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<\/p>\n Six Red Raiders advanced their teaching, research and professional networks in Africa,
\n Asia, Europe and South America as Fulbright awardees.<\/p>\n
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(Photo above: Carole Edwards at the Oued Noun Film Festival in Guelmim, Morocco.)<\/p>\n
Contributing to another year of recognition as a Fulbright Top Producer<\/a>, six Texas Tech University<\/a> faculty and administrators traversed the globe after receiving awards from the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program<\/a> for the 2025-26 academic year.<\/p>\n The instructors include Amy Boren-Alpizar<\/a> (Peru); Joseph Aranha<\/a> (Indonesia); Carole Edwards<\/a> (Morocco); Jeong-Hee Kim<\/a> (Korea); and Barbara Lauriat<\/a> (Italy). Heather Greenhalgh-Spencer<\/a>, an associate dean of the Graduate School<\/a>, completed her experience in France.\u00a0<\/p>\n Boren-Alpizar\u2019s excursion to the high Andes Mountains for the Scaling Bioeconomic An associate professor of agricultural education & communications<\/a>, Boren-Alpizar had worked in rural development across Latin America for 15 years \u201cSince reforestation has increased across most areas of Peru, but not in the high Though political unrest and bureaucratic obstacles presented challenges, she enjoyed Aranha, a professor in the Huckabee College of Architecture<\/a>, is teaching during the spring 2026 semester at Warmadewa University (WU) in Bali.\u00a0<\/p>\n Aranha has prioritized contributing to curriculum development, collaborating on new Fulbright offers opportunities for scholars to leave their normal environments, see \u201cIt also contributes to trust, understanding, respect, and professional collaboration Texas Tech\u2019s profile across Morocco has significantly risen, thanks to Edwards, a Her scholarly study of Maghrebi literature resulted in numerous invitations to contribute In addition to teaching English as a second language, Edwards served on juries for She expects to substantially enrich her teaching at Texas Tech through the insights Kim, the Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Education<\/a> and professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction<\/a>, believes strongly in the power of shaping educational experiences through narrative Teaching students in medical and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) At the Seoul National University College of Medicine, Kim taught and researched a \u201cFulbright is an important program to take part in because, for me, Fulbright makes Lauriat participated in a research lectureship at Luiss Guido Cardo University in A professor in the School of Law<\/a> with an interest in intellectual property, Lauriat researched and taught about standard \u201cIn my own field, many aspects of intellectual property law and legal practice are In France, Greenhalgh-Spencer connected with administrators from American and French She also researched how French institutions cultivate personalized learning pathways \u201cMy Fulbright experience and connections have already turned into further conversations
\n Innovations for Forests and Climate Stabilization program was her first Fulbright
\n experience.<\/p>\n
\n but saw a different opportunity regarding reforestation and community-based forest
\n management systems in Peru\u2019s high Andes.<\/p>\n
\n Andes, I thought it would be interesting to examine how communities that manage these
\n forests make decisions, organize around forest governance, and balance environmental
\n conservation with socio-economic needs,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n getting to work with new communities and new collaborations, as well as being exposed
\n to alternative research approaches.<\/p>\n
\n projects and sharing his extensive expertise, not only to junior WU architecture faculty,
\n but to students and through guest lectures and other academic interactions at several
\n institutions in the Asia-Pacific region.<\/p>\n
\n vastly different cultures and educational contexts and enrich their own research and
\n teaching when they come back home, Aranha said.<\/p>\n
\n with people across the world and to opening one’s mind to knowing, understanding and
\n respecting alternative points of view in one’s professional and academic work,\u201d Aranha
\n added.<\/p>\n
\n professor of French<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n broadly to academic pursuits. Maghrebis are inhabitants of the North African countries
\n Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia, all of which were influenced by French colonial
\n rule.<\/p>\n
\n film festivals and conference panels, delivered keynote addresses and established
\n institutional partnerships and professional networks.<\/p>\n
\n she gained overseas. Edwards also called the experience invaluable, as it supported
\n pedagogical and scholarly development, enabled meaningful cultural immersion and required
\n reflection and thoughtful representation of her home nation and university.<\/p>\n
\n inquiry, a methodology that seeks to understand the human experience through stories.<\/p>\n
\n fields to reflect on what being human means in an increasingly technical era is vital,
\n she said.<\/p>\n
\n narrative medicine course that included storytelling to help prepare more reflective,
\n human-centered physicians. Her time in Korea was transformative, encouraging her to
\n expand how she saw herself as a scholar and engage more as a global educator.<\/p>\n
\n the impossible possible,\u201d Kim said. \u201cThrough the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award, I was
\n able to bring to life a project that had long been a dream, one I once thought was
\n beyond reach.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n Rome, where she was also a Visiting Researcher Law and Ethics Observatory.<\/p>\n
\n essential patent disputes amidst the development of Europe\u2019s Unified Patent Court.
\n She also strengthened her network of colleagues in Europe and experienced a different
\n academic culture.<\/p>\n
\n increasingly transnational and globally interconnected,\u201d Lauriat said. \u201cIt\u2019s important
\n to understand multiple perspectives on existing challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n universities, networking and developing partnerships in entrepreneurial ideas and
\n innovative practices as well as degree programs.<\/p>\n
\n and degree plans that emphasize workforce readiness.<\/p>\n
\n about accelerated degree programs and joint degree programs between several programs
\n here at Texas Tech and universities in France,\u201d Greenhalgh-Spencer said.<\/p>\n