American Fulbright Grantees · Web viewMr. Jonathan Dune English Ms. Vivian Hermann Spanish Mr. Mark Meeks Mathematics Mr. Rob Moeny English/Language Arts I. LECTURERS Distinguished

American Fulbright Granteesin Hungary

Academic Year 2005/2006

Hungarian-American Fulbright Commission for Educational Exchange

Budapest H-1146, Ajtósi Dürer sor 19-21.Tel: (36-1) 462-8040 Fax: (36-1) 252-0266

E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.fulbright.hu

American Fulbright Grantees in Hungary, Academic Year, 2005/2006

FULBRIGHT GRANTEES IN HUNGARY, AY 2005/2006

I. Lecturers

1. Distinguished Chair

Dr. Paul Patrick Kantor Political Science John Marshall Chair

2. Regular Lecturers

Dr. Chad Michael Briggs Political Science/SociologyDr. Beth Furlong NursingDr. Tomi Gomory Social Work Dr. Roberta Hunt Nursing Dr. Mark Kinney Education Dr. Edward G. Kovach Computer Science Dr. Barry Loewer Philosophy Dr. Kay Sandor Nursing Dr. Carol Lynn Thompson CommunicationDr. Jon Woodson American Literature Dr. Wynne Wright Sociology

II. Researchers

Dr. Thomas E. Cooper Language Literature (Austrian-Hungarian Joint Research Award)

Dr. Constance E. Putnam History of Medicine

III. Students

Dr. Kati Ilona Agocs Music CompositionMs. Elizabeth Albright Environmental Science and PolicyMr. Michael Coons MathematicsMs. Sandra Doan MusicMr. J. Ashlin Halfnight Theatre ArtsMs. Stephanie J. Jakus MathematicsMs. Heidi Kocskar LinguisticsMs. Michelle Metro-Roland Geography (Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation

Research Fellow)Mr. Anthony A. Noody Urban Planning (Extension)

Teaching Assistant

Ms. Margit Zsolnay Education


IV. High School Teacher Exchange Program Participants

Ms. Audrae Coury English Mr. Jonathan Dune EnglishMs. Vivian Hermann Spanish Mr. Mark Meeks MathematicsMr. Rob Moeny English/Language Arts


I. LECTURERS

1. Distinguished Chair

Dr. Paul Patrick Kantor


Dr. Paul KantorProfessor of Political ScienceDepartment of Political Science Fordham University Bronx, New York 10458

Date of Birth: 06/23/42

Grant Category: John Marshall Chair in Political Science

Discipline: Political Science

Specialization: American and Comparative Urban Politics; Urban Economic Development; American Politics and Public Policy; Political Economy of USA and Western Europe; Federalism; Regional Politics

Affiliation in Hungary: University of Szeged SZTE, Department of American StudiesSZEGED, Egyetem u. 26722 Hungary

Duration of Stay: September 2005- January 2006

Academic Background: Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1972M.A., University of Chicago, 1966B.A., University of Illinois, 1964

Professional Background: Professor, Fordham University , 1987Adjunct Professor, New York University, 1990-2002Associate Professor, Fordham University, 1976Assistant Professor, Fordham University, 1970

Foreign Languages: Italian, French

Selected Publications:

Cities in the International Marketplace: The Political Economy of Urban Development in North America and Western Europe, Princeton University Press, 2002

The Politics of Urban America, Longman, 2002

American Political Parties: Decline or Resurgence?, CQ Press, 2002

The Dependent City Revisited, Westview, 1995


2. Regular Lecturers

Dr. Chad Michael Briggs Dr. Beth Furlong Dr. Tomi Gomory

Dr. Roberta HuntDr. Mark Kinney Dr. Edward G. KovachDr. Barry LoewerDr. Kay Sandor Dr. Carol Lynn ThompsonDr. Jon WoodsonDr. Wynne Wright


Dr. Chad Michael BriggsAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Political Science/Environmental StudiesCalifornia State University FullertonFullerton, CA 92834-6848 USA____________________________________________________________________


Grant Category: Visiting Lecturer

Discipline: Political Science/Sociology

Specialization: International Environmental Policy; US Foreign Policy/Security Policy; Environmental Risk

Affiliation in Hungary: Corvinus University of BudapestDept. of SociologyH-1093 Budapest, Fővám tér 8.

