The U.K. and New Zealand have mostly better mental health outcomes compared to the U.S., Bublitz said, despite being of similar economic standing and having similar risk factors for maternal mental health conditions. In addition, New Zealand leads the world in indigenous psychology, and she hopes to learn more about how this is accomplished in maternal mental health care settings.

“Rather than reinvent the wheel, I thought it would make sense to go to other places and learn about their models of service delivery,” Bublitz said. “That way, we can identify best practices and incorporate new ideas for maternal mental health care delivery that can be shared globally.”

Reddy is a South Asian studies scholar, translator and musician specializing in classical Hindustani raga music.

The Fulbright Scholar Award will enable him to spend the academic year studying and working at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar in Gujarat, India. Through his project, “Transcribing Traditional Indian Music for Modern Educational Spaces,” Reddy plans to research the ways in which traditionally oral repertories of raga music were transcribed into written manuals for mass instruction in the late 1800s and early 1900s. He will study manuals including Hazrat Inayat Khan’s “Minqar-i-Musiqar” and Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande’s “Hindusthani Sangeet Padhdhati.”

“I plan to revisit this rich archive of educational materials with the critical ear of a practicing musician and a modern-day raga music educator,” said Reddy, who plays the sitar.

Reddy hopes his research into the past will lead to insights that will help contemporary raga music educators respond to today’s educational landscape, from how best to teach increasingly diverse populations of learners to how to effectively integrate new technologies, including those powered by artificial intelligence.

His project will also include a robust teaching component at IIT Gandhinagar, where he taught from 2012 to 2017 before starting his current role at Brown. He plans to instruct a course, “Experiencing Hindustani Raga Music,” and to lead small group and individual classes, offer public lectures and organize performances on campus for young artists.   

“I’ve been wanting to get back to India, and this is a really nice and special way to do it,” said Reddy, who earned his bachelor’s degree from Brown in 1998 in South Asian studies. “I’m very grateful.”