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Johns Hopkins Students Awarded 2015-16 Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grants

Posted: April 18, 2015

Three Homewood seniors were awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) grants to teach English language and American culture abroad next year.

The ETA grant is a part of the Fulbright U.S. Student program, and funds 1100 grantees each year, to teach in 75 countries worldwide. ETA awardees become important representatives of the U.S., not only through teaching English in schools abroad, but also by their participation in activities that engage their host communities.

Margo Heston (Biomedical Engineering) will travel to Poland to teach English, where she notes there is a unique interest in building connections between teachers and learners in STEM fields. Besides being eager to teach, she looks forward to working with Polish instructors to expand the use of digital media in their classrooms, appealing to the learning styles of a broader range of students, as well as increasing students’ exposure to American culture. Upon her return to the U.S., Margo plans to resume research on biomedical technologies designed to aid hearing impaired populations worldwide. For advice from Margo about applying for the Fulbright ETA, please click here.

Joshua Langfus (Philosophy and Cognitive Science) will teach English in Spain, where he looks forward to engaging his students in the Model United Nations Global Classrooms Project, an integral part of the ETA Fulbright program there. While Joshua’s peer advisory and leadership activities set him up to be a stellar communicator in the classroom, his fluency in Spanish will allow him to share his passion for music and hiking with locals. Joshua’s experience teaching abroad will lead naturally into his future plans to work as a clinical psychologist for adolescents in a multicultural setting. For advice from Josh about applying for the Fulbright ETA, please click here.

Virginia Rogers (Public Health) will teach English in Malaysia. Having tutored peers in epidemiology, taught outreach health classes in Baltimore, and participated in ESL instruction in Argentina, Virginia is eager to explore new territories as she prepares to teach in rural Malaysia. She has a vested interest in the area, as she plans a future career in the field of international health. This semester and summer before her departure for Malaysia, Virginia is traveling in Nepal and gaining experience working with NGOs.

In addition to these three ETA winners, Thalia Patrinos, who graduated last spring with a degree in English and Global Environmental Change & Sustainability, was named an alternate for an ETA Grant to South Africa.

Fulbright finalists are notified of their results at different times during the spring semester; more news is forthcoming for the undergraduate Fulbright Academic/Arts Grant finalists.

To learn more about these awards, please visit the pages on our website (linked above), attend one of this week’s final Fulbright information sessions of the semester (see Events and Deadlines for a schedule), or email Dr. Miller at [email protected].

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