Meet Our 2017-2018 Visiting Scholars

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

VICTOR S. BATISTA 

Professor of Chemistry

Yale University

JUDITH CARNEY

Professor of Geography

University of California, Los Angeles

GEORGE DYSON

Historian of Technology

Bellingham, Washington 

PRICE V. FISHBACK 

Thomas R. Brown Professor of Economics

University of Arizona

DAVID L. HABERMAN

Professor of Religious Studies

Indiana University

BONNIE HONIG

Nancy Duke Lewis Professor in Political Science and Modern Culture and Media

Brown University

THOMAS W. LAQUEUR

Fawcett Distinguished Professor of History

University of California, Berkeley

LYDIA H. LIU 

Wun Tsun Tam Professor in the Humanities, 

Columbia University

2017-2018 ΦBK-Frank M. Updike Memorial Scholar

MARY MILLER 

Sterling Professor of the History of Art

Yale University

OSAMU JAMES NAKAGAWA

Ruth N. Halls Distinguished Professor of Photography

Indiana University

AYANNA THOMPSON

Professor of English 

George Washington University

AMY CHENG VOLLMER 

Isaac H. Clothier, Jr. Professor of Biology

Swarthmore College 

STEPHEN WALT

Belfer Professor of International Affairs

Harvard University

PAIGE WEST

Claire Tow Professor of Anthropology

Barnard College/Columbia University

JAMES C. ZACHOS 

Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences

University of California, Santa Cruz