Ron Byrd receives LSUS Lincoln Center fellowship
09/26/05

Dr. Ronald J. Byrd, professor of kinesiology and health science, has been selected to receive the 2005 Faculty Research Fellowship sponsored by the LSUS International Lincoln Center for American Studies.

Byrd’s winning research proposal, “José Martí—Abraham Lincoln Perceptions by Contemporary Cubans,” is a continuation of his research on Cuba and the rest of Central America. His paper on “Rivera, Kahlo and Trotsky: The Lincoln Perception” has been accepted on the program at the Association of Third World Studies conference to be held in late November in the Dominican Republic. Byrd is one of the most prolific scholars at LSUS, having received Fulbright fellowships and numerous other research and teaching awards. He has been a member of the LSUS faculty since 1988.

Designed as the premiere academic honor at LSUS, the International Lincoln Center’s award recognizes the research and teaching achievements of its faculty as well as their contributions in the development of the Center’s year-round programs: the Abraham Lincoln Lecture, Washington, D.C. mini-semester, presidential conference series, and Colonial Williamsburg Summer Teacher Institute.