US Fulbright Scholars to Italy Academic Year 2016-2017 US Fulbright Scholars to Italy – Academic Year 2016 - 2017 2 Fulbright Scholars in Italy can be invited to lecture at other Italian or European universities under the auspices of the Fulbright Inter-Country Program. Fulbright Inter-Country Program The Fulbright Inter-Country grant program offers the possibility to invite Fulbright lecturers and researchers in Italy or in Europe (http://www.cies.org/us_scholars/us_dir.htm) to take part in academic meetings, conferences, seminars and other program-related activities organized by Italian or European universities. The Inter-Country program, carried out in collaboration with Fulbright Commissions in Europe, finances travel expenses of Fulbright researchers or lecturers from the city in Italy or in Europe where he/she is carrying on his/her Fulbright project to the site of the hosting institution. Italian universities interested in inviting Fulbright scholars temporarily residing in Italy or Europe should contact in advance the Fulbright scholar to discuss the proposed program and to verify his/her availability. The universities then should send their request to the US- Italy Fulbright Commission to the attention of Executive Director Paola Sartorio (Email: [email protected]). The request should be accompanied by the event program. The U.S. – Italy Fulbright Commission US Fulbright Scholars to Italy – Academic Year 2016 - 2017 3 Index Name Field of Study Award Brown, Peter Anthropology Teaching/Research Award Fulbright – Fondazione CON IL SUD 4 Calabretta-Sajder, Ryan Language and Literature Teaching/Research Award Fulbright – Fondazione CON IL SUD 5 Carlson, Jonathan Law Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Law at the University of Trento 6 Carr, Chris Law Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Business, Economics and Statistics at the Parthenope University of Naples 7 Clarke, Amanda Geosciences Fulbright Research Award 8 Devine, Thomas History Fulbright Award in American Studies at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice 9 Frascatore, Mark Economics Fulbright-LUISS Research Lectureship in Economics 10 Gianquitto, Tina Literature Givant, Steven Mathematics Goldfarb, Jillian Engineering Kurian, Phillip Physics Fulbright Junior Research Award 14 Livingston, Michael Law Fulbright Teaching - Teaching/Research Award 15 Maric, Radenka Engineering Fulbright Research Award 16 Parent, Joseph Political Science Fulbright-LUISS Junior Research Lectureship in Political Sciences 17 Purpura, James Linguistics Fulbright Teaching - Teaching/Research Award 18 Quinlan, Sean History Fulbright Research Award 19 Rivenbark, William Shroeder, Patricia Fulbright Award in American Studies at University of Naples L’Orientale Fulbright Teaching/Research Award in Math and Science at University of Trento Fulbright Teaching/Research Award in Engineering at University of Trento Public Teaching/Research Award Fulbright – Fondazione CON IL SUD Administration Fulbright Award in American Studies at Università di Roma Literature Tre/Università di Roma La Sapienza Page 11 12 13 20 21 Stamatiadis, Nikiforos Engineering Teaching/Research Award Fulbright – Fondazione CON IL SUD 22 Totten, Darian Archeology Teaching/Research Award Fulbright – Fondazione CON IL SUD 23 Fulbright – Schuman Award Kasiri, Narges Linden, Ronald Warren Christie Informaticon Sciences International Relations Law The U.S. – Italy Fulbright Commission Fulbright-Schuman European Union Affairs Program 24 Fulbright-Schuman European Union Affairs Program 25 Fulbright-Schuman European Union Affairs Program 26 US Fulbright Scholars to Italy – Academic Year 2016 - 2017 4 Teaching/Research Award Fulbright – Fondazione CON IL SUD BROWN, Peter Home residence in Decatur, GA [email protected] Field of Study Anthropology Specialization Anthropology, Miscellaneous Project The History of Malaria and its Eradication in Sardinia, Italy: Implications for Global Health Policy and Understanding the Incidence of Type-1 Diabetes. Throughout history, Sardinia was infamous for unhealthiness and malaria. In 1947, the island was the site of a pioneering anti-malaria project funded by the United States and which used extraordinary amounts of the insecticide DDT. The proposed research has two related components: (1) Completion of a study about epidemiologic, genetic, demographic, and socioeconomic effects of malaria and its elimination on the Sardinian people; and (2) Initiation of a collaborative study on the historical distribution of malaria and DDT in order to test Epigenetic hypotheses about the sharply increased rates of Type-1 Diabetes on the island. Findings will have important implications for Global Health Italian Affiliation Università degli Studi di Sassari - Dipartimento Scienze Biomediche - Facolta’ di Medicina Grant Period January 2017 – June 2017 Education PhD in Anthropology at Stony Brooke University, NY, 1979 MA in Anthropology at Stony Brooke University, NY, 1976 BA in Sociology at Notre Dame University, IN, 1973 Present Position Professor at Emory College of Arts and Sciences and Rollins School of Public Health Webpage http://anthropology.emory.edu/home/people/faculty/brown.html Previous Position (partial list) Languages Italian Recent Publications (partial list) 2009 Visiting Professor, Harvard School of Medicine 2003 Visiting Professor, John Cabot University (Rome) 2007 Stigma in the Time of Influenza: Social and Institutional Responses to Pandemic Emergencies. Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 197S:34-37 (with Ronald Barrett) 2005 Evolutionary, Historical and Political Economic Perspectives on Health and Disease. Social Science and Medicine 61:755-765(with G. Armelagos and B. Turner) 2004 Emerging Illnesses and Society: Negotiating the Public Health Agenda. R. Packard, P. Brown, R. Berkelman, H. Frumkin (eds) Johns Hopkins University Press 2004 Emerging Illnesses as Social Process: Epidemiology, Communities of Suffering, and the Responses of Public Health Institutions. Pp 1-35. In. Emerging Illnesses and Society: Negotiating the Public Health Agenda. University of Michigan Press (: R. Packard, P. Brown, R. Berkelman, H. Frumkin) The U.S. – Italy Fulbright Commission US Fulbright Scholars to Italy – Academic Year 2014- 2015 5 Teaching/Research Award Fulbright – Fondazione CON IL SUD CALABRETTA-SAJDER Ryan Home residence in Fayetteville, AR [email protected] Field of Study Language and Literature Specializations Italian Literature, Cinema, Gender Studies, Migration Studies Project Gender and Migration in Italian and Italian American Studies – Cinematic and Literary Representations. The project(s) I propose for the University of Calabria all reflect my research interests in gender and migration in Italian and Italian American culture, complex issues as seen through literature, film and media, attempting to portray the struggle to comprehend and overcome gender barriers. In addition to my teaching, I plan to continue my scholarly research in both fields, migration and gender, and aim to finish my second manuscript entitled Dandyism in the Socio-Economic Context of Italian Americana: Robert Ferro. Lastly, I hope to organize a two day conference on Italian Immigration and Emigration which will culminate in the publication of a edited volume in both English and Italian. Italian Affiliation University of Calabria - Department of Humanities Grant Period January 2017 – July 2017 Education PhD in Language and Literature at Middlebury College, VT, 2014 MA in Language and Literature at Indiana University Bloomington, IN, 2007 BA in Language and Literature at Dominican University, IL, 2005 Present Position Visiting Professor at University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Webpage http://uark.academia.edu/RyanCalabrettaSajder Previous Position (partial list) Languages Italian Recent Publications (partial list) 2009-2013 Lecturer in Italian, Coordinator of the Italian Program, Center for the Study of Languages at Rice University, Houston, TX 2008-2013 Lecturer in Italian at Babilonia Lang & Cultural Institute, Taormina, Sicily 2007-2008 Lecturer in Italian at SUNY New Paltz NY “William Van Watson and the Queering of Italian Studies” The Italianist 35.2. 