of Stay: January – June 2010
Academic Background: Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1974
M.A., University of Michigan, 1968
B.A., Wabash College, 1967
Professional Background: Professor, Emory University, 1985 -
Assoc. Professor, Emory University, 1980 - 1985 Assist. Professor, Emory University, 1974 - 1980
Foreign Languages: Latin, ancient Greek, French, German, Spanish
Selected Publications:
Die römische Siedlung bei Babarc, Komitat Baranya/Ungarn / The Roman Settlement
near Babarc, Komitat Baranya, Hungary, with Helmut Bender (U. Passau, Germany) and Z. Visy and F. Fazekas (U. Pécs, Hungary), Passauer Universitätsschriften zur Archäologie, Band 12, Verlag Marie Leidorf GmbH (Passau, 2007).
Rome and the Barbarians, 100 BC to AD 400 (Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University
Press, 2003).
Barbarians within the Gates of Rome: A Study of Roman Military Policy and the Barbarians, ca.375-425 AD (Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1994).
A History of the Ostrogoths, (Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1984).
The Ostrogoths; Kingship and Society, Historia, Einzelschriften, No. 36, Wiesbaden, 1980.
Dr. Lynn M. Hooker
Assistant Professor of Central Eurasian Studies
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Musicology and Ethnomusicology
Indiana University
Goodbody Hall 157
1011 East Third Street, Bloomington, Indiana 47405
lhooker@indiana.edu
Date of Birth: 11/10/1968
Grant Category: Researcher
Discipline: Musicology/Ethnomusicology
Specialization: music and modernism; Béla Bartók and Ferenc (Franz) Liszt; Eastern European minority issues, particularly Roma (Gypsies) and the minorities of Transylvania; gender in music and dance; national, transnational, and global identities, as seen though music
Affiliation in Hungary: Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Institute of Ethnology
1014 Budapest, Országház u. 30.
Duration of Stay: January - May 2010
Academic Background: Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2001
M.A., University of Chicago, 1994
A.B., Duke University, 1990
Professional Background: Assistant Professor, Indiana University, 2003-present
Assistant Professor, University of Richmond, 2001-2003
Foreign Languages: Hungarian, German, French
Selected Publications:
“Festivalization, the Carnivalesque, and the Creation and Maintenance of Community in North American Hungarian Folk Music and Dance Camps,” Hungarian Studies 22, no. 1-2 (2008), 89-101.
“Controlling the Liminal Power of Performance: Hungarian Scholars and Romani Musicians in the Hungarian Folk Revival,” Twentieth-Century Music 3, no. 1 (March 2006), 51-72.
“Modernism on the Periphery: Béla Bartók and the New Hungarian Music Society of 1911-1912,” Musical Quarterly 88, no. 2 (Summer 2005), 274-319.
“Gypsiness and Gender in the Hungarian Folkdance Revival,” Anthropology of East Europe Review 23, no. 2 (Autumn 2005), 52-62.
“Transylvania and the Politics of the Musical Imagination,” European Meetings in Ethnomusicology 9 (2002), 45-76.
“The political and cultural climate of turn-of-the-century Hungary,” The Cambridge Companion to Bartók, ed. Amanda Bayley. Cambridge University Press, 2001, 7-23.
Redefining Hungarian Music from Liszt to Bartók, book manuscript under review.
