Prof Brian Ward - personal details

Role: Professor of American Studies

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Tel: 0161 275-3150

Location: Samuel Alexander Building-N1.12
School of Arts, Histories and Cultures
The University of Manchester
Manchester
M13 9PL

Websites

• School of Arts, Histories and Cultures

I received my undergraduate degree in American Studies from the University of East Anglia in 1984 and a PhD in History from the University of Cambridge in 1995. Before taking up the chair in American Studies at Manchester in May 2006, I taught in the history departments at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (1990-2000) and at the University of Florida (2000-2006), where I also served as department chair from 2003-5.

Book Awards and Distinctions:

Radio and the Struggle for Civil Rights in the South (2004).

• Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, History Division Book Award.
• American Library Association, CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award.

Media, Culture, and the Modern African American Freedom Struggle (2001).

• Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights in North America Outstanding Book Awards (Honorable Mention category).

Just My Soul Responding: Rhythm and Blues, Black Consciousness and Race Relations (1998).

• European Association for American Studies Network First Book Prize.
• Before Columbus Foundation, American Book Award.
• Organization of American Historians, James A. Rawley Prize.
• American Library Association, CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book Award.
• Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights in North America Outstanding Book Awards (Honorably Mention category).
• Association of Recorded Sound Collections, Award for Excellence (Finalist).
• New York Times, Notable Book of the Year.

Professional and Teaching Honours:

• Organization of American History, Distinguished Lecturer, 2003-present;
• University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Teacher of the Year, 2003;
• Postdoctoral Fellowship, Carter G. Woodson Center for African and Afro-American Studies, University of Virginia, 1995-6.