1-6. June 2015. “From ‘Gazing’ to ‘Cruising’ - Ferzan Özpetek’s Mine vaganti and the Regenderization of Laura Mulvey” in L’Europa, l’Italia, e il mediterraneo. Anthony Julian Tamburri and Antonio Vitti, eds. New York: Bordighera Press, 2014. “Beyond the ‘Male Gaze’ – Conceiving the ‘Fourth’ Gaze in La bestia nel cuore.” in Fare l’italiana: Female Identity in Italy 1950-2000. Virginia Pichietti and Laura Salsini, eds. (Forthcoming Fall 2015). “Re-viewing Pinocchio: From the Grotesque Page to the Whimsical Fairy Film” in A Tribute to Roberto Benigni. Augustus Mastri, editor. Wellend, ON: Soleil Publishing, 2015. (Forthcoming Fall 2015) US Fulbright Scholars to Italy – Academic Year 2016 - 2017 6 Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Law at the University of Trento CARLSON, Jonathan Home residence in Iowa City, IA [email protected] Field of Study Law Specializations Private and Public International Law Project Distinguished Chair in Law at the University of Trento. I propose to develop and teach undergraduate courses and graduate seminars at the Faculty of Law of the University of Trento in any of a variety of legal subjects, as appropriate to the needs and interests of the institution. During my time in Trento, I would also seek out opportunities to interact with University faculty and practicing lawyers who work in the area of international environmental law for their advice and insights on how to add practice-oriented components to teaching materials used in this area. Italian Affiliation University of Trento – Facoltà di Giurisprudenza Grant Period February 2017 – May 2017 Education JD in Law at University of Chicago, IL, 1979 BA in Philosophy at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1976 Present Position Professor at University of Iowa, College of Law Webpage http://law.uiowa.edu/jonathan-c-carlson Previous Position (partial list) Languages Recent Publications (partial list) 2011- 2015 Director, Environment Policy Research Program, University of Iowa Public Policy Center 2008-2011 Senior Associate to University President, University of Iowa 2007-2008 Associate Dean, University of Iowa College of Law n/a International environmental law and world order: a problem-oriented coursebook. Jonathan C. Carlson, Sir Geoffrey W.R. Palmer, Burns H. Weston. 3rd ed., St. Paul, MN: West Group, 2012, xc, 1564 pages. Supplement of basic documents to international environmental law and world order. [Edited by] Jonathan C. Carlson, Sir Geoffrey W.R. Palmer, and Burns H. Weston. 3 ed., St rd. Paul, MN: West Group, 2012, xx, 1540 pages. International law and world order: Basic documents. [Edited by] Burns H. Weston & Jonathan C. Carlson. Brill. Currently published on-line. (Updated annually). Previously published in hard copy by Transnational Publishers, Inc. (1994–2009), 5 volumes, looseleaf. The U.S. – Italy Fulbright Commission US Fulbright Scholars to Italy – Academic Year 2016 - 2017 7 Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Business, Economics and Statistics at the Parthenope University of Naples CARR, Chris Home residence in San Luis Obispo, CA [email protected] Field of Study Law Specializations Business Law Project I am a 17-year tenured business law professor at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (“Cal Poly”). Cal Poly is an outstanding public university that values good teaching and research. From 2004-09 I also served as Associate Dean for my College of Business. I have extensively published in refereed law and business academic journals and won major teaching awards. Previously I also served as a Fulbright Specialist in Pakistan and Tunisia. I can teach a variety of undergraduate and graduate law courses and even business related courses. My Distinguished Chair application focuses primarily on a teaching visit, and is a natural extension of my prior academic accomplishments. Italian Affiliation Parthenope University of Naples - Dipartimento di Studi Aziendali e Quantitativi Grant Period January 2017 – April 2017 Education JD at Santa Clara University School of Law, CA, 1990 MA in Political Science at University of California, 1988 BS in Marketing Education and Business at University of Nebraska, 1987 Present Position Professor at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Orfalea College of Business, Department of Accounting and Law Webpage http://www.cob.calpoly.edu/directory/profile/chris-carr/ Previous Position (partial list) Languages n/a Recent Publications (partial list) 2004 to 2009 Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and Faculty Development CalPoly Orfalea College of Business – San Luis Obispo, California 2001 to 2004 Associate Professor at CalPoly Orfalea College of Business – San Luis Obispo, California 1998 to 2001 Assistant Professor at CalPoly Orfalea College of Business – San Luis Obispo, California Chris Carr & Dan Harris, “Strategic Contracting in China for Foreign Firms,” Thunderbird International Business Review, Vol. 57, No. 3, pp. 241--‐254 2015 L. Webb, B. O’Connell C. Carr & M. Higgins, “An Instructional Case in the Ethics of the CPA--‐Client Relationship: The Roadrunner and Howard Bean, CPA” Research on Accounting Ethics, Vol 10, pp. 211--‐229 2005 Chris Carr, Scott Erickson & Helen Rothberg, “Intellectual Capital, Competitive Intelligence and the Economic Espionage Act” International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 460--‐482 2004 The U.S. – Italy Fulbright Commission US Fulbright Scholars to Italy – Academic Year 2016 - 2017 8 Fulbright Research Award CLARKE, Amanda Home residence in Tempe, AZ [email protected] Field of Study Geosciences Specializations Volcanology Project Explosive Volcanic Eruptions: Etna, Stromboli, Sunset Crater and Mars. The project focuses on basalt eruptions because they dominate volcanism on Earth and Mars, they erupt in a variety of unpredictable ways, and the causes of the most violent eruptions are poorly understood and hotly debated. Observations of past and ongoing activity at Stromboli and Mt. Etna (Italy), two of the most active basalt volcanoes on Earth, and the violent prehistoric eruption of Sunset Crater (AZ) will be used to understand what controls the violence of basalt eruptions and to develop models for use in forecasting and in studies of Mars volcanism. Hazards assessment is a key activity at the Italian host institution and Mars science is a longstanding strength at Arizona State. Italian Affiliation National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), Pisa Grant Period September 2016 – December 2016 Education Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University Geosciences 2002 Fulbright Fellow Republic of the Philippines 1994 - 1995 B.S./B.A. University of Notre Dame Aerospace Engineering/Philosophy 1994 Present Position Associate Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University Webpage http://clarke.asu.edu/ Previous Positions Languages Italian Recent Publications (partial list) 2003–2009 Assistant Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University 2002-2003 Royal Society Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK Smekens*, J-F, A. B. Clarke, M. R. Burton, A. Harijoko, and H. E. Wibowo (2015) SO2 emissions at Semeru volcano, Indonesia: characterization and quantification of persistent and periodic explosive activity. