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Specialists accompany each tour. These are individuals
with advanced knowledge and a deep love of a particular
area related to the tour. They provide the personal
attention and insight that makes each Ubiquity International
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Thomas
Talboy has taught Latin,
Ancient Greek, Spanish and English  over
the past 15 years, has written an online course in
Greek Drama for the University
of London, Royal Holloway, and
is associated with Town
School for Boys in San Francisco. He
recently completed a term at Santa Catalina School in Monterey, California,
where he taught Latin. Tom is an avid lover of travel
and Ancient
History. He received his Ph.D. from the University
of Nottingham, England, in Classics, focusing
on ancient Greek drama. Tom has also performed in
a number of stage plays, and has appeared on the
Travel/Discovery Channel's presentation of The
Secrets of Ancient Greece. He brings a great
deal of enthusiasm and deep love of the ancient world
to his symposia. Besides invigorating his symposia
with his love of the ancient world, Tom energizes
each one, drawing on his long-term theatrical background.
Additionally, Tom serves on the Board of Directors for the International Language and Culture Foundation, Inc., based in Monterey, California, and the Board of Advisors
for the Hellenic
Cultural Institute California Central Coast,
also based in Monterey. You can find Tom discussing
the ancient world anywhere from the bus to the ancient
site itself, climbing walls and falling into wells.
Tom is the founder and director of Ubiquity International,
LLC.
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Alexa
Flores-Hull is a graduate of Georgetown University's
School of Language and Linguistics
and is a student of Northern Arizona University pursuing
a Master's of Education in Educational Technology.
She is currently teaching Spanish at Mountain Ridge
High School in Glendale, Arizona. She and her husband
John have two small children, Vivian and Blake. She
enjoys studying Hispanic pop culture, reading and traveling.
Alexa's teaching website can be found at: mrsfloreshull.myteacher.dvusd.com.
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Terrel
Jones has lived and taught in Perú
for 10 years. She is currently living  in
Troy, Montana, where she has served as art and foreign
language instructor for the Troy School District. She
received her Art Education degree from Western Montana
College, Dillon, Montana and her MA in Art at the University
of Montana, Missoula. She continues to teach and
paint, drawing from South American Native art for preferences
in choices of colors and patterns. She enjoys working
with painting, batik and pottery. In these she
emphasis surface design and patterning. Terrel
has received much recognition for her work. Visit
her website at www.terreljones.com where
you can read more about her exhibitions and see some
of her creations.
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David Fitzpatrick.
David received his PhD in Classics from the University
of Nottingham, with a focus on Greek tragedy and myth.
He currently works at The
Open University - an institution dedicated to the
provision of distance learning in higher education. David
has a deep interest in modern Irish history. He enjoys
the cinema (particularly British and Irish film), theatre
and reading. Among his other interests is football, the
real football, i.e. Gaelic
football and not that soccer malarkey, though he
quite enjoys soccer too. |
Christina
Nichols has studied
French and Art History extensively, and has taught
both in the US and abroad. In 2001, Christina studied
in Paris, completing her Masters in French from Middlebury
College while also teaching English at the prestigious
Ecolé Alsacienne.
Chrissy has traveled and lived extensively in France.
Besides loving all things French and art, Chrissy
can be found hiking, sailing, and traveling. |
Mary Lou Longworth A native of Toronto, Canada, Mary Lou studied Art and Art History in Canada and California before turning to writing. Since 1997 she has lived and worked in France.
Passionate about the fine things in life, she has combined her love of travel, gastronomy, wine, art and cigars to forge a personal, vivid tribute to the European way of life. She has been inviting anglophone readers of such newspapers as The Times (London), The Independent on Sunday (London), The Washington Post, and Canada’s national newspaper The Globe & Mail to share those passions with her. She is a frequent contributor to Bon Appétit magazine, reviewing restaurants and transporting readers to exotic luncheons.
Her full-time residence in France has cemented her integration in, and acceptance by, her colleagues and peers. Her first book, published in French, Une Américaine en Provence, a joint project with award-winning Spanish photographer José Manuel Navia, tells that story through essays and photographs. Her spirit and joie de vivre enabled her to become the first woman member of Aix’s cigar club Havan’Aix. In 2004 she was elected president.
In addition to writing about her passions, Mary Lou is an accomplished chef, and has had her photographs exhibited in Aix-en-Provence, Arles and Basel, Switzerland. She lives with her husband and daughter in Aix-en-Provence.
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 Kevin
Cole is a Ph.D. candidate
in Classical Art and Archaeology at the University
of Virginia. He often wonders about the distinction
between public and private Roman life, especially
at Pompeii. Kevin divides his summer fieldwork between
excavations at Morgantina, an ancient Greek site
in central Sicily, and Pompeii on the Bay of Naples.
The rest of the year he spends in Charlottesville,
Virginia, writing his dissertation and fulfilling
his duties as Teaching and Technology Support Partner
for the University of Virginia Teaching Resource
Center. You can find Kevin waxing artistic at just
about any moment of the day.
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