Courses

Past Courses

Fall 2025

• Washington, D.C.: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention - CSD 360

August 2025

• Las Vegas, NV: Virtuoso Travel Week International Luxury Travel Convention - NHM 468
• Santa Fe, NM: Geological Engineering Design Field Camp 2 - GE 401

Summer 1 2025

• Amory, MS: Archaeology Field School - ANTH 335
  
• Gulf Coast: Coastal Ecology - BISC 352

May 2025

• Washington, D.C., Virginia, & Maryland: On Hallowed Ground: War and Memory on Civil War Battlefields - HST 490
• Washington, D.C.: Association for Behavior Analysis International Conference - PSY 399 / EDUC 555
• Washington, D.C. & Baltimore, MD: Contributions of Minorities in American Health Care - LIBA 399
• New Orleans, LA: The Second World War in the South - HST 490 / SST 598
• Sheridan, WY: Geological Engineering Design Field Camp 1 - GE 301

Spring 2025

• Washington, D.C.: Advanced Education Policy - EDHE 772 / EDHE 651
• Montgomery, AL: Justice Made of Stone: Public Memory, Memorials, and Memorial Museums - WRIT 398 / MUSE 360
• Nashville, TN: Career Exploration on Location - LIBA 399

Winter 2025

• Hawaii & Oahu, HI: Lava to Life: Microbes & Symbiosis in Action - BISC 380 / ENVS 399
• New Orleans, LA: Media Ethics - JOUR 575
• Washington, D.C.: Biomedical Ethics - PHIL 328
• Washington, D.C.: Applied Politics - POL 391
• Las Vegas, NV: Las Vegas Resort - NHM 468

Fall 2024

• Seattle, WA: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention & Convention Site - CSD 360

August 2024

• Santa Fe, NM: Geological Engineering Design - GE 401
• Las Vegas, NV: International Luxury Travel Convention - NHM 468
• Washington, DC: Memory, Place and Language: The Rhetoric of Memorial Museums - WRIT 398

Summer 1 2024

• New Orleans, LA: From Homemakers to Bomb Makers: Women and World War II - GSt 395 / GSt 301

May 2024

• Wyoming: Geological Engineering Design - GE 301
• Clarksdale, MS: Anthropology of the Blues - ANTH 337 / AAS 337
• Nashville/Atlanta: Minority Influence and Impact in American Healthcare - LIBA 399
• Southern Appalachian Mountains: Conservation and Biodiversity of Appalachia - BISC 380 / ENVS 399
• Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia: Creativity in the American South: Music, Art, and Literature - GSt 395 / GSt 301
• Philadelphia, PA: Association for Behavior Analysis International Conference - PSY 399 / EDUC 555
• Austin, TX: Travel Writing in Texas - WRIT 399

Winter 2024

• Hilo and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii: Lava To Life: Microbes & Symbiosis In Action — BISC 380, ENVS 399, GE 430, GEOL 610
• Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia: The American South: Where Creativity Thrives — G St 395
• Las Vegas, Nevada: Las Vegas Resort Course — NHM 468
• Washington, DC: Applied Politics — POL 391
• Washington, DC: Biomedical Ethics — PHIL 328 / REL 328

August 2023

• Santa Fe, NM: Geological Engineering Design Field Camp 2 — GE 401
• Washington, DC: Rhetoric of Memorial Museums — Writ 398/ MUSE 360 

Summer I 2023

• Ardmore, OK: Geological Engineering Design Field Camp 1 — GE 301
• Nashville, TN: Health Promotion and Storytelling — IMC 580
• New Orleans, LA: From Field to Fork – SST 598

Summer II 2023

• Portal, AZ: Ecology and Evolution of Sky Island Biodiversity — BISC 380/BISC 491/ENVS 399

