George Michael (professor)
| George Michael | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 30, 1961 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | BS, MA, PhD (1992) in public policy |
| Alma mater | Widener University, Temple University, George Mason University |
| Occupation | Political scientist |
| Employer | Westfield State University |
| Known for | Research regarding the American far-right |
| Notable work | The Enemy of My Enemy: The Alarming Convergence of Militant Islam and the Extreme Right |
| Awards | University of Virginia's Outstanding Research Award |
George J. Michael (born January 30, 1961) is an American associate professor at the criminal justice faculty of Westfield State University in Massachusetts, and previously served as associate professor of nuclear counterproliferation and deterrence theory at the Air War College and as associate professor of political science and administration of justice at The University of Virginia's College at Wise. He studies right-wing extremism, including the relationship between militant Islam and the far right, and is the author of Confronting Right-Wing Extremism and Terrorism in the USA (2003), The Enemy of My Enemy: The Alarming Convergence of Militant Islam and the Extreme Right (2006), Willis Carto and the American Far Right (2008), and Theology of Hate: A History of the World Church of the Creator (2009).
Michael was born in 1961 and has a B.S. from Widener University and an M.A. from Temple University. He obtained his Ph.D. in public policy from George Mason University in 2002, where he studied under Francis Fukuyama, with a thesis entitled "The U.S. Response to Domestic Right Wing Terrorism and Extremism: A Government and NGO Partnership."
Described by The Christian Science Monitor as a political extremism expert, he was awarded the University of Virginia's "Outstanding Research Award", awarded to a faculty member who "has contributed significantly to published research in his or her discipline".
Michael is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and Pennsylvania Air National Guard. As a civilian, he did operations research for the U.S. Army.
In 2003, he authored Confronting Right-wing Extremism and Terrorism in the USA, which discussed domestic terrorists and the threats they pose to U.S. "homeland security."
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