III. Students
Ms. Allison P. Beresford
Ms. Adee Braun
Ms. Ameerah N. Chowdhury
Ms. Barbara E. Coons
Mr. Brett S. Frankel
Mr. Christopher P. Maroshegyi
Ms. Leslie M. Waters
Teaching Assistants
Mr. Benjamin C. Brooks
Ms. Kristina E. Poznan
Ms. Allison P. Beresford
Student
English and Comparative Literary Studies
Occidental College
1600 Campus Road Los Angeles, CA 90041
Date of Birth: 12/12/1986
Grant Category: Student Full Grant
Discipline: Language and Literature
Project Title: From Reform to Revolution: Changes in the Hungarian Literary Language
Affiliation in Hungary: ELTE Eötvös József Collegium
H-1118 Budapest
Ménesi Út 11-13
Duration of Stay: September 2009- May 2010
Academic Background: B.A., Occidental College, 5/2009
Professional Background:
6/2007 – 5/2009: Slide Registry Assistant, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
6/2007 – 8/2007: Community Arts Intern, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
9/2005 – 9/2007: Office Assistant, Occidental College Office of Alumni Relations
Foreign Languages: Spanish, Hungarian, Russian
Honors, Publications, Presentations (selection):
Theodore and Ellen Stearns Scholarship, Occidental (2007-2009);
Presenter, paper titled “Voices of Subversion: Hungarian Literature under Communism.” at the Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research (Nov. 2008);
Presenter, paper titled “Dreaming in Hungarian.” at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research in La Crosse, WI (2009);
Member of Phi Beta Kappa (2009);
Magna Cum Laude Graduate: Occidental College (May 2009)
Ms. Adee Braun
Student
Columbia University
New York, NY 10027
Date of Birth: July 1, 1982
Grant Category: Student Full Grant
Discipline: Art History
Specialization: National Exhibitions; National Myths, Symbols and Monuments; National Identity and Identity Construction; Nineteenth Century Hungarian Nationalism
Affiliation in Hungary: Academy of Sciences
Research Institute for Art History
H-1014 Budapest, Úri utca 49
Duration of Stay: September 2009- May 2010
Academic Background: M.A., Columbia University, 2009
B.A., State University of New York, Geneseo, 2004
Professional Background: Assistant Acquisitions Editor, Teachers College Press: 2004-2009
Foreign Languages: French, Hebrew (spoken)
Ms. Ameerah N. Chowdhury
Student
Mathematics
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA, 92093-0112
Date of Birth: 03/03/82
Grant Category: Student Full Grant
Discipline: Mathematics
Project Title: Intersection Theorems in Vector Spaces
Affiliation in Hungary: Afréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics,
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Reáltanoda utca 13-15, H-1053, Budapest, Hungary
Duration of Stay: January 2010 – September 2010
Academic Background: Ph.D., UC San Diego, 2012 (expected)
MMath., University of Waterloo, 2005
B.S., California Institute of Technology, 2004
Professional Background: NSF-CESRI Fellow, 5/2008 - 7/2008
Research Assistant, UC San Diego, 2008 - 2009
Course Assistant, UC San Diego, 2006 – 2009
Math Instructor, Upward Bound, 6/2006 - 8/2006
Course Assistant, University of Waterloo, 2004 – 2005
GRE Instructor, Kaplan Inc., 2003 – 2005
Math Tutor, Caltech, 2000 - 2004
Foreign Languages: Spanish, Hungarian
Selected Publications:
A. Chowdhury, C. Godsil, and G. Royle, ``Colouring Lines in Projective Space,"
Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A, 113/1, (2006), 39-52.
A. Chowdhury and B. Patkos, “Shadows and Intersections in Vector Spaces,” submitted.
Ms. Barbara E. Coons
Student
Department of Biology; Department of History
University of Pennsylvania
College Hall 208
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Date of Birth: 11/11/86
Grant Category: Student
Discipline: Public Health and Epidemiology
Project Title: “The Implications of Privatization of the Hungarian Medical System on Ethnic Minorities”
Affiliation in Hungary: University of Debrecen
Faculty of Public Health
H4028 Debrecen, Kassai út 26
Duration of Stay: September 2009- May 2010
Academic Background: B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 2009
Professional Background: English Teacher, Kabay János Általános Iskola, 2004 -
2005
Research Assistant, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Surgical Research, 2007 - 2009
Foreign Languages: Hungarian; French
Selected Honors, Publications, Presentations:
Penn Program on Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism Undergraduate Fellow,
Project titled: “The Potential for Violence in 1990s Eastern Europe: Why Did
Transylvania Simmer While Kosovo Boiled?” (2008 – 2009)
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine,
University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 2008
Poster Presentation, “In Utero Delivery Enhances Transduction Efficiency, Distribution and
Muscle Tropism of Systemically Delivered rAAV1, 6, 8, and 9,” American Society of
Gene Therapy Conference (Boston, Massachusetts: May 2008)
University Scholar, University of Pennsylvania (December 2007)
Presentation, “Magyar Hegemony and the Suppression of Romanians in Transylvania,”
Midwest Slavic Conference (Columbus, Ohio: April 2007)
Mr. Brett S. Frankel
The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD 21218
Date of Birth: 12/15/86
Grant Category: Student Full Grant
Discipline: Mathematics
Specialization: Experiencing Hungarian Mathematics Education From Both Sides of the Classroom
Affiliation in Hungary: Eötvös Loránd University, Institute of Mathematics
1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C..
