Lecturer in American History

Contact Details

Biography

I received my BA in History from the University of Liverpool and my postgraduate study (MPhil and PhD) was undertaken at the University of Birmingham. My research and teaching interests are in twentieth century US history, with a particular focus on political and diplomatic history.

Research

• Research Interests
• Publications

PhD Supervision

Twentieth century US political and diplomatic history; the Presidency of Franklin Roosevelt, particularly World War II; the US and the Vietnam War.

Teaching

• AM1004 American History 1877 to the Present
• HS3634 The USA and Vietnam War
• HS3737/38 The Presidency of Franklin Roosevelt

I also contribute to the following team-taught courses:

• AM1006 The West
• AM2011 The City

Administrative Responsibilities

School of Historical Studies

• Course Co-ordinator for Joint Honours History and American Studies
• School Admissions Officer

Centre for American Studies

• Member of the External Relations Subcommittee (Semester 2)
  Web Officer
• Course convenor of AM1004 
• Member of the Progress Subcommittee

Most Recent Publications

Books

1. (Co-editor with Helen Laville) The US Public and American Foreign Policy (Routledge, 2010)
2. Dilemmas of Internationalism (Ashgate, 2009)

Articles and Chapters

1. ' Creating a "Democratic Foreign Policy": The State Department's Division of Public Liaison and Public Opinion, 1944-1953', Diplomatic History, Vol. 35, 3, (2011), 483-503.
2. ‘Isolationism and Internationalism in American Foreign Relations’, Journal of Transatlantic Studies, Vol. 9, 1, (2011), pp. 7-20.