UW–Madison Students Winners of Fulbright, Boren Awards

UW-MADISON STUDENTS WINNERS OF FULBRIGHT, BOREN AWARDS

Madison, WI – Over 30 UW–Madison students have received major scholastic awards for international study, the International Institute of the University of Wisconsin–Madison announced today. Ten students were awarded Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad grants (DDRA) and 19 students the Fulbright-Institute of International Education (IIE) Grants for Graduate Study and Research Abroad. Four students were awarded National Security Education Program (NSEP) Boren fellowships. The awards programs are highly competitive. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, UW–Madison ranks seventh among top research institution producers of Fulbright awards for American students.

The DDRA awards, administered by the U.S. Department of Education, are intended to support full-time dissertation research abroad and contribute to the development and improvement of the study of modern foreign languages and area studies. One hundred and fifty Fulbright-Hays DDRA grants were awarded nationally this year. The names of the UW–Madison DDRA recipients, the countries where they will study, their grant awards, and their field of study are:

• Paul Bjerk (Tanzania, $31,459, History)
• Kelley Cormier (Kyrgyzstan, $24,023, Agricultural Economics)
• Erick Danzer (Indonesia, $23,014, Political Science)
• Sangeeta Desai (India, $25,710, Languages and Cultures of Asia)
• Diana Finnegan (India, $25,374, Languages and Cultures of Asia)
• James Hoesterey (Indonesia, $23,994, Anthropology)
• Daniel Magaziner (South Africa, $32,184, History)
• Sarah Robert (Argentina, $52,338, Educational Policy Studies)
• Anna Senarslan (Azerbaijan, $47,359, Languages and Cultures of Asia)
• David Weber (Russia, $30,660, Anthropology)

The IIE awards are given to graduating seniors and graduate students for study and research abroad in academic fields, and for professional training in the creative and performing arts. About one thousand such grants are extended nationally. UW–Madison students or graduates who are recipients of the Fulbright IIE grants are:

• Alicia Bales (Medical Sciences, Nepal)
• Devin Biggs (Environmental Studies, Mexico)
• James Bowen (Political Science, Ecuador)
• Casey Dinger (Scandinavian Languages and Literature, Iceland)
• Sam Edwinson (Germanic Languages and Literature, Germany)
• Genya Ehrling (Environmental Studies, Germany)
• Amanda Flaata (Art and Architectural History, Greece)
• David Flynn (Biology, France)
• Steven Krause (Germanic Languages and Literature, Germany)
• Kiley Larson (Scandinavian Languages and Literature, Iceland)
• Kevin McGahan (Political Science, Malaysia)
• Kjerstin Moody (Scandinavian Languages and Literature, Finland)
• Mark Nance (Political Science, Belgium/Luxemburg)
• Molly Peeney (East European Languages and Literature, Czech Republic)
• Robert Phillips (South Asian Languages and Literature, India)
• Toni Pressley-Sanon (African Languages and Literature, Benin)
• Naaborko Sackeyfio (African History, Ghana)
• Meredith Schuman (Biology, Germany)
• Damian Wampler (Area Studies, Kyrguz Republic)

In addition, four UW–Madison students have been awarded National Security Education Program (NSEP) Boren fellowships. The scholarships, named after former Oklahoma Senator David Boren, are funded through the National Security Education Program, established by the National Security Education Act of 1991. NSEP was designed to provide U.S. undergraduates with the resources and encouragement to acquire skills and experience in countries and areas of the world critical to national security. NSEP was especially intended to support students who plan to make a commitment to federal service. The UW–Madison students who have received these awards are:

• Henry Brock (Engineering, Japan)
• Scott Kleinmann (Southeast Asian Studies, Indonesia)
• Natalie Oldani (International Public Affairs, Croatia)
• Jennifer Ziemke (Political Science, Angola)