Wilmington University recently acknowledged Mike Dixon’s work as a scholar-practitioner with a promotion to Adjunct Assistant Professor. Promotion in academic rank takes into consideration the quality of classroom engagement and scholarly contributions to the professor’s discipline. He teaches history and humanities courses in the University’s College of Arts and Sciences.
Mike focuses on social history and community studies in his public practice. For over four decades, he has worked to encourage public interest and participation in the preservation of the past while creating understanding between earlier eras and the present. He has appeared on the TodayShow, Maryland Public Television, the BBC, National Geographic Chanel, and National Public Radio shows.