Duration of Stay: July 2005- January 2006

Academic Background: Ph.D., Carleton University (Canada), 2001M.A., University of Limerick (Ireland), 1996B.A., University of Wisconsin- Madison, 1994

Professional Background: Assistant Professor, Cal State Fullerton, 2002-State Budget Analyst, Wisconsin State Government, 2001-2002.Visiting Scholar, Dept. Geography, University College London, UK, 1999-2000.

Foreign Languages: Hungarian, Norwegian

Selected Publications:C. Briggs. ‘Science, Local Knowledge and Exclusionary Practices: Lessons from the Alta Dam Case’, Norwegian Journal of Geography (forthcoming).

C. Briggs. ‘Freshwater Regulation through Two Transitions: the Case of Hungary’, in : Fresh Water Resource Management.(Velma Grover ed.), Enfield, NH: Science Publishers, 2005 (forthcoming).

C. Briggs. ‘Risk Management and the Conundrum of Science-Policy Relations’, Canadian Public Administration, Vol. 45, No 2, 2002, pp. 258-267.

C. Briggs. ‘Norway Powers Up: Construction of new electrical plants in Norway will violate the country’s Kyoto commitments’, Alternatives, Vol. 27, No 2, 2001.


Dr. Beth FurlongAssociate ProfessorSchool of Nursing and Center for Health Policy and EthicsCreighton University2500 California, Omaha, NE 68178



Discipline: Nursing; (have a PhD in Political Science and a JD)

Specialization: Community Health Nursing; Health Policy; Ethics;Health Law; Professional Issues in Nursing

Affiliation in Hungary: Semmelweis University, College of Health Care University of Debrecen, Nyiregyháza, Faculty of Health Sciences

Duration of Stay: February 2006-May 2006

Academic Background: JD, Creighton University, 2000PhD, University of Nebraska, 1993MS, University of Colorado, 1971BSN, Marycrest College, 1964RN, Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, 1963

Professional Background: Associate Professor, Creighton University, 2002Assistant Professor, Creighton University, 1971-2002Peace Corp Volunteer, India, 1966-1968Instructor, Marycrest College, 1964-1966 and 1968-1970

Foreign Languages: Minimal Spanish

Selected Publications: Have published articles and chapters in these areas – healthpolicy, vulnerable populations, nursing education, ethics,community health nursing

Am co-author of A Handbook of Nursing Leadership: Critical Skills in a Culture of Safety – to be released late

Summer 2005.


Dr. Tomi GomoryAssociate ProfessorCollege of Social WorkFlorida State UniversityUCC 2410 Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA



Discipline: Social Work

Specialization: Mental Health, Social Policy, Philosophy of Science

Affiliation in Hungary: University of Pécs Department of Social Work H-7624 Pécs, Rókus u. 2.

Duration of Stay: August 2005-December 2005

Academic Background: Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley 1998M.S.W, New York University, 1986B.S., New York University, 1970

Professional Background: Associate Professor, Florida State University, 2004-Assistant Professor, Florida State University, 1998-2004

Foreign Languages: Hungarian

Selected Publications:Lacasse, J. R. & Gomory, T. (2003). Is graduate social work education promoting a critical approach to mental health practice? Journal of Social Work Education, 39, 383-408.

Gomory, T. (2002). Social work method: Karl Popper “justified”, induction (justification) falsified-A response to Eileen Munro. Journal of Social Work Education, 38, 475-481.

Gomory, T. (2002). The origins of coercion in “Assertive Community Treatment” (ACT): A Review of Early Publications from the “Special Treatment Unit (STU) of Mendota State Hospital. Ethical Human Sciences and Services 4 (1), 3-16.

Gomory, T. (2001). A fallibilistic response to Thyer’s theory of theory-free empirical research in social work practice. Journal of Social Work Education, 37, 26-50.

