Jeanne Dorle, assistant professor in the department of management and international business at Western Carolina University, has been named the Fulbright Research Chair in Project Management at the University of Quebec.

“Dr. Dorle is an exceptional scholar whose research will greatly contribute to our understanding of strategic problem solving in a business context,” said Michael K. Hawes, executive director of the Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program.

A member of the Western faculty since 2002, Dorle brings to the classroom a background in law, professional management and training, and project management. In her current research, she is working to document diversity in thinking styles and problem-solving approaches and their impact on the success of project teams in business settings.

Long regarded as the world’s premiere academic exchange program, the Fulbright attracts exceptional scholars from more than 150 countries worldwide. Named for former U.S. Sen. J. William Fulbright and supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs Canada and the U.S. Department of State, the Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program has engaged more than 600 scholars in high-level academic exchanges since 1990.