Selected for the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program, six recent School of Liberal Arts graduates headed off to spend their first post-undergraduate year teaching, researching, and building relationships in communities around the world. With 11 Tulane students accepting their scholarships, Tulane earned a Top Producer Status honor recognizing the U.S. colleges and universities with the highest number of students selected for Fulbright grants in the previous academic year. This is the fourth time Tulane has won the award— reflecting Tulane and the School of Liberal Arts’ deep commitment to a global liberal arts education that prepares students for meaningful careers.
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program, administered by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, is the nation’s flagship international academic exchange initiative. Through highly competitive grants, Fulbright supports graduating seniors, graduate students, artists, and young professionals as they pursue research, advanced study, and English teaching placements abroad. At its heart, the program is about connection — fostering mutual understanding through shared scholarship, cultural exchange, and lived experience.
The School of Liberal Arts recipients are currently representing Tulane in the United Kingdom, Ecuador, Latvia, Spain, and Brazil. Their work spans disciplines and languages, but each will carry forward a distinctly liberal arts approach: interdisciplinary inquiry, cultural engagement, and creative problem solving.
“The Fulbright is one of the most meaningful honors our students can receive because it recognizes not only academic excellence, but the importance of being an active citizen of the world,” shared School of Liberal Arts Dean Brian T. Edwards. “At a time when global understanding feels both urgent and fragile, these students embody what a liberal arts education makes possible — rigorous scholarship paired with deep human connection.”
2026 School of Liberal Arts Fulbright Recipients
- Annabelle Harris (SLA ’24 / SSE ’24) — Fulbright/University of St. Andrews Award, United Kingdom
- Anna Hobbins (SLA ’25 / B ’25) — English Teaching Assistant Award, Ecuador
- Daniel Lew (SLA ’24) — Open Study/Research Award, Latvia
- Justin Turpan (SLA ’25) — Fulbright Grant Recipient (award details forthcoming)
- Caroline Wright (SLA ’25 / B ’25) — English Teaching Assistant Award, Spain
- Sophia Young (SLA ’25) — English Teaching Assistant Award, Brazil
For generations, Fulbright alumni have gone on to shape public life, scholarship, the arts, science, and education. Even so, the programmatic impact is often more personal and immediate: new languages, new perspectives, and new cross-border relationships.
For these six School of Liberal Arts students, their experience represents more than an award. It is an invitation to immerse themselves in another culture, to ask deeper questions, and make a lasting impact by bringing what they learn back to their communities and future employers.