Prof. Herbst specializes in developing and leading experiential programs at home and abroad.   His next program abroad is in Taiwan in Summer 2027.

He was an inaugural faculty member of UC San Diego’s Global Seminars in 2008 and  has led 12 programs, which have taken place in France (2008), Turkey (2009 – 2012), England (2013), Thailand & Cambodia (2014), New Zealand (2017), Italy (2018, 2023), Australia (2019), and Santa Cruz – domestic program (2022).  His programs in Japan (2020) and New York City (2021) were cancelled due to the Covid pandemic, but his Japan program was offered by his colleague (Prof. Edmond Chang) in 2024.  

Prof. Herbst has led four other international programs:  Two Intercultural Service Programs in Turkey for undergraduate students (2013, 2014) and two National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institutes in Turkey for secondary education teachers (2013, 2015).

For MMW programs abroad and other Global Seminars, as well as other opportunities abroad, visit the Programs Abroad Office website.