Fulbright Forward - A Diversity Podcast
This podcast features alums of the Fulbright Program who talk about their work and research, about regional and local ramifications of global diversity-related issues, and the impact their Fulbright experience has had on their personal and professional growth. Episodes will also feature advocates and professionals from diverse communities working towards greater inclusion in higher education/educational exchange. Please note: The views expressed in this interview series are entirely those of participants, and do not represent the views of the Fulbright Program, the U.S. Department of State, or any of its partner organizations.
Episodes
24 episodes
Exploring the Facets of LGBTQ+ Legal History in Chile and the U.S. with Sam Apostolopoulos
“Every place has a queer history.” Those are some of the impactful words shared by our guest today, Fulbright 2022-2023 U.S. Student Researcher to Chile, Sam Apostolopoulos. Sam’s Fulbright project focuses on understanding the legal history of ...
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41:23
Organizing for DEI advocacy in Taiwan with Fulbright ETAs
In this episode of Fulbright Forward, Kelli Swazey, D&I Liaison for Fulbright Programs in East Asia and the Pacific, talks story with grantees who are shaping the future of Fulbright by pushing the program to expand its engagement with issu...
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Episode 23
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45:34
Project Multatuli's Public Journalism for the Underreported with Evi Mariani
This episode features Fulbright Alumna Evi Mariani. Evi was a 2011 Hubert Humphrey Fellow from Indonesia at Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland. Her critical work has been widely recognized, and she is the recipi...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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40:04
Exploring Jewish Life in Uruguay and the Importance of Stories with Dr. Teresa Porzecanski
On today’s podcast we feature esteemed Jewish Uruguayan Anthropologist, teacher, fiction author, and Fulbright alumna, Dr. Teresa Porzecanski. During today’s episode, Dr. Porzecanski and Fulbright WHA D&I Liaison, Jeremy Gombin-Sperling ...
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42:37
The Future of Storytelling: New Media Artist, Filmmaker, and Technologist Tamara Shogaolu of Ado Ato Pictures
In this episode of Fulbright Forward, we talk to Tamara Shogaolu, a Fulbright alumna whose work in filmmaking and immersive media disrupts the norm of uni-directional single narrative storytelling. Tamara’s many award-winning media projects int...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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42:07
Decolonizing Educational Practices through Culturally Conscious Pedagogy with Professor Candace Moore
On this episode of Fulbright Forward, we are shifting geographic location to Ghana in West Africa, and focusing on the work of current U.S. Fulbright Scholar to Ghana, Professor Candace Moore. Professor Moore is the Associate Clinical Pro...
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43:27
“I Refuse to Choose:” Exploring Identity, Language Teaching, and the Impact of Whiteness with Meilin Chong
In this episode of Fulbright Forward, Jeremy Gombin-Sperling, the Fulbright Diversity and Inclusion Liaison for Western Hemisphere Programs continues the conversation on English and language teaching in the Western Hemisphere with Bilingual Edu...
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40:20
Feminism and Women's Rights in the (Post-)Soviet Space - Dalia Leinarte
In this episode, Lithuanian author, historian and activist Dalia Leinarte and Susanne Hamscha, EUR Diversity Coordinator, talk about feminism and women's rights in the Soviet Union and the Post-Soviet sp...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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28:59
Disrupting the Master Narrative of U.S. English Teaching Abroad with Jonathan Peraza
In this episode of Fulbright Forward, Fulbright Americas Diversity and Inclusion Liaison speaks with U.S. ETA alum to Guatemala, Jonathan Peraza Campos about the critical need to redefine and reimagine how folks from the United States conduct E...
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34:54
Gender Equality in Higher Education, Science and Research - Sandra Eder, Daniela Jauk, Simone Poetscher
In this episode, Sandra Eder (Berkeley University), Daniela Jauk (University of Akron), Simone Poetsc...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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48:29
Black Lives Matter in the Asia Pacific - Guled Mire
CW // This podcast contains discussion of violence, gun violence The Black Lives Matter movement, while initiated in response to the state of racial relations in the United States, has reverberated in societies around the world. With th...