Gomory, T. (2001). Critical rationalism (Gomory’s blurry theory) or positivism (Thyer’s theoretical myopia): Which is the prescription for social work research. Journal of Social Work Education, 37, 67-78.

Gomory, T. (1999). Programs of assertive community treatment (PACT): a critical review. Ethical Human Sciences and Services, 1 (2), 147-163.


Dr. Roberta HuntTeaching SpecialistSchool of Nursing University of Minnesota308 Harvard Street S.E.Minneapolis, MN 55455-0342


Grant Category Visiting Lecturer

Discipline: Nursing Specialization: Community Based Nursing/Community Health Nursing

Nursing Education, Service Learning, Transcultural Nursing

Affiliation in Hungary: Semmelweis University (SOTE), College of Health Care1088 Budapest, Vas u. 17.

University of Pécs, Faculty of Health Sciences7623 Pécs, Rét u. 4.


Academic Background: Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2004MSPH, University of Minnesota, 1986Major in Nursing, College of St. Catherine, 1979B.S. Concordia College, 1970

Professional Background: Teaching Specialist, University of Minnesota, 2004Assistant Professor, College of St. Catherine, 1996-2003Instructor, Inver Hills Community College, 1980-1996

Foreign Languages: --


Introduction to Community Based Nursing: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1997, 2001 (2nd

ed), 2005 (3rd ed). (Translated into Hungarian in 1999).

Readings in Community Based Nursing: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000.

Community Based Nursing: Philosophy or Setting? American Journal of Nursing, 98(10), 44-47. (1998)


Dr. Mark KinneyProfessor EmeritusEducational FoundationsUniversity of ToledoExecutive Director Lisle International5571 Timberway DrivePO Box 87Presque Isle MI 49777



Discipline: Education

Specialization: Group Processes, Self Directed Work Teams, Comparative Educational Systems, Cooperative Group Work.

Affiliation in Hungary: Eszterházy Károly CollegeTeacher Training CenterH-3300 Eger, Eszerházy tér 1.andUniversity of Szeged, Juhász Gyula Teacher Training College, Department of EnglishH06725 Szeged, Boldogasszony sgt. 6


Academic Background: Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1976M.A., Vanderbilt University, 1972B.A., University of Maine, 1966

Professional Background: Ex. Dir, International Volunteer Programs Association, 2003-2004Executive Director, Lisle ,1984 - 2004Professor Emeritus of Theory and Social Foundations of Education, University of Toledo. 2000 - 2004Associate Professor of Theory and Social Foundations, University of Toledo. 1980-1999

Selected Publications: Kinney, Mark B. and Patricia Kubow (2000). “The Democratic Institute in Hungary.” The Social Studies, January.

Kinney, Mark B. and Ellen Goerlich (1996). "Fundraising can be done on your campus," Fund Raising Management, March. Kinney, Mark B. (1994). Review of Robert Arnove, Philip Altbach and Gail Kelly (1993). Emergent Issues in Education: Comparative Perspectives. NY: SUNY. in International Education Forum Publication of Association of International Education Administrators.


Dr. Edward G. KovachAssociate Professor of Computer ScienceDepartment of Mathematics and Computer ScienceFranciscan University of SteubenvilleUniversity Blvd, Steubenville, OH 43952



Discipline: Computer Science

Specialization: Introductory Computer Science Courses; Java Computer Language; Computational and Complexity Theory; Computational Linguistics

Affiliation in Hungary: Péter Pázmány Catholic University Faculty of Information TechnologyH-1083 Budapest Práter utca 50/a.

Duration of Stay: September 2005- May 2006

Academic Background: Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1998M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1988.B.A., Heidelberg College, 1976Graduate work in Mathematics, Ohio State University,

1976-1977

Professional Background: Associate Professor, Franciscan University of Steubenville, 2003

Assistant Professor, Franciscan University 1993-2003

PhD Dissertation: Morphological Parsing Using Register Vector Grammars

Selected Publications: "The Real Answer to the Final Question: The limits to the power of computers." the University Concourse, Vol. IV, Issue 2, November 18, 1998.

