Five Texas A&M Faculty Receive Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award for 2025-2026
Fulbrighters exchange ideas, build people-to-people connections, and work to address complex global challenges.
Five faculty members at Texas A&M University received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award in their field of study for the 2025-2026 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
- Dr. Timothy Erickson, Epidemiology, School of Public Health
Host country: Malawi - Dr. Ana Goulart, Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution, College of Engineering
Host country: Australia - Dr. Gabriel Hamer, Entomology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Host country: Argentina - Dr. Karen Rambo-Hernandez, Teaching, Learning, and Culture, College of Education and Human Development
Host country: Canada - Dr. Gary Voelker, Ecology and Conservation Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Host country: Iceland
“These Fulbright awards reflect the global impact of Texas A&M’s faculty and their commitment to advancing knowledge through international collaboration,” said Dr. Holly Hudson, associate vice president for Global Engagement. “We are proud to support their efforts to foster cross-cultural understanding and academic excellence around the world.”
Texas A&M University’s Department of Global Engagement offers a range of Fulbright services to support students, faculty, and staff in pursuing international academic and cultural exchange opportunities, including personalized advising and application assistance for various Fulbright programs, support for departments hosting international Fulbright Scholars, and resources for incoming Fulbright participants.
Fulbright U.S. Scholars are faculty, researchers, administrators, and established professionals teaching or conducting research in affiliation with institutes abroad. Fulbright Scholars engage in cutting-edge research and expand their professional networks, often continuing research collaborations started abroad and laying the groundwork for forging future partnerships between institutions. Upon returning to their home countries, institutions, labs, and classrooms, they share their stories and often become active supporters of international exchange, inviting foreign scholars to campus and encouraging colleagues and students to go abroad.
Since 1946, the Fulbright Program has provided over 400,000 talented and accomplished students, scholars, teachers, artists, and professionals with the opportunity to study, teach, and conduct research abroad. Fulbrighters exchange ideas, build people-to-people connections, and work to address complex global challenges. Notable Fulbrighters include 62 Nobel Laureates, 93 Pulitzer Prize winners, 82 MacArthur Fellows, 44 heads of state or government, and thousands of leaders across the private, public, and non-profit sectors.
Over 800 individuals teach or conduct research abroad through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program annually. In addition, over 2,000 Fulbright U.S. Student Program participants — recent college graduates, graduate students, and early career professionals — participate in study/research exchanges or as English teaching assistants in local schools abroad each year.
Fulbright is a program of the U.S. Department of State, with funding provided by the U.S. Government. Participating governments and host institutions, corporations, and foundations around the world also provide direct and indirect support to the Program, which operates in over 160 countries worldwide. In the United States, the Institute of International Education implements the Fulbright U.S. Student and U.S. Scholar Programs on behalf of the U.S. Department of State. For more information about the Fulbright Program, visit
fulbrightprogram.org.
