Stephan Straub is celebrating his 45th year traveling through Western Europe. He began in the 1970s as an independent traveler backpacking through Europe. He joined SPJC International Studies Programs in 1980 as a chaperone, continued as a director in 1986, and began giving guided city and museum tours in the late 1980s.
His arts-related experience includes employment by Florida Gulf Coast Art Center as a ceramics instructor for 15 years. He was active as a working artist in the Bay Area for 8 years and has completed extensive undergraduate work in humanities, art history, and European history. He was employed by the Pinellas County School Board as a high school teacher starting in 1973, and his most recent teaching assignment was AP Art History.