Megan Vaughan

Megan Vaughan, FBA, FRHistS is a British historian and academic, who specialises in the history of East and Central Africa.

[3] Since October 2015, she has been Professor of African History and Health at the Institute of Advanced Studies, University College London.

[4][5] In 1995, Vaughan and Henrietta Moore were awarded the Herskovits Prize by the African Studies Association for their book Cutting Down Trees: Gender, Nutrition, and Agricultural Change in the Northern Province of Zambia, 1890-1990.

[6] In 2006, she was awarded the Heggoy Prize for French Colonial History by the French Colonial Historical Society for her book Creating the Creole Island: Slavery in Eighteenth-century Mauritius.

[5] On 17 July 2015, she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters (DLitt) degree by the University of Kent "in recognition of her contribution to the study of world history".