{"id":28703,"date":"2025-10-14T11:12:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T15:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/?p=28703"},"modified":"2025-10-14T13:17:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T17:17:13","slug":"marshall-professor-selected-for-the-fulbright-specialist-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/marshall-professor-selected-for-the-fulbright-specialist-roster\/","title":{"rendered":"Marshall professor selected for the Fulbright Specialist Roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Dr. Kimberly McFall, associate professor in the College of Education and Professional Development and coordinator for the School Library Program, has been selected for the Fulbright Specialist Roster, a competitive program of the U.S. Department of State and World Learning.<\/p>\n<p>The Fulbright Specialist Program connects United States academics and professionals with institutions around the world for short-term, project-based exchanges.<\/p>\n<p>McFall\u2019s three-year term runs through August 2028, and she is eligible to be matched with higher education projects in more than 150 countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing selected to serve in this capacity allows me to lean into the work that I believe in at my core. My teaching philosophy is built around connecting learning to real life,\u201d McFall said. \u201cI believe that education should extend beyond the classroom and give people meaningful opportunities to engage with the world around them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This appointment recognizes McFall\u2019s professional expertise and enhances Marshall University\u2019s visibility worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Specialist assignments typically last two to six weeks and focus on advancing education, training, curriculum development, capacity building and institutional planning.<br \/>\nHost institutions design and submit project proposals that align with their strategic priorities, and Fulbright Specialists provide targeted expertise to support these goals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am deeply committed to building communities around learning, and these types of projects create space for meaningful exchange that can have a lasting impact both here at home and in the global community,\u201d McFall said.<\/p>\n<p>This is not McFall\u2019s first experience with the Fulbright Program. In 2023, she spent time as a Fulbright Scholar in Wroc\u0142aw, Poland.<\/p>\n<p>Through these exchanges, participants help shape innovative educational practices and contribute to institutional growth both abroad and at their home universities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want my work to reflect a genuine partnership, where everyone at the table feels heard and valued. If, at the end of a project, the community feels inspired to keep the momentum going, then I will have accomplished what I set out to do,\u201d McFall said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Kimberly McFall, associate professor in the College of Education and Professional Development and coordinator for the School Library Program, has been selected for the Fulbright Specialist Roster, a competitive program of the U.S. Department of State and World Learning. The Fulbright Specialist Program connects United States academics and professionals with institutions around the world [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coepd","category-news-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28703"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28709,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28703\/revisions\/28709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}