2010 American SCholars TO Australia

ANU Distinguished Chair

Scholar	Professor Ric Uslaner
Field of Study	Political Science
Home institution	University of Maryland
Dates	5 months from September 2010
Host Institution	ANU
Fulbright Research	Research into issues of trust and ethnicity in populations, testing his argument in Australia that residential segregation is what drives down trust and altruism.

mtvU Scholarship

Scholar	Akesha Horton
Field of Study	Education
Home institution	Michigan State University
Dates	12 months from September
Host Institution	University of Technology Sydney
Fulbright Research	Research into how hip hop and the Internet are able to help Australian young people to develop as socially conscious global citizens.

Senior Scholarships

Scholar	Professor Sasha Barab
Field of Study	Education
Home institution	Indiana University Bloomington
Dates	August 2010, six months
Host Institution	Murdoch University
Fulbright Research	Researching how children use videogames as a storytelling medium and how they can be used to foster an engaged citizenship in schools and beyond, at Murdoch University.

Scholar	Professor Leonard Bickman
Field of Study	Psychology
Home institution	Vanderbilt University
Dates	August 2010
Host Institution	University of Queensland
Fulbright Research	Researching the effectiveness of Internet delivery of mental health services.

Scholar	Professor Adam Brown
Field of Study	Psychology
Home institution	New York University School of Medicine
Dates	July 2010 for four months
Host Institution	Macquarie University and University of New South Wales
Fulbright Research	Researching ways to increase the efficacy of treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder at University of New South Wales and Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science.

Scholar	Professor Jennifer Curtis
Field of Study	Chemical Engineering
Home institution	University of Florida
Dates	February 2011
Host Institution	University of New South Wales
Fulbright Research	Research aiming to improve simulations of particle flows for industrial processes.

Scholar	Professor Timothy Hanks
Field of Study	Chemistry
Home institution	Furman University
Dates	February 2011
Host Institution	University of Wollongong
Fulbright Research	The development of new materials for bio-medical applications, in particular to improve the interface between biological cells and electronic devices.

Scholar	A/Prof Erik Sotka
Field of Study	Biology
Home institution	College of Charleston
Dates	September 2010
Host Institution	UNSW
Fulbright Research	Research into the effects of warming seas on marine ecosystems, in particular seaweed-herbivore interactions.

Postgraduate Scholars

Scholar	Marissa Brookes
Field of Study	Political Science
Education	Northwestern University, Illinois
Dates	February 2011
Host Institution	The University of Sydney
Fulbright Research	Examine the causes of success and failure in transnational alliances led by Australian trade unions.

Scholar	Sarah Fann
Field of Study	Marine Biology and Statistics
Education	University of North Carolina Wilmington
Dates	July 2010
Host Institution	James Cook University
Fulbright Research	Research into ocean depth and other factors that affect the diversity and abundance of fish species across multiple coral reef systems.

Scholar	Hyatt Frobose
Field of Study	Agriculture
Education	Kansas State University
Dates	February 2011
Host Institution	University of Melbourne
Fulbright Research	Research into the effects of immunocastration on swine behaviour and productivity and also an evaluation of the purchasing preferences and knowledge of agricultural production among Australian consumers.

Scholar	Dr Dustin Garrick
Scholarship	CSIRO and Alumni Scholarships
Field of Study	Geography
Education	University of Arizona
Dates	August 2010
Host Institution	CSIRO Water for a Healthy Country Flagship
Fulbright Research	Evaluating policy responses to freshwater scarcity crises by examining the use of market institutions to reallocate water for environmental recovery

Scholar	Aisha Harun
Field of Study	Public Health
Education	John Hopkins University, Maryland
Dates	July 2010
Host Institution	University of Sydney's School of Public Health
Fulbright Research	Research to gain a greater understanding of the interaction between multiculturalism and health outcomes in Australia.

Scholar	Krysten Keches
Field of Study	Music Performance - harp
Education	Harvard University
Dates	February 2011
Host Institution	Canberra School of Music, ANU
Fulbright Research	Study for a Graduate Diploma in Music Performance, designed specifically for students who want to focus on practical training and solo performance.

Scholar	Alice Lu
Field of Study	Medical Science
Education	Cornell University
Dates	February 2011
Host Institution	The University of Melbourne
Fulbright Research	Exploring the factors that regulate CD8 T cell effector function during the elimination of influenza virus from an infected host.

Scholar	Lindsey Murphy
Field of Study	Biology
Education	Pepperdine University
Dates	August 2010
Host Institution	University of Queensland
Fulbright Research	Examining the relationship between diseases such as cancer and muscular dystrophy and genetic defects that disrupt normal cell processes and result in dysfunction of characteristic cell surface features called caveolae.

Scholar	Lee Pearson
Scholarship	Fulbright ANU College of Business and Economics Scholar
Field of Study	Economics
Education	Cambridge, UK
Dates	April 2011
Host Institution	ANU College of Business and Economics
Fulbright Research	Examining the world trade in agricultural commodities, economic benefits and possible environmental impacts through undertaking a case study of Australia’s import restrictions on U.S. apples.

Scholar	Matthew Perez
Field of Study	Sculpture
Education	Rhode Island School of Design in Providence
Dates	November 2010
Host Institution	ANU School of Art
Fulbright Research	Study the annealing factors of “shape induced stress” a symptom of complex and intricate glass sculptures, to improve the rate of successful casting for glass artists.

Scholar	Rachel Smith
Field of Study	Biological Sciences
Education	Northwestern University
Dates	July 2010
Host Institution	UNSW
Fulbright Research	Exploring the role of multiple human stressors in influencing distributions of non-indigenous and native species in Australia’s coastal estuaries.

Scholar	Matthew Traylor
Field of Study	Engineering
Education	U.C. Berkeley
Dates	February 2011
Host Institution	University of Queensland
Fulbright Research	Development of an inexpensive, biologically based method to degrade the widespread and toxic pollutant DDT to replace current costly remediation strategies.