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. v. 300, 121-128: doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2015.01.006. Van Eaton* A.R., L.G. Mastin, M. Herzog, H.F. Schwaiger, D.J. Schneider, K.L. Wallace & A. B. Clarke (2015) Hail formation as a mechanism of rapid aggregation in volcanic plumes. Nature Communications. 6:7860 | DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8860. Chojnicki*, K.N, A. B. Clarke, J.C. Phillips, R. J. Adrian (2015) The evolution of volcanic plume morphologies from short-lived eruptions. doi:10.1130/G36642.1 Geology. Clarke, A.B., T. Esposti-Ongaro, A. Belousov (2015) “Vulcanian Eruptions”, In Sigurdsson et al., Encyclopedia of Volcanoes, 2nd edition. The U.S. – Italy Fulbright Commission US Fulbright Scholars to Italy – Academic Year 2016 - 2017 9 Fulbright Award in American Studies at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice DEVINE, Thomas Home residence in Reseda, CA [email protected] Field of Study History Specializations U.S. History Project Studying American Culture Through Mark Twain and the Popular Arts. I will develop and teach two graduate classes. The first will focus on the writing of and scholarly response to Mark Twain. The course will explore Mark Twain's America and Twain's experiences as a foreign tourist. It will use Twain and his work as a frame of reference for better understanding American literature and culture between 1865 and 1910. The second course, Topics in American Cultural History, 1840-1960, will feature primary and secondary source readings on various forms of American popular art -- theatrical performances, movies, pulp novels, radio programs, music, and television programs. Students will complete short reaction papers, a thematic essay, and a longer research project. Italian Affiliation Ca’ Foscari University of Venice - Dipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Culturale Comparati Grant Period February 2017 – June 2017 Education Ph.D. in History at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2000 M.A in American History at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1993 B.A. in English and History at Georgetown University, magna cum laude, 1990 Present Position Professor, California State University, Northridge, 2012- Present Webpage http://www.csun.edu/~twd61312/ Previous position (partial list) Languages Italian, German Recent Publications (partial list) Associate Professor, California State University, Northridge, 2006-2012 Assistant Professor, California State University, Northridge, 2000-2006 Coordinator, Robert M. Duncan Program in U.S. Economic History, 2005-2007 Henry Wallace’s 1948 Presidential Campaign and the Future of Postwar Liberalism (University of North Carolina Press, 2013) “Progressive Party of 1948,” The Oxford Encyclopedia of Political and Legal History (Oxford University Press, 2012) Review of “Special Issue: The Cold War in Film,” Cold War History: 9:4 (November 2009) 453-524, in H-Diplo Roundtable, Volume XI, No. 40 (September 17, 2010), 6-9 http://www.hnet. org/~diplo/roundtables/PDF/Roundtable-XI-40.pdf Review of Selling the Korean War: Propaganda, Politics, and Public Opinion in the United States, 1950-1953 by Steven Casey, in H-Diplo Roundtable, Volume X, No. 8 (March 17, 2009), 6-9 http://www.hnet. org/~diplo/roundtables/PDF/Roundtable-X-8.pdf The U.S. – Italy Fulbright Commission US Fulbright Scholars to Italy – Academic Year 2016 - 2017 10 Fulbright-LUISS Research Lectureship in Economics FRASCATORE, Mark Home residence in Potsdam, NY [email protected] Field of Study Economics Specializations Industrial Organization, Game Theory, Applied Microeconomics Project An Investigation of Supply Chain Sourcing Contracts in Italian Manufacturing. At the University of Bologna I plan to study how the nature of business-to-business relationships in Italy, Italian labor law, and EU membership affect contracting and sourcing strategies, and how they differ from those in the US. Is supply-chain disruption a problem, and how is it dealt with? Is quality assurance a significant issue? Is recall risk high, and is Italian law helpful in mitigating that risk? Does comity among EU member nations afford additional flexibility to the sourcing companies? All of these questions might be answered with natural extensions of research I’ve done, and with the expertise and company access afforded by the faculty and resources at the University of Bologna. Italian Affiliation LUISS – Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali - Department of Economics and Finance Grant Period February 2017 – May 2017 Education PhD in Economics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1994 MA in in Economics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1990 BS in Economics at State University of New York at Binghamton, 1989 Present Position Professor and Associate Dean at Clarkson University School of Business Webpage http://www.clarkson.edu/business/faculty/frascatore.html Previous Positions Associate Professor of Economics, Clarkson University, 2/00 – 5/14. Adjunct Research Professor, Massey University, New Zealand, 1/03 – 4/04. Area Coordinator, Faculty of Economics and Financial Studies, Clarkson University, 8/01 – 12/02. Director of Undergraduate Business Programs, Clarkson University, 1/01 – 8/01. Languages Italian Recent Publications (partial list) Frascatore, Mark R., “Mitigating Supply Chain Risk: Contracting vs. Leveraging Flexibility”. Frascatore, Mark R. and J.K. Mullen, “Heterogeneous Users and Adoption of Bitcoin: Adoption Rates, Network Effects, and Switching Costs”. Frascatore, Mark R., “R&D Spillovers and Joint Ventures: The Two‐Product Case”. Davis, Michael A., Sumona Mondal, and Mark R. Frascatore, “An Econometric Analysis of Statistics in EURO 2008™”. The U.S. – Italy Fulbright Commission US Fulbright Scholars to Italy – Academic Year 2016 - 2017 11 Fulbright Award in American Studies at University of Naples L’Orientale GIANQUITTO, Tina Home residence in Boulder, CO [email protected] Field of Study Literature Specializations 19th Century American literature; literature and the environment; literature and the history of science Project Bridging Communities Through Literature: Lived Experience, Pedagogical Practice, and Cultural Exchange. I propose teaching a broadly conceived Master’s level course in American literature bringing together the multiple perspectives of the environmental humanities, including ecocriticism and gender studies, as well as literature and science studies. In consultation with the department, I could offer courses on 18th- and 19th-century U.S. literature, U.S. environmental literature, or literature by American women writers. I would seek involvement in the life of the department, including mentoring graduate students and early career faculty and look for long term collaboration. I would also like to share my work in American literary studies with the local community through public lectures Italian Affiliation University of Naples l’Orientale - Dipartimento di Studi letterari, linguistici e comparati Grant Period March 2017 – June 2017 Education Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences New York, NY Ph.D. American Literature, October 2002 M.Phil. American Literature, March 1996 M.A. Literature, May 1993 Columbia University, Columbia College, New York, NY B.A. British Literature (Cum Laude) 1991 Present Position Associate Professor at Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO Webpage http://inside.mines.edu/Tina-Gianquitto Previous Positions Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO Interim Division Director (January 2014-August 2015) Assistant Professor (Fall 2003-2008) Languages Italian, French Recent Publications (partial list) “Good Observers of Nature”: American Women and the Scientific Study of the Natural World, 1820- 1885. