Principal Historian

Jay T. Harrison, Ph.D., studied early American, colonial Latin American, and late medieval history at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. where he received both the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. An experienced program director and analyst in industry and government consulting, he has served as a museum, archive, and research library director and a tenured history professor since becoming a full-time historian. He is a member of the faculty at the Rhode Island School of Design, and serves as a part-time section professor at the Gilder Lehrman Institute Master’s Program in American history hosted by Gettysburg College.  Dr. Harrison is HHC’s practice lead and directs all projects under contract with our firm.

Our practice employs active historians in each project.  Our historians are current full and part-time faculty members of U.S. and U.K. universities, working archivists and museum professionals, and retired historians on whose expertise we draw for projects large and small.