"Many Projections of Y2K Disasters are based on fear and hype," the University Concourse, Vol. IV, Issue 4. February 5, 1999.

“Limits to Computing and Revelation,” in preparation. This paper is a presentation of the basic ideas of Cantor, Godel, Turing, and Chaitin written for Humanities Academics


Dr. Barry LoewerProfessor and Graduate DirectorDepartment of PhilosophyRutgers UniversityNew Brunswick NJ 08901


Grant Category: Visiting Lecturer, Travel-Only Grant

Discipline: Philosophy

Specialization: Philosophy of Science/Physics/Metaphysics/Phil Mind

Affiliation in Hungary: Collegium Budapest Szentharomsag tér Budapest H1014

Duration of Stay: August 2005- July 2006

Academic Background: Ph.D., Stanford University 1975B.A., Amherst College

Professional Background: Professor, Rutgers University

Foreign Languages: French (reading)

Selected Publications: Physicalism and its Discontents Cambridge 2001 Meaning in Mind Blackwells 1992


Dr. Kay SandorThe University of Texas Medical Branch, School of Nursing301 University Boulevard, Galveston, Texas 77555-1029



Discipline: Nursing

Specialization: Community Mental Health, Spirituality, Palliative Care

Affiliation in Hungary: Semmelweis University in BudapestCollege of Health Care1085 Budapest, VIII. Üllői út 26.andUniversity of Pécs in PécsFaculty of Health SciencesH-7623 PécsRét u. 4.

Duration of Stay: September 2005 through January 2006

Academic Background: Ph.D., University of Texas, 1991MS, University of Oklahoma, 1986BSN, Marquette University, 1981Diploma in Nursing, Mount Sinai Hospital

School of Nursing, 1979

Professional Background: Associate Professor, University of Texas Medical BranchSchool of Nursing, 2000 to presentAssistant Professor, University of Texas Medical BranchSchool of Nursing, 1991 to 2000

Foreign Languages: Hungarian (limited ability)

Selected Publications:Olson, M. M, Sandor, M. K, Sierpina, V. S, Vanderpool, H. Y., & Dayao, P. (in press). Mind,

body, and spirit: Family physicians’ beliefs, attitudes, and practices regarding the integration of patient spirituality into medical care. Journal of Religion and Health, 42, 5.

Sandor, M. K., & Froman, R. D. (in press). Exploring the effects of walking the labyrinth. Journal of Holistic Nursing.

Sandor, M. K (2005). Educating the next generation of healers [Editorial]. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 23, 117-118.

Hughes, L. C, Romick, P., Sandor, K., Phillips, C. A., Glaister, J., Levy, K., & Rock, J. (2003). Evaluation of an informal peer group experience on baccalaureate nursing


students’ emotional well-being and professional socialization. Journal of Professional Nursing. 19, 38-48.


Dr. Carol Lynn ThompsonProfessorDepartment of Speech CommunicationUniversity of Arkansas at Little Rock2801 South University, Little Rock, AR 72204



Discipline: Communication

Specialization: Gender Communication; Nonverbal Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Conflict Management; Political Rhetoric; Small Group Communication; Diversity Communication; Health Communication

Affiliation in Hungary: University of Pécs Department of Communication Studies; Department of English Literatures & Cultures 7624 PécsIfjúsag útja 6.Hungary

Duration of Stay: February 2006 – May 2006

Academic Background: Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, 1979M.A., Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 1973B.A., Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 1969

Professional Background: Professor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 1988Assistant Professor, St. Louis College of Pharmacy, 1982-1988Assistant Professor, University of Missouri, 1980-1982

Foreign Languages: None


“Doctor/Patient Communication: Is Patient Knowledge of Medical Terminology Improving?,” with Dr. Linda Pledger. Journal of Health Communication, 1993.

“Visualizing Success,” in Speech Resources; Exercises and Activities, Roxbury Publishing Company, Los Angeles: CA., 2000.

