UMA professor Hentges named Fulbright scholar

AUGUSTA — Sarah Hentges, an associate professor of American studies at the University of Maine at Augusta, has received a Fulbright Scholar Award as a Danish Distinguished Chair at the Center for American Studies, University of Southern Denmark.
Hentges will teach classes and participate in research at the University of Southern Denmark during the 2018-19 academic year.

The award was announced by the U. S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Hentges is one of more than 800 U.S. citizens who will teach, conduct research and provide expertise abroad during the 2018-19 academic year through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. Recipients are selected on the basis of academic and professional achievement as well as record of service and demonstrated leadership in their fields.
While at the University of Southern Denmark, Hentges will teach two courses, “Hip Hop America: Culture, Consciousness and Movement” and “Girls on Fire: Young Adult Dystopia and American Futures.” Additionally, she will be team-teaching “Theory and Methods in American Studies” with a Danish colleague.
Other UMA Fulbright Scholars include, professors Ellen Taylor (Slovenia), Brooks Stoddard (France), Mary Louis Davitt (Ukraine), Robert Kellerman (Latvia) and Lisa Botshon (Slovenia and Portugal). UMA has also hosted a Slovene Fulbright Scholar in 2014.