Alan Taylor gained his joint hons degree in American Studies and English Literature from Keele University. Since his later graduation from the Department of Educational Studies, the University of Oxford, he has held managerial, teaching and lecturing posts in Literature, Media Production and Film Studies in the UK. Through KINOWORDS, these have extended to include Guest Lectureship programmes at the University of Mainz, the Department of Mass Communication of the New Bulgarian University, and the John F. Kennedy Institute of North American Studies of the Free University of Berlin. He is recent book author of both `Jacobean Visions: Webster, Hitchcock & Google Culture` & `We, the media...` «...a very thorough, penetrating study that furnishes a valuable perspective into the American media system.» Art Silverblatt, St. Louis (MO). As or Fall 2009 he will be Associate Professor Drama & Film at Tshwane University, South Africa
