Michael Giese

Assistant Registrar for Academic Services
Office of University Registrar

• A two-time graduate of American University (M.A., History, 2000; Ph.D., History, 2008), Michael Giese is the Assistant Registrar for Business Operations. After earning a B.A. with a double major in History and American Studies from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, Michael came to American University as a graduate student in the fall of 1997. Building on a lifelong interest in conservation and environmentalism, Michael's historical research has centered on the federal government and wildlife protection, and his dissertation was entitled "A Federal Foundation for Wildlife Conservation: A History of the National Wildlife Refuge System, 1920-1968." Michael became a staff member with the Office of the University Registrar in May 2008.

• Degrees

  B.A., University of Maryland Baltimore County; M.A., Ph.D., American University

• Favorite Spot on Campus:

  Ilene Zatkin-Butler Garden
  

  Book Currently Reading:

  Cissy: The Extraordinary Life of Eleanor Medill Patterson, by Ralph G. Martin (1979)