IUP’s Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program for International Teachers (FDAI)
IUP has a fantastic program which brings international scholars to the university to conduct a research project each fall semester. I serve as a Faculty Mentor for an FDAI Scholar each year. This has given me the privilege of working with scholars from around the world. As a Faculty Mentor, I meet regular with the FDAI Scholar to talk about their teaching and research work. I help the scholar develop their project idea and review multiple drafts of their research report.
The FDAI Program is run by IUP’s Office of International Education (OIE). The Program is funded by the U.S. Department of State and is administered by International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX).
FDAI Scholars
Here is a list of the FDAI Scholars I have mentored over the years. Not only has the program helped me to learn about the scholars’ home countries, it has also helped me make friends from across the globe!
- Abdelaaziz Boussayer (Morocco) in 2025
- Project: “Smart Learning Management System: Enhancing Education Through Technology”
- Itay Bahar (Israel) in 2024
- “Usage of AI in the Classroom for Learning a Second Language with a Gamification Framework”
- Faith Kaylie Yi Cheng Ong (Singapore) in 2023
- “The Metacognitive Teacher-Learner: Questioning as Thinking”
- Aziz Maruan (Dhar Ben Ayad High School, Chefchaouen, Morocco) in 2022
- “Enhancing Autonomy and Information Transfer in Reading Comprehension Through Learner-Centred Learning”
- Shih-Fu Lee (National Kinmen Senior High School, Taiwan) in 2021
- “Integrating Digital Technology with Interactive Classroom Activities to Enhance English Teaching in High School”
FDAI Technology Workshop
In 2021 Dr. Ken Sherwood and I delivered a technology workshop to that year’s group of FDAI Scholars. Below is a link to a set of pedagogical questions we asked those scholars to consider as they reflected on the ramifications of teaching with technology:
