Michael Brooks (historian and journalist)
Michael Brooks (born March 1, 1964) is an American historian and investigative journalist. Brooks has a Ph.D. from the University of Toledo.
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[edit] Journalism
As a journalist he currently writes for the Toledo Free Press, and his work has been published in a variety of local, regional, and national periodicals.
Brooks won Touchstone Awards in 2004 and 2005 for best news articles in a non-daily periodical, awarded by the Toledo Press Club.[1] He was also awarded an Ohio Newspaper Association award in 2005 for his coverage of conditions at the Toledo Jeep facility, which has been translated into German, Spanish, and Portuguese versions.
[edit] Academia
As an academic Brooks currently teaches at Bowling Green State University[2] in Bowling Green, Ohio, and he has also taught at the University of Toledo, Wayne State University, Monroe County Community College, Owens Community College, and Lourdes College. As a historian Brooks has research interests in epidemiological history, European expansion, and Central Asian history.
In 2007 Brooks was awarded a three-year research fellowship by the University of Toledo,[3] which allowed him to travel to European archives. His work has been published in a variety of peer-reviewed journals, and he has contributed chapters to several academic texts, including the forthcoming Natives and Newcomers: Great Lakes Peoples (2010). [4]