“Collaborative Testing: An Alternative Approach to Learning,” Journal of Communication Studies. Univ. of Chicago Press, 1990


Dr. Jon WoodsonGraduate Professor of EnglishDepartment of EnglishHoward UniversityWashington, D.C.



Discipline: American Literature

Specialization: Modern American Literature; Ethnic Literature; Gurdjieff Studies

Affiliation in Hungary: Department of English Literatures & CulturesUniversity of Pécs

Dept. of American Studies & English Studies InstituteEötvös Loránd University1146 Budapest, Ajtósi Dürer sor 19-21

Duration of Stay: February 2006- May 2006

Academic Background: Ph.D., Brown University, 1978M.A., University of Rhode Island, 1968B.A., University of Rhode Island, 1966

Professional Background: Professor, Howard University, 1990-2005Assistant Professor, Towson University, 1985-1990Assistant Professor, URI, 1978-1990Assistant Professor, George Mason University, 1974-77

Foreign Languages: Spanish


A Study of Joseph Heller’s Catch-22: Going Around Twice: [Series: Twentieth-Century American Jewish Writers: Vol. 14] Peter Lang Publishing, 2001.

To Make a New Race: Gurdjieff, Toomer, and the Harlem Renaissance: University Press of Mississippi, 1999


Dr. Wynne WrightAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Sociology, Anthropology, and CriminologyUniversity of Northern IowaCedar Falls, Iowa, USA


Grant Category: Visiting Lecturer Discipline: Sociology

Specialization: Agriculture and Food Systems, Environment and Society, Globalization, and Social Change

Affiliation in Hungary: Szent István University, Institute of Environmental ManagementH-2100 Gödöllő, Páter Károly, utca 1.

Duration of Stay: February 2006- June 2006

Academic Background: Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1999M.A., Western Kentucky University, 1990B.A., Western Kentucky University, 1988

Professional Background: Assistant Professor, University of Northern Iowa, 2001-presentResearch Associate, University of Minnesota, 1999-2001

Foreign Languages: --


Wright, D. Wynne and Elizabeth Ransom. 2005. “Social Stratification on the Menu: Using Restaurant Menus to Examine Social Class.” Teaching Sociology. Forthcoming, Vol. 33(3).

Wright, Wynne, Elizabeth Ransom, and Keiko Tanaka. 2005. “The ‘All-American Meal’: Constructing Confidence in the Case of BSE.” Journal of Illness, Crisis, and Loss. Vol. 13(2).

Wright, D. Wynne. 2005. “Fields of Cultural Contradictions: Lessons from the Tobacco Patch.” Agriculture and Human Values. Forthcoming.

Wright, D. Wynne. 2004. “The Irrationality of Rational Hogs.” Great Plains Sociologist. Vol. 16(1).


II. RESEARCHERS

Dr. Thomas E. Cooper (Austrian-Hungarian Joint Research Award) Dr. Constance E. Putnam


Dr. Thomas E. CooperVisiting LecturerUniversity of North CarolinaChapel Hill, NC, 27516


Grant Category: Austrian-Hungarian Joint Research Award

Discipline: Language & Literature

Specialization: Hungarian Literature, German Language Literature, Nationalism, Romanticism

Affiliation in Hungary: Eötvös Loránd University

Duration of Stay: September 2005 – October 2005

Academic Background: Ph.D., Indiana University, 2003M.A.., Indiana University, 2000B.A., University of North Carolina,1994

Professional Background: Visiting Lecturer, University of North Carolina, 2003-presentAssistant Instructor, 1999-2000

Foreign Languages: German, French, Hungarian

Selected Publications: ‘Mimesis of Consciousness in the Fiction of Zigmond Kemény’ in Journal of Hungarian Studies. Ed. Mihály Szegedy-Maszák. Budapest, 2003. V.pp. 17. pp. 97-156.

‘Dezső Kosztolányi and Intertextuality: Anticipations of Post-Modern Literary Criticism.’ in Journal of Hungarian Studies. Ed. Mihály Szegedy-Maszák. Budapest, 2003. V.pp. 14. pp. 45-54.


