April 9, 2008

Pattie Belle Hastings, associate professor of interactive digital design in the College of Liberal Arts, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to do research at the University of Oslo, Norway, during the 2008-09 academic year.

Hastings will be researching and creating interactive experiences for mobile devices.

Ronald Beckett, a respiratory care professor in the School of Health Sciences, has received a Fulbright Scholar grant to deliver a lecture series and conduct research from May 3 through May 18 in Ilo, Peru.

Ronald Beckett

Beckett, who also is co-director of the Bioanthropology Research Institute, will lecture about paleoimaging using video endoscopy, endoscopy in archeological settings and endoscopy as an adjunct to document the mummification process in the Atacama Desert. Beckett was invited by the department of bioarchaeology and forensics at the Universidad Catolica de Lima to conduct a field course for graduate students with other experts from around the world.

Farid Sadrieh, associate professor of international business, also received a Fulbright Scholar grant. He will visit Madagascar from January to August 2009 to teach at the Higher Institute for Management and Communications and conduct research on apparel exports from Madagascar to the European Union and United States.

Farid Sadrieh

Hastings, Beckett and Sadrieh join a growing list of University faculty members who have received Fulbright Scholar grants in recent years, including Chad Nehrt, professor of international business in the School of Business, Ramesh Subramanian, the Gabriel Ferrucci professor of computer information systems in the School of Business, and Lori Sudderth, associate professor of sociology in the College of Liberal Arts.

Approximately 800 U.S. faculty and professionals travel abroad through the Fulbright Scholar Program. Established in 1946 under legislation introduced by the late Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, the program's purpose is to build mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the rest of the world.

The Fulbright Program, America's flagship international educational exchange program, is sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The program operates in more than 150 countries worldwide. Recipients of Fulbright awards are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields.