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.

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
Fran Ulmer

Senior Fellow at the HKS Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Alexandra Vacroux

Associate of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Mark Van Baalen

Associate of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Hannah Waits

Lecturer in History and Literature
Naomi Weiss

Professor of the Classics
Gavin H. Whitelaw

Executive Director of the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
Mary Elizabeth Wilson MD

Adjunct Professor of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health