Coy Barefoot
Director of Communications and Alumni Relations
Coy Barefoot is a Wall Street Journal and Amazon.com best-selling author. His books include Thomas Jefferson on Leadership and The Corner: A History of Student Life at the University of Virginia, which won the 2003 Nalle Prize for Outstanding History. He has written and reported for magazines and newspapers around the country as well as a long list of online publications.
Coy has also worked in radio as a producer, investigative reporter, and talk show host. He is the host and producer of "Charlottesville--Right Now," a public affairs radio program that is broadcast on NewsRadio 1070AM WINA each weekday from 4-6pm. He speaks frequently for corporations, civic groups and schools.
Coy is a graduate of the College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia where he earned his Master’s Degree in Anthropology. He lives in Albemarle County with his wife, Alison Bell, an archaeologist who teaches at Washington and Lee University, and their six-year old twins. Coy has responsibility for outreach to the Sorensen Institute's alumni and is the primary media contact.
(434) 243-2427, barefoot@virginia.edu
