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WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY FACULTY RECEIVE FULBRIGHT AWARDS Three William Paterson University faculty members -- John Mason, a professor of political science, Charlotte Nekola, an associate professor of English, and Vincent Parrillo, a professor of sociology -- have won Fulbright awards for the 1999-2000 academic year. With their selection, the number of University faculty who are Fulbright scholars increases to 24. Mason will spend the fall 1999 semester conducting research through the Groupe de Sociologie de la defense at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and the French Institute for International Relations, both in Paris, France. He plans to interview French policy makers, researchers and public intellectuals about the changing perceptions of France's place in the world, as well as the security threats it will face in the first years of the next century. Currently writing a book titled "Mitterand: The Socialists and Foreign Policy," Mason has studied American and European policy issues for more than 20 years. He has published numerous articles in French and American journals. Mason is a resident of New York City. Nekola will spend the first six months of the year 2000 teaching American studies courses to undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Rome, Italy, where she will also conduct research on contemporary Italian women writers. The author of the critically acclaimed memoir "Dream House," Nekola served as co-editor, with Paula Rabinowitz, of "Writing Red: An Anthology of American Women Writers 1930-1940." Her current projects include a novel, a collection of critical essays on film noir she is co-editing with Rabinowitz, and a number of travel essays for publications such as the New York Times Magazine and Travel & Leisure. Nekola also recently received a 1999 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship for fiction writing. Nekola resides in Tenafly. Parrillo, who is chair of the Sociology Department, will be a teaching fellow at Palacky University in Olomouc in the Czech Republic during the spring 2000 semester. He will also work with the Ministry of Justice in Brno on police-community relations and on ethnoviolence, and with the Ministry of Education in Prague on multicultural workshops for teachers. Parrillo has traveled to the Czech Republic on three occasions during the past two years under the auspices of the U.S. Information Agency, a branch of the U.S. Department of State, where he has consulted with government leaders on ways to improve intergroup relations and conducted multicultural teaching workshops for educators. He is the author of six books, including "Strangers to These Shores," the nation's leading text in race and ethnic relations, and dozens of scholarly articles, some translated into eight languages. Parrillo is a resident of Ridgewood. The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government's
flagship international exchange program. Established in 1946
under legislation introduced by former Senator J. William Fulbright
of Arkansas, it is designed to increase mutual understanding
between the people of the United States and the people of other
countries. Grants are awarded to American students, teachers
and scholars to study, teach, lecture, and conduct research abroad
and to foreign nationals to engage in similar activities in the
United States. # # #
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