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2007. “Women and Science 1830-1940: A Primary Sourcebook.” General Editor, co-edited with Martha Richmond (In Progress, Pickering and Chatto Press) America’s Darwin: Darwinian Theory and U.S. Literary Culture. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2014. The U.S. – Italy Fulbright Commission US Fulbright Scholars to Italy – Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Fulbright Teaching/Research Award in Math and Science at University of Trento GIVANT, Steven Roger Home residence in San Francisco, CA [email protected] Field of Study Mathematics Specializations Logic, Mathematical Project Algebra and Logic in Trento. I propose to teach a one-semester course in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Trento, Italy, preferably on some mathematical topic that involves algebra and/or logic such as Boolean algebra, relation algebra, or the theory of computation; but I am versatile enough to teach any one of a variety of topics that meet the curricular needs of the Department. I also propose to collaborate with faculty and students on research problems at the border of algebra and mathematical logic. Italian Affiliation University of Trento - Department of Mathematics Grant Period September 2016 – March 2017 Education Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, Mathematics, 1975 Equivalent of Master's Degree in Computer Science, IFRICS, Clarkson University, 1988 M.A., University of California at Berkeley, Mathematics, 1969 B.A., Magna Cum Laude, University of California at Berkeley, Mathematics, 1967 Present Position Professor at Mills College, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Webpage https://www.mills.edu/academics/faculty/math/givant/givant.php Previous Position (partial list) Languages Italian, German and French Recent Publications (partial list) 1991-1995: Director and Principal Investigator, Summer Mathematics Institute for Undergraduate Women, Mills College 1975-1981: Assistant and Associate Research Mathematician, University of California, Berkeley 1973-1974: Director, Project SEED, San Francisco Bay Area Givant, S., Relation algebras, vol I: Arithemetic and algebra; vol. II: Complete extensions,representations, varieties, and atom structures, Springer-Verlag, to appear in 2016. _____ , Duality theories for Boolean algebras with operators, Springer Monographs in Mathematics, Springer Verlag, New York, 2014, vi + 233 pp. _____ and Halmos, P., Introduction to Boolean algebras, Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics, Springer-Verlag, New York, 2009, xiv + 574 pp. _____ and Halmos, P. Logic as algebra, Dolciani Mathematical Expositions, no. 21, Mathematical Association of America, Washington, D.C., 1998, x + 141 pp. The U.S. – Italy Fulbright Commission 12 US Fulbright Scholars to Italy – Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Fulbright Teaching/Research Award in Engineering at University of Trento GOLDFARB, Jillian Home residence in Boston, MA [email protected] Field of Study Engineering Specializations Chemical-Environmental Engineering, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Project Global Insights into Sustainable Energy Engineering; Sustainable Solutions for Municipal Solid Waste Management. For this Teaching/Research Fulbright, I will develop a Sustainable Energy Engineering course for the Energy Engineering Graduate Program at University of Trento. The course will train students to combine fundamental engineering skills with life cycle and policy analyses to evaluate the sustainability of renewable energy systems. For my research, I will work with Dr. Luca Fiori to address municipal solid waste (MSW) management, an issue plaguing both countries. I will develop expertise in hydrothermal processing to add a new dimension to my current work on waste-to-energy conversions, and share my expertise in thermochemical conversions of MSW to biochars to treat landfill leachate. Italian Affiliation Università degli Studi di Trento - Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering Grant Period January 2017 – July 2017 Education Ph.D. Brown University, Providence, RI, Chemical Engineering 2008 Sc.M. Brown University, Providence, RI, Engineering 2005 B.S. Northeastern University, Boston, MA, Chemical Engineering 2004 Present Position Research Assistant Professor at Boston University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering Webpage http://www.bu.edu/me/people/faculty/gn/jillian-goldfarb-ph-d/ Previous Position (partial list) Languages Spanish, Italian Recent Publications (partial list) University of New Hampshire, Department of Chemical Engineering, Durham, NH Assistant Professor (August 2010 – July 2013) Simmons College, Department of Chemistry, Boston, MA Lecturer (Fall 2008; Fall 2009 – Spring 2010) J.L. Goldfarb, S. Ceylan. “Second-Generation Sustainability: Application of the Distributed Activation Energy Model to the Pyrolysis of Locally Sourced Biomass-Coal Blends for use in Co-firing Scenarios” Fuel. Forthcoming. Patnaik, A. and J.L. Goldfarb. “Continuous Activation Energy Representation of the Arrhenius Equation for the Pyrolysis of Cellulosic Materials: Feed Corn Stover and Cocoa Shell Biomass”. Cellulose Chemistry and Technology. Forthcoming. Ceylan, S. and J.L. Goldfarb. “Green Tide to Green Fuels: TG-FTIR Analysis and Kinetic Study of Ulva prolifera Pyrolysis.” Energy Conversion & Management. 2015: 101; 263-270 The U.S. – Italy Fulbright Commission 13 US Fulbright Scholars to Italy – Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Fulbright Junior Research Award KURIAN, Philip Home residence in Rockville, MD [email protected] Field of Study Physics Specializations Quantum Biology Project The Impact of Macroscopic Quantum Effects in Biology on Chronic and Degenerative Illness. I will partner with C. Verzegnassi (University of Udine) and F. Burigana (Association for Medicine and Complexity) in Trieste, Italy, to translate studies of the quantum properties of matter into new electromagnetic therapies. Guided by the understanding that a fractal-like hierarchy exists between micro-scale quantum dynamics and the physiology of complex living organisms, I will model fundamental properties (e.g., electron spin) to provide insights into the etiological impact of macroscopic quantum effects on chronic and degenerative illnesses like cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and HIV. Modeling will allow testing of novel clinical interventions for diverse populations in Italy and the US. Italian Affiliation Università di Udine - Politecnico di Ingegneria e Architettura Grant Period May 2017 – September 2017 Education Howard University, Graduate School, Washington, District of Columbia. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Theoretical Biophysics, Dec 2013. University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Master of Science in Education, Teaching Secondary Mathematics (Urban Education), May 2007. Duke University, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, Durham, North Carolina. Bachelor of Arts in Physics; Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy Studies, May 2005 Present Position Postdoctoral Scholar at Howard University College of Medicine, National Human Genome Center Webpage http://www.genomecenter.howard.edu/philip-kurian.html Previous Position Languages n/a Recent Publications (partial list) Biophysics Research and Interdisciplinary Development Group (BRIDG), Howard University Aug 2009 – Dec 2013 Science Systems & Applications, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Physical Scientist. Jan – Aug 2008 Quantum Optics Laboratory, Duke University Jan 2003 – 2005 P. Kurian and C. Verzegnassi, “Quantum field theory treatment of magnetic effects on the spin and orbital angular momentum of a free electron.” Under review by Physical Review Letters. 