Global Initiatives regularly spotlights faculty, staff, graduate students, and alumni who are completing research that is focused on international populations or issues, or research that involves a collaboration with international organizations or universities.
Read on to learn about the fascinating research being done around the world!
Sina Esteky: History »
Concentrating on branding and marketing in different cultural contexts, Sina Esteky conducts research that spans multiple continents.
Saruna Ghimire: Sociology and Gerontology »
Focusing on the study of healthy aging among diverse communities, Saruna Ghimire collaborates with researchers in Nepal, Australia and Bangladesh.
Kate Dannies: Global and Intercultural Studies »
As a 2021-2022 Fulbright U.S. Scholar at the American Research Institute in Istanbul and Ankara, Kate Dannies conducted archival research on Turkey during the World War I-era Ottoman Empire.
Jordan Fenton: Art History »
Jordan A. Fenton is a specialist of African Art History, with an emphasis on the visual and performed expression of Nigerian masquerade arts, secret societies, esoteric knowledge systems, funerary rituals and installations, dress, economics and ways in which so-called “traditional” arts and artists operate in metropolitan cities.
Elise Radina: Family Science and Social Work »
M. Elise Radina collaborated with colleagues in India and South Korea to explore the breast cancer survivorship experiences among women of Indian and Korean ethnic background.