Professor to visit Brazil as senior Fulbright specialist
Professor Frederick discussing visitWhen organizers of the first
Afrocentric university in Latin America this fall sought an
American consultant on faculty and curricular development, the
Council for the International Exchange of Scholars found just
the person to advise them: Oswego’s Dr. Alfred Frederick.   The
professor of curriculum and instruction will spend 15 days at
Zumbi dos Palmares University in Sao Paulo, Brazil, later this
year as a Fulbright senior specialist in education. He will
consult with teaching and administrative staff on developing
curricula and remediation services for the largely Afro-
Brazilian student body and advise them on how to deal with
diversity issues in the classroom.  The opportunity marks the
fifth time that Frederick has received a grant from the
Fulbright Scholar Program, which is administered by the CIES,
and his second overseas assignment as a Fulbright senior
specialist.  He has previously served both in Benin in