DSU’s Dr. Eleanor Kiesel named as a Fulbright Scholars

Dr. Eleanor Kiesel, Senior Associate Dean at Delaware State University’s Wesley College of Health and Behavioral Sciences, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award for International Education Administrators to go to France and Senegal for two weeks during the Spring 2026 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.

Dr. Kiesel’s objectives for this program include exploring reciprocal exchange opportunities; developing institutional partnerships; examining student-centered academic models to prioritize access, cultural relevance, academic rigor, and student success; identifying opportunities for faculty collaboration and joint research; and gaining insight into host institutions’ academic structures and policies.

Fulbright U.S. Scholars are faculty, researchers, administrators, and established professionals teaching or conducting research in affiliation with institutes abroad. Fulbright Scholars conduct cutting-edge research and expand their professional networks, often continuing research collaborations begun abroad and laying the groundwork for future institutional partnerships. Upon returning to their home countries, institutions, labs, and classrooms, they share their stories and often become active supporters of international exchange, inviting foreign scholars to campus and encouraging colleagues and students to go abroad.

Since 1946, the Fulbright Program has provided over 400,000 talented and accomplished students, scholars, teachers, artists, and professionals with the opportunity to study, teach, and conduct research abroad. Fulbright Scholars exchange ideas, build people-to-people connections, and work to address complex global challenges. Notable Fulbright Scholars include 62 Nobel Laureates, 93 Pulitzer Prize winners, 82 MacArthur Fellows, 44 heads of state or government, and thousands of leaders across the private, public, and non-profit sectors.

Over 800 individuals teach or conduct research abroad annually through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. In addition, over 2,000 Fulbright U.S. Student Program participants—recent college graduates, graduate students, and early career professionals—participate in study/research exchanges or as English teaching assistants in local schools abroad each year.

Fulbright is a program of the U.S. Department of State, with funding provided by the U.S. Government. Participating governments and host institutions, corporations, and foundations around the world also provide direct and indirect support to the Program, which operates in over 160 countries worldwide.

In the United States, the Institute of International Education implements the Fulbright U.S. Student and U.S. Scholar Programs on behalf of the U.S. Department of State.