Fulbright-Hays Virtual Summit, 11/17/2020, 1 p.m. ET

Keynote Speaker Leela Hazzah

Leela Hazzah is the executive director and cofounder of Lion Guardians, a conservation organization dedicated to finding and enacting long-term solutions for people and lions to coexist across Africa. Hazzah founded the organization after conducting research in Kenya with the support of a 2008 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad fellowship. Hazzah was named among the Top 10 CNN Heroes for 2014. She will speak on the impact of the Fulbright-Hays fellowship on her life and career along with the important work being done by her organization.

Agenda

• Opening Remarks by a member of the Fulbright Board and Gary Thomas, director of the Fulbright-Hays Overseas Programs, IFLE
• Keynote Address by Leela Hazzah
• Panel Discussions with program alumni on dissertation research experiences, curriculum development projects, language learning experiences, and the impact of Fulbright-Hays programs on their careers
• Closing Remarks by Cheryl Gibbs, senior director, IFLE

Featured Alumni Panelists

From the Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program:

• Nathan Brooks, professor, History Department, New Mexico State University
• Samuel Ostroff, publications officer at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and affiliate faculty in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
• Pablo Sierra Silva, associate professor and director of undergraduate studies, History Department, University of Rochester
• April Strickland, visiting assistant professor of anthropology, Bowdoin College
  

From the Group Projects Abroad Program:

• Lisa Adeli, director of educational outreach, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Arizona
• Thadeus Dowad, Ph.D. candidate, History of Art Department, University of California – Berkeley
• Stephen Kalin, Middle East correspondent, The Wall Street Journal
• Janet Murphy, Union Springs Central School, New York
• Ndaneh Smart-Smith, International Baccalaureate® Diploma Programme coordinator and theory of knowledge teacher, The Baltimore City College, a Baltimore City public magnet high school
• Denis Sullivan, professor of political science and international affairs, Northeastern University
  

From the Seminars Abroad Program:

• Karen Cody, professor, Department of Modern Languages, Angelo State University
• Holly Bess Kincaid, middle school teacher, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and current president of the Virginia Art Education Association
• Bruce Schulman, middle school teacher, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
  

How to Attend

No registration is required for this virtual summit. To watch the event, simply click the following link at 1 p.m. ET on Nov. 17!

https://mediasite.ed.gov/webcast/Play/0a71f1da3aa44a8ab000c13f555dcf791d