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07/18/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 07/18/2024 06:34

Four Mizzou faculty receive 2024-25 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Awards

[Link]Christina Carney, Dan Edidin, Brian Silvey and Robert Walker.

July 18, 2024

Four University of Missouri faculty members from a diverse range of disciplines have received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award for the 2024-2025 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.

Fulbright recipients include:

  • Christina Carney, Women's and Gender Studies, Brazil
  • Dan Edidin, Mathematics, Israel
  • Brian Silvey, School of Music, Australia
  • Robert Walker, Anthropology, Brazil

For advice on their Fulbright applications, this year's recipients went to David Crespy, professor in the Department of Theatre and MU Fulbright Liaison for the Office of the Provost. With experience from participating in two Fulbright Scholar programs, Crespy is poised to guide new applicants and speaks enthusiastically about the many professional benefits this opportunity affords faculty.

"Not only did he provide me with one of his previously successful applications, he also offered feedback about my submission," Brian Silvey, a Fulbright recipient with plans to guest lecture at the University of Melbourne Conservatory of Music, said. "I really can't thank him enough for being such an invaluable mentor and resource in this process."

For Christina Carney, an assistant professor in the Department of Women's and Gender Studies, Crespy's input helped her translate her mostly U.S.-based research into a global model. Carney was awarded the Fulbright's Distinguished Chair in Racial Studies at the University of Bahia in Salvador (UFBA) Brazil, a prestigious type of Fulbright fellowship.

Crespy also worked closely with the other successful Fulbright applicants. Professor Dan Edidin of the Department of Mathematics will conduct research in Tel Aviv University in Israel to study molecular imaging and Associate Professor Robert Walker of the Department of Anthropology is going to Brazil to study geoglyphs.

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