“The lectureship program is a win-win for organizations and for OAH.”

—Melanie Goan
Kentucky Association of Teachers of History

“Thank you for your assistance in bringing yet another wonderful speaker!”

—Lyn Ellen Bennett
Department of History and Political Science
Utah Valley University

“We have been very pleased with the historians from the lectureship program who have spoken to our TAH grant participants. They have been excellent speakers, knowledgeable about their content, engaging, and very gracious to the teachers. Hosting OAH historians has definitely enriched our program.”

—Robynn Holland
Henry County Schools
Georgia

“The lectureship program has hit two home runs with us so far; we’ll definitely tap you again.”

—Timothy D. Hall
Department of History
Central Michigan University

“We have come to depend on OAH for first-rate service, and you have never disappointed us.”

—Russ Heller
Boise Public Schools and Idaho Council for History Education

“For smaller colleges looking to become intellectual and cultural centers within their regions, the OAH Distinguished Lectureship Program constitutes a remarkable opportunity to obtain high-quality, knowledgeable, and engaging speakers that they might not normally be able to afford. Our experiences with OAH lecturers have always been positive. Engaging the speaker has always been a smooth, highly professional process, and I look forward to using the program again in the future. When I talk to colleagues at other institutions who are bemoaning the cost and uncertain quality of outside speakers, I always urge them to contact the OAH.”

—John Williams-Searle
Center for Citizenship, Race, and Ethnicity Studies
College of St. Rose
New York

“The OAH Distinguished Lectureship Program has been a great way for us to reach beyond our own networks to find nationally recognized speakers. Every speaker that we’ve hosted has been outstanding in both content and presentation. The OAH and the speakers have been very easy to work with on the details. Thank you!!”

—Rhonda R. Newton
Managing Director
Pennsylvania Heritage Society

“[Hosting an OAH Distinguished Lecturer] was a very rewarding experience for our teachers, and the ease with which the scheduling occurred was very helpful.”

—Jim Wetzler
Council of State Social Studies Specialists

“The OAH Distinguished Lectureship Program was very efficient and helpful to our needs. The website let us easily view possible speakers, and the coordinator was very responsive to our questions.”

—Lisa Petrovich
Phi Alpha Theta
Illinois Wesleyan University

“This was the first time we’ve used the OAH Distinguished Lectureship program, and we will look here for speakers in the future. The process was painless and the quality very high.”

—Diane Gutenkauf
Robert R. McCormick Museum at Cantigny

“The OAH Lectureship Program gave us a wonderful opportunity to bring a nationally known scholar to campus. It’s a tremendous service to the historical community and to the public at large.”

—Melissa Walker
Department of History and Politics
Converse College

“I found the OAH Distinguished Lectureship Program very helpful. I knew the topic I wanted to address and through OAH I was able to find the perfect speaker for the job.”

—Samantha Nelson
The Bostonian Society
Boston Historical Society

“Excellence is the standard for your speakers!”

—Betsy Homewood
Grants and Research Department
Rockford Public Schools District #205
Illinois

“This program greatly facilitates our annual history lecture series, allowing us to bring in very high-quality speakers at relatively low cost while supporting an important organization. Thanks!”

—Steve Wagner
Department of Social Sciences
Missouri Southern State University

“The OAH Distinguished Lectureship Program has been very effective, cost efficient, and easy to work with. I have not been disappointed in any way during my three years of working with you and would gladly recommend the program to others. Thank you for your always punctual, accurate, and detailed collaboration.”

—Christy Holt
School District of Manatee County
Florida

“I love the OAH Distinguished Lectureship Program. It is an easy way to get high-quality historians who can also speak to a crowd.”

—Kevin Sheets
Department of History
SUNY Cortland
New York

“I can’t thank you and the organization enough for the great experience.”

—Valorie A. Woerdehoff
Arts and Culture Series
Loras College
Iowa

“This is a fantastic program, especially from the perspective of a scholar at a smaller school in a second-tier city where casual access to established historians is limited.”

—Suzanne Cooper Guasco
Department of History
Queens University of Charlotte
North Carolina

“Once again, the OAH has helped us find a speaker who was the ‘perfect fit.’ Thanks so much.”

—Mona Ramirez
Curriculum Consultant
Panhandle Area Education Consortium
Florida

“This is a wonderful program for a small college such as ours.”

—Spencer Davis
Department of History
Peru State College
Nebraska

“The lectureship program is great. We have used it several times, and always with an outstanding result.”

—Michael Mayer
Department of History
University of Montana