Travel Leaders

With an expert Harvard faculty member or scholar leading the way, each time you travel with Harvard Alumni Travels is truly an educational experience. View the bios below to learn more about each of our study leaders.

Khalil Abdur-Rashid

Muslim Chaplain; Instructor on Muslim Studies; Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy
David A. Aguilar

Former Director of Public Affairs and Science Information at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Leeanne E. Alonso

Conservation Scientist with Global Wildlife Conservation
Alfonso Alonso

Conservation Biologist with the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Ali S. Asani

Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures
Andrew Berry

Lecturer on Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Assistant Head Tutor, and Associate of Population Genetics in the Museum of Comparative Zoology
Peter Bol

Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Lynn Chang

Concert violinist
Herrick Chapman

Professor of History and French Studies at New York University
Lizabeth Cohen

Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies; Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
James Costa

RI '05, Research Associate of the Department of Entomology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology
Robert Darnton

Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor, Emeritus; University Librarian, Emeritus
Philip J. Deloria

Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History; Chair of the Committee on Degrees in History and Literature
Daniel Donoghue

John P. Marquand Professor of English; Continuing Education/Special Program Instructor
Susanne Ebbinghaus

George M.A. Hanfmann Curator of Ancient Art and Head, Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art Lecturer on the Classics
Scott Edwards

Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology; Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Curator of Ornithology
Karl Eikenberry

Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan and Lieutenant General, U.S. Army (retired)
John "Jay" Ellison

Dean of Students in the College at the University of Chicago
James Engell

Gurney Professor of English and Professor of Comparative Literature
Brian D. Farrell

Monique and Philip Lehner Professor for the Study of Latin America; Former Director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies; Curator of Entomology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology