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 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
Anthropology/American Culture Studies
2019: Frank Guridy, Columbia University
2000: Craig Howe, Center for American Indian Research and Native Studies
2023: Malinda Maynor Lowery, Emory University
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, Univeristy 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