Advancing Global Partnerships Through Professional Exchange
Global Affairs partners with federal agencies and international organizations to bring accomplished professionals, scholars, and emerging leaders from around the world to UC Davis. These exchange programs foster professional collaboration, leadership development, and research engagement while connecting participants with American institutions and communities. Fellows and scholars contribute their expertise to campus and community initiatives, expand global networks, and help build partnerships that support innovation, economic opportunity, and solutions to shared challenges.
Enabling the Exchange of Persons and Knowledge
Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program
The Humphrey Fellowship, a Fulbright exchange, advances American interests by bringing influential professionals from priority countries to the United States to build strategic partnerships that advance shared interests and support U.S. foreign policy goals. Through graduate-level study and professional experiences at U.S. host universities and organizations, Humphrey Fellows gain practical insight into how American policies are developed and implemented, working alongside U.S. experts in their fields.
Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders
The Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders is the flagship program of the U.S. Government’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). The program advances U.S. engagement with Africa by connecting emerging leaders from across Sub-Saharan Africa with American institutions, businesses, communities, and professional networks. Established in 2014, the YALI Fellowship has built and maintained a network of approximately 7,800 young African leaders across sectors critical to U.S. interests and foreign policy priorities in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Fulbright Program
The Fulbright Program is the flagship international academic exchange program sponsored by the United States Government. Founded in 1946 to promote mutual understanding and peaceful relations between the people of the United States and other countries, Fulbright is led by the U.S. Government in partnership with more than 160 countries worldwide. Through study, teaching, research, and cultural exchange, the program strengthens international partnerships and generates lasting benefits for universities, organizations, businesses, and communities through collaboration, innovation, and the exchange of knowledge.
Contact Information
Jennie Konsella-Norene
Associate Director of Global Professional Programs
Co-Director of the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program
Administrative Director of the Mandela Washington Fellowship
Global Affairs
(530) 754-9403
[email protected]
Sasha Ferreira
Assistant Director of the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program
Global Affairs
(530) 297-4626
[email protected]