Philip Noguere

 

Professor Philip E. Noguere considers he has been preparing to teach Humanities 1301 most of his life. “The best way to get a grip on Humanities 1301 is to think of it as a course in civilization, something that never stays in one place but hops around the world,” Noguere says. While earning a B.A. and M.A. in English from Columbia University, he also took courses in art history on the graduate level, as well as archaeology and anthropology in college. He has made five field trips to Mexico,

 
Guatemala, Honduras and Belize to study the ruins of the Mayan civilization. His lectures at CCCC are made more visual by the many photographs he includes from his international travels to Europe and Central America. “My hope is that this course will help all my students be more creative and get more out of life,” he concludes. He is taking his own advice—learning to paint and sculpt. He just poured his first bronze at SMU. He has been teaching Humanities 1301 at Collin County Community College since the Fall of 2002.