International Faculty Development Grant Awardees

This year’s funds will jumpstart a range of efforts, including the creation of an online learning exchange platform, cultivation of partnerships with institutions in Lithuania and Gujarat–a state in wesetern India, and development of a new faculty-led course for students studying bilingual education in Taiwan. Find more detailed information about these grants and how to applyhere.

2019/2020 International Faculty Development Grant Recipients

To further the School of Social Work’s ongoing collaboration with Kwansei Gakuin University (KGU) in Japan,Bradley Zodikoff，社会工作副教授，andChrisann Newransky, assistant professor in the School of Social Work, will work with Japanese colleagues to create online course modules that introduce students to social welfare policy and macro social work practice in cross-national context. Specifically, the pilot project will create and evaluate three curricular modules on broad social policy topic areas, to be taught online by Adelphi and KGU faculty to a cohort of students from both institutions.

通过与日本同行进行有意义的在线教育环境，阿德尔菲的学生将对社会政策和社会工作的全球视角有更深入的了解。Zodikoff和Newransky教授也希望这一努力能激发未来学生对日本研究和出国留学的兴趣。在这个试点范围之外，这些模块可以用于增强和创建未来的课程。

For over 25 years, Hanna Kim, Anthropology department chair and associate professor, has conducted anthropological research in Gujarat and the neighbouring states of Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh in India.

She will use the International Faculty Development Award to explore international partnership opportunities with two prominent universities in a relatively accessible “mega-city” area of Gujarat– Ahmedabad University (AhU) and the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IIT-G). Specifically, the award will support two faculty to conduct site visits to AhU and IIT-G. Upon their return, they will share their experiences and build a cohort of Adelphi faculty willing to collaborate with Indian faculty from Gujarat.Professor Kimhopes this pilot will generate interest in the region and lead to a future visit to Gujarat by an Adelphi delegation. Possible outcomes of this study trip would be Adelphi-Gujarat collaborative teaching, research, and publications, as well as an even more long term goal to sustain recurring study abroad opportunities and the international exchange of faculty, students, and graduate students.

Carol S. Cohen, professor of Social Work, will also use existing scholarly networks–hers in the field of international social, social work with groups and community-based research, to further global engagement at Adelphi. Specifically, she will leverage the two upcoming International Symposium of the International Association for Social Work with Groups (IASWG), which will take place in New York in 2020 and Lithuania in 2021, to further institutional connections with Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) in Lithuania, where she has been collaborating with colleagues for a number of years. This June, Professor Cohen will welcome a Lithuanian Delegation to Adelphi for a 5-7 day residence. During their visit, a combined group of faculty and students from both institutions will participate in roundtable discussions, lectures, and site visits to local social work organizations. Students working on independent study projects will collaborate and receive faculty guidance, and professionals will connect around common interests. Collaboration will continue in 2021 when Adelphi ambassadors will travel to Lithuania for the next IASWG Symposium.

Ming-Hsuan WuandDiana Schwinge, assistant and associate professors, respectively, in the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, will use the International Faculty Development Award to develop Adelphi’s first faculty-led course for students majoring in TESOL and bilingual education. “At a time when US schools are becoming more diverse than ever, it is important for educators to develop a better understanding of how student’s cultural backgrounds and lived experiences mediate their language and academic learning,” write Wu and Schwinge. In January, the faculty will travel to Taiwan to vet program logistics and visit K-12 schools that will likely end up on the course itinerary. They will also explore partnership opportunities with National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) in Taipei and National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) in Hsinchu. The course they develop upon their return will build on Professor Wu’s deep knowledge of education and educational issues in Taiwan and Professor Schwinge’s expertise in designing TESOL programs.

2018/2019 International Faculty Development Grant Recipients

Kees Leune, assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, will use grant funding to develop an international institutional partnership with Tilburg University, where he received his Ph.D., and Jheronimus Academy of Data Science (JADS) in the Netherlands. In the coming months, Professor Leune will visit colleagues at both universities and inquire about the possibility of future faculty and student exchanges and research collaborations in the areas of data science, cybersecurity, and scientific computing. He will also vet a future faculty-led study abroad course for computer science students that would include a project-based internships. In an effort to maximize the short time in-country, students would work on problem sets prior to their arrival and then present their work to the hosts while in-country. Upon their return to Garden City, students will submit a written deliverable and/or software-based product. The program will also include exploration of popular cultural sites along with major-related site visits.

ProfessorBrian A. Rose他将利用国际教师发展基金资助他将自己成功创作的戏剧《生活的报纸》引进到世界上最大的戏剧节——爱丁堡边缘戏剧节的相关费用。《生活报纸》讲述了大萧条时期联邦剧院计划及其创始人哈莉·弗拉纳根·戴维斯的真实故事。弗拉纳根是美国戏剧史上最伟大的女英雄，她独自站出来反对种族主义、保守的国会，因为国会决定阻止联邦戏剧计划中的“生活报纸股”(Living Newspaper Unit)的自由和进步声音。罗斯计划在2020年夏天带上阿德菲大学的校友和在校学生来表演。

This summer, Professor Rose will use grant funding to attend the festival and research the complexities of the production importation process, including securing a performance venue, acquiring best practices for marketing the performance, finding affordable lodging for the cast and finalizing budget. Professor Rose will also use grant funds to conduct research in the archives of the Federal Theatre Project in Washington, DC and to purchase elements needed for this and future international performances.

