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Category: Alumni Profiles

Karl Jackson

Posted on September 10, 2024 (July 11, 2025) by skerr
Karl Jackson sitting in front of tree and sign for Ghana Togo

Chemistry professor and STEM innovator mentors students to lead and achieve

Posted in Alumni, Alumni ProfilesTagged Health, STEM

Nikki Dryden

Posted on August 9, 2024 (July 7, 2025) by skerr
Headshot of Nikki Dryden

Olympic swimmer turned lawyer protects athletes from abuse.

Posted in Alumni, Alumni ProfilesTagged Human and Civil Rights, Law

Olivia Mae Asuncion

Posted on July 16, 2024 (July 3, 2025) by skerr

Fulbright architect advocates for inclusive design as a human right and “education for all.”

Posted in Alumni, Alumni ProfilesTagged Disability Advocacy, Education, Human and Civil Rights

Christopher Tin

Posted on June 24, 2024 (July 2, 2025) by skerr
Christopher Tin sitting at grand piano

Christopher Tin, two-time Grammy-winning Fulbrighter, composed a new ending to Puccini’s unfinished opera Turandot, performed at the Kennedy Center.

Posted in Alumni, Alumni ProfilesTagged Arts & Culture, Awards, Music

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Posted on June 13, 2024 (July 3, 2025) by skerr
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins standing in front of window with arms folded

‘Fulbright is where I was born as a writer’: Tony award-winning playwright playwright reflects on his journey to his Broadway debut

Posted in Alumni, Alumni ProfilesTagged Arts & Culture, Awards

Sumalee Montano

Posted on May 20, 2024 (July 3, 2025) by skerr
Headshot of Sumalee Montano

Montano’s Fulbright research on single mothers in the Philippines set her on a path of choosing film and television projects that amplify a broad range of voices.

Posted in Alumni, Alumni ProfilesTagged Arts & Culture, Media

Pamela Scheffler

Posted on April 11, 2024 (July 3, 2025) by skerr
Pam Scheffer doing fieldwork with colleagues

Fulbright experiences in India and Indonesia help Hawaii Community College professor to internationalize her teaching and campus

Posted in Alumni, Alumni ProfilesTagged Agriculture, Science

Megha Rajagopalan

Posted on December 8, 2021 (July 3, 2025) by fulbrightv2stg
Person standing against wall, smiling and with arms crossed, in a black dress with quarter sleeves

Megha Rajagopalan harnessed geospatial technology and old-fashioned reporting to expose the scale of the internment of Uighur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang Province. For this piece of groundbreaking journalism Rajagopalan was awarded the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting.

Posted in Alumni, Alumni ProfilesTagged Awards, Media

Sophie V. Vandebroek

Posted on September 30, 2021 (July 3, 2025) by fulbrightv2stg
Sophie Vandebroek speaking on a panel with a headset mic. Another woman sits in front of her, to the side, blurred since the focus is on Sophie.

Fulbrighter and innovator has held leadership roles at multinational companies and holds 14 United States patents.

Posted in Alumni, Alumni ProfilesTagged Artificial Intelligence, Innovation, Technology

Albert Manero

Posted on September 30, 2021 (July 3, 2025) by fulbrightv2stg
Albert Manero holding up a prosthetic arm in one hand while he raises his other hand to compare

Albert Manero, a 2014 U.S. Student to Germany, is also the President, CEO, and co-founder of Limbitless Solutions, a nonprofit organization that creates and donates bionic arms to children with limb differences. The organization aims to provide affordable prosthetics to families and give kids a way to express themselves.

Posted in Alumni, Alumni ProfilesTagged Innovation, Technology

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