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Episode 14
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34:24
Migration to Europe - Hera Jay Brown
Hera Jay Brown, a Fulbright-Schuman alum, and Susanne Hamscha, EUR Regional Diversity Coordinator, discuss the European Union's position on migration in this episode. What is the human cost of "fortress Europe," as the EU's response to migratio...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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29:08
Theater, Social Justice, and the Power of Storytelling with Abigail Ramsay
In this episode of Fulbright Forward, Fulbright alumna of the U.S. Student Program to Jamaica, Abigail Ramsay, helps us explore the power of theater and storytelling in ways that go beyond entertainment. Through a rich sharing of her experience...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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47:21
Roma Communities, Housing, and Education - Chris Curran
Fulbright Bulgaria alum Chris Curran and Susanne Hamscha, EUR Regional Diversity Coordinator, talk about the discrimination of Roma communities in Europe and in Bulgaria, in particular. Chris shares about his work with the
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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29:00
Social Identities Abroad - Sojourner White
Traveling social worker Sojourner White and Susanne Hamscha, EUR Regional Diversity Coordinator, talk about unpacking and navigating one's social identities abroad, reflecting on discrimination and privilege, and translating experience into act...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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22:33
Feminism in Brazil and the Intersections of Race and Gender - Sandra Azeredo
Similarly to many countries in the Western Hemisphere, the history of feminism in Brazil has been about moving towards a politic that centers and acknowledges how systems of oppression such as racism and classism impact and intersect with th...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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34:59
Racial and Gender Inequality, Tech and Higher Ed - Ronda Železný-Green
Ronda Železný-Green, a digital learning and technology policy expert, and EUR Diversity Coordinator Susanne Hamscha talk about the intersection of race and gender in (higher) education, technology as a...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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26:18
Feminist Movements in Latin America and the Role of Literature - Dr. Guadalupe Maradei
“Ni una menos, ni una muerte más.” Not one woman less, not one more death. This phrase has functioned as one of the slogans both through social media and political discourse in the movement to fight gender-based violence, and to protect the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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25:16
Access to Education in Indonesia - Anggiasari Puji Aryati & Ajeng Herliyanti
Barriers to education still remain across the Asia-Pacific region for individuals from underrepresented backgrounds, and those from minority and marginalized communities. In this episode, we speak with Anggiasari Puji Aryati, a politicia...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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51:30
LGBTQ Rights and Equality - Czeslaw Walek
In this episode, Czeslaw Walek, alumnus of the Czech Fulbright Commission, and EUR Diversity Coordinator Susanne Hamscha talk about LGBTQ equality, same-sex marriage in the Czech Republic, and the LGBTQ rights movements in the US and in E...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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23:16
This is Fulbright Forward - Jeremy, Kelli, and Susanne in conversation
In this special episode, the Regional Diversity Coordinators Jeremy Gombin-Sperling (WHA), Kelli Swazey (EAP), and Susanne Hamscha (EUR) talk about their passion for diversity and inclusion work, the personal and professional experiences that l...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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38:46
Disability and Eugenic Discourses - Kenny Fries
In this episode, Fulbright Germany alumnus Kenny Fries and EUR Diversity Coordinator Susanne Hamscha talk about disability and eugenic discourses during the Third Reich, when disabled people were systematical...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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24:07
Race and Representation - Margaret Ohia-Nowak
In this episode, Fulbright Poland alumna Margaret Ohia-Nowak and EUR Diversity Coordinator Susanne Hamscha talk about the representation of Black Polish people in texts and images, discursive discrimination and microaggressions, as well as Blac...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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24:33
Borders and Borderlands - Astrid M. Fellner
In this episode, Fulbright Austria alumna Astrid M. Fellner and EUR Diversity Coordinator Susanne Hamscha talk about European and US borderlands, the symbolic power of borders, and borders in times of Covid-19.Astrid M. Fell...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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23:33