Dorothy Fragaszy, Tammy Lyskowinski, and Hui-Chin Hsu have recently
received unique and distinguished Fulbright Scholar grants to
travel abroad for professional development and research in the
2005-2006 award year.
Fragaszy, a professor of psychology in the Franklin College of
Arts and Sciences, received a grant through the traditional Fulbright
Scholar Program to conduct research and conduct lectures at the
University of São Paulo in Brazil. Her research there
will focus on tool use in monkeys.
Fragaszy will serve as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar from March through
June 2006 at the University of São Paulo’s Institute
of Experimental Psychology. She will teach a graduate class in
that program and will conduct collaborative research projects
with students and colleagues at the university.
Fragaszy’s research focuses on problem-solving, manipulation,
foraging and feeding in primates. She works primarily with capuchin
monkeys and human children. She collaborates with other researchers
in laboratory studies of spatial cognition, all with nonhuman
primates, and on studies of tool use, percussion and bimanual
coordination in human children.
Lyskowinski, advisor to international faculty and staff in the
Office of International Education, received a scholarship through
the U.S.-Germany International Education Administrators (IEA)
Program. She participated in a group seminar on German higher
education and society.
In October 2005, Lyskowinski traveled with a group of administrators
from U.S. universities, colleges and community colleges selected
because their work with international exchanges in higher education.
Hsu, an associate professor in the Department of Child and Family
Development in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, is
currently in Taiwan serving as a senior U.S. Fulbright Researcher
from September 2005 until July 2006 at the School and Graduate
Institute of Physical Therapy, College of Medicine, National
Taiwan University. She is conducting collaborative research projects
with colleagues at the university hospital. The focus of the
project is on social interactions between preterm infants and
their mothers.
In addition to research, she also teaches undergraduate and graduate
classes on parenting and gives lectures to pediatric staff about
infant mental health. She also has been invited to serve on the
Selection Committee for the 2006-2007 Taiwan Fulbright grants
and fellowships recommending graduate students and faculty in
Taiwan to study or conduct research in the U.S.
Since 1946, the U.S. Government-sponsored Fulbright Scholar Program
has provided faculty and professionals with an unparalleled opportunity
to study and conduct research in other nations.
These UGA faculty members are among the 250,000 American and
foreign university students, K-12 teachers, and university faculty
and professionals who will participate in one of the several
Fulbright exchange programs this year.
Competing
in a Global Economy
The University of Georgia is at the forefront of the globalization
movement in higher education with a wealth of opportunities for
international experiences. Our students are flocking to study-abroad
programs, thriving on the challenges inherent in confronting a
new cultural environment. More and more, students on campus are
also making choices that reflect an understanding of the importance
of global awareness—from living in a residence hall-based
language community to starting a radio program in another language
to minoring in a foreign language. These experiences, whether at
home or abroad, influence how our students perceive the world and
their place in it. We’re producing graduates prepared to
be world citizens—well informed, culturally sensitive and
technologically sophisticated. They’re ready to take on the
challenges of our global society, and they’ll be equally
at home whether in the Peach State or the Republic of Georgia. |
Recipients
of Fulbright Scholar awards are selected on the basis of academic
or professional achievement and because they have demonstrated extraordinary
leadership potential in their fields.
