Professor Peter S. Onuf

Peter S. Onuf is the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor of History, Emeritus, at the University of Virginia, where he has taught for over two decades. As a Senior Fellow at Monticello’s Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies, Onuf is a leading expert on Thomas Jefferson and the early American republic. He is the author of Jefferson’s Empire: The Language of American Nationhood and The Mind of Thomas Jefferson. Professor Onuf is also the editor of Jeffersonian Legacies and co-host of Backstory with the American History Guys, a weekly public radio program and podcast. His course Age of Jefferson explores his area of expertise.