The bulk of Michael’s research has focussed on crime, violence and witches in Scotland. He is currently working on a monograph looking at violence by the elite classes in Scotland during the 16th and 17th centuries.

Contributions to Dawson’s Community

Michael has facilitated workshops at Dawson’s Social Science Week.

Publications

• Wasser, Michael. “Scotland’s First Witch-Hunt: the Eastern Witch-Hunt of 1568-1569” Julian Goodare, ed. Scottish Witches and Witch-Hunters. New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013, pp 17-33.
• Wasser, Michael. ” The Mechanical World View and the decline of the Witch beliefs in Scotland” Julian Goodare, Lauren Martin and Joyce Miller eds. Witchcraft and Belief in Early Modern Scotland. (Basingstoke, 2008)
• Wasser, Michael. ” The Western Witch-Hunt of 1697-1700: The last major witch-hunt in Scotland”. Julian Goodare ed. The Scottish Witch-Hunt in Context. Manchester: 2002.

Education

• PhD, 1995, Columbia University
• School B