George Michael

Biography

Dr. George Michael joined the criminal justice faculty in the spring of 2013.  Previously, he was an associate professor of nuclear counter-proliferation and deterrence theory at the Air War College in Montgomery, Alabama. He teaches courses in terrorism, homeland security, and organized crime. He is the author of seven books: Confronting Right-Wing Extremism and Terrorism in the USA (Routledge, 2003), The Enemy of my Enemy: The Alarming Convergence of Militant Islam and the Extreme Right (University Press of Kansas, 2006), Willis Carto and the American Far Right (University Press of Florida, 2008), Theology of Hate: A History of the World Church of the Creator (University Press of Florida, 2009), Lone Wolf Terror and the Rise of Leaderless Resistance (Vanderbilt University Press, 2012), Extremism in America (editor) (University Press of Florida, 2014), and Preparing for Contact: When Humans and Extraterrestrials Finally Meet, (RVP Press, 2014).

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Education

  • Ph.D., Public Policy, George Mason University
  • M.A., Politic Science, Temple University
  • B.S., Economics, Widener University

Courses Taught

  •  Terrorism

  • Homeland Security

  • Organized Crime

Publications

Confronting Right-Wing Extremism and Terrorism in the USA (Routledge, 2003)
The Enemy of my Enemy: The Alarming Convergence of Militant Islam and the Extreme Right (University Press of Kansas, 2006)
Willis Carto and the American Far Right (University Press of Florida, 2008)
Theology of Hate: A History of the World Church of the Creator (University Press of Florida, 2009)
Lone Wolf Terror and the Rise of Leaderless Resistance (Vanderbilt University Press, 2012)
Extremism in America (editor) (University Press of Florida, 2014)
Preparing for Contact: When Humans and Extraterrestrials Finally Meet, (RVP Press, 2014)