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Dr. Michael Durfee serves as an Associate Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences at Niagara University, specializing in modern U.S. history with emphases on carceral systems and social justice movements.
His educational credentials include:
- Ph.D. in History, SUNY Buffalo (2015)
- M.A. in History, SUNY Buffalo (2010)
- M.A. in Teaching, Lewis and Clark College (2007)
- B.A. in History, SUNY Buffalo (2006)
Dr. Durfee's research critically examines the Crack Era's political landscape, analyzing grassroots responses to federal drug policies through frameworks of media representation, police-community relations, and racial politics. His dissertation "Crack Era Reform: A Brief History of Crack and the Rise of the Carceral State, 1985-1992" establishes foundational work on how the Anti-Drug Abuse Acts accelerated mass incarceration. As a Contributing Editor for Points: The Blog of the Alcohol and Drugs History Society, he connects historical scholarship to contemporary drug policy discourse.
His active professional memberships span the American Historical Association, Urban History Association, and Alcohol and Drugs History Society, reflecting interdisciplinary engagement with systemic inequality.
