Travel Study 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.

Don Pfister

Asa Gray Research Professor of Systematic Botany and Curator Emeritus of the Farlow Library and Herbarium
Martin Puchner

Byron and Anita Wien Professor of Drama and of English and Comparative Literature; Chair of the Committee on Theater, Dance and Media; Continuing Education/Special Program Instructor
Rachna Reddy

Research Associate, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology
James Salzman

Jeremiah Smith, Jr., Visiting Professor of Law
Sara J. Schechner

David P. Wheatland Curator of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments and a Lecturer on History of Science
Daniel Lord Smail

Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of History
Werner Sollors

Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Professor of African American Studies, Emeritus
Pia M. Sörensen

Senior Preceptor in Chemical Engineering and Applied Materials
Diana Sorensen

James F. Rothenberg Research Professor of Romance Languages & Literatures and of Comparative Literature
Gabriela Soto Laveaga

Professor of the History of Science and Antonio Madero Professor for the Study of Mexico
Irene Soto Marín

Assistant Professor of Classics
Charles M. Stang

Professor of Early Christian Thought; Director of the Center for the Study of World Religions
John Stauffer

Sumner R. and Marshall S. Kates Professor of English and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University
Susan Rubin Suleiman

C. Douglas Dillon Professor of the Civilization of France and Professor of Comparative Literature, Emerita
Elsie Sunderland

Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Chemistry
Martin Surbeck

Assistant Professor, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology
Michael Szonyi

Director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and Frank Wen-Hsiung Wu Memorial Professor of Chinese History
Gordon Teskey

Francis Lee Higginson Professor of English
Jen Thum

Assistant Director of Academic Engagement and Assistant Research Curator
Jeremiah Trimble

Curatorial Associate/Collection Manager Ornithology, Museum of Comparative Zoology