2015 P. Kurian, G. Dunston, and J. Lindesay, “How quantum entanglement in DNA synchronizes double-strand breakage by type II restriction endonucleases.” Under review by Journal of Theoretical Biology. 2015 The U.S. – Italy Fulbright Commission 14 US Fulbright Scholars to Italy – Academic Year 2016 - 2017 15 Fulbright Teaching - Teaching/Research Award Livingston, Michael Home residence in Cheltenham, PA [email protected] Field of Study Law Specializations Comparative Law/Legal Systems Project History Memory and Justice: Italy and Beyond. I previously published a book on the Italian Racial (antisemitic) laws and the Holocaust in Italy. This project considers the memory of the Holocaust in contemporary Italy, including reparation efforts, museums and other commemorations, and portrayals in films, literature, and so forth. It is part of a broader project that considers the use of restorative justice, including apology, truth commissions, and other forms of nonmonetary compensation for human rights abuses in the United States, Russia, and various Western European countries. I will also be working on a second book involving tax and culture, with many of my most significant examples taken from Italy and neighboring countries. Italian Affiliation Università degli Studi di Ferrara – Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza Grant Period February 2017 – May 2017 Education Yale Law School, New Haven, CT J.D., 1981 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (Arts and Sciences) A.B. 1977 Present Position Professor at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, School of Law Webpage https://camlaw.rutgers.edu/directory/949/ Previous Position (partial list) Languages Italian, French, Russian Recent Publications (partial list) Rutgers-Camden School of Law, Camden, NJ Associate Professor of Law, 1987-99 Cornell Law School, Ithaca, NY Visiting Professor, Spring 1998 “The Fascists and the Italian Jews: Mussolini’s Race Laws, 1938-1943” (Cambridge University Press, 2014). Cappelletti, Merryman, & Perillo, “The Italian Legal System: An Introduction”, Second Edition (Stanford University Press) (currently in press). “The Irrefutable Argument: The Holocaust in History, Memory and Law” (see Works in Progress, below) “Taxation and Culture: Toward a Comprehensive Theory of Comparative Tax Law” (see Works in Progress, below) "Taxation: Law Planning Policy," Lexis Publishing Co., Second Ed. co-authored by Prof. David Gamage, UC-Berkeley School of Law, 2010; First Ed. 2003. The U.S. – Italy Fulbright Commission US Fulbright Scholars to Italy – Academic Year 2016 - 2017 16 Fulbright Research Award MARIC, Radenka Home residence in Andover, CT [email protected] Field of Study Engineering Specializations Energy, Fuel Cells Project Durable Cathodes for High Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC) and Hydrogen Separation. High temperature membranes such as polybenzimidazole (PBI) have enabled the development of new high temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell PEMFCs that have improved impurity tolerance and enhanced ORR kinetics. However, PEMFC catalyst costs are still very high and present a substantial opportunity for transformative research. In this proposal with Politechnico of Milan, our team will:1) Investigate the influence of structural outputs to enhance reactant mass transport; 2) Elucidate the role of the catalyst hierarchical nano/micro structure on the Pt activity and stability;3) Study the influence of particle size and loading on the hydrogen separation. Italian Affiliation Politecnico di Milano – Dipartimento di Ingegneria Grant Period March 2017 – June 2017 Education University of Belgrade, School of Technology and Metallurgy, B.S., 1989 Kyoto University School of Engineering, Materials Science and Energy, M.S., 1993 Kyoto University, School of Engineering, Materials Science and Energy, Ph.D., 1996 Present Position Chair and Professor, University of Connecticut, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Webpage http://www.mse.engr.uconn.edu/radenka-maric Previous Position Languages Japanese, German, Croatian Recent Publications (partial list) 12/04-8/10 Program Manager and Group Leader, National Research Council, Canada 12/05-12/06 Acting Director of Science and Technology, National Research Council Canada 1/08-8/10 Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada 3/01-12/04 Program Manager, nGimat, Atlanta, GA Maric, Radenka, Spray-based and CVD Processes for Synthesis of Fuel Cell Catalysts and Thin Catalyst Layers, PEM Fuel Cell Electrocatalysts and Catalyst Layers, Chapter 8, pp. 265-281, Springer, London (2008) DOI 10.1007/978-1-84800-9363_20. Kim, S., Myles T., Russel, H.K., Kwak D., Wang, Y., Maric, R., The effect of binder content on the performance of a high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell produced with reactive spray deposition technology, Electrochimica Acta, on line March, (2015). The U.S. – Italy Fulbright Commission US Fulbright Scholars to Italy – Academic Year 2016 - 2017 17 Fulbright-LUISS Junior Research Lectureship in Political Sciences PARENT, Joseph Home residence in Coral Gables, FL [email protected] Field of Study Political Science and International Relations Specializations American Foreign policy Project American Foreign Policy I would happily fulfill the terms of the granting, teaching American Foreign policy to undergraduate and/or graduate students, and being involved in the research community of Guido Carli University. Being in Rome would also facilitate my research on great power foreign policy since 1870 by bringing me closer to European archives. Italian Affiliation Libera Università degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli – Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche Grant Period February 2017 – June 2017 Education Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, New York, NY Ph.D. in Political Science, May 2006; M.Phil., May 2002; M.A., May 2001 University of Chicago, Chicago, IL B.A. in Political Science, June 1999 Present Position Associate Professor at University of Miami, Coral Gables Department of Political Science College of Arts and Sciences Webpage http://www.as.miami.edu/politicalscience/people/tenure/joseph-parent/ Previous Position (partial list) Languages German, French, Italian Recent Publications (partial list) Assistant Professor, University of Miami, fall 2008-spring 2014. Adjunct Assistant Professor New York University, graduate seminars, fall 2006-spring 2008. Columbia University, undergraduate lectures and seminar, fall 2006-spring 2008. Barnard College, senior thesis seminar, academic year 2007-2008. Hunter College, undergraduate seminar, fall 2006. “Balancing in Neorealism,” (with Sebastian Rosato) International Security, est. vol. 40, no. 1 (forthcoming summer or fall 2015). “Correspondence: Decline and Retrenchment—Peril or Promise?” (with Paul K. MacDonald) International Security, vol. 36, no. 4 (Spring 2012), pp. 189-194. “International Polarity and America’s Polarization,” (with Joseph Bafumi) International Politics, vol. 49, no. 1 (January 2012), pp. 1-35. “Elder Abuse: How the Moderns Mistreat Classical Realism,” (with Joshua M. Baron) International Studies Review, vol. 13, no. 2 (June 2011), pp. 193213. “Graceful Decline? The Surprising Success of Great Power Retrenchment,” (with Paul K. MacDonald) International Security, vol. 35, no. 4 (Spring 2011), pp. 7-44. The U.S. – Italy Fulbright Commission US Fulbright Scholars to Italy – Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Fulbright Teaching - Teaching/Research Award PURPURA, James Enos Home residence in New York, NY [email protected] Field of Study Linguistics