Duration of Stay: August 2009- June 2010
Academic Background: B.A. and M.A., The Johns Hopkins University, 5/2009
Budapest Semesters in Mathematics, Spring 2008
IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute, Undergraduate
Summer School, Summer 2009
Professional Background: Teaching Assistant, Johns Hopkins University Mathematics:
Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Spring 2009
NSF-funded research programs:
East Tennessee State University, Summer 2007
Mount Holyoke College, Summer 2008
University of Utah, Summer 2009
Honors, Publications, Presentations (selection):
J. J. Sylvester Award, awarded to up to two graduating Johns Hopkins undergraduates for outstanding acheivement in mathematics.
Richard A. Macksey Award, presented to the graduating senior member of Phi Beta Kappa whose academic career best emulates the wide-ranging intellectual interests of Professor Macksey.
Mr. Christopher P. Maroshegyi
Student
Boston College
140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Date of Birth: 12/01/87
Grant Category: Researcher
Discipline: Economic Development
Specialization: Economic and Political Development; Foreign Aid; Migration
Affiliation in Hungary: Hajdu Laszlo
Mayor of Budapest, 15th district
Member of Parliament
1153 Budapest XV, Bocskai u 1-3, 1601 pf. 46
Duration of Stay: September 2009- May 2010
Academic Background: B.A., Boston College 2009
Professional Background:
Project Consultant, UNESCO Iraq – 2009 – Present
Founder, Editor-In-Chief of Al-Noor – Sept. 2006 – May 2009
Globalization and Development Specialist, Columbia University – Summer 2008
Economic/IT Development Researcher, American University in Cairo – Spring 2009
Congressional Intern – Summer 2007
Undergraduate Research Fellow, Sept. 2006 – May 2007
Foreign Languages: Hungarian, Arabic
Honors, Publications, Activities:
“The Role of International Migrant Remittances in Poverty Reduction,” Elements, Boston College, Forthcoming
Bachelor’s Thesis with Honors, Exporting Citizens: The Power Politics and Economics Behind Emigration Policy in Morocco, 2009.
Advanced Study Grant Recipient for field research in Budapest, Hungary
Boston College Undergraduate Research Fellow
Ms. Leslie M. Waters
PhD Candidate
Department of History
University of California Los Angeles
6265 Bunche Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Date of Birth: 24/12/1981
Grant Category: Student Full Grant
Discipline: History
Specialization: Modern History of East-Central Europe; Nationalism; Right-wing Politics.
Affiliation in Hungary: Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Institute of History
1014 Budapest
Úri u. 53
Duration of Stay: September 2009-June 2010
Academic Background:
M.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 2008
B.A., University of San Francisco, 2003
Professional Background:
Teaching Assistant, UCLA, 2007-2009
Research Assistant, J. Paul Getty Research Institute, 2007-2008
Lecturer, J.M. Hurbana Gymnazium, Cadca, Slovakia, 2005
Foreign Languages:
Hungarian
Honors, Publications, Presentations:
Graduate Summer Research Mentorship, UCLA, 2008
Awardee, Summer Institute for Conducting Archival Research, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in conjunction with George Washington University, 2008
Slavic Studies Language Award, UCLA, 2007
History Department Summer Research Grant, UCLA, 2007
David Herlihy Prize for Excellence in History, University of San Francisco, 2003
Finalist, Dean’s Medal and Valedictorian, University of San Francisco, 2003
Mr. Benjamin Chaffin Brooks
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Educational Studies
University of Cincinnati
Date of Birth: 09/10/1979
Grant Category: English Teaching Assistantship
Discipline: Education
Specialization: Social, Cultural, Historical Foundations of Education; Oral History; Philosophy and Policy in Education
Affiliation in Hungary: Eszterhazy Karoly College
Department of American Studies
American Corners-Eger
Duration of Stay: September 2009- May 2010
Academic Background: ABD, University of Cincinnati, 2009
M.Ed., University of Cincinnati, 2005
B.S., James Madison University, 2001
Professional Background:
2009, Graduate Teaching Assistant/Professor, Introduction to Oral History.
2009, Guest Lecturer, Cincinnati State University, Issues in Human Diversity
2008, Instructor, Upward Bound of Mount St. Joseph’s College, English II and Algebra/Geometry.
2007-2009, Graduate Teaching Assistant/Professor, Ed. Studies, Schooling and Teaching in America.
2005-2007, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Dr. Ken Howey and Dr. Nancy Zimpher, Leadership and Collaboration in P-16 Partnerships.
2005-2007, Graduate Assistant, President Nancy Zimpher, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
Selected Publications: Brooks, B., & Allen-Brown, V. (2008). A brief oral historical account of the Cincinnati Human Relations Commission.
