Summer Abroad instructors

Meet the 2026 Summer Abroad Instructors

The Summer Abroad program offers exceptional instructors from across the university the chance to teach an existing Faculty of Arts and Science undergraduate course in an international setting. We are thrilled to introduce the 2026 Summer Abroad instructors who have been selected to lead 35+ Summer Abroad courses across 22 programs in 17 countries.

For course information, refer to the 2026 Summer Abroad course list.

University of Toronto faculty members who enjoy engaging with undergraduates are invited to submit a proposal for summer 2027.

A. Ka Tat Tsang

Professor

China: Beijing

SOC393Y0 Selected Topics in Sociological Research: Contemporary Chinese Society

Akwasi Owusu-Bempah

Associate Professor

France: Tours

SOC393Y0 Crime, Migration, and Social Control (Tours)

Amy Kwan

Associate Professor

South Korea

MGT395Y0 Special Topics: Business Modelling and Global Organizations

Ann Armstrong

Assistant Professor

South Africa

MGT396Y0 Special Topics: Inclusive Consulting with Micro-Enterprises

Björn Ewald

Associate Professor

France: Paris

FAH391Y0: Studies Abroad in Ancient Art and Architecture: Greek and Roman Art and its Reception in France

Bob Thompson

Sessional Lecturer

Japan

IRE332Y0 Resolving Workplace Conflict While Employing a Cross-Cultural Perspective

Christina Katsougiannopoulou

Sessional Lecturer

France: Paris

FAH391Y0: Studies Abroad in Ancient Art and Architecture: Greek and Roman Art and its Reception in France

Christoph Richter

Associate Professor

Ecuador

ENV395Y0 Special Topics Field Course: the ‘Enchanted Isles’ - Ecology, Geography and History on the Galápagos Islands

Christy Anderson

Professor

France: Paris

FAH393Y0: Studies Abroad in Renaissance and Baroque Art and Architecture

Dan Guadagnolo

Assistant Professor

England: Oxford

DHU339Y0 Special Topics in Digital Humanities: Network Technologies, Network Cultures

Elizabeth Legge

Associate Professor

Italy

FAH394Y0 Studies Abroad in Modern and Contemporary Art and Architecture

Franco Taverna

Professor

Netherlands

HMB395Y0: Living with Dementia: Innovations in Dementia Care and the Determinants of Well-being

Hang-Sun Kim

Associate Professor

France: Paris

GER354Y0: Paris - Dreamworld of Modernity

Ilona Posner

Sessional Lecturer

Germany: Berlin

CSC396Y0 Designing Systems for Real World Problems

Kamary Maxine Clarke

Professor

Antigua and Barbuda

CRI389Y0 New Formations in the Wake of the Plantation: Rethinking Crime, Law and Power in the Caribbean Basin

Kass Banning

Associate Professor

England: Oxford

CIN378Y0 Aspects of a National Cinema: Britain

Ken Derry

Professor

Japan

RLG290Y0 Religion and Popular Culture in Japan

LK Bertram

Associate Professor

Iceland

HIS389Y0 Iceland and the World: Histories from the Viking Age to the Modern Era

Monika Havelka

Associate Professor

Ecuador

ENV395Y0 Special Topics Field Course: the ‘Enchanted Isles’ - Ecology, Geography and History on the Galápagos Islands

Nikolina Ilic

Research Supervisor

Science Abroad: Switzerland

PHY396Y0 Research Topic Abroad in Switzerland

Raza M. Mirza

Assistant Professor

Netherlands

HMB395Y0: Living with Dementia: Innovations in Dementia Care and the Determinants of Well-being

Richard Greene

Professor

Italy

ENG297Y0 Topics in English Literature: Creative Writing in Italy

Richard Teuscher

Research Supervisor

Science Abroad: Switzerland

PHY396Y0 Research Topic Abroad in Switzerland

Richard W.L. Guisso

Professor Emeritus

China: Shanghai

EAS395Y Topics in East Asian Studies: Leadership and Governance in China

Rosa Junghwa Hong

Associate Professor

France: Tours

FCS369Y0 The Culture of Touraine: From Saints to Monsters: Fabulous Stories of the Loire Valley

Scot Wortley

Professor

Italy

CRI389Y0 Current Issues in International Criminology

Stefana Gargova

Assistant Professor

Germany: Berlin

GER354Y0 Berlin Roots: Creativity, Culture, and the Making of a Global Creative City Designing Systems for Real World Problems

Stuart Kamenetsky

Professor

England: Oxford

PSY306Y0 Special Topics in Psychology Abroad: Disability: Culture and Inclusion

Themistoklis Aravossitas

Sessional Lecturer

Greece

POL300Y0 Modern Greek Culture: People, Tradition, Language and Cuisine

Urvashi Chakravarty

Associate Professor

England: Oxford

ENG296Y0 Topics in English Literature: Shakespeare

Victor C. Falkenheim

Professor Emeritus

China: Shanghai

EAS395Y Topics in East Asian Studies: Leadership and Governance in China

Weiguo Zhang

Associate Professor

China: Beijing

SOC393Y0 Selected Topics in Sociological Research: Contemporary Chinese Society

William Watson

Professor

England: Oxford

CRI389Y0 Topics in Criminology: Rights, Freedoms and Responsibilities in Criminal Law: Historical Origins and New Directions in England and Canada