Fostering A Record Number of Fulbrights

A record number of Montclair State scholars and alumni have been selected as Fulbright U.S. Scholars for 2021-2022.

Gail Perry-Ryder ’20 PhD was awarded for her work in Barbados, where she is studying how a nation’s educational systems respond to social transformation.

Emily Ip ’20 was awarded a Fulbright Study/Research Grant to examine clinical applications of cognitive computational models of languages at the University of Sheffield, England.

Blenda P. Alexandre ’15, ’19 MA and Carmen Rosario ’20 were selected for Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Awards in South Korea and the Canary Islands of Spain, respectively.

Peter E. Siegel, professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology, was selected to teach and conduct research for two semesters in Jamaica, collaborating with Zachary J. M. Beier of the University of the West Indies at Mona to update Jamaica National Heritage Trust legislation, develop protocols for systematically addressing heritage resources, and foster improved interagency cooperation.