Sociology Major Earns Fulbright Grant to Teach English in Germany

WORCESTER, Mass. – James Corbett, a member of the College of the Holy Cross Class of 2008, has been awarded a Fulbright Grant to work and live in Germany.

Corbett, a sociology major and German minor, will be a teaching assistant at a German high school where he will teach English and American studies. A huge sports fan, he also plans to involve his students in an after school program that will teach them about American sports, including football and baseball.

As much as he hopes to teach his students about American culture, he hopes to learn from them as well.  “I have been studying German since my freshman year of high school so this seemed like a great opportunity to put that to use and to really immerse myself in that culture.”

On campus, Corbett participates in intramural sports; Student Programs for Urban Development (SPUD), a student-run community service organization; and was a tutor for elementary school children at the Great Brook Valley Center in Worcester, Mass. When Corbett returns to the U.S. he plans to live in the Boston area.

Each year approximately 1,000 college students are awarded grants through the Fulbright Program, the U.S. government’s flagship program in international educational exchange. Fulbright grants are made to U.S. citizens and nationals of other countries for a variety of educational activities, primarily university lecturing, advanced research, graduate study and teaching in elementary and secondary schools. Since the program’s inception in 1946, more than 250,000 participants — chosen for their leadership potential — have had the opportunity to observe each other’s political, economic and cultural institutions.