University of St. Andrews, 1976
UNDERGRADUATE
- 1972 - 1976
University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland
- 1976
MA in Modern History (First-Class Honors)
Class Medal in Modern History
Janet I. Low Prize for the best degree in History
Miller Prize for the best degree in the Faculty of Arts
POSTGRADUATE
- 1976 - 1980
University of Oxford (Brasenose College), England
(degree begun St. Andrews: transferred summer, 1977)
- 1980
Doctorate of Philosophy in the Faculty of History
Thesis: Scotland Under Cromwell: A Study in Early Modern Government
- 1989
The National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, England
Television Directors' Course
- 1995 - 1998
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
- 1998
MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry)