Research Programs

The Colin Powell American Foreign Policy and Global Order Fellowship

The John G. Tower Center offered for the first time in 1998-99 the Colin Powell Global Order and Foreign Policy Fellowship. This fellowship is open to the members of the SMU faculty whose work broadly bears on issues such as the structure of what former President Bush called the New World order, the role of the United States in this New World Order, and policies and programs the U.S. might pursue in its own interest and that of the world and its people. Both Professor Stephen K. Wegren and Professor Luigi Manzetti of the Political Science Department received a 2006-2007 Powell Fellowship.  Professor Wegren for The Effects of Institutions on Behavioral Patterns during the Post-communist Transition, and Professor Manzetti for The Resurgence of Anti-Americanism in Latin America.

The Sun and Star Japanese Studies Fellowships and Scholarships

Thanks to the Sun and Star Japanese Studies Endowment Fund, the Tower Center offers The Walter F. Mondale Ambassador's Fellowship and the H. Neill McFarland Japanese-American Friendship Fellowship to SMU students studying in Japan. Several summer study abroad scholarships are also offered. The 2007-2008 Walter Mondale Fellow is Eric Detweiler, a Finance major, the 2007-2008 H. Neill McFarland Fellow is Jessica Moseley, a Foreign Language (Spanish and Japanese) major. Both Eric and Jessica will be studying at Kwansei Gakuin University during the 2007-2008 academic year.

The Tower Center Japanese-American Research Fellowship is awarded to an SMU Faculty member researching Japanese-American relations.