Ward E.Y. Elliott, Ph.D.

Burnet C. Wohlford Professor Emeritus of American Political Institutions

Department

Government

Areas of Expertise

American Constitutionalism
American Politics
Constitutional Law
Economic Incentives
Government and the Environment
Immigration Policy
Population Policy
Representation
Shakespeare Authorship
Smog Policy
Supreme Court
Voting Rights

Biography

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. Emeritus 2014.

Teaching Interests

Public Law; Public Policy; Shakespeare Authorship; Representation; Population; Transportation; Air Pollution

Research Interests

Public Law; Public Policy; Shakespeare Authorship; Representation; Population; Transportation; Air Pollution

Education

A.B., M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University; LL.B., University of Virginia

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

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. Elliot and Robert J. Valenza 

“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).

“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)

“And Then There Were None: Winnowing the Shakespeare Claimants,” January 1996. With Robert J. Valenza. Summary of 1992-94 Shakespeare Clinics' final report, 30 Computers and the Humanities 191 (April 1996)

The Rise of Guardian Democracy; The Supreme Court's Role in Voting Rights Disputes, 1845-1969

“Greenbacks Über Gridlock: REACH Task Force Shows L.A. How to Save Billions in Smog and Congestion Costs.” 3 Planning and Markets, Issue 1, October 2000