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Category: Alumni

Christopher Tin

Posted on June 24, 2024 (May 21, 2026) by skerr
Christopher Tin sitting at grand piano

Christopher Tin, two-time Grammy-winning Fulbrighter, composed a new ending to Puccini’s unfinished opera Turandot, performed at the Kennedy Center.

Posted in Alumni, Alumni ProfilesTagged Arts & Culture, Awards, Music

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Posted on June 13, 2024 (July 3, 2025) by skerr
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins standing in front of window with arms folded

‘Fulbright is where I was born as a writer’: Tony award-winning playwright playwright reflects on his journey to his Broadway debut

Posted in Alumni, Alumni ProfilesTagged Arts & Culture, Awards

Sumalee Montano

Posted on May 20, 2024 (July 3, 2025) by skerr
Headshot of Sumalee Montano

Montano’s Fulbright research on single mothers in the Philippines set her on a path of choosing film and television projects that amplify a broad range of voices.

Posted in Alumni, Alumni ProfilesTagged Arts & Culture, Media

Pamela Scheffler

Posted on April 11, 2024 (July 3, 2025) by skerr
Pam Scheffer doing fieldwork with colleagues

Fulbright experiences in India and Indonesia help Hawaii Community College professor to internationalize her teaching and campus

Posted in Alumni, Alumni ProfilesTagged Agriculture, Science

Aria Mia Loberti

Posted on December 20, 2023 (August 14, 2025) by skerr
Headshot of Aria Mia Loberti

A Fulbright prepared this breakout actress and disability advocate to star in Netflix’s All the Light We Cannot See.

Posted in Alumni

Rhonda Collier

Posted on November 16, 2023 (August 18, 2025) by skerr
Rhonda Collier standing with two other people holding Trade Excellence Award.

Tuskegee University global office director says “Fulbright is a vehicle to hone world-class scholars through cultural immersion and the opportunity to represent the best of U.S. culture abroad.”

Posted in Alumni

Jonathan GS Koppell

Posted on November 8, 2023 (September 2, 2025) by skerr
Headshot of Jonathan Koppell

President Jonthan Koppell of Montclair State University views the Fulbright Program as supporting more students with access to international experience.

Posted in Alumni

Ruth J. Simmons

Posted on September 28, 2023 (October 10, 2025) by Mark Atli
Ruth J. Simmons

HBCU Alumna and University President says Fulbright was “the most enlightening and empowering experience of my young life.”

Posted in Alumni

Yoko Kamikawa

Posted on September 27, 2023 (September 10, 2025) by skerr
Yoko Kamikawa sitting at desk making remarks.

Yoko Kamiwaka credits her Fulbright experience in the United States with inspiring her career in public service and government.

Posted in Alumni

Megha Rajagopalan

Posted on December 8, 2021 (July 3, 2025) by Mark Atli
Person standing against wall, smiling and with arms crossed, in a black dress with quarter sleeves

Megha Rajagopalan harnessed geospatial technology and old-fashioned reporting to expose the scale of the internment of Uighur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang Province. For this piece of groundbreaking journalism Rajagopalan was awarded the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting.

Posted in Alumni, Alumni ProfilesTagged Awards, Media

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