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International Education Week:
Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 12 noon to 1:30 p.m., via Zoom
The
UF Fulbright Committee and the
UF International Center invite you to join in this
International Education Week 2020 event: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 Featuring… Dr. Byron Moraski
(UF Political Science): Professor Moraski's teaching and research focus on the evolution, operation, and manipulation of political institutions and electoral rules. His research
considers the links between federal elections and gubernatorial selection in the Russian Federation and their influence on the country's post Soviet trajectory.
Dr. Moraski was a Visiting Fulbright Scholar
at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Kyiv, Ukraine) in 2014. Dr. Susan Paulson
(UF Latin American Studies):
Much of Dr. Paulson's research explores ways
in which gender, class, and ethno-racial systems
interact with biophysical environments, including bodies and landscapes. She was awarded a Fulbright Scholar Research Award from 2018-20.
The title of her research is “Changing expectations and challenges of masculinity among Ecuadorian
workers.” Dr. Karen Reed
(UF Nursing):
Dr.
Reed is primarily involved in facilitating experiential
learning in the undergraduate nursing program.
Additionally,
she designed and teaches a pre-nursing elective on cross
cultural
communications
in health care. She was the first nurse to receive a Fulbright Scholar
Award
to
Cambodia in
2013-2014. Dr. Stefan Szyniszewski
(Durham University, United Kingdom):
Dr.
Szyniszewski’s primary interest is in hierarchical structures
such 3D woven technical
composites,
cellular metals with ceramic
segments or
multi-scale
(fractal-like
) lattices. He also
develops materials
models, novel simulation techniques
and characterizes
these multi-scale
structures experimentally.
He was awarded a Fulbright Award to study structural dynamics
at the University of
Florida
in 2005. Moderated by
Carlos Maeztu
(Citizen Scientist at the UF Clinical and Translation Science Institute and Board Member of the North Florida chapter
of the Fulbright Association).
The event is free and open to Fulbrighters and the general public.
To receive a Zoom link to this event, please RSVP via email to [log in to unmask].
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