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Michael is the Project Coordinator for the Ohio Employee Ownership Center, an outreach center housed within the žž�� State Political Science Department. In that capacity he works with businesses owners looking to sell their company to their employees, provides education and training to existing employee-owned companies, and carries out research projects. In 2021 Michael received a Beyster Fellowship from the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing at Rutgers University for his dissertation. Since 2018 Michael has taught courses at žž�� State on Political Parties and Interest Groups and Urban Politics. He also developed and teaches a special topics course “Workplace Democracy”. Michael graduated with a PhD from the žž�� Department of Political Science. His research is deeply interdisciplinary and draws on literatures focused on political behavior, nonprofits, social movements, and community development.