Accounting professor Husam Abu Khadra received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant to teach and research in Jordan, beginning Spring 2023.
The Fulbright is the world’s largest and most diverse international educational exchange program. It offers over 400 awards in more than 130 countries for U.S. citizens to teach, conduct research and carry out professional projects.
“This award is a testament to Husam’s scholarly contributions in the field of accounting,” said Ryan Petty, dean of the Heller College of Business. “The grant provides a powerful opportunity for him to expand the scope and awareness of his research and bring a global perspective back to Roosevelt students.”
Professor Husam Abu Khadra teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the Heller College of Business. He will conduct research on Jordanian tax auditors’ perceptions of nonprofit governance and its impact on fraud reporting. He will also teach a course in forensic accounting at the American University of Madaba, advising and working with their faculty to improve their accounting program.
Professor Abu Khadra will join the prestigious community of Fulbrighters who have come away with enhanced skills, new connections and greater mutual understanding. He will be the second Fulbrighter from the Heller College of Business, after Gordon Patzer in 2008. He is the 32nd Roosevelt Fulbrighter since Professor Arthur Hillman received the grant in 1949.
Past Roosevelt University recipients of the Fulbright include:
- Margaret Rung, history at National Taiwan University and history at the University of Latvia
- John Fountain, journalism at University of Ghana
- Julian Kerbis Peterhans, biological sciences at Makerere University in Uganda
- Mary Schiller, communications at University of Lodz
- Heather Dalmage, sociology at University of Kwazulu-Natal - Howard College Campus, South Africa
