Psychology Alum Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award

Jaquelyn H. Berry, PhD, who earned her PhD from UAlbany's Cognitive Psychology Program in 2013, received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Egypt for cognitive research in task and interface switching. Berry will research and lecture at the American University in Cairo as part of a project to study behavior in Arabic-English bilinguals when they are switching between different tasks and interfaces.

Berry is one of over 800 U.S. citizens who will teach, conduct research, and/or provide expertise abroad for the 2019-2020 academic year through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. Recipients of Fulbright awards are selected on the basis of academic and professional achievement, as well as record of service and demonstrated leadership in their respective fields.