Dr William Sheward 

Programme Leader, Politics and Global Studies  

Arts/ Business Law and Sport  

Email:

William.Sheward@winchester.ac.uk 

Phone:

+44 (0) 1962 827022 

Address:

Biography

• MScUS Politics and Contemporary History (Merit)University of London (2008)
• PhDPopulism in the White Southern Democratic Party with Reference to Alabama and Mississippi University of Southampton (2001)
• MAUnited States Studies (Merit) University of London (1990)
• PGCEHistory with English (Pass) University of Newcastle upon Tyne (1989)
• BA HonsAmerican History and Politics (2:1) University of East Anglia, Norwich (1988)

Expertise

Contemporary American Politics and Political History

• BBC Radio 4 PM (2002) on slavery reparations proposals
• Radio Netherlands (2004 x 2) on US intelligence reforms post-9/11
• BBC World Service (2004) ditto
• BBC Wales (2006) on US mid-term elections
• BBC 1 Breakfast (2004) on Democratic Party Convention
• Newspaper and (2008) on George W. Bush’s trip to Europe
• Daily Telegraph (2008), Interviewed by Damien McElroy on US Primary Elections

Politics and Society of the American South

Conservatism

United States Foreign Policy

Contemporary US politics and US foreign policy

Publications

• Jane’s Sentinel, US Security Assessments chapters in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,2008 editions.
• Foreign Report ‘CAFTA Spells Free Trade Clash,’ ‘US Republicans Look Beyond Bush,’ ‘Hurricane Katrina’s Economic Effect,’ ‘Heightened Tensions on US-Mexico Border (2005), ‘Bush Starts to Quack’ (2006), ‘Fighting talk from US presidential hopefuls,’ ‘US Republicans Talking About Their Generation’ (2007), ‘Prospects For Foreign Policy Under President Obama,’ (2008)
• Islamic Affairs Analyst, ‘Islam Suffers From Worsening Image Crisis in US,’ ‘Conceiving Islamo-fascism.’ (2006)

Research Interests

American Studies:

• Introduction to American Studies
• Native America
• American Modernity 1877-1940
• Class, Race and Region in US
• American Spiritualities
• Sport and Celebrity in American Life, Liberty and Extremism.

Politics and Global Studies:

• Introduction to Politics and Global Studies
• Introduction to Politics and Political Philosophy
• US Foreign Policy 
• Institutions and Concepts
• The ‘War on Terror’ and ‘The Axis of Evil,’
• Case Study in Political Philosophy : Conservatism

Current MPhil/PhD Supervision

• Graham Spencer - The Discourse of Freedom in the Bush Administration (ARTS) - viva due April 2011
• Peter Male - The Death Penalty in the USA (ARTS) - begun AY 2010-11
• Kevin Blachford - Nuclear Deterrence Theory (BLS) - begun AY 2010-11
   

Funding Awards and Professional Membership

• British Association of American Studies
• Politics Association