I welcome PhD proposals on a range of subjects relating to modern diplomatic and political history. I am especially interested in supervising projects that explore:

• UK and US intelligence agencies;
• Special Forces;
• Government Secrecy;
• Whistleblowers;
• Anglo-American Relations;
• Presidents;
• Prime Ministers;
• the Cold War;
• the Vietnam War.

I take particular pride in helping my PhD students to publish journal articles during their doctoral studies, as well as to secure book contracts upon completion.

All of my completed PhD students have gone on to secure early career fellowships and/or permanent jobs.

PhDs Completed (10):

October 2024: Ronan Mainprize, 'A World of Trouble: Lyndon Johnson, the CIA and the Global Cold War', PAIS Scholarship.

January 2023: Mujdat Er, 'The Heath Government and the Troubles: Intelligence and National Security Policy in Northern Ireland, 1970-1974', Warwick Chancellor's Scholarship.

December 2023: Emma Hall, 'Textbook Exceptionalism: The (Re)Production of American Exceptionalism in the American Education System', PAIS Scholarship.

December 2023: Dr Ivy Yang, 'The EU and Artificial Intelligence: Global Positioning between the United States and China', Warwick Chancellor's Scholarship.

December 2020: Dr Julian Schmid, 'Warning! Contains Spoilers: Reading Post-9/11 US Security Discourses through Superhero Films', Self-funded.

December 2019: Dr Jason Dymydiuk, 'Filling the Information Void: GCHQ, NSA and Investigative Journalism, 1971-2012', ESRC Funded.

May 2019: Dr Melina Dobson, 'Unauthorised Disclosures: US National Security Whistleblowers and Leakers, 1970-2017', PAIS Scholarship.

January 2019: Dr Dee Dutta, 'Countdown to Catastrophe: Clinton, the CIA and the Spectre of Terrorism, 1992-2001', ESRC Funded.

June 2017: Dr Jules Gaspard, 'From the Revolutionary Era to the Progressive Era: The Origins and Expansion of Counter-Espionage in the US', Warwick Chancellor's Scholarship.

June 2016: Dr Nikita Shah, 'Secret Towns: British Intelligence in Asia during the Cold War', ESRC funded.

PhDs Ongoing (1):

Chase Johnson, 'Improving Intelligence Oversight through Artificial Intelligence'.