Fulbright Program chooses seven UF faculty to work abroad

November 6, 2006

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Seven University of Florida faculty members have been awarded Fulbright Scholar grants to lecture or do research in other countries during the 2006-07 academic year.

The recipients are among about 800 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad as part of this program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State to build mutual understanding between residents of the United States and the rest of the world. The UF faculty and the overseas institutions at which they will teach or do research are:

· Michael Wallace Gordon, professor of law — Portuguese Catholic University, Portugal.

· Aida Arfan Hozic, assistant professor of political science — University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

· Clifford Alan Jones, lecturer in Levin College of Law, — Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Germany.

· Lynda Lee Kaid, professor of telecommunication — University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.

· Maria Kathryn Rogal, assistant professor of art and art history — Autonomous University of Yucatan, Mexico.

· Adrian Enrique Roitberg, associate professor of chemistry — University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

· Kevin Michael Sharpe, associate professor of music — Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland.

UF also is hosting five Fulbright Visiting Scholars during the current academic year. They are:

· Luis Mario Baraldo Victorica, assistant professor in the department of inorganic,

analytic and physical chemistry at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

· Alioune Badara Diop, assistant professor and head of the department of law and political science, Gaston Berger University, Senegal.

· Aleksa Obradovic, assistant professor in the department of plant pathology, University of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.

· Vladimir Rotaru, senior researcher, plant nutrition laboratory, Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Moldova.

· Kjetil Tronvoll, postdoctoral fellow, Norwegian Center for Human Rights, University of Oslo, Norway.

“The Fulbright program is highly competitive and selects talented faculty from all over the world,” UF Provost Janie Fouke said. “The University of Florida is proud both to be the home for these recipients and to be the home of faculty who attract awardees from other countries. Our students are the ultimate winners, though, because they have the opportunity to interact with folks who are among the most accomplished in the world.”

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