Welcome! As a professor at the University of California San Diego, my professional work is dedicated to undergraduate education. I seek to show how the study of the past offers insight into our world today and furnishes critical perspectives and pertinent lessons for those willing to inquire.   With these goals in mind, I direct a Writing/World History program and co-direct Classical Studies, I teach a wide range of courses, lead programs abroad as well as study away programs in the U.S., and support other projects that broaden horizons and deepen intercultural understanding.

I welcome ideas, inquiries, and conversations through which we get to know one another.  And so, let’s chat. We can even have coffee or lunch! I wish you all the best. Sincerely, Professor Herbst