San Francisco: Rebels, Writers, & Rock & Roll

Dr. Scott Bennett –  Dr. Scott H. Bennett, professor of history, is a historian of the United States and contemporary global history.  He has an interest in U.S. rebels, reformers, & radicals and in war, peace, & society–and has published books and articles on antiwar dissent, peace activism, and radical pacifism.  For ten years, he taught in international schools in El Salvador, Italy, and Denmark, and, more recently, taught at Leiden University, in the Netherlands, for a semester.  He has led students on dozens of trips to sites of historical and cultural significance in Europe, Vietnam, and the mid-Atlantic region.  He believes that travel is a transformative experience.

Dr. Paul Cappucci – Dr. Paul Cappucci, professor of English, teaches courses in 19^th and 20^th century American literature.  In these courses, he encourages students to explore the ways that historical events inform writers and shape the works they create. Along with teaching courses in modern poetry, fiction, and drama, he also has taught a course on American war literature.  Besides his scholarly work on the modernist poet William Carlos Williams, he also has published journal articles that examine the representation of war in the work of Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Herman Melville.   He looks forward to sharing in the transformative impact this trip will have for all its participants.