  {"id":235496,"date":"2026-06-03T17:12:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T03:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=235496"},"modified":"2026-06-03T17:12:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T03:12:30","slug":"honolulu-cc-professor-india-fulbright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/03\/honolulu-cc-professor-india-fulbright\/","title":{"rendered":"Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr> professor to explore India&#8217;s dynamic education system"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_235516\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-235516\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/honolulu-fulbright-logli-india.jpg\" alt=\"Logli standing on the riverbank\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-235516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/honolulu-fulbright-logli-india.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/honolulu-fulbright-logli-india-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/honolulu-fulbright-logli-india-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-235516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Logli in India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chiara Logli, assistant professor and institutional assessment specialist at Honolulu Community College, has won a Fulbright U.S. Scholar award in higher education for the 2026&#8211;27 academic year. Granted by the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, the Fulbright award underscores Logli\u2019s standing as a world-class educator.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_235517\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-235517\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/honolulu-fulbright-logli-c-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"Logli smiling\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-235517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/honolulu-fulbright-logli-c-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/honolulu-fulbright-logli-c-93x130.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/honolulu-fulbright-logli-c.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-235517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chiara Logli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As part of the award, she will teach courses on research design and conduct a study examining how universities in India balance local traditions with global perspectives in higher education. Hosted by <abbr>JSS<\/abbr> Academy of Higher Education and Research in Mysuru, India, the project will culminate in a comparative study of higher education systems in India, the U.S. and Indonesia. <\/p>\n<p>This research stems from her deeper passion for exploring how universities are shaped by the communities and cultures around them. In particular, she is drawn to India\u2019s dynamic higher education system, which reflects both deep traditions and rapid innovation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are incredibly proud of Dr. Logli,&rdquo; Chancellor Karen C. Lee said. &ldquo;It is an immense honor to join the legacy of the Fulbright Program in promoting collaboration across borders. She will be able to share the unique strengths of higher education in <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> with colleagues abroad and bring back her learnings about India to enrich our campus community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Logli holds an <abbr title=\"master of arts\">MA<\/abbr> in political science and a <abbr title=\"doctor of philosophy\">PhD<\/abbr> in education with a specialization in international cultural studies. In addition to the Fulbright award, Logli has received recognition and previous awards from the East-West Center, Rotary International, <abbr title=\"U.S. Agency for International Development\">USAID<\/abbr>, United States Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships, United States-Indonesia Society and the European Union Leonardo da Vinci Program.<\/p>\n<p>Established in 1946, the Fulbright Program is one of the world\u2019s most respected international exchange programs, operating in more than 160 countries. Fulbright alumni include 46\u202fheads of state or government,\u202f63\u202fNobel Laureates,\u202f93\u202fPulitzer Prize winners,\u202f83\u202fMacArthur Fellows, and countless leaders across sectors\u202fand industries worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chiara Logli won a Fulbright award to explore universities in India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":235516,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[598,62,134,71],"class_list":["post-235496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-faculty-recognition","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-international","tag-uh-community-colleges","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/honolulu-fulbright-logli-india.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235496"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235519,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235496\/revisions\/235519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}