By Kerry Hill, Division of International Studies
Four doctoral students in UW-Madison's College of Letters & Science have received 2013 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) awards totaling more than $170,000 from the U.S. Department of Education.
The students will use their Fulbright fellowships to conduct research abroad for periods of six to 12 months. The recipients (listed here with destination country, field, research topic, and grant amount) are:
- Nicholas Barnes, political science, Brazil, Monopolies of Violence – Gang Governance in Rio de Janeiro, $55,138
- Rachael Goodman, anthropology, India, Panning for Projects and Mining NGOs – How NGOs Alter Livelihood Strategies in Rural North India, $26,698
- Joseph Quick, anthropology, Ecuador, Capitalizing on Culture: Indigeneity as an Economic Resource in the Ecuadorian Andes, $26,904
- Samantha Vortherms, political science, Hong Kong, China, The Revival of the Welfare State – Reform of China’s Household Registration System and the Expansion of Social Welfare, $61,408
The DDRA program is part of the larger Fulbright-Hays Program, which dates to 1961 when the late U.S. Sen. J. William Fulbright sponsored legislation for several programs that aim to increase mutual understanding between America and the rest of the world.
Nationally, the Department of Education announced 80 DDRA awards, totaling more than $3 million, to 34 institutions of higher education. UW-Madison’s total amount of $265,123 is second-highest nationally, behind the University of Chicago, which received $281,325.
For more information and guidance on applying for Fulbright student programs through UW-Madison, go to the International Fellowships Office website. To see all of UW-Madison's 2013 DDRA award recipients, read this release from the Division of International Studies.