BRIAN IRELAND is from Belfast, Northern Ireland. After graduating from the University of Ulster, Brian was accepted into the PhD Program in American Studies at the University of Hawaii. A recipient of a Centre for Asia-Pacific Exchange scholarship, conferred for academic excellence, he graduated from the University of Hawaii in December 2004. He currently teaches American History at the University of Glamorgan, UK. He has published papers on such diverse topics as war memorials, film, comic books, and the road genre, and has presented papers at conferences in Wyoming, Edinburgh and Honolulu.
