About Your Tour Leader: Project Director

Project Director: Dr. Manouchehr Khosrowshahi, The Texas Professor of the Year and Fulbright Scholar

About Your Tour Leader

Dr. Manouchehr Khosrowshahi was a professor of political science and a Fulbright scholar, specializing in Middle Eastern Studies and ancient culture and civilizations. He was an award-winning teacher and speaker, and was awarded the Fulbright grant five times, the Texas Professor of the Year in 2008, and the Piper Professor Award in 2010. He received the Endowed Chair for Teaching Excellence Award in 2007. He has taken over 2000 college students, faculty, and community members to Greece, Turkey, Costa Rica, Thailand, England, Japan, and Mexico since 1986. His many years of traveling and teaching experience enable him to offer travelers his deepest understanding of the mysteries of Ancient Civilizations and the Middle East.