About David Coates
Since 1999 I have held the Worrell chair in Anglo-American Studies at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. Before that I directed the International Centre for Labour Studies, and was Professor of Government, at the University of Manchester in the UK. I live on the outskirts of Winston-Salem with my wife and teenage son.
American Media Group Prize
In June 2009 The New American Media Group awarded the Ethnic Media Award in the Commentary/Editorial (In-Language) category to an op-ed piece entitled “Qué Pasa Supports Barack Obama’s Candidacy,” written jointly with Peter Siavelis and Alejandro Manrique.
Read the press release. More details at http://expo.newamericamedia.org/
British Politics Prize
In December 2008, the article “Darling, it’s entirely my fault: Gordon Brown’s legacy to Alistair and to himself,” was named the best article in British Politics published in 2008.