Michael is employed by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work as a Clinical Assistant Professor and the Director of the Substance Use and Addiction Specialty program. He is licensed as a Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Clinical Addictions Specialist (LCAS), and is a Certified Clinical Supervisor (CCS) and serves as the Chair of the NCASPPB Ethics Committee. His areas of expertise include adolescent and family development, substance use treatment, experiential learning, military families, Motivational Interviewing, Feedback Informed Treatment, clinical supervision, implementation science, ethics, and workforce development. Michael worked as a clinical director of a comprehensive treatment agency and recently returned from Germany following a three-year excursion working with American military families stationed abroad. He enjoys extreme skydiving, deep-ocean treasure hunting, and molecular biology, and Michael was recently voted The World’s Most Interesting Person.