May 2023

• Chicago, IL: National Restaurant Association Show — NHM 468
• Mississippi Delta: Mississippi Blues: Music and Social Movements — IMC 580
• Nashville, TN; Washington, DC; Baltimore, MD; and Atlanta, GA: Historical Significance of Minorities in Health Professions — LIBA 399
• New Orleans, LA: From Homemakers to Bomb Makers: Women and World War II — GST 395
• Washington, DC: Politics of Inequality – POL 398
• New York, NY: Museums On Location – MUSE 360

Winter 2023

• Death Valley, CA: Geologic Investigations Of Active Tectonics And Geomorphic Response – GE 430/GEOL 610
• Las Vegas, Nevada: Las Vegas Resort Course – NHM 468
• New Orleans, LA: From Field to Fork – SST 598
• Oahu, HI: Hawaiian STEAM: Microbes, Symbiosis, and Culture – BISC 380/ENVS 399
• San Antonio, TX: NCAA Convention Course – LA 421/SRA 490/LAW 631
• Washington, DC: Environmental Ethics – PHIL 345
• Washington, DC: Politics: Campaigning and Elections – POL 391

Fall 2022

• Boston, MA: APHA Conference Course – PH 490/PH 651
• New Orleans, LA: American Speech Language Hearing Association National Convention – CSD 360
• New York City: New York Study Tour – NHM 403

August 2022

• Orlando, Florida: Disney Resorts Course – NHM 468
• Portal, Arizona: Ecology and Evolution of Sky Island Biodiversity – BISC 380/BISC 491/ENVS 399
• Santa Fe, New Mexico: Geological Engineering Design Field Camp 2 – G E 301

May 2022

• Chicago, Illinois: National Restaurant Association Show – NHM 468
• New York, New York: Topics in Museum Studies: Museums on Location – MUSE 395
• Mississippi Delta: Community Engagement & Public Health – SOHE 302
• New Orleans, LA: From Homemakers To Bomb Makers: Women In WWII – G St 395
• Ardmore, Oklahoma: Geological Engineering Design Field Camp 1 – GE 301
• Washington DC: Politics of Inequality – POL 398

Winter 2022

• Hilo and Volcano, Hawaii: Life at the Interface: Microbes, Volcanoes, and Culture – BISC 380/ENVS 399/GE 430/GEOL 610
• Washington, DC Politics: Campaigning and Elections – POL 398
• Las Vegas, Nevada: Las Vegas Resort Course – NHM 468
• New Orleans, LA, The Crescent City: Writing, Gender, and Culture – G St 395/Writ 398

Fall 2021

• Washington D.C.: ASHA Conference – CSD 360
• New York: New York Study Tour – NHM 403

Summer 2021

August

• Portal, AZ: Ecology and Evolution of Sky Island Biodiversity – BISC 380/BISC 491/ENVS 399
• Santa Fe, NM: Geological Engineering Design Field Camp 2 – GE 401
• Tulsa, OK: Tulsa ’21: Race, Gender, and Reconciliation – G St 395

Summer I

• Oklahoma: Geological Engineering Design Field Camp 1 – GE 301
• Rhetoric of Everyday Life: Virtual – WRIT 398

May

• Greenville, SC: Leadership and Transformative Action – PPL 491
• Virtual: Features and Travel Writing – JOUR 362
• Santa Fe, NM: Geological Engineering Design Field Camp 2 – GE 401

Winter 2021

• Media Technology Ethics:From Silicon Valley to Silicon Alley, JOUR 575 / 580
• Science in Practice:Craft, Communication, and Career, BISC 380 / ENVS 399
• Significance of History:Understanding American Historic Preservation, ANTH 311
• This is Lovecraft Country:Studying Gender, Race, and Place in the USA, WRIT 398 / G ST 395

August 2020

• Virtual: Geological Engineering Design Field Camp 1 – GE 301
• Portal, AZ: Sky Island Biodiversity – BISC 380/ BISC 491/ ENVS 399

Summer II 2020

• Carlsbad, New Mexico: Geological Engineering Design Field Camp 1 – GE 301

Summer I 2020

• Virtual Washington, DC: Science and Public Policy – CHEM 393
• Starkville, MS: Archaeological Field Session – ANTH 335