RecipientKatherine Fiori, associate professor in the Derner School of Psychology, will use the International Faculty Development grant to further her research collaboration with Dr. Oliver Huxhold, senior research scientist at the Deutches Zentrum fuer Altersfragen (DZA; German Centre of Gerontology) in Berlin. Drs. Fiori and Huxhold have been researching links between social relationships and health in older adults together for over a decade, and have co-authored several well-cited publications and countless presentations. Funding from this grant will enable the pair to continue their research face-to-face in Germany and at Adelphi University, with an ultimate goal of submitting a theoretical paper for publication by the end of the summer. During Dr. Huxhold’s March visit to Adelphi University, he will present his research findings at a university-wide research colloquium, guest lecture in Dr. Fiori’s psychological research class, and speak with Dr. Fiori’s doctoral student workgroup about opportunities to work with DZA data and potentially visit the DZA. This summer, Dr. Fiori will travel to Berlin for a week to continue her work with Dr. Huxhold and present her research at the DZA.

Lahney Preston-Matto, Professor of English, andMichael Matto他获得了国际教师发展基金，在冰岛、挪威和丹麦流行的文学城市课程中寻找维京传奇的版本。普雷斯顿-马托教授于2016年开设了“文学城市”课程，每两年开设一次，学生在春季学期上半学期学习不同城市的文学，然后在春假期间前往这些城市。

Professor Preston-Matto has been teaching classes on Vikings for the past two years in Garden City and Professor Matto is a specialist in the closely-allied Germanic literature of Anglo-Saxon England, making them an ideal pair teach this course. In addition to vetting program logistics and visiting sites that will likely end up on the course itinerary, including the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo with originals of Viking ships, the faculty will visit the American College of Norway, one of Adelphi’s international institutional partners, to further ongoing collaboration.

2017/2018 International Faculty Development Grant Recipients

Katie Laatikainen他将与商学院的一名教员一起访问芬兰坦佩雷大学，深化拟议的国际合作协议。这个项目源于Laatikainen教授去年休假期间在坦佩雷大学担任客座教授时建立的人脉关系。有了这笔资金，Laatikainen计划通过课程规划和与上级管理部门的讨论，为未来的教师和学生交流奠定基础。Adelphi很高兴地欢迎来自坦佩雷大学管理学院的代表团在10月份访问花园城。

ProfessorRobert Linnéand Clinical Associate ProfessorMary Jean McCarthyfrom The Ruth S. Ammon School of Education will use grant funds to develop a future faculty-led study abroad course on place-based education, a pedagogy that emphasizes experiential learning outside the classroom.

Linné and McCarthy plan to include local and international case studies in course, introducing nature education sites in Long Island and Tromso, Norway, a leader in environmental place-based education. Grant money will support a site visit to Tromso to meet local partners, conduct site visits to local schools and finalize logistics.

Nicole Rudolph她将利用资助基金进一步研究可持续城市公共住房的设计和接待，并通过未来的全球生态住宅课程将这些概念带到校园。在赠款的支持下，鲁道夫将实地考察法国的一些生态区项目，并会见全球城市研究和生态建筑方面的专家。该课程将重点介绍法国、加拿大和英国的案例研究，以比较的方法探讨可持续发展和城市发展的主题。

2016/2017 International Faculty Development Grant Recipients

Assistant ProfessorJohn Drewin theDepartment of Communicationshas dedicated time to researching ways in which food organizations discursively negotiate Latin America’s legacies of Spanish colonialism and ongoing U.S. imperialism, particularly in traditionally extractive agricultural industries.

Now, with this grant, he will explore Nicaragua and evaluate food as a lens to connect local social and environmental justice issues with international ones, such as climate change. His ultimate goal is to then provide new winter and summer session opportunities to students interested in globalization, digital media, marketing, food studies, social entrepreneurship and political ecology.

TheSchool of Social Work’sChrisann Newransky, Assistant Professor, andBradley Zodikoff, Associate Professor, will embark on a journey to Japan’s Kwansei Gakuin University (KGU) in Nishinomiya City where they will explore social welfare policy, macro social work, and human services with professors at KGU.

Both Newransky and Zodikoff wish to build a long-term educational relationship with faculty and students at KGU with the intention of sending Adelphi students to study abroad there in the future as well as create a faculty-led program for Summer 2018 that centers on these same topics.

Associate Professor and Director of theEnvironmental Studiesprogram,Beth Christensenand Associate ProfessorAaren Freemanfrom theDepartment of Biologynot only received the grant but already embarked on their trip to Belize, Central America where they vetted potential snorkeling sites for future students to conduct independent projects concerning the abundance and distribution of marine organisms.

They also assessed the equipment at local field stations that would aid in student projects and even explored various Mayan ruins. Both Christensen and Freeman will take Adelphi students on a faculty-led trip to a remote field station with the opportunity to conduct independent research projects. The class will also visit ancient Mayan ruins and learn how climate change impacted Mayan culture.

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祝贺所有被选中资助的项目，并非常感谢所有提交申请的教授。这些建议表明，我们的许多阿德尔菲教师是多么致力于我们的学生和我们的社区的全球教育。我们很高兴听到新的和即将到来的教师主导项目的成功，并期待在教授们结束各自的旅行后听到更多关于每个项目的信息。