US Fulbrighters welcomed to New Zealand
21 February 2006 February 2006
US Fulbrighters welcomed to New Zealand
Fulbright New Zealand next week welcomes 16 top AmericanFulbright graduate students, Ian Axford Fellows andEisenhower Fellows to the country with a week-longorientation programme in Wellington.
The new arrivalswill be introduced to New Zealand, Maori and Pacifichistory, culture, and language. Seminars will cover theTreaty of Waitangi and New Zealand s political system andpublic policy, and discussions of the academic environmentin New Zealand, culture shock and foreign views aboutAmericans. The orientation programme also includes anovernight stay at Waiwhetu marae, a visit to Karori WildlifeSanctuary, a tour of parliament buildings and afternoon teawith US Ambassador Bill McCormick.
Nine recipients ofprestigious 2006 Fulbright US Graduate Student Awards arearriving to undertake post-graduate study and research infields as diverse as film-making, environmental studies,development studies, Antarctic studies, agriculture,ecology, resource planning and management, history anddisability policy. This year s students will be based atMassey,
Victoria and Lincoln Universities and theUniversity of Canterbury. Three senior scholars willresearch the topics of gender imbalance, seismic modellingand stereotyping in the media at Victoria University and theUniversities of Canterbury and Otago.
Three Ian AxfordFellows will research aspects of New Zealand public policyin collaboration with the Ministries of Health and Justice,New Zealand Police, the Office of the Privacy Commissionerand Victoria University.
This year s Eisenhower Fellowwill travel throughout New Zealand exploring community andeconomic development initiatives. Fulbright New Zealand sExecutive Director Mele Wendt says "It s a great pleasure towelcome another contingent of American Fulbrighters to NewZealand. We hope they enjoy their orientation events andwish them all the best for their academic pursuits thisyear."
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2006 US FulbrightAward recipients Fulbright US Graduate Student Awards arefor promising US graduate students to undertake postgraduatestudy or research at a New Zealand institution. J. ScottFitzgerald is producing a documentary film entitled FlowsIntertwined: Ecology and Human Impact on New Zealand'sBraided Rivers at the University of Canterbury. StephenHiggs is researching environmental mediation at VictoriaUniversity of Wellington.
Anne Jakle is completing aMaster of Science, specialising in the viability of largehydro-electric projects, at Massey University in PalmerstonNorth.
James Mize is completing a Master of DevelopmentStudies, specialising in natural resource planning andmanagement, at Victoria University of Wellington.
JessicaO'Reilly is completing a Graduate Certificate in AntarcticStudies and research into Antarctic science, policy andconservation in New Zealand at the University of Canterbury.
Jeanine Refsnisder is researching nest site choiceplasticity in female tuatara at Victoria University ofWellington.
Rebecca Reider is researching ecologicallysound agriculture in market economies at Lincoln University.
Matthew Wittman is studying towards a PhD in History,specialising in the circulation of American culture in thelate-19th century Pacific, at Victoria University ofWellington.
Adrienne Wiley is researching internationaldisability policy at Massey University in Wellington.
USSenior Scholars Fulbright US Senior Scholar Awards are forUS artists, academics or professionals with distinction topursue research or practical experience in New Zealand forthree to five months.
Tracy Camp from the Colorado Schoolof Mines is researching reversing the trends in questionablenetwork simulations and acute gender imbalance at theUniversity of Canterbury.
John Louie from the Universityof Nevada is researching developing a Wellington communityseismic hazard modelling environment at Victoria Universityof Wellington.
Mary Beth Oliver from the University ofWisconsin is researching media effects of stereotyping ofmarginalised groups at the University of Otago.
IanAxford Fellows Ian Axford Fellowships in Public Policy arefor outstanding mid-career US professionals to study andgain first-hand experience of public policy in New Zealandfor six months.
Linda Blumberg from the Urban Instituteis researching the effect of private health insurance on thecost of public coverage in New Zealand at the Ministry ofHealth and Victoria University of Wellington.
SusanCoppedge from the US Attorney's Office is researching humantrafficking at the Ministry of Justice and New ZealandPolice.
Saskia Kim from the California State Legislatureis researching New Zealand's experience in safeguardingconsumer privacy in a technological era at the Office of thePrivacy Commissioner and the Ministry of Justice.
Eisenhower Fellow Eisenhower Fellowships are for emergingAmerican leaders to visit New Zealand to meet with localexperts in their field of study.
Yiota Ahladas from theCommunity and Economic Development Office, Burlington, VA,who is exploring models of community and economicdevelopment initiatives around NewZealand.
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