About Us.
The Academic Traveler is a non-credit educational travel program offered through the Division of Outreach and The University of Mississippi. We are pleased to present a series of opportunities that meld unique travel experiences and education. UM instructors from a variety of disciplines lead the excursions. Programs may cover literature, art, history, photography and film, and culinary arts in locations such as London, New York, Japan, France, and Tanzania.
In order to provide the most individualized attention and to gain access to unique opportunities at our destination, program size is limited. Applicants are accepted in the order applications and deposits are received. Early registration is encouraged to ensure your space.
About Our Instructors.
Laura Antonow joined The University of Mississippi’s Art Department as an adjunct faculty member in 1995. She has taught Introduction to Western Art, Introduction to Non-Western Art, Color Theory, Art on Location: New York, and Art on Location: London.
Laura received a B.S. in Design from The University of Texas at Arlington and an M.F.A. from Parsons School of Design in New York City. Prior to coming to The University of Mississippi, she served as chief lighting designer in the exhibitions department of the Guggenheim Museum in New York. From 1995 to 2003 she served as principal at Oxford Lighting Consultants, an architectural and museum lighting design firm. She has served as a consultant for museums including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City, the Frist Center for Visual Arts in Nashville, and the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Laura has served on the Board of Directors, Membership Committee, and Awards Committee of the International Association of Lighting Designers and as an affiliate member of the American Institute of Architects. Locally, she has served as President of the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, on the Powerhouse Community Arts Center Steering Committee, and on the Screening Committee of the Oxford Film Festival. She is currently a sustaining member of the Municipal Art Society of New York and NAFSA: Association of International Educators.
Jennifer Angle obtained her bachelor's and master's degrees from Ole Miss. She has 17 years of early childhood and elementary experience, has served as Director of Youth Programs at the University for nine years, and joined the School of Education seven years ago. Jennifer has been taking University study groups to London and abroad for five years and recently led a six-month program while living in London.
Cory Lewis graduated from the Institute for Culinary Education in New York in 1998, where she also served as an instructor in pastry and baking. She has worked in the field of culinary arts in New York, Florida, and California. Her work has been featured in Bride’s Magazine, Carmel Bride’s Magazine, and the Key West Citizen. Prior to her culinary work, Cory received a B.F.A. and M.F.A. in ceramics from The University of Mississippi. She has been an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art at Ole Miss since 2003. She is a member of the National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts, the College Art Association, and the Chef’s Collaborative, an organization that supports sustainable cuisine by celebrating the joys of seasonal, regional, and artisanal cooking. She recently served as the food stylist and design consultant for Square Table Cookbook, a project of the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council. Ms. Lewis’s international culinary travels have included northern Italy, France, and Spain.
Originally from Hampstead, New Hampshire, Brooke White received her B.F.A. in printmaking and photography in 1999 from Alfred University, New York State College of Ceramics and her M.F.A. in video and photography from Cornell University. She joined the University of Mississippi faculty in 2005 as assistant professor of imaging arts. Her photography and video art have been exhibited nationally and internationally at galleries and film festivals including at the International Museum of Women in San Francisco; The Falls Gallery in Philadelphia; Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles; PhatSpace in Australia; GoDown Arts Center in Kenya; and at the 4th Annual Shorts! International Film Festival in the Netherlands. Her work has been recognized by the Mississippi Society for Arts and Letters and Cornell University, and she has been awarded research grants from the University of Mississippi, Delta State University, and the Mississippi Arts Commission. She has been a guest lecturer at many universities including Watkins College of Art and Design in Nashville, University of Memphis, and American University in Dubai. Active in art education, she is a member of the College Art Association and the Society of Photographic Education. Ms. White has recently served as the experimental film coordinator for the 4th Annual Oxford Film Festival sponsored by the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council. Her international photographic travels have included Africa, Europe, Southeast Asia, and Latin America.
Anne Quinney is an associate professor of French at the University of Mississippi. She received a B.A. in Literature and Society/modern culture and Media from Brown University and received her Ph.D. in French Studies from Duke University in 2000. A faculty member in the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Mississippi, she teaches courses in French language, grammar, literature, culture and civilization. In addition to her publications and guest lectures, Dr. Quinney’s work has been recognized through numerous grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Mississippi Humanties Council, the United States Department of Education and the French American Cultural Exchange (formerly FACSEA). Her service to the University of Mississippi includes participation in the faculty senate, the CineWorld Film Series committee, and the steering committee for the Sarah Isom Center for Women. Dr. Quinney has lived in Paris and Bordeaux, and she has led educational travel program to France for the past ten years.
Calendar
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2009 Adventures
JOURNEY TO JAPAN: July 27 - August 4, 2009
FLORENCE: A CULINARY ADVENTURE, October 16 – 23, 2009
2010 Adventures
CITY KIDS: LONDON March 13 - 20, 2010
FLORENCE: A CULINARY ADVENTURE, March 21 - 28, 2010