Sandra Turner, professor of educational studies at Ohio University, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture and do research at University of Winneba, Ghana, during the 2003-2004 academic year, according to the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Turner will teach courses in educational technology and conduct research related to the use of computers in Ghanaian secondary schools and teacher preparation programs. Turner is one of about 800 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad to some 140 countries during the next school year through the Fulbright Scholar Program.
"I am very proud to be awarded a Fulbright Scholar and am looking forward to working in Ghana and with my colleagues at the university there," Turner says of the award announcement.
The Fulbright program's purpose is to build mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries. Since its inception, thousands of U.S. faculty and professionals have studied, taught or done research abroad, and thousands of their counterparts from other countries have engaged in similar activities in the United States. They are among more than 250,000 U.S. and foreign university students, K-12 teachers, and university faculty and professionals who have taken part in one of the several Fulbright exchange programs.
Recipients of the Fulbright Scholar awards are chosen on the basis of academic or professional achievement and because they have demonstrated extraordinary leadership potential in their fields.
