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Stella Gustafsson, Fulbright Scholar

Johnson & Wales University, Providence, Rhode Island

By Catherine Sengel

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While Wilkinson is JWU’s first faculty Fulbright recipient, the honor of introducing the Fulbright to the university goes to a native of Reykjavik, Iceland, Stella Sigfúsdóttir´ Gustafsson ’96 MBA, CHS. Before the days when “health” and “spa” conjoined, Gustafsson had done groundbreaking research on the therapeutic value, particularly for skin disorders, of bathing in the mineral- and algae-rich waters in Iceland’s Blue Lagoon. Wanting to do graduate work in hospitality management in the United States, she applied to JWU because of its reputation as one of the world’s best in the field. She learned she was funded for a Fulbright to do further research in therapeutic tourism at the same time she was accepted to Johnson & Wales.

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