Meet The Faculty

MatadorU is developed by the team behind Matador Network, the ground-breaking independent travel publishing network that encourages passionate travel around the world. Our goal is to collect and share the knowledge and experience of our editorial team with travel writers at all stages of their careers.

MatadorU Faculty

David Miller, Director of Curricula

David is senior editor of Matador Network, winner of two consecutive Lowell Thomas Awards for excellence in travel journalism. He began his writing career as reporter for the local Colorado newspapers The Mountain-Ear and the Boulder Weekly. In 2008, he contributed a chapter to Fodor’s Patagonia (2009, Random House), and has published widely online and in print.

Joshua Johnson, Director of Education

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Originally from Seattle, Joshua (aka Joshywashington) currently calls Los Angeles headquarters. Josh has been writing, photographing and filming his life and travels for 10 years and has in that time shared hundreds of stories with travelers online. You will find him on his mountain bike navigating the streets of L.A. laptop in tow, searching for strong coffee and a quiet place to write.

Candice Walsh, Writing Lead

Candice Walsh is the editor of Matador Life and the Lead Writing Faculty at MatadorU. With a degree in English and Professional Writing, Candice has experience working in technical writing, marketing, and web copy. She’s a regular contributor to Where.ca, Vacay.ca, and AOL Canada. Her writing has also been featured in various east coast Canadian publications like SOAR, ahoy! Marine Atlantic Onboard Magazine, and the Newfoundland Quarterly.

Paul Sulivan, Photography Lead

Paul Sullivan is a freelance writer, author and photographer covering music, travel and culture. His work has been published in The Guardian, The Independent, Intelligent Life, National Geographic Music and more. Paul has written/photographed several guidebooks including Time Out, HG2 and Cool Camping. He currently lives in Berlin, where he runs the Slow Travel Berlin website, flirts with history and fiction, and continuously tells jokes no one gets.

Daniel Nahabedian, Photography Lead

Daniel Nahabedian is a 5-language speaking freelance travel photographer, photography and Lightroom workshop instructor, Matador editor and photography faculty at MatadorU currently living in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He spends his days working on his website Canvas of Light, photographing cloudy skies and giving names to geckos in his apartment.

Scott Sporleder, Video Lead

Scott is a professional photographer, graphic designer, and filmmaker who found his passion for travel documentation while living in China after completing his college education. From travel videos to corporate clients, Scott’s commercial film and photography work cover a wide range, but his true passion lies in his photojournalism projects like his most recent project “Ixim”, a documentary short about indigenous Guatemalans and their life dependent relationship with corn. In October 2011, Scott was selected as Matador’s first Traveler in Residence completing a month long assignment in Australia. When Scott is not on the road you can find him in the ocean near his home in Laguna Beach

Ian MacKenzie, Video Faculty

Ian is the founder and editor of Brave New Traveler and has been published in both online and print publications, including university newspapers, online magazines, academic journals, and fiction digests. Ian now heads Matador Productions, our original content production house. Aside from writing, designing, and filmmaking, he spends his time exploring the fundamental nature of existence.

Kate Sedgwick, Student Adviser & Writing Lab Lead

Kate Sedgwick is a Student Advisor at MatadorU and a longtime contributing editor to Matador Network. She lives in Buenos Aires, where she teaches English, learns Spanish, and thoroughly enjoys herself. Her art and writing have appeared in print and online publications and her novel in progress will be received with prurient glee by critics of American culture if it ever gets into their grubby little hands.

Juliane Huang, Community Manager, Student Support

Juliane Huang writes, edits, formats, coordinates, updates, researches, registers, calls, and schedules for Matador. Armed with a strong cup of coffee and a clear wi-fi connection, Juliane gets the things done that need to get done for Mother Matador. Juliane supports new students at MatadorU and is the friendly voice at the end of the line should you ever give us a call. Her personal blog is here.


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