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.
African and African-American Studies
Harvard University, 2014
New York Public Library: Shomberg Center, 2013
University of California Berkeley, 2005
University of Delaware, 2000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999
Anthropology/American Culture Studies
Center for American Indian Research and Native Studies, 2000
Associate Professor, Columbia University, 2019
Art
Artist, 2018
Interdisciplinary Artist and Writer, 2013
Contemporary Visual Artist, 2001
Artist, Activist, Educator, and Curator, 2018
Art History and Archaeology
Cornell University, 2012
Business
Harvard University, 2008
Classics
Hamilton College, 2002
Comparative Literature
Columbia University, 2010
Education
Engineering
University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign, 2010
Earth and Planetary Sciences
University of California, 2017
English
George Washington University, 2008
Wesleyan University, 1999
History
Harvard University, 2012
Howard University, 2009
University of California Los Angeles, 2007
Humanities
Law
California Supreme Court Justice, 2012
NYU School of Law, 2011
University of California Los Angeles, 2010
Harvard Law School, 2000 & 2008
DePaul University College of Law, 2008
Washington University in St. Louis, 2007
University of Arizona School of Law, 2007
University of Colorado Boulder, 2006
Georgetown University Law Center, 2006
Harvard Law School, 2005
University of California Davis School of Law, 2003
Performing Arts
Ballet Dancer, 2016
Boston University, 2014
School of American Ballet, 2011
New York University, 2004
University of California Irvine, 2001
Philosophy
University of San Francisco, 2001
Political Science
University of Texas at Austin, 2011
Psychology
Columbia University Medical Center, 1999
Romance Languages and Literature
Univeristy of Richmond, 2019
Stanford University, 2016
Harvard University, 2016
University of Notre Dame, 2012
Washington University in St. Louis, 2004
Novelist, Poet, Essayist, 2000
Journalist and Novelist, 2000
Social Work
James Madison University, 2016
University of California Los Angeles, 2006
University of Michigan, 2003
University of California, Berkeley, 2003
University of Michigan School of Social Work, 2003
Boston College, 2001
University of Texas at Austin, 1999
University of California Los Angeles, 1999
Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies
University of Michigan, 2010