Vaughn Scribner
Vaughn Scribner
Associate Professor
Irby 105E
(501) 450-3158
My scholarship reflects my broad interests, ranging from colonial American tavern going, to the complex history of humanity鈥檚 obsession with merpeople, to early modern Britons鈥� never-ending, often-debilitating, pursuit of mastery over the natural world. I鈥檓 an award-winning author of three books鈥�Under Alien Skies: Environment, Suffering, and the Defeat of the British Military in Revolutionary America聽(UNC Press, 2024),聽Merpeople: A Human History聽(Reaktion Books, 2020), and聽Inn Civility: Urban Taverns and Early American Civil Society聽(NYU Press, 2019)鈥攊n addition to dozens of articles, book chapters, and other publications. I teaches classes on colonial and Revolutionary America, the Enlightenment, the Atlantic slave trade, and historical methods, and especially love introducing students to British history and culture through summer聽study abroad听迟谤颈辫蝉!
I attended graduate school at the University of Kansas from 2008-2013, where I met my wife, Kristen. We have embraced the 鈥渘atural state,鈥� and enjoy canoeing the Buffalo River, trying new restaurants in Little Rock, and exploring the nearly-endless trails, waterfalls, and mountains for which Arkansas is so well known. We also love traveling nationally (especially to Santa Fe, NM and New Orleans, LA) and internationally (Positano, the Scottish Highlands, Southwest Ireland, and the Virgin Islands are some favorites鈥o far).