Name JOHNSON, Nancy Collins
U.S. Position Professor
Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
Czech Affiliation Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague
Project Collaborative Studies of Mycorrhizas in Long-term Experiments in Europe
Major Discipline/Specialization Biological Sciences/Environmental Sciences, Ecology Duration of Grant/Starting Date 8 months/September 1, 2011
Academic Background Ph.D., Ecology, Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, 1991 M.S., Botany, University of Wisconsin, 1985
B.S., Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota, 1980
Name MEYERSON, Laura Ahearn
U.S. Position Assoc. Professor
Department of Natural Resources Science, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
Czech Affiliation Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Průhonice
Project Exploring Genetic Techniques to Improve Invasive Species Management: A Multi-Scale Approach to a Global Challenge Major Discipline/Specialization Environmental Sciences / Invasion Ecology, Restoration Ecology,
Forestry
Duration of Grant/Starting Date 7 months/ September 11, 2011
Academic Background Ph.D., Ecosystem Ecology, Yale University, 2000 M.S., Forest Science, Yale University, 1995
B.A., Biological Sciences, City University of New York, 1993
Name ZARECOR, Kimberly
U.S. Position Assistant Professor
Department of Architecture, Iowa State University
Czech Affiliation Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Ostrava Faculty of Arts, University of Ostrava
Project The Effects of Post - 1989 Housing Reform on Socialist-Era Neighborhoods in the Czech Republic: The Case of the Ostrava Region
Major Discipline/Specialization Architecture/Architectural History, Urban Studies Duration of Grant/Starting Date 5 months/ August 11, 2011
Academic Background Ph.D., Architecture, Columbia University, 2008
Name BARRY, Martin Joseph
U.S. Position Project Manager
W Architecture and Landscape Architecture, New York, NY Czech Affiliation Faculty of Architecture, Czech Technical University, Prague
Project Advance the Understanding of Contemporary Landscape
Architecture
Major Discipline/Specialization Architecture / Landscape Architecture Duration of Grant/Starting Date 4 months/ September 11, 2011
Academic Background M.L.A., Architecture, Syracuse University, 2006
B.A., History (non-U.S.), Loyola College, 2002
Name GUTTERMAN, David S.
U.S. Position Assoc. Professor
College of Liberal Arts, Willamette University, Salem, OR
Czech Affiliation Department of American Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague
Project American Political Culture: Religion, Dissent, Gender and Presidential Storytelling
Major Discipline/Specialization Political Science / American Politics, Religion and Politics, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality, Political Theory
Duration of Grant/Starting Date 4 months/ September 11, 2011
Academic Background Ph.D., Political Science, Rutgers University, 2000
M.A., Religious Studies, Duke University, 1993
B.A., Duke University, 1990
Name RISJORD, Mark Winden
U.S. Position Assoc. Professor
Department of Philosophy, Emory University, Atlanta, GA Czech Affiliation Faculty of Arts, University Hradec Králové
Project Philosophy and the Social Sciences
Major Discipline/Specialization Philosophy / Philosophy of Nursing, Philosophy of Social Sciences, Epistemology, Philosophy of Language
Duration of Grant/Starting Date 8 months/ September 11, 2011
Academic Background Ph.D., Philosophy, University of North Carolina, 1990 B.S., Psychology, Grand Valley State University, 1989
Name NESS, Tara Elaine Academic Rank/Professional Status At-Large
Czech Affiliation Institute of Botany, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Průhonice
Project The Use of Mycorrhizal Fungi for Bioremediation
Education B.A., Biology, Chemistry, University of Montana, MT, 2010 Duration of Grant/Starting Date 9 months/September 11, 2011
Name SCHWARTZ, Jarett Dustin
Academic Rank/Professional Status Graduate Student, Computer Sciences Princeton University, NJ
Czech Affiliation Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague Project Graph Algorithms and Online Ramsey Theory
Education B.A., Computer Sciences, Applied Mathematics, Linguistics, Princeton University, NJ, 2011
Duration of Grant/Starting Date 9 months/September 11, 2011
Name WEBER, Reid S.
Academic Rank/Professional Status Doctoral Student, History
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Czech Affiliation Department of History Hussite Theological Faculty, Charles University, Prague
Project Celebrity and Preaching in the Fifteenth Century: Jan Hus and Late Medieval Homiletics
Education M.A., European History, Northern Illinois University, IL, 2007 Duration of Grant/Starting Date 9 months/September 11, 2011
Name GAGLIANO, Cara Lorraine
Academic Rank/Professional Status Student
Northwestern University, IL Czech Affiliation Gymnázium a Jazyková škola
Střední zdravotnická škola a Vyšší odborná škola zdravotnická
Zlín
Project TESOL
Education B.A., Linguistics, Northwestern University, IL 2011 Duration of Grant/Starting Date 10 months/September 1, 2011
Name LINDBLOM, Alina Belen Academic Rank/Professional Status Student
University of Massachusetts – Amherst, MA
Czech Affiliation Obchodní akademie Dr. Albína Bráfa a Jazyková škola Střední škola stavební
Třebíč
Project TESOL
Education B.A., Political Science International Relations, University of Massachusetts – Amherst, MA
Duration of Grant/Starting Date 10 months/September 1, 2011
Name SEELINGER, Ilana Bernstein
Academic Rank/Professional Status Student
Northwestern University, IL
Czech Affiliation Gymnázium a Střední odborná škola pedagogická
Střední průmyslová škola strojní a elektrotechnická a Vyšší odborná škola
Liberec
Project TESOL
Education B.A., English in Writing: Fiction, Slavic Studies, Northwestern University, IL, 2010
Duration of Grant/Starting date 10 months/ September 1, 2011
Name STRASZHEIM, Charity Hadassah
Academic Rank/Professional Status Student
Northwestern College, MN
Czech Affiliation Janáčkova konzervatoř a Gymnázium Wichterlovo gymnázium
Ostrava
Project TESOL
Education B.A., Visual Arts Education, Art Bible, Northwestern College, MN, 2010
Name TIATIA, Jessica A.
U.S. Position Teacher
Westmoor High School, Daly City, CA Czech Affiliation Gymnázium Hejčín, Olomouc
Education M.A., Multicultural Education, San Francisco State University, CA, 2000
Duration of Grant/Starting Date 10 months/ September 1, 2011
Name VENTIMIGLIA, Jennifer A.
U.S. Position Teacher
Paul Public Charter School, Washington, DC Czech Affiliation Základní škola Londýnská, Praha
Education M.Ed., TESOL American University, DC, 2007