Jeff Legro is University Professor at the University of Richmond where he also served as the Executive Vice President and Provost from 2017-2023. Previously, Dr. Legro was the Taylor Professor of Politics and served as Vice Provost for Global Affairs at the University of Virginia.

A specialist on international affairs, Dr. Legro is the author of numerous books and articles, including Rethinking the World: Great Power Strategies and International Order. He co-edited Shaper Nations: Strategies for a Changing World and Uncertain Times: American Foreign Policy after the Berlin Wall and 9/11.  He has researched and taught in China, India, Germany, Russia, and the United Kingdom.

He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from UCLA and his B.A. in Russian and Economics from Middlebury College. He is married to the Reverend Janet Hatfield Legro. 

Jeff Legro is a Visiting Professor at the Phelan US Centre during 2023-24.