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Shannon Michael

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Shannon Michael

Adjunct, History and Political Science

Education

M.A., Political Science, Sam Houston University, 2024
M.A., History, University of Montana, 2007
B.A., History, University of Montana, 2005

Background

Shannon Michael has taught history and political science in Olympia, Washington since 2010. She earned her MA degree in History from the University of Montana in 2007. She, her mathematician husband, and their basset hound have lived in a number of beautiful locations, but chose Washington as their permanent home for its natural environment and roguish character.

Areas of interest

History of the Mediterranean world, classical to medieval
American Constitutional history
Just war and comparative politics

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