The U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board are pleased to announce that David Alan Rettinger, visiting professor of psychology at The University of Tulsa, has received a Fulbright Specialist Program award. Rettinger will complete a project at the Center for International Relations, Tribhuvan University in Nepal that aims to exchange knowledge and establish partnerships benefiting participants, institutions and communities in the United States and overseas through educational and training activities within the field of education.
Rettinger is one of over 400 U.S. citizens who share expertise with host institutions abroad through the Fulbright Specialist Program each year. Recipients of Fulbright Specialist awards are selected on the basis of academic and professional achievement, demonstrated leadership in their field, and their potential to foster long-term cooperation between institutions in the U.S. and abroad.
“I’ve been traveling to Nepal with students since 2017, leading a community-engaged study abroad in Kathmandu. I also work as a scholar and practitioner in the field of academic integrity to promote authentic learning and reduce misconduct at universities and colleges around the world. I’ll be working with Nepal’s national university, Tribhuvan, to learn about the challenges they face and offer recommendations about how to help their students to be authentic learners,” Rettinger said. “It’s an honor to contribute in a small way to the growth and development of university education in Nepal. I have many friends there from my visits, and it means the world to me that my expertise may be of service.”
The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to build lasting connections between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.
Since its establishment in 1946, the Fulbright program has given more than 400,000 students scholars, teachers, artists, and scientists the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns.