Since 1956, the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program has been offering undergraduates the opportunity to spend time with some of America’s most distinguished scholars. The purpose of the program is to contribute to the intellectual life of the campus by making possible an exchange of ideas between the visiting scholars and the resident faculty and students. Meet our visiting scholars for the upcoming 2025-2026 academic year.
HUMANITIES
Mary Favret
Johns Hopkins University, Professor of English
Shannon Jackson
UC Berkeley, Cyrus & Michelle Hadidi Professor of the Arts & Humanities
Peniel Joseph
University of Texas, Barbara Jordan Chair in Ethics and Political Values, founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs, and Distinguished Service Leadership Professor and Professor of History in the College of Liberal Arts
Frances Negrón Muntaner
Columbia University, Julian Clarence Levi Professor in the Humanities
Michael Puett
Harvard University, Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology and the Victor and William Fung Director of the Asia Center
Catherine S. Ramírez
UC Santa Cruz, Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies
SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Elijah Anderson
Yale University, Sterling Professor of Sociology and of African American Studies
Laura Ogden
Dartmouth College, Professor of Anthropology
Mark Palmer
University of Missouri, Professor of Geography
Margo Schlanger
University of Michigan Law School, Wade H. and Dores M. McCree Collegiate Professor of Law and Director of the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse
David M. Rabban
The University of Texas School of Law, Dahr Jamail, Randall Hage Jamail, and Robert Lee Jamail Regents Chair in Law
NATURAL SCIENCES & MATHEMATICS
Ximena Bernal
Purdue University, Professor of Biology
Prosanta Chakrabarty
Louisiana State University, E.K. Hunter Chair for Communication in Science Research, Professor and Curator of Fishes at the Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological Sciences
Teri Odom
Northwestern University, Joan Husting Madden and William H. Madden, Jr. Professor of Chemistry