Dr. Constance E. PutnamIndependent Scholar111 Hayward Mill Road, Concord MA 01742


Grant Category: Visiting Researcher

Discipline: History of Medicine

Specialization: 19th c. Medical History; Medical Biography, History of Medical Education, Social History of Medicine, Bioethics

Affiliation in Hungary: Semmelweis Medical History Museum, Library, and ArchivesH-1013 Budapest, Apród utca 1-3

Duration of Stay: September 2005 – January 2006

Academic Background: Ph.D., Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, 1999M.A.T., Reed College, Portland Oregon, 1966B.A., Reed College, Portland Oregon, 1965

Professional Background: Adjunct Ass't Professor, Simmons College, 2003, 2002 Visiting Lecturer, Tufts University, 1995

Foreign Languages: German, French, Swedish, Hungarian

Selected Publications: The Science We Have Loved and Taught: Dartmouth Medical Schools First Two Centuries (University Press of New England, 2004)Hospice or Hemlock? Searching for Heroic Compassion (Praeger, 2002)Improve, Perfect, & Perpetuate: Dr. Nathan Smith and Early American Medical Education (University Press of New England, 1998)


III. STUDENTS

Dr. Kati Ilona AgocsMs. Elizabeth Albright

Mr. Michael CoonsMs. Sandra DoanMr. J. Ashlin HalfnightMs. Stephanie J. Jakus

Ms. Heidi Kocskar Ms. Michelle Metro-Roland (Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellow)

Mr. Anthony A. Noody (Extension)

Teaching Assistant

Ms. Margit Zsolnay


Dr. Kati Ilona AgocsMusic Composition The Juilliard School60 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York


Grant Category: Student Full Grant

Discipline: Music Composition Affiliation in Hungary: Ferenc Liszt Academy Duration of Stay: September 2005- May 2006

Academic Background: Ph.D., The Juilliard School, 2005 Master of Music, The Juilliard School, 2002 BA, Sarah Lawrence College, 1998 International Baccalaureate, Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific (United World Colleges), 1993

Professional Background: Teaching Fellow, Literature and Materials of Music, The Juilliard School, 2000-2005

Foreign Languages: French


Recent Researches in American Music, Symphony in A Major by Leopold Damrosch, A-R Editions, November,2005


Elizabeth AlbrightDoctoral StudentNicholas School of the EnvironmentDuke UniversityDurham, North Carolina



Discipline: Environmental Science and Policy

Specialization: Environmental Policy; Water Resource Management; Science in Decision Making; Quantitative Analysis; Game Theory.

Affiliation in Hungary: Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Duration of Stay: September 5 -May 2006

Academic Background: M.P.A., Indiana University, 1998M.S.E.S. Indiana University, 1998B.A., The College of Wooster, 1993

Professional Background: Water Quality Modeler, State of North Carolina, 1999-2002

Land Use Modeler, GIS Specialist, EPA, 1998-1999Intern, Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Scientific Affairs, 1997Aquatic Ecologist, Mt. Rainier National Park, 1996English Teacher, Gyöngyös, Hungary, 1994-1995

Foreign Languages: French, Hungarian, Spanish


Michael CoonsGraduate StudentDepartment of Mathematics Baylor UniversityWaco, Texas, USA________________________________________________________________



Discipline: Mathematics

Specialization: Number Theory; Partition Theory; Mathematical Physics; Zeta Functions

Affiliation in Hungary: Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics Hungarian Academy of Sciences H-1364 Budapest, P.O. Box 127.

