Professor Vaughn James is the Judge Robert H. Bean Professor at Texas Tech University School of Law. He began his teaching career (in 1977) as an elementary school teacher. Since then, he has taught at high school, college, graduate school and law school. He has also held administrative positions including assistant high school principal, acting high school principal, and director of an adult education program. In legal education, apart from teaching at Texas Tech University School of Law, he has taught at Syracuse University College of Law, University of Tennessee College of Law, Southern Illinois University School of Law, and Thurgood Marshall School of Law.  Prof. James is visually impaired.