Ben Vinson III

Ben Vinson III is the President of Howard University in Washington, D.C. He was the Provost and Executive Vice President of Case Western Reserve University and Dean of Arts and Sciences at George Washington University, and has also held faculty positions at Johns Hopkins University, Penn State University, and Barnard College. He is currently the President-Elect of the American Historical Association. He was the past President of the Conference of Latin American History and former Chairman of...See more

Ben Vinson III is the President of Howard University in Washington, D.C. He was the Provost and Executive Vice President of Case Western Reserve University and Dean of Arts and Sciences at George Washington University, and has also held faculty positions at Johns Hopkins University, Penn State University, and Barnard College. He is currently the President-Elect of the American Historical Association. He was the past President of the Conference of Latin American History and former Chairman of Board for the National Humanities Center. He is known primarily for his work on the African Diaspora and the African presence in Mexico. See less