Fulbright Scholars

Fulbright grants for study or research abroad are awarded yearly to qualified students. Applicants, who compete nationally for the grants, must be U.S. citizens involved in graduate study or must have earned their bachelor's degree by September of the year in which theybegin their grants. The grants cover travel, living costs for the academic year and tuition at overseas universities. At Cornell, the Fulbright program is managed by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies. The following is a list of Cornell students who were awarded 2000-2001 Fulbrights, their field of study, research project title and the country where they are studying:

Chiann Bao, law; Dispute Resolution in the Corporate Sector -- a study on the methods of dispute resolution practiced by Hong Kong offices of U.S. multinational corporations; Hong Kong.
Steven C. Bonta, linguistics; The Dialect of the Karava Fishermen of Negombo and Chilaw: A grammatical and sociological study of the dialect of Sinhalese Karava fisher; Sri Lanka.
Donald L. Chi, political science; Korean Health Policy and Its Impact on the Modernization of Medicine; South Korea.
H. Ron Davidson, sociology; Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in Singapore -- a study of Singapore's dispute resolution system and an evaluation of its successes; Singapore.
Amy Lyn Decker, teaching assistantship; Teaching English as a Second Language; Germany.
Leland DeLadurantaye, French studies; The End of Experience: Image and Memory in Proust, Valéry and Bergson; France.
Paul E. Festa, anthropology; Urban Cowboys -- Money, Friendship and Masculinity in Taiwan, a study of male friendships formed through leisure and social activities; Taiwan.
Jennifer Lee Foley, art history; Beautiful Offerings, Living Rituals -- Performance Imagery in Champa and Angkor, a comparative study of dance performance imagery; Vietnam.
Danika Gilbert, geology; Nutrient Cycling and Erosion Dynamics in Nepal's Monsoon-Influenced Low-elevation Grasslands -- a study of the weathering dynamics of the Himalayas; Nepal.
Mark Jacobs, sociology; A Comparative Study of Market Transition in China -- The Cases of Jiangsu and Zhejiang; China.
Paul Jaskunas, creative writing; Writing Vilnius, researching and writing a novel based on the author's family history in the eastern European city; Lithuania.
James Lebret, neurobiology; Neurophysiological Investigation of Anandamide; Denmark.
Jee Sun Lee, political science; Constructing Korean Nationhood: Space, Time and Language -- a historical construction of Korean nationhood from 1894 to 1926; Korea.
Kenneth Lin, theater arts; A Study of Chinese Theater Through Playwriting and Production Work; Taiwan.
Wilson Readinger, psychology; Visual Attention and "Change Blindness" in Virtual Reality; Germany.
Thomas Safford, sociology; Development and the Environment in Brazil's Paraguai Watershed -- Are Collaborative Ecosystem Approaches the Magic Bullet?; Brazil.
Sharon Squillace, teaching assistantship; Teaching English as a Second Language; Korea.