Three Carleton University students and one graduate have been honoured with prizes from the Fulbright Award Program. PhD candidate Gaëlle Rivard Piché and Carleton graduate Lucas Boyd have been named Canadian Fulbright Student Award recipients.
Two undergraduate students—Katelyn Bauer, who is studying public affairs and policy management, and science student Pranav Mody, have been named Canadian Killam Fellows. In addition, Carleton will host three distinguished Fulbright winners from the United States.
The world-renowned Fulbright program is based on the principle that scholarly and academic exchanges are critical to a more peaceful and productive world.
Piché will continue her research entitled When Security Sector Reform Misfires: The Remaking of Public Orderas a Fulbright Research Fellow in the International Security Program at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University in 2014-15. The fellowship provides Piché with $15,000 for one nine-month academic year.
“My research explores how the reform of security institutions affects the production of public order and ultimately violence in El Salvador and Haiti,” said Piché. “I explore how the reinforcement and the deployment of police forces through urban zones impact local mechanisms of public order. I look particularly at the impact of police reform on communities where powerful private actors such as gangs are present and play a determining role in organizing the daily life of people.”
Boyd, who graduated from the Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism in 2013 and currently works with Williamson Chong Architects, will be heading to Yale University to work on his project entitled Development Strategies and New Typologies for Private Sector Affordable Housing.
Boyd will research an alternative model to the current method of providing adequate housing to the poorest in North America. He will explore potential holistic design strategies and new typologies that anticipate and respond to paradigm shifts in the housing stocks of Canada and the U.S.
The fellowships for Bauer and Mody provide an opportunity to spend either one semester or a full academic year as exchange students in the United States. Each student will receive a cash award of $5,000 per semester or $10,000 for the full academic year.
Bauer will be continuing her studies at American University, pursuing her interest in developing global competence, while observing various approaches to education in countries around the world. Mody will be going to Arizona State University to advance his interest in neurodegenerative disorders and general health.
Carleton University is also hosting three distinguished Fulbright award winners from the United States. Alexandra Délano Alonso, assistant professor of Global Studies from the New School University, is a recipient of the American Fulbright Scholar Award and she will be continuing her research entitled Diaspora Engagement, Immigrant Integration and Migration Governance in a Regional Context: Latin American Diasporas in the United States and Canada at Carleton.
Alonso’s research examines the impact of diaspora engagement programs on the dynamics of Latin American migrants’ integration and civic participation in Mexico, the United States and Canada. Her project explores the role of migrants’ countries of origin in the processes of immigrant integration into host societies through diaspora policies including health, education, financial literacy and leadership programs.
Meredith Guenther, a public communications and economics student at American University, and Lindsey Kirkham, who is studying global health and sociology and minoring in biology and justice studies at Arizona State University, will also be continuing their studies at Carleton.
Guenther is interested in applying public communications and economics to the field of politics. Specifically, she enjoys learning about the impact of political discourse in the media and ways to structure political programs so that they provide the maximum benefit. While at Carleton, Kirkham is interested in studying the intersectionality of institutional social oppression and its impact on public and global health. She is particularly interested in HIV/AIDS as an illustration of health disparities rooted in poverty, racism, heterosexism, sexual violence, imperialism and other oppressive ideologies.
By engaging our brightest minds in academic exchanges, Fulbright Canada seeks to enhance mutual understanding between Canada and the United States. Through its bilateral academic exchanges of outstanding students, scholars and professionals, it strengthens Canada-U.S. relations by examining a wide range of subjects that are critical to the relationship between the two countries.
About Carleton University
Located in the nation’s capital, Carleton University is a dynamic research and teaching institution with a tradition of leading change. Its internationally recognized faculty, staff and researchers provide more than 25,000 full- and part-time students from every province and more than 100 countries around the world with academic opportunities in more than 65 programs of study, including public affairs, journalism, film studies, engineering, high technology, and international studies. Carleton’s creative, interdisciplinary and international approach to research has led to many significant discoveries and creative works in science and technology, business, governance, public policy and the arts. As an innovative institution Carleton is uniquely committed to developing solutions to real-world problems by pushing the boundaries of knowledge and understanding daily.
Fulbright Canada
Fulbright Canada is a joint, bi-national, treaty-based organization created to encourage mutual understanding between Canada and the United States of America through academic and cultural exchange. Fulbright Canada is supported by the Canadian Government through Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, by the United States Government through the Department of State, and by a diverse group of corporate sponsors, charitable trusts, and university partners. It is governed by an independent Board of Directors and operates out of Ottawa. For more information please visit www.fulbright.ca.
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