George Michael | |
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| Born | George Joseph Michael January 30, 1961 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | BS, MA, PhD (2002) in public policy |
| Alma mater | Widener University Temple University George Mason University |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, political scientist, writer |
| 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 Joseph Michael (born January 30, 1961)[1][2] is an American historian, political scientist, and writer. He is a 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[3] 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,[4][5] 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), Theology of Hate: A History of the World Church of the Creator (2009), Lone Wolf Terror and the Rise of Leaderless Resistance (2012), and Extremism in America (editor) (2014). Professor Michael has also published research on SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) and is the author of Preparing for Contact: When Humans and Extraterrestrials Finally Meet (2014).
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- ^ "Michael, George 1961- (George J. Michael)". Contemporary Authors. Gale. 2009. Archived from the original on August 19, 2018. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
- ^ Michael, George. The New Media and the Rise of Exhortatory Terrorism. Strategic Studies Quarterly (USAF), Volume 7 Issue 1, Spring 2013
- ^ MacDonald, Nancy (July 18, 2006). "To Heil with Muslims]". Newsweek. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
- ^ Amid harsh criticisms, 'tea party' slips into the mainstream Archived February 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, The Christian Science Monitor, April 3, 2010.