May 2020

• Leading During a Crisis Virtual Summit: Leadership and Social Innovation – PPL 491
• San Francisco, CA: Bridges of San Francisco – ENGR/CE 497
• Tulsa, OK: This Land: Gender, Race, and Reconcilliation – GSt 395
• New York, NY: Features and Travel Writing, New York – JOUR 361
• Chicago, IL: National Restaurant Association Show – NHM 468

Winter 2020

• Honolulu, Hilo, and Kona, Hawaii: Hawaiian STEAM: Microbes, Symbiosis, and Culture
• Las Vegas, NV: Las Vegas Resort Course
• New Orleans, LA: The Crescent City: Writing, Gender, and Culture (G ST 395/WRIT 398)
• New Orleans, LA: Media Ethics (JOUR 575/580)
• Washington, D.C.: Biomedical Ethics
• Washington, D.C.: Applied Politics

Fall 2019

• New York: New York Study Tour
• Philadelphia, PA: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ Food and Nutrition Conference

August 2019

• Portal, Arizona: Ecology and Evolution of Sky Island Biodiversity
• Santa Fe, NM: Geological Engineering Design Field Camp 2
• Boston, MA: Salem Witch Trials
• Santa Fe, NM: Travel Writing

Summer I 2019

• Ewing, Virginia: Archaeological Field Session
• Oxford & Grand Bay, MS: Illustration and Plant Diversity
• Ada, Oklahoma: Geological Engineering Design Field Camp 1

May 2019

• Boothbay, Maine: Microbes in Ocean and Human Health
• New York, NY: Bridges of New York
• Chicago, IL: National Restaurant Association Show
• Washington, DC: Minority Politics
• Clarksdale, MS: Community Engagement for Data Utilization

Wintersession 2019

• Hawaiian STEAM: Microbes, Symbiosis, and Culture
• The Crescent City: Writing, Gender, and Culture
• New Orleans, LA: Media Ethics
• Las Vegas: Resort Course
• Washington, DC: Environmental Ethics
• Washington, DC: Applied Politics

August 2018

• Nashville, TN: Travel Writing
• Salem, MA: Salem Witch Trials

Summer II 2018

• Durango, Colorado: Where the Wild Thing Are: Public Lands
• Portal, Arizona: Ecology and Evolution of Sky Island Biodiversity
• San Francisco and San Jose, CA: Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Summer I 2018

• New Orleans, LA: Southern Literature and the Oral Tradition
• Oklahoma: Geological Engineering Design Field Camp 1 – Section 1
• Oklahoma: Geological Engineering Design Field Camp 1 – Section 2
• Santa Fe, New Mexico: Geological Engineering Design Field Camp 2
• Starkville, Mississippi: Archaeological Field Session

May 2018

• Atlanta, Georgia: Corporate Applications of IMC
• Boothbay, Maine: Microbes in Ocean and Human Health
• New York City: Bridges of New York
• Chicago, IL: National Restaurant Association Show
• Mississippi Delta: Community Engagement for Data Utilization
• Oxford and Moss Point, MS: Illustration and Plant Diversity
• Washington, D.C.: Campaigns & Elections

Winter 2018

• Riverside, Monterey Bay, and San Francisco, California: Californian STEAM: Microbial Science, Conservation, and Society
• Las Vegas: Las Vegas Resort Course
• New Orleans: Writing Gender and Sexuality in the Crescent City
• Washington, DC: Biomedical Ethics (Honors)

Fall 2017

• Chicago: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ Food and Nutrition Conference

August 2017

• Portal, Arizona: Ecology and Evolution of Sky Island Biodiversity
• Austin, Texas: Travel Writing
• Santa Fe, New Mexico: Geological Engineering Design Field Camp 2

Summer I 2017

• Oklahoma: Geological Engineering Design Field Camp 1 – Section 1
• Oklahoma: Geological Engineering Design Field Camp 1 – Section 2
• San Francisco and San Jose, CA: Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Rose Hill, VA: Archaeology Field School