Specializations Applied Linguistics: Language Assessment Project Developing Language Assessments from a Learning Orientation. This project has teaching and research goals. Teaching involves (1) a foundation course in L2 assessment that addresses theoretical and practical issues of test development and analysis, and (2) a research seminar on learning-oriented L2 assessment (LOA) or scenario-based L2 assessment (SBA). The research for this project involves an examination of how L2 assessments designed around scenarios, along with other performance moderators (e.g., feedback, assistance, and scaffolding), affect L2 processing and the display of L2 performance in ESL and Italian classrooms. Italian Affiliation Università per Stranieri di Siena Grant Period February 2017 – June 2017 Education Ph.D. Applied Linguistics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 1990-1996 (Specialization in Second Language (L2) Assessment; L2 Pedagogy) M.A. French Linguistics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1973-1976 B.A. French Language and Literature, Marietta College, Marietta, OH 1969-1973 Present Position Associate Professor at Columbia University, Teachers College, Department of Arts and Humanities Webpage http://www.tc.columbia.edu/faculty/jp248/ Previous Position (partial list) Languages Italian, Spanish, French Recent Publications (partial list) 2001-present Associate Professor of Linguistics & Education, Applied Linguistics & TESOL Program. Specialization: L2 Assessment 2000-2011 Coordinator of the Applied Linguistics and/or the TESOL Programs. 1995-2001 Assistant Professor of Linguistics & Education. Applied Linguistics & TESOL Program. Specialization: L2 Assessment Purpura, J. E., & Kunnan, A. J. (Eds.) (Under contract: Due August 2015). The writings of L. F. Bachman: “Assuring that what we count counts” in language assessment. New York: Routledge. Purpura, J. E., & Turner, C. E. (Under contract). Learning-oriented assessment in language classrooms: Using assessment to gauge and promote language learning. New York: Routledge. Purpura, J. (2004). Assessing grammar. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Purpura, J. (1999). Strategy use and second language test performance: A structural equation modeling approach. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. The U.S. – Italy Fulbright Commission 18 US Fulbright Scholars to Italy – Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Fulbright Research Award QUINLAN, Sean Michael Home residence in Moscow, ID [email protected] Field of Study History Specializations History of Science and Medicine Project Between Reform and Risorgimento: Science, Improvement, and Politics in the Kingdom of Naples, ca. 1734-1861. This study examines the relation between science and politics in the kingdoms of Naples and Sicily. The analysis covers the decisive intellectual, political, and social factors that influenced scientific thought and practice in Naples during the Enlightenment, the Napoleonic Wars, and Italian unification. I focus upon how scientists and policy-makers sought to cultivate the sciences for socioeconomic development and improvement, and how this knowledge intersected with projects for social reform, political radicalism, and ultimately nationalist aspirations. Consequently, the study emphasizes the dynamic of science in a developing or “modernizing” state, and the sociocultural context that framed its articulation and implementation. Italian Affiliation Università degli studi di Napoli “L’Orientale” - Dipartimento di Scienze Umane e Sociali Grant Period January 2017 – May 2017 Education PhD, History/History & Philosophy of Science, Indiana University, 2000 MA, Indiana University, 1994 BA, Arizona State University, 1992 Present Position Professor and Chair at University of Idaho - Moscow, ID Colleges of Letters, Arts, and Sciences Department of History Webpage https://www.uidaho.edu/class/history/faculty-staff/sean-quinlan Previous Position (partial list) Languages Italian, French, German Recent Publications (partial list) Administrative Fellow [for interim associate dean], College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences, University of Idaho (2013–14 academic year) Visiting Professor, Leuphana Universität, Lüneburg, Germany (2011–12) (University Consortium Study Abroad Program) Assistant professor, Department of History, University of Idaho (2001–2007) Morbid Undercurrents: Medicine and Cultural Subversion in PostRevolutionary France, ca. 1794–1848 [full MS complete and under preliminary review at Oxford University Press]. The Great Nation in Decline: Sex, Modernity, and Health Crises in Revolutionary France, ca. 1750– 1850 (History of Medicine in Context Series) (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007). Marquis de Sade, Philosophy in the Boudoir, translated, edited, and with an introduction by Quinlan (vita 2015) – 2 Sarah Nelson and Sean M. Quinlan [under preliminary review, University of Chicago Press]. The U.S. – Italy Fulbright Commission 19 US Fulbright Scholars to Italy – Academic Year 2016 - 2017 20 Teaching/Research Award Fulbright – Fondazione CON IL SUD RIVENBARK, William Claude Home residence in Chapel Hill, NC [email protected] Field of Study Public Administration Specializations Management Project Delivery of a Performance Management Course in a New Public Management Curriculum; Advancing the Inquiry of Performance Management in Municipalities. This project provides instructional support for the development and delivery of a performance management course within the University of Salento’s new curriculum on Public management, responding to the global push for increasing accountability and transparency in local government. The project also includes inquiry into how local officials from smaller municipalities in the Region of Puglia collect information to monitor the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery and how they use this information for making ongoing management decisions. This inquiry will be used to advance publication capacity of selected faculty members and to create service learning projects for students. Italian Affiliation Università del Salento - Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Economia Grant Period January 2017 – June 2017 Education Doctor of Philosophy in Public Administration, Mississippi State University, December 1995 Master of Public Administration, Auburn University at Montgomery, March 1993 Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Auburn University, March 1989 Present Position Professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Government Webpage https://www.sog.unc.edu/about/faculty-and-staff/william-c-rivenbark Previous Position (partial list) Languages Financial Analyst, April 1996 – June 1999, City of Greenville, South Carolina Research Assistant, August 1993 – March 1996, Mississippi State University Loan Officer, July 1989 – December 1992, AmSouth Bank, Montgomery, Alabama Kelly, Janet M. and William C. Rivenbark. 2011. Performance Budgeting for State and Local Government, 2nd edition. