The University of Northern Iowa has been selected to host journalist and academic Arta Berisha at its Department of Communication and Media and the Jacobson Center for Comprehensive Literacy as part of the Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence program. According to a news release, Berisha, of Kosovo, is currently pursuing her doctorate at the University of Leicester and will be assisting with the Media and Power course at UNI during the 2024-25 academic year. She is one of 43 Fulbright Scholars-in-Residence, and among 1,000 foreign faculty and professionals who will teach and pursue research in the United States for the next year with the worldwide Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program, the release says. Berisha will also be working with the Jacobson Center to create an international media literacy conference. This is UNI’s first time hosting a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence. Fulbright is a program of the U.S. Department of State. Participating governments and host institutions, corporations, and foundations around the world also provide direct and indirect support to the program, which has operated in over 160 countries. This will be Berisha’s second time on UNI’s campus, following her time as a Fulbright Visiting Researcher in 2019, according to the release.