Robert C. Vaughan, III

Virginia Foundation for the Humanities

President, CEO, and Founding Director

Rob Vaughan is President (CEO) and founding Director of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, and a member of the faculty of the University of Virginia’s Darden School, where he teaches in the MBA and Executive Education programs.

Rob received his B.A. from Washington and Lee University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in English from the University of Virginia. Before graduate school, he taught English, directed two choral groups, coached track, and advised the literary magazine at the Episcopal High School.

Among his publications are The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom: Its Evolution and Consequences in American History (with Merrill Peterson, Cambridge), A New Perspective: Southern Women’s Cultural History (Charlottesville), The South (with Rebecca Mark, Greenwood), and numerous articles and papers.

He has served as President of the National Humanities Alliance, Chair of the Lincoln Bicentennial Committee for Virginia, Chair of the Center for Nonprofit Excellence, Chairman of the National Federation of State Humanities Councils and numerous other boards, councils, and commissions.

The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom: Its Evolution and Consequences in American History (with Merrill Peterson, Cambridge)

A New Perspective: Southern Women’s Cultural History (Charlottesville)

The South (with Rebecca Mark, Greenwood)