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe. Marlow, Justin, William C. Rivenbark, and A. John Vogt. 2009. Capital Budgeting and Finance: A Guide for Local Governments, 2nd edition. Washington, DC: ICMA. Rivenbark, William C., Dale J. Roenigk, and Roberta Fasiello. Twenty Years of Benchmarking in North Carolina: Lessons Learned from Comparative of Performance Statistics as Benchmarks. Forthcoming in Public Administration Quarterly. Rivenbark, William C., Roberta Fasiello, and Stefano Adamo. Moving Beyond Innovation Diffusion in Smaller Local Governments: Does Performance Management Exist? Forthcoming in Public Administration Quarterly. n/a Recent Publications (partial list) The U.S. – Italy Fulbright Commission US Fulbright Scholars to Italy – Academic Year 2016 - 2017 21 Fulbright Award in American Studies at Università di Roma Tre/Università di Roma La Sapienza SHROEDER, Patricia Home residence in Jeffersonville, PA [email protected] Field of Study Literature Specializations American Literature Project Race Matters in American Literature, Music, and Culture. I propose to teach graduate-level courses in American literature and culture and have submitted three course descriptions. One course,a literary study of three American literary genres,combines close attention to individual writers with study of the development of the literary forms. The other two are interdisciplinary courses that intertwine literature, music, history, philosophy, film, semiotics, media studies, politics, and sociology to emphasize the varied approaches (not just the varied content) of American Studies inquiry. Italian Affiliation Università di Roma Tre - Dipartimento di Lingue, Letterature e Culture Straniere /Università di Roma La Sapienza - Dipartimento di Studi europei, americani e interculturali Grant Period February 2017 – June 2017 Education Ph.D. English, University of Virginia 1983 M.A. English, University of Virginia 1977 B.A. English, magna cum laude, Ursinus College 1974 Present Position Professor and Coordinator at Ursinus College, Departments of English and Amerian Studies Webpage https://www.ursinus.edu/live/profiles/97-patricia-schroeder Previous Position (partial list) Languages Italian Recent Publications (partial list) 1981-83 Instructor of English University of Virginia 1983-89 Assistant Professor of English Ursinus College 1989-94 Associate Professor of English Ursinus College 1994-present Professor of English Ursinus College “Neo-Hoodoo Dramaturgy: Robert Johnson on Stage.” African American Review 48.1-2 (Spring/Summer 2015): 83-96. “Passing for Black: Coon Songs and the Performance of Race.” Journal of American Culture 33.2 (June 2010): 139-53. "Rootwork: Arthur Flowers, Zora Neale Hurston, and the 'Literary Hoodoo' Tradition." African American Review 36.2 (summer 2002): 263-72. Reprinted in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, volume on Zora Neale Hurston, 2013. The U.S. – Italy Fulbright Commission US Fulbright Scholars to Italy – Academic Year 2016 - 2017 22 Teaching/Research Award Fulbright – Fondazione CON IL SUD STAMATIADIS, Nikiforos Home residence in Lexington, KY [email protected] Field of Study Engineering Specializations Civil Engineering, Transportation Project Improving Pedestrian and Bicycle Road Safety: Crash Prediction Models and Guidelines for Community Needs-Based Contextual Designs. The proposed project will develop safety prediction models based on micro-simulated traffic conflicts for pedestrians and bicyclists at intersections and other critical locations, such as mid-block crossings or bus stops. Historical crash data and actual, observed traffic conflicts will be employed to validate the safety prediction models based on the simulated conflicts. The models will be used to develop guidelines for local agencies to evaluate alternative design for appropriately contextual solutions to improve the safety of these users balancing all stakeholder needs. A series of lectures and seminars will be presented targeting both the academic and professional community in Sicily. Italian Affiliation Università degli Studi di Catania - Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Architettura Grant Period January 2017 – June 2017 Education Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University, with specialization in transportation. (1990) Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University, with specialization in transportation. (1986) Diploma in Surveying Engineering, College of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. Graduated from a five year program, equivalent to the B.Sc. degree. (1983) Present Position Professor at University of Kentucky College of Engineering Department of Civil Engineering Webpage https://www.engr.uky.edu/ce/2011/08/10/nikiforos-nick-stamatiadis-ph-d/ Previous Position (partial list) Languages Italian Recent Publications (partial list) Committees: 5 College, 4 Departmental, 20 ad-hoc committees, and chair of 6 faculty search committees Faculty Advisor: Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Student Chapter, Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Student Chapter Stamatiadis, N., Hedges, A.*, and Kirk, A. 2015 “A Simulation-Based Approach in Determining Permitted Left-Turn Capacities,” accepted for publication to the Transportation Research, Part C. Stamatiadis, N. and Kirk, A.* 2014 “Simulation-Based Guidelines for Road Diets,” Vol. 2, Advances in Transportation Studies International Journal, pp. 5-16. Wang, C.* and Stamatiadis, N. 2014 “Evaluations of Simulation-based Surrogate Safety Measure,” Vol. 71, Accident Analysis and Prevention, pp. 82-92. Wang, C.* and Stamatiadis, N. 2014 “The Derivation of a New Surrogate Measure of Crash Severity,” Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2432, pp.37-45. The U.S. – Italy Fulbright Commission US Fulbright Scholars to Italy – Academic Year 2016 - 2017 23 Teaching/Research Award Fulbright – Fondazione CON IL SUD TOTTEN, Darian Marie Home residence in North Merrick, NY [email protected] Field of Study Archaeology Specializations Classical Archaeology, Roman and Late Antique Archaeology of Southern Italy Project Reconstructing Connections at the Port Town of Late Antique Salapia (Apulia) I propose to produce a comprehensive account of connectivity for the Late Antique occupation of the Roman port town of Salapia, located along the Adriatic coast of Puglia in southern Italy. I do this by looking at three aspects of connection: a study of road infrastructure in the area, the role of salt production in making local and regional links, and the study of ceramic data for evidence of short and long-distance trade. Each provides a different view of connection in the city, and it is the ways these overlap and interact that can provide a multifaceted picture of how this port, at the boundary between seaborne and inland connection, developed and fashioned its urban identity Italian Affiliation Università degli Studi di Foggia - Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici - Area di Archeologia Grant Period January 2017 – June 2017 Education 2004-2011 Ph.D. Stanford University, 2007 M.A. Stanford University, Classical Studies 2003-2004 Post-Baccalaureate Student, University of Houston (non-degree) 1998-2002 B.A. University of Chicago, Anthropology (Phi Beta Kappa) Present Position Assistant Professor at Davidson College Department of Classics Webpage https://www.davidson.edu/academics/classics/faculty-and-staff/darian-marie-totten Previous Position (partial list) Languages Italian Recent Publications (partial list) 2011- 2012 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of History Roanoke College, Salem, VA 2015 G. de Venuto, R. Goffredo, D.M. Totten, M. Ciminale, C. De Mitri, V. Valenzano. “Salapia: Storia e Archeologia di una città tra mare e laguna.” Mélanges de l’École française de Rome – Antiquité (MEFRA) [Online], 127-1 | 2015 (9 June 2015) 2012 Making Roman Places, Past and Present edited by Darian Marie Totten and Kathryn Lafrenz Samuels. Journal of Roman Archaeology, Supplement Series, no. 89 (Portsmouth, RI) 2007 Cultures of contact: Archaeology, Ethics and Globalization (conference proceedings) Stanford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 5 (2007). Edited by Kathryn Lafrenz, Darian Totten and Juan Sebastian de Vivo. (http://www.stanford.edu/dept/archaeology/journal/) The U.S. – Italy Fulbright Commission US Fulbright Scholars to Italy – Academic Year 2016 - 2017 24 Fulbright-Schuman European Union Affairs Program