Bill Bush is a Professor of History and Director of the Honors Program at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. He earned a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin in 2004, after completing a B.A. in History at the University of New Orleans (1995) and an M.A. in History at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas (1997).

His scholarly research has focused on the history of children and youth, with a focus on  juvenile justice and mental health. His major publications include two book-length studies: Who Gets a Childhood?: Race and Juvenile Justice in Twentieth-Century Texas (University of Georgia Press, 2010); and, Circuit Riders for Mental Health: The Hogg Foundation in Twentieth-Century Texas (Texas A&M University Press, 2016). In addition, he co-edited with Dr. David Tanenhaus (UNLV) Ages of Anxiety: Historical and Transnational Perspectives on Juvenile Justice (NYU Press, 2018).

Dr. Bush's current research interests include an ongoing historical study of youthful capital offenders; public history projects on the state hospitals and asylums in Texas; and, a local history of juvenile justice in San Antonio. 

Over the past 20 years, Dr. Bush has taught a range of courses in U.S. History, including the first-year survey, upper-level surveys, and topical seminars on the history of childhood and youth as well as research methods. His work in history education includes over a decade co-chairing the San Antonio Regional History Day competition.

Dr. Bush is also an experienced academic administrator who has chaired four different multidisciplinary departments over a 12-year period at A&M-San Antonio, and co-chaired the university's application team for its initial regional accreditation.