The Fulbright experience allowed the author to clarify research goals, complete archival research for a book manuscript, and expand their scholarly impact internationally. They learned of receiving the grant while on the job market and knowing they could have six months of uninterrupted research and writing in Paris provided hope. During their first month in Paris, they received a tenure-track job offer, showing how Fulbright was advancing their career.

1. “The Fulbright experience has been invaluable: it has allowed me to clarify my short-
and long-term research goals, complete archival research for my first book
manuscript, and expand the impact of my scholarly work to an international
community. I learned that I had received the grant while I was a postdoctoral
fellow on the academic job market, and during the months of intense teaching and
job searching leading up to the grant period, knowing that I could look forward to
six months of research and writing in Paris was a validation of my work and a
beacon of hope for my professional future uninterrupted . When I received and
accepted a tenure-track job offer during the first month of my stay in Paris, it was
clear that the Fulbright program was already playing an important role in
propelling my career forward.”
Teresa Ignqcio-Villa, Fulbright Research Scholar in French Studies 2016-2017

2. “The Fulbright experience provided me the time and opportunity to deepen existing relationships
with French colleagues, to meet many other scholars and develop an expanding research network,
and to access the riches of the French archives and libraries. The four months I have been here have
been an intense non-stop immersive experience in which I have been constantly interrogating how
the problems of the past inform our contemporary struggles. Senator Fulbright’s vision of cross-
cultural and international communication and diplomacy as the path to a peaceful democratic world
offers a powerful model.”
- Maureen Shanahan, Fulbright Research Scholar in Art History 2016-2017