It is part of the travel program’s mission to actively recruit exceptional University of Michigan faculty and staff with special talents to fill our Alumni Travel Representatives positions. First and foremost, we look for individuals who have passion—for travel, continuing education, and genuine interest in serving the University of Michigan community. They must also be enthusiastically committed to meeting the legendary service standards affiliated with U-M travel.
To view the complete biography of the participating Alumni Travel Representative please click their name.
Interim Dean and Professor of Conservation Biology and Ecosystem Management, School of Natural Resources and Environment
Kenneth T Rowe Collegiate Professor of Dramatic Literature
Professor of English Languages and Literature, School of Literature, Science and Arts
Professor of Theatre, School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Assistant Professor of Natural Resources & the Environment
Bilal is geographer with teaching and research interests in East Africa. His research is concerned with the relationships between wildlife and livestock in dryland East Africa and conservation and development initiatives in and around protected areas.
Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History
Director of the Center for South Asian Studies
Steering Committee for the International Institute
Cruise the Panama Canal Aboard the Crystal Symphony
Juan R. I. Cole is the Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan. Cole is a world historian and the co-author of a forthcoming world history textbook from Cambridge University Press.
Associate Professor of Residential College, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Associate Professor of Art, School of Art and Design
Professor of Economics, Department of Social Sciences, College of Arts, Sciences and Letters, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Celtic Lands Aboard the M.S. Le Boréal; Featuring David Eisenhower and Celia Sandys
Associate Curator
U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum (MBGNA)
Waterways of Holland and Belgium Aboard the Deluxe M.S. Amalyra- Including the Floriade
Dr. Michener is the associate curator at the MBGNA, where he has been since 1990. All his degrees are in botany. Before coming to the U-M, David was on the post-doctoral staff at Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum in Boston, which rounded out his plant studies from universities in California and North Carolina.
Associate Chair, Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences and Professor of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, College of Engineering
Chair and Associate Professor, Urban and Regional Planning Program, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
Associate Curator, Museum of Anthropology, LSA
Chief Research Officer, Ancient Egypt Research Associates
Richard Redding is a curator at the University of Michigan, Museum of Anthropology, as well as, a principle investigator in Archaeological Projects in North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. He is also the Chief Research Officer (CRO) of the Ancient Egyptian Research Associates (AERA www.aeraweb.org).
Vice President, International Alumni Relations
Alumni Association of the University of Michigan
Professor of Natural Resources & Environment
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Director of the Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute
Special Counsel to President Coleman on Sustainability
Bruce R Clark Collegiate Professor of Geology, Professor of Geological Sciences and Professor of the Environment, Program in the Environment, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts















