Dr Mark Shanahan
Lecturer in Politics and International Relations
Department of Politics and International Relations
University of Reading
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr. Mark Shanahan is currently working as a Lecturer in Politics and International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Reading , United Kingdom. Responsibilities: Convenor of PO3UKP - UK Politics; PO3PAR & PIM84 - Parliamentary Studies; Co-convenor PO3TMP - Media & Politics, including The Politics Show on Junction 11 Radio. DTL, responsible for Politics and International Relations provision of teaching and student learning practice. Areas of Interest: New developments in T&L pedagogy, especially the use of social media; US government and the celebritisation of American political culture from Eisenhower to Trump (and beyond); the role of Parliament in UK government.
Research Interest
Areas of Interest: New developments in T&L pedagogy, especially the use of social media; US government and the celebritisation of American political culture from Eisenhower to Trump (and beyond); the role of Parliament in UK government.
Publications
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2012 The 240,000 mile cul de sac - how Kennedy won the moon race but got lost in space - 49th Parallel, Issue 27, Winter 2012 -
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2015 'Pursuing the Parallel Track', chapter in The Eisenhower Presidency, Edited by A.J. Polsky, Lexington Books, Lanham, Maryland.
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2016 (forthcoming) Eisenhower at the Dawn of the Space Age (monograph), Lexington Books, Lanham, Maryland
