Steven Laurence Danver (born October 17, 1967 in Orange County, California)[1] is an American historian.
He is Managing Editor of the Journal of the West and has taught widely and written numerous influential works on the history of the Western United States, Native Americans, environmental policy and other subjects.
He is currently Dean of Arts & Sciences at Peninsula College in Port Angeles, Washington.
During 2022-24, he was Assistant Dean for Instruction at Columbia Basin College in Pasco, Washington.
In 2013, Danver was given the Best of Reference Award by Library Journal for his book Native Peoples of the World, and the Outstanding Academic Title from the American Library Association for his work Encyclopedia of Water Politics and Policy in the United States.