May 2017

• Chicago: National Restaurant Association Show
• Washington, D.C: Political Media
• Scottsdale, Arizona: College and Professional Sports Dietitian Association (CPSDA)
• New York: Magazine Making in NYC
• New York: Bridges of New York

Spring 2017

• Clarksdale, Mississippi: Values-Based Entrepreneurship

Winter 2017

• Miami, Florida: Studio Art on Location
• Hawaii: Microbes, Symbiosis, and Culture
• New Orleans: Media Ethics in New Orleans
• Las Vegas, Nevada: Las Vegas Resort Course
• Washington, DC: Biomedical Ethics (Honors)

Fall 2016

• New York: New York Study Tour HX-The Hotel

August 2016

• Gulf Coast: Geologic Investigations of the Northern Gulf of Coastal Environments
• Santa Fe, New Mexico: Geological Engineering Design Field Camp 2

Summer I 2016

• Oklahoma: Geological Engineering Design Field Camp 1 - Section 1
• Oklahoma: Geological Engineering Design Field Camp 1 - Section 2

May 2016

• Chicago: National Restaurant Association Hotel & Motel Show
• Kansas City, Missouri: College and Professional Sports Dietitian Association (CPSDA) Annual Meeting
• New York City: Magazine Making in New York City
• Portal, Arizona: Ecology and Evolution of Sky Island Biodiversity
• Washington, DC & Charlottesville, VA: Classical Lives, Neoclassical Architecture, and the American Republic

Spring 2016

• Clarksdale, Mississippi: Values-Based Entrepreneurship in the Mississippi Delta

Winter 2016

• Las Vegas, Nevada: Las Vegas Resort Course
• Miami, Florida: Studio Art on Location
• Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, and Arkansas: Civil Rights Road Trip
• New Orleans: Media Ethics in New Orleans
• Washington, DC: Biomedical Ethics (Honors)

August 2015

• Chicago: Studio Art on Location
• Gulf Coast: Geological Investigations of Coastal Environments
• Ohio and Mississipp Freedom Summer – 50 Years Later
• Santa Fe: Geological Engineering Design Field Camp 2

Summer 2015

• Oklahoma: Geological Engineering Design Field Camp 1 - Section 1
• Oklahoma: Geological Engineering Design Field Camp 1 - Section 2
• Virginia: Archaeology Field School

May 2015

• Arizona: Ecology and Evolution of Sky Island Biodiversity
• Baltimore and Washington, DC: Biomedical Research
• Biloxi, Mississippi: Mississippi's Katrina Stories - 10 Years Later
• Chicago: National Restaurant Association Show
• New York: Magazine Making
• Point Clear, Alabama: College and Professional Sports Dietitian Association's Annual Conference
• Washington, DC: The Politics of Money

Spring 2015

• Mississippi/Tennessee: Road Scholars
• Clarksdale, Mississippi: Values-Based Entrepreneurship in Mississippi

Wintersession 2015

• Washington, DC: Environmental Ethics
• San Francisco: Studio Art on Location
• Las Vegas: Resort Course
• New Orleans: Media Ethics

August 2014

• Gulf Coast: Geological Investigations of Coastal Environments
• New Mexico: Geological Engineering Design Field Camp II

Summer II 2014

• Clarksdale, MS: Carson Mounds Archaeological Field School

Summer I 2014

• Oklahoma: Geological Engineering Design Field Camp 1

May 2014

• Asheville, NC: The Biltmore Estate
• Washington, DC: Civil War to Civil Rights
• Washington, DC: The Politics of Gay Rights
• Baltimore, MD/Washington D.C.: Biomedical Research
• Chicago: National Restaurant Association Show
• Alaska: Studies in the Far North: Culture and Science in Alaska
• Mississippi Delta: Social Entrepreneurship in Mississippi
• Scottsdale, AZ: College and Professional Sports Dietitian Association's Annual Conference
• Oklahoma: Geological Engineering Design Field Camp 1