Dr Kevin Yuill
PhD, MPhil
Senior Lecturer
Location:
Priestman Building, City Campus
Phone: 0191 5152206 / 3192 / 2395 / 2201
Email:
kevin.yuill@sunderland.ac.uk
Teaching Areas
American History, History, American Studies
Research Interests
My current research centres on the 1924 National Origins Act, the intellectual history of race relations in the United States, American immigration policy in the early 20th century, and the development of American culture and politics between the wars. I hope to complete a book on the National Origins Act by the end of this year.
Previously, I worked on the intellectual history of affirmative action, African-American history, the civil rights movement, federal policy on civil rights during the Nixon and Johnson administrations, and the history of post-war liberalism.
I also maintain an interest in current American political and cultural issues and have published journalistic articles in publications such as the spectator (UK), the London Standard, the Canadian National Post, and the Tablet on the Obama election, assisted suicide, gun controls and American politics.
Selected Publications
'Another Take on the Nixon Presidency: Richard Nixon, Drugs, Affirmative Action and the Silent Majority', Journal of Policy History (Spring 2009)
'Creating an American Music: Fakery and Strictly American Music', reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture (Vol.9, No.1, 2008) http://reconstruction.eserver.org/084/yuill2.shtml
'Creating an American Music: A Critical View of the Origins of Country: Part 1', Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture (Vol.8, No.4, 2008) http://reconstruction.eserver.org/084/yuill.shtml
Richard Nixon and the Rise of Affirmation Action: The Pursuit of Racial Equality in an Era of Limits (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2006)
'In the Wake of Terry Schiavo, the Real Slippery Slope', Journal of Cancer Pain and Symptoms Palliation, Vol.1, Iss.2 (2005)
'The 1966 White House Conference on Civil Rights', The Historical Journal, Vol.41, No.1 (March 1998)
