Seneca Vaught is assistant professor of African and African Diaspora history at Kennesaw State University who combines his expertise in race, policy, technology, and social entrepreneurship to address contemporary problems. He has won a teaching excellence award for his innovative and project-oriented approach to the classroom and though William Wells Brown Award for his ongoing support of African American history and community development.  His groundbreaking dissertation on the impact of jails and prisons on civil rights era leaders, tactics, strategies and outcomes framed the questions of social problems in policy terms for a young generation of scholars, activists, and community leaders seeking to use historical knowledge to address contemporary issues.  

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Vaught has interned at TransAfrica Forum and is currently a senior fellow of information and technology at the Africana Cultures and Policy Studies Institute.  He has published articles on policy and international relations between African Americans and Africans.  Recently his current work on cross-cultural collaboration in Sierra Leone, Ghana, and Benin and the Sea Islands of Georgia illustrates his unique collaborative style of research-informed ventures and transnational applications of Africana studies.