Jon Parrish Peede


Jon Parrish Peede is an American book editor and literary review publisher, currently serving as the chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Early life

Jon Parrish Peede was born in Mississippi, and he grew up in Brandon, Mississippi. His father was Dr Robert Louis Peede Sr and his mother, Mary Ann Parrish. He has three brothers.
Peede graduated from Vanderbilt University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in English. He attended the University of Mississippi, where one of his professors was William R. Ferris, and he earned a master's degree in Southern Studies.

Career

Peede was a book editor for the Mercer University Press from 1994 to 1996. He worked for the National Endowment for the Arts from 2003 to 2011. He was the publisher of the Virginia Quarterly Review from 2011 to 2016.
When William Drea Adams resigned as the chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities in May 2017, Peede became "the Trump administration’s new liaison to the N.E.H.". As acting chair in October 2017, he warned that President Donald J. Trump had asked him to reduce the budget. In March 2018, Peede was nominated by President Trump to become the new chair of the N.E.H. He was confirmed in April 2018.
Peede is the co-editor of a book about Flannery O'Connor.

Personal life

Peede has a wife and a daughter.

Works