Dr. David Efurd (OSU PhD, 2008) has been awarded a Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship for research in India for 2025-26. Dr. Efurd’s Fulbright-Nehru project examines holistic design in early Buddhist architecture through data collection via photographic documentation and intensive study of an ancient monastic cave complex in western India. The project aims to offer insights into little-known architectural practices of 2000 years ago, which reflect in the extent and scope of holistic unity attempted by the cave’s creators.  

Dr. Efurd is Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC.  Congratulations!