Specialist Subjects: The US "War on Drugs," The UN and International Drugs Policy, US Foreign Policy, US Politics and Government, Surveillance and Urban AmericaThe US "War on Drugs," The UN and International Drugs Policy, US Foreign Policy, US Politics and Government, Surveillance and Urban America
With an undergraduate degree in American Studies and Geography, David received his doctorate on “The United States and International Drug Control” from the University of Wales in 1996. He was appointed as a lecturer at Swansea University in 2000 and has been a visiting lecturer at a number of Universities in the US, including the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. In the spring of 2006, he was a Visiting Scholar at the Australian Health Policy Institute at the University of Sydney. David is currently on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Drug Policy and the Human Rights Journal. He is also member of the International Advisory Committee of the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug policy and a technical Advisor to the International Centre for Science in Drug Policy.
Current Research
David is currently engaged in a number of projects relating to various aspects of drug policy. He is completing a major research monograph provisionally titled ‘Towards a Drug Free World? International Drug Control, 1998-2009.’ The J. Paul Getty Jr. Charitable Trust funded the latter stages of this project. David is also working on the issue of policy transfer in relation to drug control policies in both Colombia and Afghanistan.
Selected Recent Publications
Selected research awards, fellowships, & prizes
PhD/MPhil Supervision
David currently supervises students exploring a range of topics including American cultural identities and representations in post 9/11 television fictions and various aspects of international drug control policy. Enquiries are welcome from strong candidates interested in any of his research areas.
Administrative Duties
Department: Member of PCS Programme Coordinating Committee.
College of Arts and Humanities: International College Wales Swansea (ICWS) student coordinator.
College of Arts and Humanities: Member of Internationalization Strategy Group

BSc.Econ., PhD. (Wales)
American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities
Swansea
TEL: +44 (0) 1792 205678 ext. 4291
FAX: +44 (0) 1792 295719
E-MAIL: d.r.taylor@swansea.ac.uk
AM-112: The Contours of American Politics
AM-232: Issues in American Politics
AM-320: Drug War USA: The Politics of Prohibition
SSNM01: The Policy Process
AMX317 Internship IV
AMX318 Internship V