NWHM Scholars Advisory Council

Drs. Allida Black and Marjorie Spruill attend a women's history celebration event at the White House, May 2024.

The National Women's History Museum's Scholars Advisory Council is a distinguished group of renowned women's history scholars who help guide the Museum's exhibition and programmatic strategies.

Drs. Sherrie Randolph and Alison Parker attend a women's history celebration event at the White House, May 2024.

https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/images/2021-10/BerkinCarrol-square.jpg| Carol Berkin, Ph.D. | https://www.womenshistory.org/about-us/our-people/carol-berkin | Carol Berkin is Presidential Professor of History, Emerita, of Baruch College & The Graduate Center, CUNY.

https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/images/2021-05/Black%2C%20Allida.jpeg | Allida Black, Ph.D. | https://www.womenshistory.org/about-us/our-people/allida-black | Allida Black is a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Miller Center for Public Affairs. |

https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/images/2021-10/Chan-Malik%2C-Sylvia-square.jpg | Sylvia Chan-Malik, Ph.D. | https://www.womenshistory.org/about-us/our-people/dr-sylvia-chan-malik | Sylvia Chan-Malik, Ph.D. is a scholar of American studies, critical race and ethnic studies, women’s and gender studies, and religious studies. |

https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/images/2021-10/Des-Jardins%2C-Julie-square.jpg | Julie Des Jardins, Ph.D. | https://www.womenshistory.org/about-us/our-people/julie-des-jardins | Julie Des Jardins is a historian of American women and gender who has taught and written extensively in the field, particularly on the history of women in the professions.

https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/images/2021-10/Giddings%2C-Paula-J-square.jpg | Paula Giddings, Ph.D. | https://www.womenshistory.org/about-us/our-people/paula-j-giddings | Paula Giddings, Ph.D. is a Professor (Emerita), Elizabeth A. Woodson 1922, Africana Studies, Smith College.

https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/images/2021-05/Lorri%20Glover.png | Lorri Glover, Ph.D. | https://www.womenshistory.org/about-us/our-people/lorri-glover | Lorri Glover is the John Francis Bannon Endowed Chair, Department of History, Saint Louis University.

https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/images/2021-10/Beverly-Guy-Sheftall-square.jpg | Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Ph.D. | https://www.womenshistory.org/about-us/our-people/beverly-guy-sheftall | Beverly Guy-Sheftall is the founding director of the Women’s Research and Resource Center (1981) and Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women’s Studies at Spelman College.

https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/images/2021-10/Higginbotham%2C-Elizabeth-square.jpg | Elizabeth Higginbotham, Ph.D. | https://www.womenshistory.org/about-us/our-people/elizabeth-higginbotham | Elizabeth Higginbotham is Professor Emerita of Sociology, University of Delaware.

https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/images/2021-10/Mihesuah%2C-Devon-square.jpg | Devon Mihesuah, Ph.D. | https://www.womenshistory.org/about-us/our-people/devon-mihesuah | Devon Mihesuah is the Cora Lee Beers Price Professor in the Humanities Program at the University of Kansas and the former editor of the American Indian Quarterly.

https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/images/2022-10/Jennifer%20L.%20Morgan%20Headshot.png | Jennifer L. Morgan, Ph.D. | https://www.womenshistory.org/about-us/our-people/jennifer-l-morgan-phd | Jennifer L. Morgan is professor of history in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University.

https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/images/2021-07/Bonnie%20Morris%281%29.png | Bonnie J. Morris, Ph.D. | https://www.womenshistory.org/about-us/our-people/bonnie-j-morris | Bonnie J. Morris is a scholar of women's studies. She completed a Ph.D. in women's history at Binghamton University and has taught at various universities across the country.

/sites/default/files/images/2022-09/Kim-Nilsen2.jpg | Kim Nielsen, Ph.D. | https://www.womenshistory.org/about-us/our-people/kim-nielsen-phd | Kim E. Nielsen is Distinguished Professor of Disability Studies and History at the University of Toledo (Ohio).

https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/images/2021-05/Alison%20M.%20Parker.png | Alison M. Parker, Ph.D. | https://www.womenshistory.org/about-us/our-people/alison-m-parker | Alison M. Parker is the chair of the History Department at the University of Delaware.

Kenvi C. Phillips, Ph.D.

https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/images/2021-10/RandolphSherie-square.jpg | Sherie M. Randolph, Ph.D. | https://www.womenshistory.org/about-us/our-people/sherie-m-randolph-phd | Sherie M. Randolph is an associate professor of history at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the founder of the Black Feminist Think Tank.

Leila Rupp, Ph.D.

https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/original_resolution/public/images/2022-07/MarjorieSpruill.jpg | Marjorie J. Spruill, Ph.D., Chair, Scholars Advisory Council | https://www.womenshistory.org/about-us/our-people/marjorie-spruill-phd | Marjorie J. Spruill is a professor of history at the University of South Carolina. She is recognized in the U.S. and abroad as a leading authority on the women’s movement.

https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/images/2022-09/Rose%20S%20-%20Rae%20Images-057%20EDIT%26CROPPED.jpg | Rose Stremlau, Ph.D. | https://www.womenshistory.org/about-us/our-people/rose-stremlau-phd | Rose Stremlau, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor, Departments of History & Gender and Sexuality Studies, Davidson College.

https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/images/2021-10/WagnerSallyRoesch-square.jpg | Sally Roesch Wagner, Ph.D. | https://www.womenshistory.org/about-us/our-people/dr-sally-roesch-wagner | Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner is the Founder and Executive Director, Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation and Center for Social Justice Dialogue in Fayetteville, New York.

https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/images/2021-05/Deborah%20Gray%20White.png | Deborah Gray White, Ph.D. | https://www.womenshistory.org/about-us/our-people/deborah-gray-white | Deborah Gray White is the Board of Governors Professor of History and Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University.

https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/images/2024-04/Untitled%20design.png | Karsonya “Kaye” Wise Whitehead, Ph.D. | https://www.womenshistory.org/about-us/our-people/dr-karsonya-kaye-wise-whitehead | Dr. Whitehead is the founding executive director of The Karson Institute for Race, Peace & Social Justice and a professor of communication and African and African American Studies at Loyola University Maryland.

/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/images/2021-07/Judy%20Tzu-Chun%20Wu%282%29.png | Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, Ph.D. | https://www.womenshistory.org/about-us/our-people/judy-tzu-chun-wu | Judy Tzu-Chun Wu is a professor of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Irvine and the director of the Humanities Center.