Stephen Sloan

Stephen M. Sloan is a Professor of History and Director of the Institute for Oral History at Baylor University. He also currently serves as the Executive Director of the Oral History Association. He is also a past president of the OHA and has chaired and served on a host of association committees. Stephen has won numerous awards for his projects, publications, and preservation efforts using oral history. His most recent publications are the co-edited anthology Oral History and the Environment: Global Perspectives on Climate, Connection, and Catastrophe and a co-authored book on remote oral history practice, Oral History at a Distance. Here in Waco, he created and runs the Waco History app and website (www.wacohistory.org) and is the host of the Waco History Podcast. In 2024, Dr. Sloan was named the Cornelia Marschall Smith Professor of the Year at Baylor University and a Big XII Faculty of the Year.