Recent Progress in Hadron Spectroscopy and the Path to the EIC

The past two decades have seen a renaisance in hadron spectroscopy, with the identification of dozens of new particles - from expected states, to those beyond the quark model, with more than three quarks or gluonic degrees of freedom contributing to their properties. These discoveries have been driven by new, high-quality data generated by high-luminosity accelerators from a few GeV to multi-TeV in energy, as well as improvements in our theoretical understanding of QCD and these reactions. Now, the challenge is to determine the details of the interactions that lead to the hadrons that we observe. In this talk, I will review some of the recent experimental progress in hadron spectroscopy, particularly coming from experiments at Jefferson Lab, and discuss the prospects from upcoming experiments, particularly those planned for the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC).