Fulbright Forum May 7th

Final Presentations by U.S. Fulbright Grantees

Please join us for Fulbright Forums on Thursday May 7th from 1-5 PM where U.S. Fulbright grantees will present on their projects and experiences in Iceland this past winter.

Five Fulbright fellows and four Fulbright scholars will talk about their experiences in Iceland and their project, which cover a variety of subjects, ranging from avian malaria tracking to geospatial risk analysis and equine assisted services, to name a few.

The event, is held at the Fulbright Commission Iceland, Laugavegur 13th 2nd floor (entrance from Smiðjustígur). The presentations will also be live-streamed on Zoom. Click here for stream.

Please register at [email protected] no later than May 3rd if you plan to attend the event in person.

Fimm bandarískir Fulbright námsmenn og fjórir fræðimenn sem hafa undanfarna mánuði dvalið á Íslandi við nám, kennslu og rannsóknir við munu kynna verkefni sín og ræða Íslandsdvöl sína fimmtudaginn 7. maí frá kl. 13-17.

Viðburðurinn fer fram í húsnæði Fulbright stofnunarinnar, Laugavegi 13, 2.hæð (gengið inn frá Smiðjustíg), en verður jafnframt streymt á Zoom. Smelltu hér fyrir streymi.

Þau sem ætla að mæta í eigin persónu eru vinsamlega beðin um að skrá sig í tölvupósti til [email protected] eigi seinna en 3. maí.

Schedule / Dagskrá

13:00 Welcome: Belinda Theriault, Executive Director, Fulbright Iceland.

13:05 Aden Laws, Fulbright Fellow, Icelandic as a Second Language

13:25 Sadie DiCarlo, Fulbright Fellow, Studying Icelandic Rootless Cones as Terrestrial Analogues of Martian Paleoenvironments

13:45 Emma Adler, Fulbright Fellow, MA in International Affairs

14:05 Cameron Essex, Fulbright-NSF Arctic Research Fellow, A Multidisciplinary Investigation of Glacier Retreat and Mantle Flare-Up in Iceland

14:25 Isabella Chittumuri, Fulbright-NSF Arctic PhD Research Fellow, Geospatial Risk Analysis to Strengthen Climate Resilience in Hornafjörður

BREAK

15:00 Anne Walters, Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching Research, Access and Accessibility: Community Schools for All

15:30 Christopher Holtkamp, Fulbright Scholar, Sustainable Development and Regional Planning In Iceland

16:00 Erika Berg, Fulbright Scholar, Development of an Equine Assisted Services Curriculum and Research Opportunities at Hólar University

16:30 Gary Voelker, Fulbright Scholar, Tracking avian malaria in an ideal nature laboratory: Iceland

17:00 Closing Remarks: Belinda Theriault, Executive Director, Fulbright Iceland