Scott L. Waugh (born April 27, 1948) is an American historian and academic administrator. He is professor of history at the

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(UCLA), where he also served as executive vice chancellor and provost. He was an early supporter of Chicano Studies at UCLA. He is the author of two widely reviewed books about the Middle Ages, and the co-editor of a third book.

Early life

Waugh graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history in 1970. He was awarded a PhD in history from the

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in 1975.

Career

Waugh joined the department of history at UCLA in 1975. He is professor of history. He is the author of two books about the Middle Ages in England. His first book, ''The Lordship of England: Royal Wardships and Marriages in English Society and Politics, 1217-1327'', published in 1988, was reviewed by

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''. His second book, ''England in the Reign of Edward III'', published in 1991, was reviewed by Professor Ruth Mazo Karras of the

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'', by Ian Dawson in ''Teaching History'', by James W. Alexander in ''Speculum'', by Professor Stephen H. Rigby of the

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'', by Professor Robert C. Stacey of the

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in ''Historische Zeitschrift'', and by Simon Walker in ''The English Historical Review''. With Peter D. Diehl, Waugh co-edited ''Christendom and Its Discontents: Exclusion, Persecution, and Rebellion, 1000-1500'' in 1996. The book was reviewed by Professor Glenn W. Olsen of the

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''. Waugh served as the dean of the Division of Social Sciences from 1992 to 2006. He was a "key negotiator" during the 1993 hunger strike at UCLA, when students demanded that Chicano Studies be added to the syllabus, and he established the discipline on campus. Waugh went on to serve as acting executive vice chancellor and provost from 2006 to 2008. He served as executive vice chancellor and provost from December 1, 2008 until 2019.

Works

Books

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Articles

* * 'The Origins of the Articles of the Escheat', ''Thirteenth Century V,'' ed.P.R. Coss and S.D. Lloyd (Woodbridge, 2006).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Waugh, Scott L. Living people University of California, Los Angeles alumni Alumni of the University of London University of California, Los Angeles faculty American medievalists 1948 births Historians from California