Study or Research Abroad

Featured Person: Sefakor Komabu-Pomeyrie

Meet Sefakor, a woman from Ghana whose proactive character helped her earn a Ford Foundation Fellowship for U.S. study. As a person with a mobility disability, Sefakor is using her fellowship to continue her advocacy work.

Featured Person: Perseus McDaniel

Meet Perseus, a community college student from the US who, having studied Italian and Italian sign language in Florence, became inspired to encourage other Deaf students to participate in overseas study.

Featured Person: Lindsey Newland

Meet Lindsey, whose work with disabled children in Romania supplemented her progress towards a Master's in Family and Community Social Work. Lindsey has a physical disability.

Featured Person: Zachary Grove

Meet Zachary. As someone who represents diversity through disability, socioeconomic background and academic focus, Zachary was awarded a Gilman Scholarship to fund his studies in Cyprus.

Beyond Stereotyping

Yasushi Miyazaki's involvement with student groups on his US campus helped dispel stereotypes about Autism - including those he had believed about himself.

Featured Person: Amanda Parkman

Meet Amanda, a Gilman scholar with a physical disability whose studies in Australia reaffirmed her sense of adventure and independence.

An Unexpected Lesson About Community

Elizabeth Shuler, an American student who is hard of hearing, devoted time exploring the spectrum of disability alongside peers with and without disabilities during a unique summer course in Ireland.

In Search of a Different Career Path: My Education in the United States

An encounter with a Peace Corps volunteer convinced Francis, a young Deaf man from Zambia, that international exchange was a possibility for him too.

Featured Person: Stephanie Woodward

Meet Stephanie, who cites her study abroad experience in Ireland as a major influence on her identity as a person with a disability. Stephanie uses a power wheelchair for mobility.

A Glimpse into Polish Culture & History while Studying Abroad

Studying abroad in Warsaw, Poland afforded Matthew Maycock the opportunity to explore coursework in Polish culture and history. Matthew is a Gilman scholarship recipient with a physical disability.

Great Britain's Lessons In and Out of the Classroom

Studying Criminal Justice in the United Kingdom on a Gilman scholarship helped prepare Jonathan Zelaya, who has a learning disability, for a career in law enforcement.

Exploring Cross-Cultural Issues of Women in the Caribbean

A Gilman scholarship helped fund Dawn Schafer's domestic violence research project in Trinidad and Tobago. Learn how her physical disability led her to pursue a college education.

Adding India to the Geography of Life Experiences

Gilman scholarship recipient, Christena Weatherspoon, who has a learning and social anxiety disability, represented multiple kinds of American diversity while studying in India.

Featured Person: Loren Ashton

Loren Ashton, who is Deaf, shares how she told her parents about her dream to study abroad in France for a semester.

International Summer Abroad Trip Explores Accessibility

Watch the video made by a group of UT Chattanooga students with mixed abilities who explored accessibility in Oceania.

Accessible Campus Close to 'Utopia' for Blind English Learner

When Svetlana Vasilyeva, who is blind, was accepted for a Humphrey mid-career professional fellowship, she first had an opportunity to study English in the United States which gave her time to adjust to the new environment.

Fulbright Fellow Achieves Professional Goal in Italy

Debra Cole, a woman who is Deaf, shared her passion for linguistics with students in Italy on a Fulbright fellowship. Read more in the New York Times article.

Featured Person: Ming Canaday

Ming Canaday, a Chinese-American university student, has traveled to China multiple times to study abroad, learn Mandarin on a Boren scholarship, and intern with a disability organization!

Featured Person: David Albala

Before researching film production in the United States on a Fulbright Foreign Student Program, David started by researching wheelchair accessibility in his host environment.

Featured Person: Raufhon Salokhodjaev

Meet Rauf, who first arrived in the United States as a high school exchange student and recently returned to fulfill graduate-level study on a fellowship.