Sydney Chinchanachokchai, Ph.D.

Marketing Professor, Fulbright Scholar, Researcher in Global Marketing & Cross-Cultural Consumer Behavior

Meeting the Assistant Secretary of State – Lee Satterfield

Posted on February 29, 2024 by schinchana

It was an honor to be invited by the Fulbright Portugal Commission to meet with the Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) U.S. Department of State Lee Satterfield (left) when she visited Portugal and witness the signing of the MOU establishing a partnership between the Fulbright Commission and the AIR Centre – Atlantic International Research Centre. Marie Blanchard, Public Diplomacy Officer at the US embassy in Portugal (right) represented the US in the MOU signing. I also had an opportunity to discuss my cross-cultural research with them.

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Fulbright scholar in Portugal

Posted on February 27, 2024 by schinchana

Two days after I arrived in Lisbon, I had the first meeting with Otília Macedo Reis and Dora Reis Arenga at the Fulbright Portugal office. Thank you for coordinating everything for all Portuguese and American Fulbright scholars and for the information that has made my transition to Lisbon easier. I am looking forward to participating in future Fulbright events in Portugal. #fulbright #fulbrighter #Fulbrightportugal #culturalambassador

They also recommended that I attend a “football” game while in Lisbon. We found tickets to a Benfica game on that Sunday. The European football culture is so much different from the American football culture and I love both of them!