George Michael (academic)

George Joseph Michael (born January 30, 1961) is an American historian, political scientist, and writer. He is a professor of criminal justice at 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 University of Virginia's College at Wise. He studies right-wing extremism, including the relationship between militant Islam and the far-right.

He is the author of several books, including Confronting Right-Wing Extremism and Terrorism in the USA (2003), The Enemy of My Enemy (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 is the editor of the book Extremism in America (2014).