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Matthew D. Lassiter is a Professor of History at the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA) and a Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. His research focuses on suburban politics, civil rights, public policy, and the War on Drugs in postwar America. He holds a PhD and MA in History from the University of Virginia.
Key publications include The Silent Majority: Suburban Politics in the Sunbelt South (2006), winner of the 2007 Lillian Smith Award, and The Suburban Crisis: White America and the War on Drugs (2023). His work has been featured in Journal of Urban History and republished in The Best American History Essays 2006. He co-edited The Myth of Southern Exceptionalism (2009) and The Moderates’ Dilemma (1998).
His articles analyze suburban transformation, racial politics, and the intersection of public policy with economic inequality. Recent work explores how the War on Drugs reshaped White suburban identity. He has received national recognition for his contributions to understanding suburban conservatism and civil rights history.
- Education: PhD and MA in History, University of Virginia
- Awards: 2007 Lillian Smith Award, 2024 National Award for Book on the War on Drugs
Lassiter’s research bridges political, urban, and social history, emphasizing the role of suburban communities in shaping national policies and ideologies.
