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James Bennett
  • English and Spanish
  • Class of 2014
  • Santee, CA

University of San Diego Graduate Awarded Fulbright Scholarship

2017 May 23

University of San Diego graduate James Bennett of Santee was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship.

Bennett was awarded a Fulbright Study/Research Award.

Bennett completed service in the Peace Corps in Mozambique at the end of 2016 and will continue his work there through the award. He plans to produce a collection of short stories and nonfictional essays about the country's people.

"I wanted to write about the people that impacted my life in Mozambique - both positively and negatively - for the rest of the world to see what lies behind the curtain of Portuguese and the drama of African-development failures. The hard realities and unexpected beauties of life in rural Mozambique inspired me to search for a way to recount them for others."

Bennett earned a bachelor's degree in 2014 in English and Spanish.