ΦBK’s Visiting Scholars travel to more than 100 colleges and universities each year, spending two days on campus and taking part in the academic life of the institution. On each campus, they meet with students, participate in class discussions, and give a free lecture open to the general public. Visit the Phi Beta Kappa website to learn more about the Visiting Scholar Program.
VISITING SCHOLARS FOR 2017-2018
Professor of Chemistry
Yale University
Professor of Geography
University of California, Los Angeles
Historian of Technology
Bellingham, Washington
Thomas R. Brown Professor of Economics
University of Arizona
Professor of Religious Studies
Indiana University
Nancy Duke Lewis Professor in Political Science and Modern Culture and Media
Brown University
Fawcett Distinguished Professor of History
University of California, Berkeley
Wun Tsun Tam Professor in the Humanities,
Columbia University
2017-2018 ΦBK-Frank M. Updike Memorial Scholar
Sterling Professor of the History of Art
Yale University
Ruth N. Halls Distinguished Professor of Photography
Indiana University
Professor of English
George Washington University
Isaac H. Clothier, Jr. Professor of Biology
Swarthmore College
Belfer Professor of International Affairs
Harvard University
Claire Tow Professor of Anthropology
Barnard College/Columbia University
Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences
University of California, Santa Cruz