威廉•贝尔, Professor of Creative Writing

Dr. 威廉•贝尔 will travel to Portugal this summer to research the life, work and various manuscripts of Natalia Correia (1923-1993), in preparation for translating her poetry. Natalia Correia is one of the most renowned poets in Portuguese history, 她也是, 几十年来, at the very center of intellectual life in Lisbon. 无畏的社会活动家, Natalia was sentenced to three years in prison under the Salazar dictatorship. 最终, 她被判缓刑。, and after the "Bloodless Revolution" of 1974, she was elected to serve in the Assemblia da Republica (the Portuguese Parliament) for over ten years. Regarding her literary reputation, The New York Times wrote at the time of her death that Ms. 科雷亚的诗集, Sonetos Romanticos, is considered one of the most beautiful contemporary literary works in Portuguese.

马克Cirino, Associate Professor of English

Dr. 马克Cirino will use his Global Scholar grant to travel to Italy to research the setting of Ernest Hemingway's novel 过了河，进了树林 by visiting sites in and around Venice and the Veneto 在哪里 Hemingway traveled and composed the novel. The work will make an immeasurable contribution to his teaching by providing a global perspective to his work and research.

Young-Choul金, Professor of Political Science

Dr. Kim will apply his Global Scholar award to study 为什么 China's youth have negative perceptions towards the U.S. Is it possible for this perception to change in the future? In order to explore this complex nature, he will conduct an empirical survey research in China. 概要地, the surveys will ask Chinese college students' opinions on current controversial issues between the two countries such as US-China economic relations, 军事竞争, 台湾和西藏的政治地位, 联合国的角色.S. 和21世纪的中国，等等. In preparation of this field research in China, Dr. Kim has been studying the Chinese language since 2009. He has also taken Chinese courses (Chinese 111 and 112) at UE. 通过这个研究项目, he is planning to visit several universities in China including our partner university, 杭州浙江大学, to conduct these surveys and intensive interviews.

营销学教授罗伯特·蒙哥马利

Dr. 营销学教授罗伯特·蒙哥马利 will conduct survey research to determine differences in who, 为什么, 在哪里, what and how frequently American and Chinese consumers use Social Networking Media. The Global Scholar award will be used to collect data for a cross-cultural comparison of American and Chinese social-network users. The results will pinpoint marketing strategies that can be standardized across cultures and strategies that need to be tailored to a specific culture. Furthermore, the impact of individualism vs. 集体文化和审查制度vs. the free flow of information on the use of social network media will be ascertained.

Dr. Payal Patel-Dovlatabadi, Associate Professor of Public Health

Dr. Patel-Dovlatabadi plans to utilize her Global Scholar grant to expand her experience in the area of global health with a year-long comparative study of health systems in a low-income and high-income country, 特别是印度和美国.S.分别. Reducing health disparities is an essential component to address when observing health care globally. 从全球健康的角度来看, the structure of health systems in countries with relation to social and economic development differ significantly leading to access to and quality of care issues. By comparing and contrasting health systems of countries differing in social and economic development, population health statistics such as differences in malnutrition, 婴儿死亡率, 产妇死亡率, and prevalence of communicable and non-communicable diseases may be better explained.