Retired and emeriti professors maintain connections to the History Department, but rarely teach courses. Emeriti professors also may retain office space or other privileges in the department.

• Kathleen Biddick
• Bettye Collier-Thomas 
• William W. Cutler III 
• Allen F. Davis 
• Barbara Day-Hickman 
• Michael M. Eisman 
• Philip Evanson 
• Herbert Ershkowitz
• Kenneth Finkel
• Peter Gran
• James Hilty 
• Richard Immerman 
• Wilbert L. Jenkins
• Susan Klepp

• Dieu T. Nguyen

• Howard Ohline 
• Harriet Pass Freidenreich 
• Arthur Schmidt 
• Howard Spodek
• Kathleen Uno
• Morris Vogel