Tim Kelly, Ph.D.
History/Political Science
Instructor of History and Political Science
Email: tim.kelly@westvalley.edu
SS/LA 1E
Courses Taught
HISTORY 17A - United States Survey I
HISTORY 17B - United States Survey II
HISTORY 20 - California History
POLITICS 1 - American Government
POLITICS 2 - Comparative Governments
POLITICS 3 - Intro to Political Science
POLITICS 4 - International Relations
Academic Service
Acting Chair of the WVC Global Citizenship Committee
Education
University of California, Irvine
Doctorate of Philosophy in American History
Dissertation: "Thinking the Unthinkable: Civil Defense, Nuclear Strategy, and Popular Culture in Cold War America."
Areas of Concentration: U.S. Foreign Relations and Politics; U.S. History; Asian American Studies
University of London, Institute of United States Studies
Master of Arts in United States Studies
Master's Thesis: "Rhetoric and Symbols in the Nixon Presidential Campaigns"
University of California, Irvine
Bachelor of Arts in History, Cum Laude, June 1989