Last updated on: 12/23/2011 | Author: ProCon.org

Michael Schaller, PhD Biography

Title:
Regents Professor of History at the University of Arizona
Position:
None Found to the question "Should Marijuana Be a Medical Option?"
Reasoning:

No position found as of Dec. 21, 2011

Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Individuals with MDs, PhDs, JDs, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to medical marijuana. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to medical marijuana issues.
Involvement and Affiliations:
  • Regents Professor of History at the University of Arizona, 2002-present
  • Hewit Visiting Distinguished Professor of History, University of Northern Colorado, 2004
  • Anschutz International History Fellow, University of Colorado, 2004
  • Visiting Distinguished Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2004
  • Recipient, Research Professor Awards, University of Arizona Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Institute, 1995, 2001-2002
  • Recipient, University of Arizona College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Most Distinguished Teacher Award, 1998-99
  • Head, Department of History, University of Arizona, 1987-1994
  • Fellow in Policy Studies, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, University of Arizona, 1991-1992
  • Associate Dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Arizona, 1986-1987
  • Director, Undergraduate Advising, Department of History, University of Arizona, 1982-85
  • Professor, Department of History, University of Arizona, 1984
  • Associate Professor, University of Arizona, 1979-1984
  • Visiting Scholar, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, 1980-1981
  • Assistant Professor, University of Arizona, 1974-1979
Education:
  • PhD, University of Michigan , Department of History, 1974
  • Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies in Taipei, administered by Stanford University, 1972
  • MA, University of Michigan , Department of History, 1969
  • BA, State University of New York at Binghamton, 1968
Other:
  • Grants and Fellowships:
  • University of Arizona Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Institute, Research Grants, 1985, 1986, 1991, and 1992
  • National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Research Stipends, 1975, 1985, and 1992
  • Lyndon B. Johnson Foundation Research Grant, 1991
  • Eisenhower World Affairs Institute Research Grant, 1991
  • Fulbright Lecturer to the People’s Republic of China, 1983
  • John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, 1981-1982
  • National Endowment for the Humanities Senior Research Fellowship, 1980-1981
  • Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Research Grant, 1985
  • Harry S. Truman Library Research Grant, 1981 and 1985
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Foundation Grant, 1985
  • American Philosophical Society Research Grant, 1981