Through discussions, readings, and projects, visiting scholars introduce students to the issues and challenges they will encounter as public historians.

Since 1982, we have been proud to host an esteemed group of scholars across a variety of fields and interests. Recent instructors include Jo Blatti (Director, Old Independence Historical Museum, Batesville, Arkansas), Gregory M. Britton (Director, Minnesota Historical Society Press), Charles Bryan Jr. (Executive Director, Virginia Historical Society), Benjamin Filene (University of North Carolina–Greensboro), James Gardner (Associate Director, National Museum of American History), Arthur Gomez (Historian, Intermountain Cultural Resource Center, National Park Service), Brian Horrigan (Exhibit Curator, Minnesota Historical Society), Arnita Jones (Executive Director, American Historical Association), Dan Jordan (Executive Director, Monticello), Cynthia Koch (Director of the FDR Presidential Library and Museum), Roger Launius, (Chair, Division of Space History, National Air and Space Museum), William Lindsay ( CFO , Harvard University Press), Steve Lubar (Brown University), Fiona McCrae (Graywolf Press), Marilyn Nickels (American Battlefield Protection Program, National Park Service), Gale Peterson (Executive Director, Ohio Humanities Council), Dwight Pitcaithley (Chief Historian, National Park Service--retired), Daniel Ross (Director, University of Nebraska Press), Susan Rossen (Executive Director of Publications, the Art Institute of Chicago), Raymond Smock (Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies, Inc),  Constance Ramirez (Historian), Dan Spock (Director, History Center Museum, Minnesota Historical Society), Robert Spude (Program Manager, Cultural Resources and National Register Programs, National Park Service--Santa Fe), Marie Tyler-McGraw (National Park Service--retired), and Jamil Zainaldin (President, Georgia Humanities Council).