Jim Buss
Jim Buss
Dean of Honors College, Director of the Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry, and Associate Professor of History

Phone:765-285-1775

Room:BA 209


Dr. James Buss is a historian by training and an honors educator by experience. He is the author of "Winning the West with Words: Language and Conquest in the Lower Great Lakes" (2011) and co-editor of "Beyond Two Worlds: Critical Conversations on Language and Power in Native North America" (November 2014), as well as numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. His scholarly interests center on the intersections of settler memory, Native American history and public commemoration.


Course Schedule
Course No. Term Level Hours Location
Death and Disease Ameri Hist [syllabus] HONR 199.7 Fall 2025 Undergraduate 3 Discussion/Recitation
Leadership Seminar [syllabus] HONR 300.1 Fall 2025 Undergraduate 1 Discussion/Recitation