Presidential Fellows

PAUL FRAM-2014 Scholarmajor & degree: Educational Psychology & Research, Ph.D.hometown: Reston, VAcontact: pfram@msn.comAfter graduating with distinction in English from Boston Universityand studying literature at UNC-Chapel Hill, I moved with my wife toSeattle and began what has become a 21 year career in teaching.Since moving to Columbia in 2003, I have received National BoardCertification, taught English and history at Hand Middle School, andcoached the district champion girls’ basketball team. Rewards forteaching are primarily intrinsic, but in 2013, I was overjoyed and honoredto be selected as the WLTX/Bi-Lo Golden Apple Teacher of the Year. My primary outside interestsare recording music with my son and daughter and playing the guitar.JERROD FUSSNECKER-2015 Scholarmajor & degree: Political Science, Ph.D.hometown: Ripley, OHcontact: jerrod.fussnecker@gmail.comI was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Army from WestPoint in 2002, have served on active duty since then, and am currentlyan Army Major. From 2002-2006, I served in Korea and Fort Jackson,South Carolina. From 2006-2009, I attended law school at theUniversity of Cincinnati through the Army’s Funded Legal EducationProgram. Since 2009, I have served as a Judge Advocate General withassignments in Germany (prosecutor), Afghanistan (legal advisor/rule of law coordinator), HunterArmy Airfield in Savannah, Georgia (Officer in Charge of the HAAF Legal Center), and Fort Irwin,California (Chief of Military Justice). While in Afghanistan my duties included coordinating a programwhere U.S. military attorneys mentored Afghan military attorneys. During this time, I attended theRule of Law Collaborative’s Interagency Training Conference in Washington, D.C. The seminar and mygraduate work at Oxford provided the impetus to pursue a Ph.D. focusing on rule of law issues. Thisfall, I will transition into the U.S. Army Reserves and begin my Ph.D. in the Political Science departmentwhile serving as a Rule of Law Collaborative Graduate Assistant.14