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Program Impact
Contributions to Teaching and Learning
Academic Productivity
Scholar Stories
Reports gathered in 2010 from 152 Iraqi
fellows found that they have, together,
while on fellowship:
“The Scholar Rescue
Fund extended a
generous offer that
enabled me to resume
my academic work in
major American universities. There I met
some of the best
professors in the
academic world, attended many conferences,
and was able to write a book and continue
my research. At the end of each contract, the
Scholar Rescue Fund continued to assist me
by contacting universities to offer me a position. I am very grateful for the kind help and
attention I continue to receive.”
10,000
4,000
500
100
25
Taught over 10,000 Iraqi
students, including 4,000
via distance learning
Published more than 500
articles or books
Participated in over 100
scientific research projects
Presented more than
25 papers at academic
conferences around
the world
A survey in 2011 of 184 alumni found that:
79%
of alumni are currently
affiliated and engaged in
academic work in either a
university or college
When asked about
current work:
71%
of scholars responded that
they are involved in research
51%
of scholars are teaching
or training
40%
of scholars are currently
writing and publishing
69%
of scholars published
between one and five
peer-reviewed academic
journal articles since the
completion of the Scholar
Rescue Fund Fellowship
38%
of alumni reported teaching
between 60 and 200
students per year
The Female Voice in Sufi Ritual Devotional Practices
in Pakistan and India, by Shemeem Burney Abbas,
Scholar Rescue Fund Fellow. Foreword by Elizabeth
Warnock Fernea, University of Texas Press, 2002.
Abdul Sattar Jawad
Scholar Rescue Fund Fellow
Professor of Comparative
Studies and Middle Eastern Studies
Duke University
“While on fellowship at Indiana UniversityPurdue University in Indianapolis (IUPUI), I
advanced my career in terms of writing and
Hosting Faculty Praise
publications and, more importantly, had
the chance to reflect on the factors that led
“I have witnessed an amazing atmosphere
to the violence in Kenya. The time I spent in
created by this scholar in the typically indif- peace and away from conflict allowed me
ferent classroom at this large university. It
to realize that violence begets violence, and
is as if these students are waking up! They
the only way to curb violence is to resolve
are fascinated by his ability to explain com- conflict within ourselves and with other
plex concepts. One student said to me, ‘He individuals or groups. These realizations
is really a kind of Renaissance man, he
have enormously improved my relations
knows so much in so many areas!’”
with others on public and private levels.
Without the Scholar Rescue Fund fellow“We have had many visiting scholars come ship, I might have become bitter, unforgiving,
through our office. Most, if not all, are per- and therefore violent. My post-fellowship
fectly delightful colleagues. But [he] is head life is much more fulfilling than before, and
and shoulders above others.”
I have since engaged in conflict management.
Indeed, the Scholar Rescue Fund is truly a
“I am impressed by [the scholar’s] devotion legacy of rescue and a beacon of hope.”
to working with the students. They seem to
Eunice Karanja Kamaara
really enjoy the class and the experience of
Scholar Rescue Fund Fellow
working so closely with a scholar whose
Professor of Religious Studies
knowledge of the issue is so intense and
Moi University, Kenya
whose personal experience is so dramatic.”
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of IIE Scholar Rescue Fund Report: The Rescue of Science and Learning
Messages and Reflections
History of Rescue
At a Glance
Program Impact
Fellowship Recipients
Ten Scholars
Host Partners
Iraq Scholar Rescue Project
Fellowship Process
The Fellowship
Impact on Host Campuses
Visiting Lectures
Scholars at Work
Acknowledgements
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