Ward E.Y. Elliott, Ph.D.

Taught government at CMC since 1968. Former President of Coalition for Clean Air, member of smog, transportation task forces. Founder and co-director Claremont Shakespeare Clinic.

Areas of Expertise

AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONALISM, SHAKESPEARIAN WORKS, AUTHORSHIP OF , Shakespeare Authorship, Smog Policy, American Politics, Economic Incentives, Government and the Environment, Immigration Policy, American Constitutionalism, Constitutional Law, Population Policy, Representation, Smog Policy, Supreme Court, Voting Rights

Selected Research and Publications

• OXFORD BY THE NUMBERS: WHAT ARE THE ODDS THAT THE EARL OF OXFORD COULD HAVE WRITTEN SHAKESPEARE’S POEMS AND PLAYS? WARD E.Y. ELLIOTT AND ROBERT J. VALENZA*
• “The Shakespeare Clinic and the Oxfordians – a Retrospective” with Robert J. Valenza, 12 The Oxfordian 138-67
• “Shakespeare’s Vocabulary: Did it Dwarf all Others?” chapter in Mireille Ravassat and Jonathan Culpeper, eds., Stylistics and Shakespeare's Language - Transdisciplinary Approaches (London: Continuum Press, 2011).
• Two Tough Nuts to Crack: Did Shakespeare Write the “Shakespeare” Portions of Sir Thomas More and Edward III ? By Ward E. Y. Elliott and Robert J. Valenza
• “Glass Slippers and Seven-League Boots: C-Prompted Doubts About Ascribing A Funeral Elegy and A Lover's Complaint to Shakespeare.” With Robert J. Valenza. 48 Shakespeare Quarterly 177 (June 1997)

Selected Awards and Affiliations

• Distinguished Civilian Service Medal, 1973
• Roy C. Crocker Prize for Merit, Claremont McKenna College, 1984
• Honorary Member CMC Class of 1974
• Presidential Award for Merit, Claremont McKenna College, 1999