Mary Hendrickson, professor, Division of Applied Social Sciences, has received a Fulbright Specialist Program Award from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.

Hendrickson will complete a project at The Agricultural University of Iceland during November 2025 that aims to exchange knowledge and establish partnerships benefiting participants, institutions and communities both in the U.S. and overseas through a variety of educational and training activities within agriculture. She was named a Fulbright U.S. Scholar in 2019, spending five months in Iceland teaching courses at the same Icelandic university.

“I will be consulting with faculty at both Agriculture University of Iceland and the University of Iceland about their joint master’s program in sustainable agriculture and regional development, and on their new project on agroecological transition,” Hendrickson said.

She is one of more than 400 U.S. citizens who share expertise with host institutions abroad through the Fulbright Specialist Program each year. Recipients of Fulbright Specialist awards are selected on the basis of academic and professional achievement, demonstrated leadership in their field, and their potential to foster long-term cooperation between institutions in the U.S. and abroad.

The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to build lasting connections between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.