IEW Profile: Irfan Zamzami

International Education Week (IEW) celebrates the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. The U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education are part of a joint initiative to promote programs that prepare Americans for the global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences. This IEW profile is part of a series during International Education Week from November 14 to 18, 2022.

Q: What is your name?

Irfan Zamzami

Q: Where are you from?

Indonesia

Q: What is your program?

Literature

Q: What is your school or department?

Department of English

Q: Who is your faculty chair or mentor?

Dr. Jonathan Hope

Q: As an international student can you indicate what type of funding you received from ASU’s Graduate College?

Fulbright Foreign Student Fellowship and the Graduate College Fellowship

Q: How has this Graduate College funding impacted your studies, research and experience here at ASU?

The funding made me feel appreciated and welcomed, words I do not use lightly as it is easy to feel lost and underappreciated in a university as big as ASU.

Q: When are you expected to graduate?

August 2024

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