Since 1998, the Distinguished Visiting Scholars program has allowed schools and departments to bring diverse scholars from a wide range of fields to the Washington University campus. Each of these scholars shared work and insights with the WashU community.
Past Domestic Visiting Scholars sorted by discipline
African and African-American Studies
2022: Rhoda Reddock, The University of West Indies
2014: Tommie Shelby, Harvard University
2013: Khalil Muhammad, New York Public Library: Shomberg Center
2005: Waldo Emerson Martin, Jr., University of California Berkeley
2000: Elizabeth Higginbotham, University of Delaware
1999: Kenneth Manning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
American Culture Studies
2023: Malinda Maynor Lowery, Emory University
2019: Frank Guridy, Columbia University
Anthropology
2000: Craig Howe, Center for American Indian Research and Native Studies
Art
2018: Morehshin Allahyari, Artist, Activist, Educator, and Curator
2018: Sophia Al-Maria, Artist
2013: Coco Fusco, Interdisciplinary Artist and Writer
2001: Laylah Ali, Contemporary Visual Artist
Art History and Archaeology
2012: Salah Hassan, Cornell University
Business
2008: David Thomas, Harvard University
Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity
2023: Heather McGhee, Author
2022: Safiya U. Noble, UCLA
Classics
2002: Shelly Haley, Hamilton College
Comparative Literature
2010: Brent Hayes Edwards, Columbia University
Education
2016: Dr. Ebony McGee, Vanderbilt University
Engineering
2010: Andrew Alleyne, University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign
Earth and Planetary Sciences
2017: Lisa White, University of California
English
2008: Edward P. Jones, George Washington University
1999: Ann DuCille, Wesleyan University
History
2012: Vincent Brown, Harvard University
2009: Daryl Michael Scott, Howard University
2007: Robin D.G. Kelley, University of California Los Angeles
Humanities
2018: Victor LaValle, Columbia University
Law
2012: Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, California Supreme Court Justice
2011: Bryan Stevenson, NYU School of Law
2010: Devon Carbado, University of California Los Angeles
2008 and 2000: Charles Olgetree Jr., Harvard Law School
2008: Terry Smith, DePaul University College of Law
2007: Adrienne Davis, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2007: Robert Williams, University of Arizona School of Law
2006: James Anaya, University of Colorado Boulder
2006: Sheryll Cashin, Georgetown University Law Center
2005: Randall Kennedy, Harvard Law School
2003: Angela Harris, University of California Davis School of Law
Performing Arts
2020: Vanessa German, Visual and Performance Artist
2016 and 2011: Jock Soto, Ballet Dancer
2015: Thomas DeFrantz, Duke University
2014: André de Quadros, Boston University
2009: Rulan Tangen, Arizona State University
2007: Harry Elam, Stanford University
2004: Gus Solomons Jr., New York University
2001: Donald McKayle, University of California Irvine
Philosophy
2005: Kenneth A. Taylor, Stanford University
2001: Ronald R. Sundstrom, University of San Francisco
Political Science
2011: Eric McDaniel, University of Texas at Austin
2011: Tasha Philpot, University of Texas at Austin
Psychology
2003: David Williams, Harvard University
1999: Jennifer Manly, Columbia University Medical Center
Romance Languages and Literatures
2019: Lázaro Lima, University of Richmond
2016: Ramon Saldívar, Stanford University
2016: Alejandro de la Fuente, Harvard University
2012: Mark Sanders, University of Notre Dame
2004: Mabel Moraña, Washington University in St. Louis
2000: Sandra Cisneros, Novelist, Poet, Essayist
2000: Cristina Garcia, Journalist and Novelist
Social Work
2016: Noorie Kelsey Brantmeier, James Madison University
2006: Duane Champagne, University of California Los Angeles
2003: Oscar A. Barbarin III, University of Michigan
2003: Jewelle Taylor Gibbs, University of California, Berkeley
2003: Robert J. Taylor, University of Michigan School of Social Work
2002: Melvin L. Oliver, Pitzer College
2001: Ruth McRoy, Boston College
1999: King Davis, University of Texas at Austin
1999: Fernando Torres-Gil, University of California Los Angeles
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
2010: Beverly Guy-Sheftall, University of Michigan