Karen P. Peirce, associate director of the Center for Writers, has been named a member of the Fulbright English Language and Literature Discipline Peer Review Committee.

Selected by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, committee members are chosen based on their subject matter expertise. They serve three-year terms evaluating Fulbright Scholar Program applications for scholarly merit.

Upon recommendation of the disciplinary review committee, subsequent review by regional experts, and review by the proposed host country, selected applications are forwarded to the presidentially appointed J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board for final approval.

The Fulbright Scholar Program is "the U.S. government's flagship program in international educational exchange" and aims to “increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries of the world.”

More information about the Fulbright Scholar Program can be found at www.cies.org. 

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