- Professor in U.S. Politics and U.S. Foreign Relations, United States Studies Centre,, University of Sydney
Brendon joined the United States Studies Centre in 2009. He was previously with the Department of Politics and Public Policy at Griffith University.
Brendon was a visiting fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Centre in Washington DC in 2008 and 2015 and in 2006 he was a Fulbright Fellow at Georgetown University. He is the editor of seven books on anti-Americanism and has also published articles and books on American welfare policy, presidential politics, US foreign policy, and Australian-American relations. He has taught courses on American domestic politics and foreign affairs, and supervised theses on a variety of topics such as anti-Americanism, neoconservatism, the Iraq War and presidential politics. His two latest books are Anti-Americanism and American Exceptionalism: Prejudice and Pride about the USA and Ideologies of American Foreign Policy (co-authored with John Callaghan and Mark Phythian).
Experience
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2022–presentProfessor of US Politics , University of Sydney
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2008–presentAssociate professor, University of Sydney
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2003–2008Lecturer to Associate Professor, Griffith University
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2002–2003Lecturer, Flinders University
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1999–2001Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer, University of Queensland
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1998–1999Research Officer,, National Development Research Institutes New York City
Education
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2000La Trobe University, PhD in Politics
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1993Monash University, Post-Graduate Diploma of Education
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1992Monash University, Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree in Politics
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1991Victoria University, Bachelor of Commerce and Administration Political Science major and Bachelor of Arts History major)
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