2016-2017 U.S. Fulbright Guest Lecture Topics

  1. James Bratt

Chinese Host Insititution: Xiamen University

Home Institution: Calvin College

Field: History

Grant Term: Year

Email Address:

  1. Reparations for slavery: the argument and its complications.
  2. Martin Luther's Protest: 1517-2017.
  3. The Five Regions of Colonial America: The Origins of American Diversity. (I have a super-short book coming out on this topic next week so it's on my mind.....)
  4. How the American Political System Has Produced Clinton vs. Trump.
  5. Historical Debates about the American Revolution.
  1. Jesse Butler:

Chinese Host Institution: Jinan University, Guangzhou
Home Institution: University of Central Arkansas
Term: September 2016 - June 2016
Field: Philosophy
Email:

  1. Cross-Cultural Understanding of Human Nature: Integrating Eastern and Western Views of The Self
  2. Ecological Self-Knowledge
  3. Rethinking Introspection: How We Know (and Fail to Know) Our Own Minds
  4. Artificial Intelligence and Human Nature
  5. How To Be Open-Minded Without Letting Your Brain Fall Out
  1. Jeannette W. Cockroft

Chinese Host Institution: Southwest University, Chongqing

Home Institution: Schreiner University, Texas

Field: American history; political science

Email:

  1. 2016 Presidential Election
  2. American politics in general
  3. Women in American politics
  4. Race and gender in American life/politics
  5. American college experience
  1. Professor Michael D. Fetters, MD, MPH, MA

Chinese Host Institution: Peking University Health Sciences Center

Home Institution: University of Michigan, Family Medicine & Mixed Methods Research and Scholarship Program

Term: September 2016-January 2017

Fields: Medical Care, Family/General Medicine/Mixed Methods Research

Email:

General Topics

  1. Family Medicine in the United States
  2. Family Medicine in Japan
  3. Health care in the United States
  4. Differences in health care between Japan and the United States
  5. Approaches to cancer decision making in the United States
  6. Ethical issues in primary care

Research Methods

  1. How design and implement mixed methods research
  2. How to plan and conduct qualitative research
  3. How to make an oral academic presentation in English at an international academic meeting
  4. How to make a poster session in English at an international academic meeting
  5. How to write in English for scientific publication
  6. How to review an academic paper for an international journal

Workshops (minimum 3 hours)

  1. Designing a mixed methods research study
  2. Conducting field observations
  3. Writing a scientific paper for publication in an international journal
  4. Reviewing a scientific paper for an international journal
  1. Shin Freedman:

Chinese Host Institution: Zhejiang University

Home Institution: Framingham State University, Framingham, Massachusetts

Term: September 2016-January 2017

Field: Information and Library Science, Business Management

Email:

Possible Lecture Topics: (A & B will be conducted by spouse of Shin Freedman)

  1. Multi-cultural Leadership: How to be an Effective Leader in a Multi-cultural Organization
  2. Understanding The USA Presidential Election- 2016: Making Sense of the American Electoral Process
  3. Collegiality: How do we work with others?
  4. Professional Identity of Librarians in Higher Education
  5. Melania’s Plagiarism in the 2016 Republican Convention.
  6. Effective Mentoring: Enhancing Your Career or Giving Back to the Profession.
  7. Foster Your Dream: One librarian’s Journey from a library staff to US Fulbright Scholar
  8. So, You Want to be an Author in the Digital era!
  1. Mr. Jonathan Ochshorn:

Chinese Host Institution: Tianjin University

Home Institution: Cornell University

Term: September 2016–January 2017

Field: Architecture

Email:

  1. Designing Building Failure: The Relationship Between Building Failure and Design Attitudes
  2. Architecture's Dysfunctional Couple: Design, Technology, and the Crisis in Studio Pedagogy
  3. Governmental Intervention Versus Architectural Idealism: Case Studies in Fire Safety, Accessibility, and Sustainability
  4. Function in Architecture: From Sullivan to Venturi
  5. Unfrozen Music: An Informal Talk About My Songs Concerning Style, Fashion, and other Paradigm Shifts within Architectural Culture
  1. Ying Zhu

Chinese Host Institution: Shanghai University
Home Institution: The City University of New York, College of Staten Island
Term: Oct 2016 - March 2016
Field: Cinema & Media Studies
Email:

  1. The Relationship between Hollywood and Chinese Film Industry
  2. Media and Soft Power
  3. Comparative Studies of Television Dramas around the World
  4. Hollywood genres and studio system
  5. Film production and viewing during the era of big data