World Languages' Erika Almenara Selected as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar for 2022-23

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Erika Almenara

Erika Almenara, associate professor of Spanish in the Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures, won a Fulbright U.S. Scholarship to teach and conduct research in Peru while completing her second book: Literary and Cultural Representations of Social Gender Perception in Post-Conflict Societies.  

Fulbright Scholar Awards are prestigious and competitive fellowships that provide unique opportunities for scholars to teach and conduct research abroad. Fulbright scholars also play a critical role in U.S. public diplomacy, establishing long-term relationships between people and nations. Alumni include 61 Nobel Laureates, 89 Pulitzer Prize winners, 76 MacArthur Fellows and thousands of leaders and world-renowned experts in academia and many other fields across the private, public and non-profit sectors.

Independent research and participant surveys confirm that Fulbright exchange experiences lead to greater international co-publication, continued international exchange and stronger cross-cultural communication skills.

"My research during the tenure of the Fulbright Fellowship will allow me to produce new content for graduate and undergraduate courses taught at the Pontificia Universidad Católica and the University of Arkansas, as well as give me additional information to share in upcoming conferences in Peru and the United States," Almenara explained.

Read the rest of the story on the World Languages, Literatures and Cultures website. 

U of A's Ya-Jane Wang, professor of carbohydrate chemistry in the Department of Food Science in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, has also received a Fulbright U.S. Scholarship to teach and conduct research in Brazil.