Expert Source: Michael Flamm, Ph.D.

As chair of Ohio Wesleyan’s history department, Michael Flamm, Ph.D., is an expert in modern U.S. political history and the 1960s. He is the author of numerous history-related books, including “Law and Order: Street Crime, Civil Unrest, and the Crisis of Liberalism in the 1960s” and “Debating the 1960s.”

Education:

• B.A., Harvard University
• M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University

Areas of Expertise:

• Modern U.S. political history
• 1960s
• Conservative movement
• Urban riots
• Crime/police

Selected Publications:

• “The Chicago Handbook for Teachers” (University of Chicago Press, 1999)
• “Law and Order: Street Crime, Civil Unrest, and the Crisis of Liberalism in the 1960s” (Columbia University Press, 2005)
• Debating the 1960s (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007)
• “In the Heat of the Summer”