IUP announced that one of its faculty members was recently selected for a teaching scholarship opportunity overseas.
Officials with the university announced that anthropology professor Dr. Amanda Poole was selected for the Fulbright Specialist Program, which provides opportunities for academics and other professionals in the U.S. to engage in project-based exchanges at institutions in 150 countries around the world. With her selection, Poole will collaborate with people at the Institute of Anthropology and Ecology at the Catholic University of Madagascar to develop a course on anthropology of Indianoceania.
Poole said in a news release that being selected is “an honor and a great opportunity,” and that she is excited to support the efforts of the Institute in growing their “ecological and environmental anthropology program to meet a growing demand for this field in coastal and island communities.”
Poole becomes the sixth IUP faculty member selected as a Fulbright Specialist and will hold the distinction for three years. She will head to Madagascar in October.
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