List of Semester at Sea people

This is a list of notable people associated with Semester at Sea, including alumni, faculty, administrators, and guest lecturers.

Notable people

Alumni

Arts and media Fereydoun Ave – Iranian art curator, collector, and cultural figure B. J. Averell – television personality and winner of The Amazing Race 9“BJ & Tyler.” CBS.com. Adrian Belic – Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Julie Chang – television news anchor and entertainment journalist Stephen Gaghan – Academy Award-winning screenwriter and film director Nicole Laeno - YouTuber Joan Lunden – television host and journalist Tyler MacNiven – filmmaker, television personality, and entrepreneur Neal H. Moritz – film producer Cynthia Nixon – actress and political activist Aubrey O'Day – singer and television personality Iliza Shlesinger – comedian, actress, and television host Jasmine Solano – DJ, television host, and music producer

Business and entrepreneurship Adam Braun – entrepreneur and founder of Pencils of Promise Tory Burch – fashion designer and businesswoman Lexi duPont – entrepreneur and sustainability advocate

Politics and public affairs Kat Cammack – U.S. representative from Florida Ariana Austin Makonnen – writer, arts patron, and wife of Prince Joel Makonnen

Other notable alumni Nancy Pearlman – environmental activist and founder of TreePeople Kerri Strug – Olympic gymnast and gold medalist

Faculty, staff, and guest lecturers

Arts, media, and humanities Elaine Barkin – composer, musicologist, and educator Ashleigh Brilliant – cartoonist and author Arthur C. Clarke – science-fiction writer and futurist Thomas B. Coburn – scholar of religion and former president of the University of Puget Sound Charles T. Cross – music journalist and author Marlin Darrah – filmmaker and cinematographer Fil Hearn – architectural historian and author Alden Jones – writer and travel memoirist James Lull – media scholar and communications professor Paul Muldoon – Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Michael Pearson (author) – author and television presenter Michael H. Prosser – intercultural communication scholar Kathryn M. Rudy – art historian and manuscript scholar Rajiva Wijesinha – Sri Lankan academic, politician, and author Sean Williams – ethnomusicologist and author

Science, education, and academia Kathleen M. Adams – anthropologist and academic administrator Andrew Boesenecker – paleontologist and marine mammal researcher Robert K. Brigham – historian specializing in the Vietnam War Elof Axel Carlson – biologist and historian of science Carrie Colla – educator and academic administrator Patti Duncan – educator and international programs administrator Caleb Everett – linguist and cognitive scientist Ann Gargett – educator and global studies administrator Daniel Garvey – educator and former president of Presbyterian College Kishore G. Kulkarni – economist and academic Hunter Lovins – environmentalist and sustainability advocate Claude-Hélène Mayer – psychologist and intercultural studies scholar George Nelson (astronaut) – NASA astronaut and physicist Scott Plous – psychologist and social scientist Catherine Pringle – marine scientist and ecologist Richard Rapson – historian and university administrator Armin Rosencranz – legal scholar and environmental advocate Allan A. Schoenherr – ecologist and natural historian Kesho Y. Scott – author, educator, and diversity consultant Tyler Jo Smith – marine scientist and educator Aidan Southall – anthropologist and African studies scholar Krista E. Wiegand – political scientist and international relations scholar Marc Zimmer – chemist and author

Other notable participants Barry Lubin – clown and circus performer known as "Grandma the Clown" Sheriff Ghale – mountaineer and Himalayan guide Adam J. Graves – filmmaker and screenwriter Judith Ann Mayotte – journalist, author, and humanitarian Patrick Mendis – diplomat, author, and academic Pete Peterson – businessman, diplomat, and U.S. ambassador to Vietnam Tom Joyner – radio host and philanthropist

Distinguished guests and speakers Corazon Aquino – president of the Philippines Fidel Castro – leader of Cuba King Fahd – king of Saudi Arabia Mikhail Gorbachev – leader of the Soviet Union Indira Gandhi – prime minister of India Nelson Mandela – anti-apartheid revolutionary and president of South Africa Mohammed VI of Morocco – king of Morocco Sandra Day O'Connor – associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco – Moroccan prince Anwar Sadat – president of Egypt Mother Teresa – Catholic nun and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tung Chee-hwa – chief executive of Hong Kong Desmond Tutu – Anglican bishop and Nobel Peace Prize laureate

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