Auckland University welcome 15 Fulbright award recipients

The University of Auckland welcomes 15 new Fulbright award recipients

The University of Auckland welcomes 15 new Fulbright award recipients through the Fulbright New Zealand programme, which promotes mutual understanding through educational and cultural exchange between New Zealand and the United States.

The awards have been made for postgraduate study or research in fields including business, science and innovation, natural disasters, indigenous development, education, creative writing and visual arts and give the recipients the opportunity to study, research, teach or present their work in top institutions in the United States.

They are bestowed upon academics, artists and professionals who are the best and brightest in their fields, opening the doors for them to become tomorrow’s leaders and thinkers.

This year’s University of Auckland grantees are:

• Benjamin Simons from Tauranga will research volcanic degassing processes of steady-state volcanic systems at The University of Hawaii. Ben graduated with an MSc in Earth Sciences from the University of Waikato in 2013, and is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Auckland.
• Gaurav Sharma from Auckland will complete a Master of Business Administration, specialising in healthcare management and entrepreneurial engagement strategy, at George Washington University in Washington, DC. Gaurav graduated with a MBChB in Medicine from the University of Auckland in 2011.
• Sara Bailey from Hawke’s Bay will complete a Master of Science in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials at the University of California, Berkeley. Sara graduated with a conjoint BE (Hons) and BCom from the University of Auckland in 2015.
• Viranchi Patel from Auckland will complete a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering, specialising in structural and earthquake engineering, at Stanford University in California. Viranchi graduated with a BE (Hons) and BCom from the University of Auckland in 2014.
• Kingi Snelgar from Whangarei will complete a Master of Laws degree specialising in criminal justice issues and indigenous law at Harvard University in Boston. Kingi graduated with a BA/LLB (Hons) from the University of Auckland in 2011.
• Kiri Toki from Great Barrier Island will complete a Master of Laws degree specialising in commercial and indigenous legal issues at Harvard University in Boston. Kiri graduated with a BA and an LLB (Hons) degree from the University of Auckland in 2011.
• Karlo Mila from Wellington is writing a book of poetry and drafting her first novel. Karlo graduated with a PhD in Sociology from Massey University in 2011 and completed her Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Auckland in 2015.
• Ruth Watson from Auckland is going to Headlands Center for the Arts where she will make a sculptural and video installation titled ‘Cartographies of Dirt’, an ongoing project with elements from Australia, Antarctica and now, the US. Ruth has a PhD from the Australian National University and is a Senior Lecturer at the Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland.
• Sarah Cowie from Auckland presented her research into choice and decision-making at the University of Kentucky, the Society for the Quantitative Analysis of Behavior Annual Symposium, and Florida Institute of Technology. Sarah is a Lecturer at the University of Auckland.
• Stuti Misra from Auckland presented research into the effects of diabetes on the cornea post cataract surgery at the American Academy of Optometry in Denver and was invited to Johns Hopkins University to present findings. Stuti is currently a clinical research fellow (Cornea and Anterior Segment) in the Department of Ophthalmology, New Zealand National Eye Centre at the University of Auckland.
• Christine Franklin from Athens, Georgia is researching and comparing practices in New Zealand and the United States for implementing school level statistics standards, based at the University of Auckland. Christine is the Lothar Tresp Honoratus Honors Professor in Statistics at the University of Georgia.
• Gretchen Hoffman from Santa Barbara, California researched global change biology of marine ecosystems in New Zealand at the University of Auckland. Gretchen is a Professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology at the University of California, Santa Barbara
• Dominic Boyer from Houston, Texas worked on University Reform, Globalisation and Europeanisation (‘URGE’), a four-year research project at the University of Auckland. Dominic is a Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Research in the Human Sciences at the Rice University in Houston, Texas
• Kathryn Tucker from Ojai and Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist teaching at Schools of Law and Medicine at the Universities of Auckland, Otago and Canterbury, sharing scholarship about the evolving medicolegal environment in the US governing end of life care. Kathryn is Executive Director of the Disability Rights Legal Center, Los Angeles, and a Visiting Associate Professor of Law at Loyola Law School/Los Angeles.
• Sherry Shapiro from Raleigh, North Carolina will research the relationship between standpoint theory, critical and feminist pedagogies and dance as a modality for self and social understanding. She will be working with the Dance Programmes at the University of Waikato and the University of Auckland. Sherry is a Professor of Dance at Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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