CREEES Affiliated Students Awarded Fulbright Scholarships

Four CREEES affiliated students were awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to pursue special projects next year with funding received from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.

Beatrice Garrard, a senior majoring in history and former recipient of a Globalizing Eurasia grant, will develop teaching skills in Mongolia for a career in education. Garrard, a recipient of an English Teaching Assistantship, is interested in the lore and customs of Mongolia and its relationship to Russia and the former U.S.S.R.

Nicholas Levy, a doctoral student in history and recipient of a Summer FLAS Fellowship, will conduct dissertation research in Moscow archives. The title of his project is Over-Developed Socialism? Steel Cities, Industrial Planning and the Fate of the Eastern Bloc Economy.

Dana Phelps, a doctoral student in anthropology and CREEES Summer Travel/Research awardee, will investigate Albania’s heritage negotiation process as the country seeks to re-brand itself while complying with its two potential and conflicting funders, the European Union and Turkey.

Grace Zhou, a doctoral student in anthropology and Globalizing Eurasia grantee, will explore emergent economies of care in post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan. Zhou will study women’s role in distributive networks following industrial decline and the collapse of state services. Her research centers on bazaar work and sex work in Osh, in southern Kyrgyzstan.

To read more about these students and their research pursuits, visit our Affiliated Students page