Michael Brooks (born March 1, 1964) is an American historian and investigative journalist. Brooks earned his PhD at the University of Toledo.

Journalism

As a journalist he wrote for the ''

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'', which ceased publication in 2015, 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. 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

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, Spanish and Portuguese.

Academia

As an academic, Brooks teaches at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. He has also taught at the University of Toledo, Wayne State University,

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and

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. As a historian, Brooks has research interests in epidemiological history, the history of hate groups, and Ohio history. In 2007, Brooks was awarded a three-year research fellowship by the University of Toledo, 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 ''Natives and Newcomers: Great Lakes Peoples'' (2010).University of Toledo biography of Brooks
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in Northwest Ohio. This work resulted in the publication of his book, ''The Ku Klux Klan in Wood County, Ohio'' (2014). In 2021, Brooks published his second book, co-authored with

Bob Fitrakis Robert Fitrakis (born November 29, 1955) is an American lawyer, political author, political candidate, and Professor of Political Science in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Department at Columbus State Community College. He has been the edit ...

, a study of white supremacy and hate groups in Ohio.

Bibliography

* Brooks, Michael E. ''The Ku Klux Klan in Wood County''. The History Press, 2014. * Brooks, Michael E. and Fitrakis, Robert. ''A History of Hate in Ohio: Then and Now''. Ohio State University Press, 2021.

References and notes

External links

Brooks's blog

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