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Sponsored by National Geographic, University of Nottingham & Fulbright

National Geographic and the University of Nottingham are running an event next week (Wednesday 25th @ 5pm GMT) to encourage diversity in the Sciences.

It’s a panel session with four Nat Geo explorers (I’ll be one), and we’ll be chatting about how we got here and our work. Our research covers quite a broad range of topics from carnivore conservation to whales to indigenous knowledge.

The explorers you’ll be hearing from are:

LYDIA GIBSON
Anthropologist and ecologist with a BSc in Maths and Biology from the University of Bristol and a MSc and PhD in Anthropology from UCL. Lydia’s PhD looks at the impact Jamaica’s growing conservation scene has on forest-based traditional practices using interdisciplinary approaches from anthropology, ecology, geography, and sociology and includes mapping, oral histories, social theory, and ecological data.

RICARDO ROCHA
Biologist from Madeira Island, Portugal. Ricardo conducts interdisciplinary research at the interface of conservation science and ecology. His research has taken him to the tropics and subtropics, working extensively in the Central Brazilian Amazon, Madagascar, Kenya and throughout the Madeira Archipelago.

NATALIE SINCLAIR
Scottish marine biologist and conservationist. Her work in conservation policy, with Scottish Natural Heritage, led to the implementation of remote time-lapse photographic monitoring of seabirds in the Northern Isles of Scotland. Natalie’s passion for interdisciplinary research has brought together researchers from biology, music and philosophy to create collaborative studies of both human and non-human cultures.

KASIM RAFIQ (ME)
Wildlife biologist, National Geographic Explorer, and Fulbright Scholar studying African large predator behaviour and conservation. Kasim’s work includes understanding the impacts of climate change on wildlife behaviour and developing new tools for species monitoring and has included extensive fieldwork in remote bush camps in the Okavango Delta.

If you’re interested, it’s free, but you need to register before:

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Fulbright alumni apply the skills and experiences gained during their Fulbright exchanges to advance their careers, make a positive impact in their fields, and to make a difference in their local and global communities. The Fulbright Impact in the Field series aims to bring together alumni with extensive expertise in a particular topic to provide insight, inform the audience, and bring new, global perspectives to the discussion.

In celebration of International Education Week 2020, “Fulbright Impact in the Field: Re-Imagining International Education in a Post-Pandemic World” will convene a panel of international education and exchange experts to share their perspectives on the current challenges and opportunities facing international education and study abroad. As experts in international education and student fellowships, they will discuss the positive impacts of study abroad on U.S. campus communities, the effects of COVID-19, how higher education professionals continue to adapt to the “new normal,” and how their respective Fulbright experiences shaped their careers and influence their outlook on international education.

The panel will include:

Moderator
Charles Sasaki
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Windward Community College

Panelists
Adria Baker, EdD
Associate Vice Provost for International Education; Executive Director, Office of International Students and Scholars, Rice University

Donathan Brown, PhD
Assistant Provost and AVP for Faculty Diversity and Recruitment, Rochester Institute of Technology; Associate Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology

John M. Dunn, EdD
Former Interim Chancellor and President Emeritus

Olga Selezeneva Khachaturyan, PhD
Deputy Head, International Cooperation Office, Higher School of Economics, National Research University

Adelina S. Silva, PhD
Vice Chancellor for Student Success, Alamo Community College District (ACCD)

FULBRIGHT DIVERSITY NIGHT

Join us on Tuesday, March 3, 6-8 p.m. at the Pavilion to play Italian card games, Chinese chess, and learn some Arabic calligraphy.
Food will be served. No prior knowledge of the languages is necessary.
All are invited.
For information, email yhsieh@ramapo.edu

The beauty of the world lies in its diversity. Join us to learn how and what people from Italy, Taiwan and Morocco celebrate. Food will be served. Email rberling@ramapo.edu for information.

[Pavilion #3] Do something different today! Join us to learn how to play some Italian card games, Chinese chess, and practice Arabic calligraphy. All levels are welcome. Food from Italy, Taiwan and Morocco will be served. For questions contact rberling@ramapo.edu

A talk by Dr. Taieb Belghazi, Academic Director of the SIT Study Abroad Program – Morocco: Multiculturalism and Human Rights. 

Taieb BelghaziTaieb earned his PhD in 1993 from the Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory at Cardiff University, where he was a Chevening scholar. He held a Fulbright postdoctoral scholarship at Duke University and was a member of the UNESCO-sponsored International Panel on Reading for All. He was director of the Centre for Doctoral Studies: The Human and Space in the Mediterranean, and professor of cultural studies and history of the present at the Faculty of Letters in Rabat. He has been visiting professor at universities including Duke; the University of California, Irvine; and the Ferguson Centre for African Studies and Asian Studies at the Open University, England.

Taeb has consulted for projects including the Diaspora as a Social and Cultural Practice and the UNESCO project on reconceptualizing Mediterranean dialogues. He is a member of the editorial boards of Time and Society (England), Current Writing (South Africa), and Al Azmina Al Haditha (Morocco). He has researched and published on the politics of recent uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East and on experiential learning. His publications include Time and Postmodernism; Dialogues Khatibi Weber (editor); and International Education and Global Justice: Rethinking the Politics of Sustainability (co-editor with Said Graiouid).

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Programme
3:30 p.m. > Welcome
3:35 p.m. > Introduction of Fulbright Language Teaching Assistants (FLTAs)
3:50 p.m. > Overview of Student Opportunities
4:20 p.m. > Student Awardee Perspective
4:40 p.m. > Overview of Faculty Opportunities
5:00 p.m. > Faculty Awardee Panel
5:45 p.m. > Reception

[Cahill Career Center] Come learn about opportunities for Fulbright in Taiwan. Meet the Program Director and ask your questions. Co-sponsored by the Roukema Center for International Education, the Office of Prestigious Awards & Fellowships and the Pathways Program/Cahill Center. For more information, please contact blevy1@ramapo.edu.

[SC-219/Friend’s Hall] Dr. Jun Zhang, Fulbright Scholar at Ramapo College and full-time professor at Anhui University in China, will discuss the diversity of cultures and languages in China, and how the system of education is structured in China. Refreshments will be served. For more details, please contact William Hooper, Culture Club, at whooper@ramapo.edu.

Sponsored by Culture Club, HGS and Psi Sigma Phi Multicultural Fraternity.