• Post-Graduate coursework in Educational Psychology at University of Missouri-Kansas City (2000)
• Masters of Fine Arts at Eastern Washington University (1985)
• Graduate coursework in English and Semiotics at the University of Washington (1980 - 81)
• Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and English at Gonzaga University (1980)

As some readers have noted, Michael's career has not exactly followed the path established by his academic coursework.  He has become a philosopher and therapist specializing in gender studies, and he has developed a brain-based philosophy.  He has innovated in these areas with academic rigor, during over two decades of studying brain research, and in team-based wisdom-of-practice research through the Gurian Institute.  For more information about Michael's somewhat unorthodox development into this field, you might enjoy parts of his personal story at the beginning of THE WONDER OF BOYS or THE MINDS OF BOYS.