Ms. Kristina E. Poznan
M.A. Candidate
Lyon G. Tyler Department of History
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Date of Birth: 07/09/86
Grant Category: English Teaching Assistant (ETA)
Disciplines: History; Education
Affiliation in Hungary: Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church
Department of English Languages & Cultures
H-1088 BUDAPEST, Reviczky u. 4.
Duration of Stay: September 2009- May 2010
Academic Background:
M.A., College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, 2010
Field: American History
B.A., Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2008
Major: History; Teaching Certification: Secondary Social Studies
Professional Background:
Editorial Apprentice, Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture (William & Mary Quarterly), Williamsburg, VA
Head Residential Program Assistant, National Institute of American History & Democracy, Williamsburg, VA
Student Teacher, Arlington High School, LaGrangeville, NY
Research Assistant, Vassar College Department of History, Mid-Hudson Antislavery History Project, and Bedford/St. Martin’s Press
Writing Consultant, Vassar College Writing Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Assistant, Lewis & Clark Experience Inc., Fairfield, CT, and Helena, MT
Counselor, Hungarian Reformed Youth Camp/Magyar Református Ifjúsági Tábor, Laurelville, PA
IV. Classroom Teacher Exchange Program
Mr. John M. Dater
Mr. Mark F. Deebold
Ms. Joyce I. Mannel
Mr. John M. Dater
ESOL Teacher
Wheaton High Schoool
12601 Dalewood Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20906
Date of Birth: 05/25/75
Grant Category: Classroom Teacher Exchange
Discipline: English as a Second Language
Specialization: Social Studies
Affiliation in Hungary: Szerb Antal Gimnázium
1164 Bp. Batthyány Ilona u. 12.
Nagytarcsa
Department of English as a Foreign Language
Duration of Stay: August 2009 – June 2010
Academic Background: M.Ed., The George Washington University, 2007
B.A., Vassar College, 1998
Professional Background: Social Studies Teacher, Escuela Internacionale Sampedrana, San Pedro Sula, Honduras 2003-2004
Peace Corps Volunteer, Teacher of English as a Foreign Language, Benin, Africa, 2001-2003
Sociology Researcher, Wellesley College, 2000
Foreign Languages: French, Spanish, Bariba
Mr. Mark Francis Deebold
Sheltered Instruction Coach, ESL Instructor
English as a Second Language
Atlantic City High School
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Date of Birth: 01/08/1965
Grant Category: High School Teacher Exchange
Discipline: English as a Second Language
Specialization: Teaching English as a Second Language;
Sheltered Instruction; American Culture; World History;
Educational Administration
Affiliation in Hungary: Radnoti Miklos Economic Secondary School
7633 Pécs, Esztergár Lajos u. 6.
Duration of Stay: September 2009- June 2010
Academic Background: M.A. Educational Administration,
Rowan University, 2008
M.S. Teaching, Rowan University, 1997
B.A. History, Richard Stockton College, 1991
Professional Background: Sheltered Instruction Coach, ACHS, 2007-Present
Owner, On the Job English, 2000-Present
Sheltered World History Teacher, ACHS, 1998-Present
ESL Teacher, ACHS, 1998-2008
Program Coordinator, ACIT, 1997-2002
ESL Teacher, Atlantic Cape Community
College, 1997-1998
Foreign Languages: Chinese
Selected Presentations: Utilizing Student-Produced Films to Facilitate Second Language
Acquisition: National TESOL Convention, Seattle, WA
The Regional Immigrant Newcomer Center at Atlantic City High School: NJ TESOL/NJBE Convention, Somerset, NJ
Improving Communicative Competence Through Courtroom Dramas: PENN TESOL Convention, Philadelphia, PA
Teaching Techniques for Teachers of ELLs: Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
Implementing the SIOP Model: Atlantic City School District, Atlantic City, NJ
Ms. Joyce I. Mannel
ESL Teacher & Chair
ESL Department
Port Chester High School
1 Tamarack Rd., Port Chester, NY 10573
Date of Birth: 11/11/63
Grant Category: Teacher Exchange
Discipline: TESOL
Specialization: NYS English Regents Preparation, Literacy & Grammar, Literature, Fundamentals of Expository Writing
Affiliation in Hungary: Zrinyi Ilona High School
4400 Nyiregyhaza
Szechenyi utca 29-37
Duration of Stay: September 2009 - June 2010
Academic Background: M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University, 1997
B.A., New York University, 1989
Professional Background: Port Chester - Rye Union Free School District, 2001 - date; Brandeis H.S., 1996 - 2001; G.W. H.S., 1995-1996; Adlai E. Stevenson H.S., 1994-1995
Foreign Languages: some Greek, some Spanish
American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year 2009/2010
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