Joseph Vaughan

As chief information officer and vice president of computing and information services, Joseph Vaughan leads the Office of Computing and Information Services (CIS), which provides information technology services to the Harvey Mudd College community. Since Harvey Mudd is the lead college in the Claremont Intercampus Networking Effort (CINE) and in Sakai at The Claremont Colleges, Vaughan also oversees CIS contributions in those areas.

Prior to coming to Harvey Mudd, Vaughan spent 14 years working in administration at UCLA, most recently as director/humanities CIO in the UCLA Center for Digital Humanities. He served as chief administrative officer for a number of humanities departments. Prior to working at UCLA, he was head of studies and owner of Piccadilly Idiomas, S.L., an English language school in Madrid, Spain.

Vaughan earned his C.Phil. and M.A. degrees in philosophy at UCLA and his B.A., first class honors, in philosophy and psychology at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. At Trinity College, he was twice awarded the Bernard Prize in Philosophy.