Hollis Micheal Tarver Denova (born 1958) is an author, historian, and university professor, with a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Bowling Green State University. Tarver is the son of Rosemary Tarver (née Rosemary Lucille Denova, 1937–1999) and Cecil Donald Tarver, Sr. (b. 1933).

In addition to being an alumnus of Bowling Green State University and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Tarver is a graduate of the United States Army Military Police School. Tarver is the immediate-past editor of the World History Bulletin for the World History Association. 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 was a 1998–99 Fulbright Senior Scholar to Venezuela, a 2001–03 Fulbright Alumni Initiative Award recipient, a 2004 Fulbright-Hays Award for Advanced Study in China participant, and a 2007–08 Fulbright-Hays Award recipient for Advanced Study in Mexico.

Among Tarver's awards and fellowships are a 2001–02 Fellowship from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, a 2002 Special Humanities Award from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, and 2007 Faculty Excellence Award for Scholarship from Arkansas Tech University. He is a former Chairman of the Gran Colombian Studies Committee of the Conference on Latin American History and past President of the Southeast World History Association.

Tarver currently (2021) serves as Chairman of the Arkansas History Commission and the Arkansas Historical Records Advisory Board. Tarver was appointed by Governor Asa Hutchinson for a term that expires in January 2025.