Oxbridge Academic Programs - La Academia de España

Jeffrey Koehler. Mr Koehler grew up in Seattle, was educated in England at King’s College London and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and has spent much of the past 15 years traveling the world, writing about and photographing food. His work has been published in Gourmet, Food and Wine, Saveur, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times. His forthcoming book, Rice, Pasta, Couscous: The Heart of the Mediterranean Kitchen explores the role of the three regional staples at the center of celebrations, family meals, and life transitions. It is a follow-up to his acclaimed La Paella: Deliciously Authentic Rice Dishes from Spain’s Mediterranean Coast, which was named a 2006 notable cookbook by the New York Times. Mr Koehler conducts a program-wide degustación and speaks to students about the particularities of Spanish cuisine.

Enrique Sacau-Ferreira. Mr Sacau-Ferreira won the University of Oxford’s James Ingham Halstead Prize from the Faculty of Music, as well as a Distinction for his Master’s in musicology. He went on to complete his doctorate on the use of music in post-WWII Europe as propaganda, specifically in Franco’s Spain. He has taught widely, in Oxford and at the University Ca’Foscari in Venice. He currently works as an analyst at Xchanging Global Business in London.

Gary L. Dewey. Mr Dewey currently serves as the Consular Officer at the US Consulate General in Barcelona, Spain. Prior to his assignment in Spain he served as Vice Consul at the US Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, from 2007 until 2008 and Vice Consul at the US Embassy in Mexico City from 2004 until 2007. Mr Dewey served as an officer in the United States Air Force prior to joining the Foreign Service. His previous employment also included work as a consultant to the US Department of Energy and as an information technology consultant to a large American corporation.

Don Winslow. Novelist, military historian, theater director, screenwriter, actor, and former private investigator, Mr Winslow is also a founding faculty member of Oxbridge Academic Programs. Both in individual class workshops and a presentation before the group as a whole, Mr Winslow reads excerpts from his ten novels (which include The Power of the Dog, The Winter of Frankie Machine, and most recently, The Dawn Patrol), discusses the art of writing experientially and offers his unique perspectives on transferring the written word from the page to the stage, the small screen, and the cinema. An animated speaker and a consistent favorite among the students, his presentation culminates with a candid question and answer session about being a career author and storyteller.