International Exchange Committee

Prof. Howard Lehman's initial research interests focused on international debt and development problems in Africa and Latin America. He did so by examining the linkages between different levels of analysis, namely between state and international actors. A second research project focused on the role of traditional authorities and demarcation policies in recent municipal elections in South Africa. His most recent research project examines Japan's foreign aid policy to Africa. Among other grants and fellowships, he has received two Fulbright Lectureship awards; the first was in Slovakia in 1994-5 at Comenius University and the most recent was in Japan at Kyushu University in 2002-3. The Fulbright awards brought about his invitation to serve as member on the executive board of the Utah chapter of the National Fulbright Program.

In 2006, Professor Lehman was invited to be a Visiting Scholar at Kobe University. As a result of an international competition, he also was selected to present his most recent project on Japanese aid to Africa at a UN-sponsored conference in Helsinki in June 2006. The conference director chose his paper to be included in an edited book.