Hollis Micheal Tarver Denova (born 1958) is an American author, historian, and university professor emeritus, with a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Bowling Green State University.
Tarver is a Corresponding Member (USA) of the Academia Nacional de la Historia (Venezuela).
Tarver is a former dean of the College of Arts and Humanities at Arkansas Tech University.
He is also the past executive secretary of the Southeast World History Association (SEWHA).
Tarver also serves on the Editorial Board of Histories,an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal published quarterly online by MDPI.