Fulbright Awards Informational Symposium
Networking and Panel Discussion
The mission of the Division of Research & Innovation is to advance the research capabilities
of the University of Memphis by striving for excellence in research across campus
and growing the cutting-edge capacity of Memphis. In keeping with this mission, Research
& Innovation will support Study Abroad's Executive Director, Rebecca Laumann, as she
leads a virtual Faculty Fulbright Symposium Thursday, October 7, 2021 from 3-4pm.
The Fulbright Program is a prestigious cultural exchange program award for faculty
and students with the goal to improve intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy,
and intercultural competency. During the Symposium, some of the UofM’s community of
Fulbright Fellows will share their experiences to encourage others to apply to take
advantage of this wonderful cultural experience and professional opportunity.
The panel will be comprised of:
Daniel Kiel, J.D., FedEx Professor of Law at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys
School of Law
Professor Kiel earned his J.D. at the Harvard Law School. In 2015, Kiel was awarded
a Fulbright Fellowship to undertake comparative research on educational disparities
in South Africa. His Fulbright placement was at the University of the Free State within
the Institute for Reconciliation and Social Justice, and he has continued to work
with South African colleagues on publications and presentations since his fellowship.
In addition, Kiel has served as a regional and subject matter reviewer for Fulbright
applications. Kiel serves on the boards of Facing History and Ourselves and Just City.
On campus, he has worked for more than ten years in various capacities with the Benjamin
Hooks Institute of Social Change. His scholarly work centers on inequality in the
education system, particularly along lines of race.
Katherine Lambert-Pennington, Ph.D., Associate Professor of the Department of Anthropology
and the Director of the School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy at the University
of Memphis
Dr. Lambert-Pennington has a PhD in Cultural Anthropology with a certificate in African
and African-American Studies from Duke University. She received a 2021-22 Fulbright-Fondazione
CON IL SUD U.S. Scholar award to Italy and a 2001-02 Fulbright US Student Award for
her dissertation research in Australia. Lambert-Pennington’s research interests include
race and social inequality, social movements, identity production, community development,
environmental and food justice, alternative food networks, participatory action research,
and community-university partnerships, in U.S., Australia, Italy. Her current research
explores activism, environmental politics and the possibilities of citizen-led development
in the Simeto River Valley in Sicily where she partners researchers, activists and
leaders involved in the creation and implementation of Simeto River Agreement (SRA).
Beverly Bond, Ph.D., Professor of the Department of History
Dr. Bond earned her Ph.D. at the University of Memphis in the Department of History.
In 1977, she was awarded a Fulbright Hays Travel Grant to East Africa (Kenya) through
Teachers’ College, Columbia University. In 2004 and 2005, she was awarded twice as
a Fulbright Language Teaching Assistant in the Hausa Language Instructor for African
and African American Studies Program. Her research focuses on nineteenth-century African-American
history, African-American Women's History and Memphis History. She is particularly
interested in the ways in which 19th-century African-American women negotiated the
boundaries of Enslavement and freedom, class, and gender in the urban South. Bond
currently sits on the Board of Trustees of the Memphis Museums, Inc, the Board of
Advisors of the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, and the Tennessee Historical
Records Advisory Board. She has also served on and chaired the board of directors
of Humanities Tennessee and served as president of the Southern Association for Women
Historians.
Marika Snider, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of the Department of Architecture
Dr. Snider earned her Ph.D. at the University of Utah at the department of History,
emphasis in architecture and urbanism of Middle East studies and Master of Architecture
from University of Kansas. She has been awarded two Fulbright Specialist Grants: one
to teach an architectural design studio and assist the school with becoming a US accredited
school of architecture at Jordan University of Science and Technology, 2014 and one
to teach historic preservation at the Royal Women’s University of Bahrain, 2017. She
has been serving as a peer-reviewer for Fulbright Specialist Grants since 2000. Snider’s
research investigates visualization of historical architecture through digital modeling
and gaming engines.
The recording of this event is available at this link (UofM login required).
