{"id":21651,"date":"2017-09-29T13:35:58","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T17:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=21651"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:36:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T16:36:54","slug":"unc-students-named-fulbright-hays-fellows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=21651","title":{"rendered":"Seven UNC Students Named Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellows"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seven students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were awarded grants under the 2017\u00a0Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellows Program, making Carolina one of the top producers of Fulbright-Hays DDRA fellows.<\/p>\n

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UNC was awarded\u00a0more than $200,00 in funding for the program by the\u00a0U.S. Department of Education. These fellowships allow doctoral students to pursue dissertation research abroad in foreign languages and area studies for 6 to 12 months. During this time, fellows are able to deepen their subject knowledge and develop capabilities not available to them through opportunities in the U.S.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Fulbright Program, of which the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program is a part, dates to 1946 when the late U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright sponsored legislation to create the program as a means to increase mutual understanding between the U.S. and the rest of the world. For more information about the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellows program at UNC, visit the\u00a0Center for Global Initiatives website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 2017 UNC Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellows are listed below in alphabetical order.<\/p>\n

Achsah Dorsey<\/strong>\u00a0is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Anthropology. Dorsey\u2019s dissertation, titled \u201cIron, Infection and Malnutrition in Lima, Peru,\u201d investigates iron deficiency and its connection to negative health outcomes in multi-generational households within a migrant community on the outskirts of Lima, Peru. Her global immersion experience will involve close coordination with clinic staff as well as a local non-profit institution dedicated to research on health and nutrition in Peru.<\/p>\n

Carlee Forbes\u00a0<\/strong>is a doctoral candidate in the Art History Department from Kalamazoo, Michigan. Forbes\u2019 dissertation, titled \u201cArt, Innovation, and Patronage in Colonial-Era Congo,\u201d investigates colonial-era art patronage as a way to better understand the ways that Congolese artists navigated colonialism in the early 20th century. Her global immersion experience will involve visiting archives and museum collections, speaking with experts and interviewing contemporary artists. She will travel to Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo and to Brussels, Belgium.<\/p>\n

Hannah Jahnke\u00a0<\/strong>is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Anthropology from Wayland, Massachusetts. Jahnke\u2019s dissertation, titled \u201cIntergenerational Effects of Maternal Stress in the Galapagos Islands,\u201d investigates perinatal maternal stress and its effect on the development of the infant hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA axis). Her research will include interviews with new and expectant mothers, analyses of psychosocial stress and key stressors on the islands, and biomarker collection.<\/p>\n

Samantha King<\/strong>\u00a0is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Anthropology from St. Louis, Missouri. King\u2019s dissertation, titled \u201cInvestigating Transitions in Agricultural Livelihoods: Global Change, Response Diversity and Local Food Production in Dominica,\u201d investigates how small farmers in the Eastern Caribbean are adapting to global economic and environmental change. Understanding these dynamics will advance knowledge on rural development and the sustainability of agriculture and food systems across the social sciences.<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Harris<\/strong>\u00a0is a doctoral candidate in the Department of History from Fairhope, Alabama. Harris\u2019 dissertation, titled \u201cThe Struggle for the General Will in the French and Haitian Revolutions,\u201d investigates Haitian revolutionary political ideology. His global immersion experience will focus on archival research in the surviving records from the Haitian Revolution, including the French government\u2019s Colonial Committee records at the French National Archives at Pierrefitte-sur-Seine.<\/p>\n

Michael Skalski<\/strong>\u00a0is a doctoral candidate in the Department of History. Skalski\u2019s dissertation, titled \u201cA Socialist Neighborhood: Unintended Consequences of Cross-Cultural Contacts among Poland, Czechoslovakia and East Germany, 1968-1989,\u201d investigates the archives of the former communist secret police agencies. He will travel to the Czech Republic and Poland, and his findings will contribute to our understanding of the development of neighborly relations in East Central Europe before the collapse of the Soviet Bloc and accession to the European Union.<\/p>\n

Alyssa Skarbek<\/strong>\u00a0is a doctoral candidate in the Department of History from Buffalo, New York. Skarbek\u2019s dissertation, titled \u201cBecoming Zapatista: from Campesinos to Indigenous Rebels in Chiapas, 1934-1996,\u201d investigates the role of cultural transformation in the development of regional support for the 1994 Zapatista Uprising. Her research will rely on national, regional and local archives, as well as oral interviews with\u00a0Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN)\u00a0supporters. She will travel to Mexico to explore the connections between two municipalities in Chiapas: San Andr\u00e9s Sacam Ch\u2019en and Las Margaritas.<\/p>\n

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Seven students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were awarded grants under the 2017 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellows Program, making Carolina one of the top producers of Fulbright-Hays DDRA 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