Seneca Vaught

Seneca Vaught is Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and History at Kennesaw State University. His teaching and research specializations focus on global intersections of race, culture, and policy. His research and teaching agenda in these themes have underscored the use of applied historical methods and engaged interdisciplinary intersections in grassroots policy, organizational development, cultural diplomacy, and anti-racist pedagogy.

His most recent book (co-authored with Tara Jabbaar-Gyambrah), Is College a Lousy Investment?: Negotiating the Hidden Cost of Higher Education, applies interdisciplinary insights to analyze how the promotion of education merely as a commodity come at a high price for the individual and society. The book discusses how the popular idea of 'investment in a college degree' came to be and how students and educators can engage a broader, more holistic, and financially responsible role for higher education.

He has published book chapters and numerous articles in Souls, Spectrum, Groundings, Phylon, and Afro-Americans in New York Life and History and won numerous awards for teaching, community engagement, and applied historical research. Most recently, he was awarded the John B. Muir Editor Award by the National Association for College Admission Counseling and the Williams Wells Brown Award for accomplishments in these areas.

Vaught has formerly served as editor of Afro-Americans in New York Life and History, commissioner for the New York Underground Railroad Heritage Corridor, senior fellow of information and technology at the Africana Cultures and Policy Studies Institute, and interned at TransAfrica Forum.