In May 2018 Michael obtained his PhD degree in the Arabic and Islamic Studies program. He is interested in Arabo-Islamic intellectual history, in general, particularly on the history of philosophy and theology in the “Post-Classical” period. Michael received a Master of Arts in Islamic and Near Eastern Studies from Washington University in St. Louis (2012), and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Spanish from Marist College (2007). In 2015 Michael received an M.Phil from Yale University. He has taught Classical Arabic at Yale.
Michael is an Assistant Professor at the Florida Atlantic University.