KASIRI, Narges Home residence in Ithaca, NY [email protected] Field of Study Information Sciences/Systems Specializations Management Sciences and Quant. Methods Project RFID-enabled changes and standardization in the retail sector. Item-level RFID has been implemented in pilot sites in the last few years and retailers are starting to expand their use of this technology.Retailers realizing the benefits of this technology are confronted with a variety of issues such as privacy, the cost, and retail process adaptation to new capabilities. Privacy issues is being studied broadly and the cost of the technology has gone down significantly over the past years and can be justified with the benefits of employing the technology. This study proposes to study RFID adoption patterns in the US and Germany to further investigate retail processes adaptation to the capabilities of this new technology in order to standardize processes. Italian Affiliation TBD Grant Period May 2017 – August 2017 Education Ph.D. Oklahoma State University, OK (Management Science and Information Systems) M.S. Eastern Michigan University, MI (Computer Science) B.S. Sharif University of Technology, Iran (Computer Engineering) Present Position Assistant Professor at Ithaca College, Graduate Study in Business Webpage http://faculty.ithaca.edu/nkasiri/ Previous Position (partial list) Languages Persian Recent Publications (partial list) Assistant Professor of Management, School of Business and Economics, State University of New York at Oneonta, Fall 2010- Summer 2013. Board Member, Oneonta Community Health Center, Oneonta, New York, Fall 2011- Summer 2013. Visiting Researcher, RFID Research Center, Sam Walton School of Business, University of Arkansas, Summer 2009. N. Kasiri, H. Movassaghi (forthcoming), “An Analysis of Firms Sustainable Operations Strategy: A Game Theory Approach,” International Journal of Modeling in Operations Management. Narges Kasiri Vita 2015 N. Kasiri, R. Sharda (2013), “Real Options and System Dynamics for IT Investment Analysis: Application to RFID Adoption in the Retail Sector,” ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems, 4(3), 11. N. Kasiri, R. Sharda, B. Hardgrave (2012), “A Balanced Scorecard for Item-Level RFID in the Retail Sector: A Delphi Study,” European Journal of Information Systems, 21(3), 255-267. The U.S. – Italy Fulbright Commission US Fulbright Scholars to Italy – Academic Year 2016 - 2017 25 Fulbright-Schuman European Union Affairs Program LINDEN, Ronald Home residence in Pittsburgh, PA [email protected] Field of Study International Relations Specializations Foreign Policy Project The Rippling Pond: The Impact of EU-China Economic Ties on EU Foreign Policy. EU-China economic interactions have grown recently, to the point where China is the EU’s second leading trade partner and first source for imports. The top five destinations for Chinese FDI are all EU countries and the EU and China share a “Strategic Partnership.” But as global actors, they remain fundamentally different in terms of governing structure, principles of state-society interaction and pattern of alliances and commitments. This project will explore whether growing economic ties with China have changed the EU’s global role, including: the EU’s soft power, its strategic orientation toward Asia, its ties with the United States and its foreign policy organization and orientation. Italian Affiliation Istituto Affari Internazionali, Roma Grant Period January 2017 – March 2017 Education Ph.D., Princeton University, October, 1976 M.A., University of Michigan, December, 1971 B.A., Boston University, May, 1969 Present Position Professor and Director at University of Pittsburgh Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department of Political Science/EU Centre of Excellence Webpage http://www.polisci.pitt.edu/person/ronald-h-linden Previous Position (partial list) Languages German, French, Russian Recent Publications (partial list) 2005 Academic Dean, Semester at Sea, Summer Voyage 1991-98 Director, Center for Russian and East European Studies 1989-1991: Director of Research, Radio Free Europe, Munich, Germany 1983-1990: Associate Professor, Department of Political Science 19771983: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Turkey and its Neighbors: Foreign Relations in Transition with Ahmet Evin, Kemal Kirişci, Thomas Straubhaar, Nathalie Tocci, Juliette Tolay, Joshua Walker (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2012) The Meaning of 1989 and After, Special Issue, Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 56, No. 5 (Sept./Oct.) 2009, Editor The New Populism in Central and Southeast Europe, Special Issue, Problems of Post- Communism, Vol. 55, No. 3 (May/June) 2008, Editor. Norms and Nannies: The Impact of International Organizations on Central and East Europe, Editor (Rowman and Littlefield, 2002). The U.S. – Italy Fulbright Commission US Fulbright Scholars to Italy – Academic Year 2016 - 2017 26 Fulbright-Schuman European Union Affairs Program WARREN, Christie Home residence in Williamsburg, VA [email protected] Field of Study Law Specializations International and Comparative Law Project Toward Improved US – EU Collaboration in Post-Conflict Constitutional Processes. During post-conflict constitutional processes, advisers from common law and civil code systems often find themselves disagreeing over the advantages of one legal system over the other. As a constitutional advisor, I propose to engage with European academics and advisors who have an interest in post-conflict constitutional processes with the goal of advancing the use of problem-solving comparative approaches. My ultimate goal is to produce an article and comparative materials that would be useful during post-conflict constitutional processes. I also propose to teach one of the five core international and comparative law courses I teach at William and Mary Law School. Italian Affiliation European University Institute, Fiesole (FI) Grant Period September 2016 – July 2017 Education University of California at Berkeley BA with Distinction in Academic Standing in Comparative Literature ( 1975) University of California Davis JD degree (1979) Harvard Negotiation Institute Mediation Certificate (2010) National Center for State Courts Court Executive Development Program Certificate in Court Management (2002) Present Position Professor and Director at College of William and Mary, School of Law Webpage http://law2.wm.edu/faculty/bios/fulltime/cswarr.php Previous Position (partial list) Languages United Nations Department of Political Affairs/Norwegian Refugee Council [2010 – 2011] International Bridges to Justice [Geneva, Switzerland] [2006 – 2013] Director, International Training Institute [2006 – 2007] Supreme Court of the United States [Washington D.C.] [1998 – 1999] Supreme Court Fellow French, Spanish Recent Publications (partial list) Constitutions and Islamic Law, Oxford Research Encyclopedia (under contract; forthcoming 2015) Study Guide for Speaking Their Peace: Personal Stories from the Frontlines of War and Peace, United States Institute of Peace (http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54c2eaaae4b02a2061b32674/t/553ea695e4 b 0afb98a30aa42/1430169237384/College-Level+Discussion+Guide.pdf) (2015) Hanafi School of Jurisprudence, Oxford University Press, in Oxford Bibliographies Online(http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo9780195390155/ obo-9780195390155- 0082.xml) (2013) The U.S. – Italy Fulbright Commission US Fulbright Scholars to Italy – Academic Year 2016 - 2017 The US - Italy Fulbright Commission Via Castelfidardo 8, Rome – 00185 Tel: 06/4888.211 – Fax: 06/4815.680 E-mail: [email protected] www.fulbright.it The U.S. – Italy Fulbright Commission 27
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