Duration of Stay: August 2005- May 2006

Academic Background: M.S., Baylor University, 2005 B.A., The University of Montana, 2003 Foreign Languages: French; German


Mathematics of the Heart: Producing Left-Ventricular Pressure-Volume Loopsusing Cubic Spline Functions: Proc. of the Montana Academy of Sciences,2003

One the Number of Partitions of an Integer as a Sum of Summands of aGeneral Spectrum: Proc. of the MAA, Texas Section, 2005

General Moment Theorems with Applications: (Master's Thesis), BaylorUniversity, 2005 The General Non-distinct Partitions of an Integer: (in preparation)

Non-distinct Partitions over the Fibonacci Sequence: (in preparation)


Sandra DoanStudentMusicAt Large

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Discipline: Music

Specialization: Piano Performance Affiliation in Hungary: Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music H-1392, Budapest

VII. Liszt Ferenc tér 8

Duration of Stay: September 2005- June 2006

Academic Background: B.M., Texas Christian University, 2004/piano B.A., Texas Christian University, 2004/economics

Professional Background: Texas Christian University Music, Preparatory Department, 2003-2005

Foreign Languages: Vietnamese, basic Spanish


J. Ashlin HalfnightPlaywriting MFA CandidateSchool of the ArtsColumbia University2060 Broadway305 Dodge Hall, MC 1803NY, NY 10027



Discipline: Theatre Arts

Specialization: Contemporary American Theatre

Affiliation in Hungary: National Theatre of Hungary H-1095 Budapest, Bajor Gizi park 1.


Academic Background: B.A., Harvard University

Professional Background: Productions in United States & CanadaHoward Stein Fellowship in PlaywritingMember of Playwright’s Horizons PW Forum, 24/7 Lab, and The Lark Play Development Center.Ford Grant


Selected Publications: --


Stephanie J. JakusStudentSmith College, Box 6982, MA



Field of Study: Mathematics

Affiliation in Hungary: Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) South Building Room 3.207

Duration of Stay: August 2005 - May 2006

Academic Background: BA., Smith College, 2005


Publications:J. M. Henle, N. J. Horton, S. J. Jakus. Is Inequality One-dimensional?, Submitted for publication, 2005.

The Morse Lemma, Thesis for BA. with high honors, Smith College, 2005.
























Heidi KocskarStudentCleveland State University, OH 44115 USA



Discipline: Linguistics

Specialization: Hungarian Language Shifts and Attitudes


Academic Background: B.A., Cleveland State University, 2005

Professional Background: Field Experience Assistant, C.S.U., Department of Anthropology, 2004-2005

Foreign Languages: Hungarian, French, Spanish, German

Selected Publications: --


Michelle Metro-RolandDoctoral StudentDepartment of GeographyIndiana UniversityStudent Building 120Bloomington, IN 47401 USA


Grant Category: Fulbright-Hayes Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellow

Discipline: Geography

Specialization: Cultural Geography; Landscape; National Identity; Tourism

Duration of Stay: August 2005- July 2006

Academic Background: M.A. in Ancient History, University of California at Berkeley, 1998

B.A. in Classics, Loyola Marymount University, 1994

Professional Background: Visiting Lecturer, South East European University Faculty of Teacher TrainingTetovo, Macedonia, Fall 2003

Assistant Instructor, Indiana UniversityDepartment of GeographyBloomington, Indiana, 2000-2005

Assistant Instructor, University of California at BerkeleyDepartment of History, Berkeley, California Spring & Fall 1998

Foreign Languages: Hungarian, French, Latin, Ancient Greek


“5th Century BC Laconian Lion” in A Passion for Antiquities: Ancient Art from the Collection of Barbara & Lawrence Fleischman Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Trust Publications, 1994.


Anthony NoodyPhD StudentGeographyState University of New YORK (SUNY), Buffalo___________________________________________________________________________


Grant Category: Extension Student Grant

Discipline: Urban Planning

Specialization: Urban geography; Urban Form; GIS; Transportation Geography

Affiliation in Hungary: Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration Department of Sociology

Duration of Stay: September 2005 - December 2005

Academic Background: B.A., SUNY @ Buffalo, 2001, EconomicsB.A., SUNY @ Buffalo, 2001, Environmental Design



Budapest: The Trajectory Toward a New Urban Morphology, Winds of Societal Change: Remaking Post-communist Cities, 2004.


Margit ZsolnayResearch AnalystChapin Hall Center for ChildrenUniversity of Chicago1313 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637


Grant Category: Teaching Assistantship, Student Full Grant

Discipline: Education

Specialization: Education; Human Development

Affiliation in Hungary: Pázmány Péter Catholic University Department of English2087 Piliscsaba, Egyetem u. 1., Hungary

Fulbright Educational Advising Center1146 BudapestAjtósi Dürer sor 19-21.


