Hermann Kurthen, professor of sociology, will teach and conduct
research at an Austrian university next year.
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Hermann Kurthen, professor of sociology, has received a Fulbright
Scholar award to teach and conduct research during the next academic
year at Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria. It's the second
time Kurthen has received a Fulbright award.
During February-July 2023, Kurthen said he will teach upper-level
sociology courses and conduct a comparative study of the effect of
COVID-19 on international student exchanges at Grand Valley and
Johannes Kepler.
He also plans to explore virtual and in-person faculty and student
exchange opportunities between the two universities.
Kurthen first received a Fulbright award in 2011, from the
German-American Fulbright Commission at the Institute for
International and Security Affairs/SWP in Berlin.
The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s flagship international
educational exchange program.