Loni Hagen traveled to the University of Tsukubato conduct research on human supervision of AI
The University of South Florida is again a top producer nationally for the highly competitive Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program for the 2024-25 academic year. This is the ninth time over the last decade USF has been named a top producer - rankings here.
Recipients of Fulbright awards earn the opportunity to teach and conduct research abroad with the goal of cultivating mutual understanding between the United States and other countries. The U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs administers the program.
USF’s Fulbright Scholars represent a variety of academic disciplines, including economics, information sciences and engineering. Their research endeavors took them to Taiwan, France, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Maldives and Japan.
“The University of South Florida is proud to be recognized as one of the nation’s top institutions for producing Fulbright Scholars,” USF President Rhea Law said. “Our faculty and administrators who participate in the Fulbright program are enhancing USF’s impact across the world as they make important contributions to our university’s global research, learning and engagement activities.”
Through their international engagement, Fulbright Scholars gain new insights and experiences that can be integrated into their research endeavors as well as into the courses they teach at USF. Fulbright recipients also establish global partnerships that last long beyond their time in-country and provide additional benefits for USF through opportunities for the exchange of ideas, research collaboration, and faculty and student mobility.
“USF is consistently ranked among the nation’s top producers of faculty Fulbright Scholars,” said Kiki Caruson, Vice President for USF World.
“The Fulbright program offers faculty from USF, and from abroad, the opportunity to collaborate on cutting-edge research with peers from around the world,” Provost Prasant Mohapatra said. “Because a strong partnership is at the heart of every Fulbright exchange, the relationships established endure and grow into sustainable networks of researchers.”
The Fulbright program is the U.S. government's flagship international academic exchange program. Since 1946, it has provided more than 400,000 talented and accomplished students, scholars, teachers, artists and professionals of all backgrounds with the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research abroad. The Fulbright program awards approximately 8,000 merit-based grants every year to accomplished students, scholars, teachers, artists, and professionals of all backgrounds and fields.
2023 USF Fulbright Celebration Ceremony“USF is consistently ranked among the nation’s top producers of faculty Fulbright Scholars,” said Kiki Caruson, Vice President for USF World. “We take great pride in celebrating the contributions of our Fulbright Scholars especially when they bring global learning back to USF. Their continued engagement with their host institutions abroad plays a vital role in research outcomes and novel educational experiences for our students including those that leverage technology to connect our students with their peers around the world virtually.”
From the USF College of Engineering, Associate Professor Mauricio Arias traveled to National Autonomous University of Mexico and Professor Ji-En Chang traveled to National Taiwan University to conduct research on water and environmental quality and privacy issues in machine learning respectively.
Murat Munkin, associate professor of economics, traveled to Kazakhstan to study how private medical insurance can potentially change the country’s healthcare system and affect access to quality medical services and preventative care.
Loni Hagen, associate professor of data science, traveled to Japan to conduct research on human supervision of artificial intelligence at the University of Tsukuba.
USF St. Petersburg Regional Chancellor Christian Hardigree was selected to participate in the Fulbright International Education Administrators Program in France.
Associate Professor Charles Vanover, who studies educational leadership and policy, is the inaugural Fulbright scholar to Villa College in Malé, Maldives, where he taught qualitative methods and continuous improvement. He was officially welcomed to the college in a formal ceremony.
For more information about the Fulbright program at USF, visit the USF World Faculty Fulbright website.