Academic Background: M.Ed., University of Illinois at Chicago, 2005B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999

Professional Background: Research Analyst, University of Chicago, 2001-2005Teacher of English, University of Illinois, 2003-2004Teacher of 2nd Grade, Teach for America, 1999-2001



IV. High School Teacher Exchange Program Participants

Ms. Audrae Coury Mr. Jonathan Dune

Ms. Vivian HermannMr. Mark MeeksMr. Rob Moeny


Audrae CouryHigh School TeacherEnglish Roseville Area High School Roseville, MN 55113 USA


Grant Category: High School Teacher Exchange

Discipline: English

Specialization: TEFL

Affiliation in Hungary: Karinthy Frigyes Dual Language High School, Budapest


Academic Background: M.Ed., Hamline University, 1985M.Ed., University of Minnesota, 1983B.S., University of Minnesota, 1965

Professional Background: English Teacher, Roseville Area High School, 2000-2004Montana State University, 1998-2000Osaka International School, Japan, 1993-1998



Jonathan DuneHigh School TeacherEnglish North Salinas High School55 Kip Drive, Salinas, CA 93906 USA



Discipline: English

Specialization: Writing and reading as communication between individuals. Reading Instruction. Reading the author.

Affiliation in Hungary: Apáczai Cs. J. ÁMK és GimnáziumEnglish Department7632 Pécs Apáczai krt. 1


Academic Background: M.A., California Polytechnic State University, 1999B.A., Antioch University, 1996

Professional Background: English Teacher (7-12), 1999-2005Writing Instructor, Hartnel College, 2000-2002

Foreign Languages: -


Vivian HermannSpanish InstructorWorld Languages Shadow Mountain High School2902 E. Shea Blvd.Phoenix, Arizona 85028



Discipline: Spanish

Specialization: Spanish all levels, English as a second language

Affiliation in Hungary: Deák Ferenc Gimnázium 118-120 József Attila sgt;

Szeged 6723

Duration of Stay: August 2005- June 2006

Academic Background: Master of Education, Northern Arizona University, 1994Bachelor of Arts, Arizona State University, 1972

International Baccalaureate Teacher workshop, 1994Advance Placement Institute, 1991

Professional Background: Spanish Teacher-Paradise Unified D. 1986-2005 Adjunct Faculty, Paradise Comm. College, 2000-2005 American Graduate School For International Mang., 1976-1984



Mark MeeksHigh School TeacherMathRoseville Area High School, San Francisco, CA 94109 USA

Date of Birth:


Discipline: Math

Specialization: Algebra

Affiliation in Hungary: Varga Katalin High School, Szolnok


Academic Background: B.S., (Chemical Engineering) California State University, 1984B.S., (Russian), Georgetown, 1979

Professional Background: Math Teacher (7-12), 2003-presentChem. Teacher, Aleppo, Syria, 2001-2003Chem. Teacher, Kuwait, 1999-2001Chem. Teacher, Rome, Italy, 1999

Foreign Languages: Italian, Russian, German


Rob MoenyTeacherEnglishNorth Valley High School6741 Monument Drive, Grants Pass, OR 97526



Discipline: English/Language Arts

Specialization: Speech and Debate

Affiliation in Hungary: Bilingual Secondary Grammar School Balatonalmádi39 Rákóczi Street, Balatonalmádi H-8220, POBox 125

Duration of Stay: August 2005-July 2006

Academic Background: M.S., Southern Oregon University, 2001B.A., Adams State College, 1996

Professional Background: Teacher, North Valley High School, 1997-presentCoached speech and debate, cross country, and track

Foreign Languages: None


Documents

American Fulbright Grantees · Web viewMr. Jonathan Dune English Ms. Vivian Hermann Spanish Mr. Mark Meeks Mathematics Mr. Rob Moeny English/Language Arts I. LECTURERS Distinguished