Justin Vaughn
Professor and Director of the Center for Applied Civic Leadership
Coastal Carolina University (SC)
Justin Vaughn is an associate professor of political science at Coastal Carolina University (SC). A scholar of American politics and culture, particularly the American presidency, he has published several books, including Czars in the White House (University of Michigan Press, 2015) and Women and the White House (University of Kentucky Press, 2012), which received the Popular Culture Association’s Susan Koppelman Award and the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association’s Peter Rollins Award. He is also the founder and co-director of the Presidential Greatness Project and co-editor of the Journal of Political Science. His work on Presidential Greatness has been mentioned by sitting presidents and covered internationally, including by the New York Times, BBC, NPR, CNN, CBS, Politico, and Newsweek. He earned his Ph.D. in political science at Texas A&M University.