Previous Quillian Scholars
- 2006-2007 Mario Maldonado Incayawar
- 2005-2006 Boutheina Cheriet
- 2004-2005 Mansah Prah
- 2003-2004 Lye Tuck-Po
- 2002-2003 Kirtida Oza
- Spring 2002 Aliaa Rafea
- 2000-2001 Michael Gilkes
- 1999-2000 Liu Haiping
- 1998-1999 Emeka Nwabueze
- 1997-1998 Slavenka Drakulic
- Spring 1997 M.V. Krishnayya
2006-2007 Mario Maldonado Incayawar
M.D., School of Medicine at Universidad Central del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
He holds an Advanced Studies Diploma in Community Health from Université de Montréal as well as a Master’s of Science in Transcultural Psychiatry from McGill University, Canada. He has advanced training in Psychobiology & Psychopharmacology from the NIMH Research Center on the Psychobiology of Ethnicity, UCLA.
In 1990, Incayawar founded Runajambi (Institute for the Study of Quichua Culture and Health) in Otavalo, Ecuador. From 1998-2004, he was the Henry R. Luce Associate Professor in Brain, Mind, and Medicine: Cross-Cultural Perspectives at Pitzer, Claremont McKenna and Harvey Mudd Colleges in California. In 2005 he became the Medical Director of the Cross-Cultural Clinic for Pain and Psychiatry in Quito, Ecuador.
2005-2006 Boutheina Cheriet
Ph.D. in Comparative Education from the London University Institute of Education
Courses:
Fundamentalism & Gender
Bargaining for Citizenry: "Ideal Womanhood" in Contemporary Algeria
Gender & Politics in the Middle East and North Africa
Public Lecture:
Trials and Tribulations of a Women's Affairs Minister: An Algerian Case
Gender and Religious Fundamentalism: A Comparative Study of Algeria, the USA, and Japan
2004-2005, Mansah Prah
Ph.D. in Sociology (Magna cum Laude) from the University of Frankfurt, Germany
M.A., University of Heidelberg, Germany; Post Doctoral Diploma, Higher Education and International Development, University of Kassel, Germany
Courses:
Between Dependence and Autonomy: Perspectives on African Women
Gender, Sexuality, and Identity in African Contexts
Faculty Development Seminars:
Selected topics on women in the history and culture of Ghana
Public Lectures>:
Gender & Education in Ghana (Randolph College Public Lecture; Keynote Address at Southwest Virginia Community College 2005 Festival of the Arts: Spotlight on Africa and her Legacy)
Reflections on Ghana's Feminist Experience (Lynchburg College Senior Symposium)
Gender Studies in Africa
Additional Lectures at Appalachian University, Boone, North Carolina and Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina
2003-2004, Lye Tuck-Po
Native of Malaysia and member of the Class of 1989
M.A. and Ph.D., Anthropology focusing on Environmental Anthropology, University of Hawai’i
B.A. (Honors), English & Philosophy, cum laude from Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Courses:
Ethnographies of the Tropical Forests Environment, Development, & Politics
Faculty Development Seminars:
Hunters, Habitats, Homes: An Anthropology of Landscape
A Forest of Ideas: Or, A Dig at the Anthropology of Landscape
Public Lecture:
Dwellers: Ethnic Minorities in the Tropics
2002-2003, Kirtida Oza
Environmental community educator from India and LEAD Fellow
M.S. Life Sciences and B.S. Bio-Chemistry from Gujarat University in Ahmedabad, India
Eleven years experience with the Centre for Environmental Education (CEE)
Courses:
Understanding Gender in a Cultural Context: A South Asian Perspective
Environmentalism in India: Issues and Initiatives
Women, Environment, and Development: Special focus on India
Faculty Development Seminars:
Women in India: How Equal? How Free?
India’s Kitchens: A Gender Perspective
Public Lecture:
Environmentalism in India: The Role of Women
Spring Semester 2002, Aliaa Rafea
Noted Islamic and Egyptian scholar
Ph.D. Sociology and Anthropology from Ain Shams University Woman’s College in Cairo, Egypt
Courses:
Islam for the Modern World
Egyptian Culture and the Global World
Faculty Development Seminar:
Veiling and Women’s Liberty
Public Lecture:
Some Universal Aspects in Islam
2000-01, Michael Gilkes
Renowned West Indian scholar and artist
Ph.D. English and American Literature from the University of Kent at Canterbury, Great Britain
Courses:
Caribbean Literature: Text and Context
Womansong: Variations on a Theme
Literature and Landscape
Carnival and Culture
Faculty Development Seminars:
The Spirit of Place
The Aboriginal Legacy in the Arts and Culture of the Caribbean
Overseas Study Seminar for Faculty – Summer 2002:
The Landscape of Dreams: Guyana
1999-2000, Haiping Liu
Professor of literature in the School of Foreign Studies at Nanjing University and Pearl S. Buck scholar
Ph.D. Literature from Nanjing University, China
Courses:
China in Modern Perspective
Topics in Chinese Civilization
The Cultural Revolution in China
Contemporary China Through Drama and Film
Faculty Development Seminars:
China in Reform: Achievement, Problems, and Prospects
Classical Traditions in Chinese Memory
Public Lectures:
Chinese Perspectives on the United States: Changing Images
Crossing Cultures: The Controversy Between Pearl S. Buck and Her Chinese Contemporaries
Overseas Study Seminar for Faculty & Students:
China
1998-99, Emeka Nwabueze
Playwright, Ph.D. in Theatre Arts, and professor of literature and theatre at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Courses:
Contemporary African Literature
Modern African Drama and Theatre
History of Theatre I and II (Co-taught)
Faculty Development Seminars:
Recurrent Images in Contemporary African Literature
Ritual Theatre in Traditional African Festivals
Public Lecture:
Feminism in African Drama: Perspectives from Contemporary Dramatists
Multi-media Presentation:
The Matter and Manner of African Theatre: Views of a Nigerian Playwright
1997-98, Slavenka Drakulic
Internationally known Croatian journalist and novelist
Courses:
Eastern Europe in the 1990s
Eastern Europe: Films and Reality
Women and Communism
Faculty Development Seminars:
Ordinary People and the War: The Problem of Collective Responsibility
The War in the Balkans: Why and How?
Public Lectures:
Two different readings from her books, Café Europa and The Taste of a Man
Spring 1997, M.V. Krishnayya
Ph.D. in Philosophy and professor at Andhra University, India
Courses:
Philosophies of India
Introduction to Indian Society and Culture
Faculty Development Seminars:
Indian Folklore
Class and Caste
Public Lecture:
Hindu Religious Vows of Men and Women
