Meet “The Emilies”

Emily Glankler and Emily Neinast met teaching high school history in Austin, Texas. They quickly turned their friendship and love of travel into yearly summer trips bringing students around the world (Cuba, Peru, Germany, Italy, etc.) In 2022 The Emilies realized that adults would really love these travel experiences, too (and maybe even appreciate them more than teenagers!) and so, The Historical Travel Society was born.

Mahabalipuram, 2024

Emily Glankler

Emily Glankler is a historian who lives in Austin, Texas. After teaching for 12 years, she is now a full-time content creator with her social media business Anti-Social Studies. Emily has multiple history degrees (B.A. from UNC - Chapel Hill; M.A. from Texas State University) and a love of performance and public speaking that includes both teacher trainings and SXSW EDU and improv comedy. Her history passions are World History (especially beyond Western Civilizations), modern U.S. History and contextualizing current events. Traveling abroad for a month at fifteen inspired a lifelong passion for travel as a way to learn about other cultures and find connections with people across the globe.

Emily Neinast is a historian who lives in Denver, Colorado. She has taught 16 different social studies classes over 12 years, and loves tapping into her students’ creative sides by offering exploratory, project-based lessons. She has a Master’s in Education with a focus on Instructional Design, and she works as an AP European History content creator for a national test prep company. Spending a month abroad in India when she was 23 drastically altered her worldview, and she has made it her mission to bring a love of learning through a focus on diverse curriculum to her students and her social media.