Michael Johnston Grant

Background

Michael Grant was born on April 27, 1961, in Sidney, Nebraska, United States. He is a son of Martin Grant, a farmer, and Frances Grant, a homemaker with maiden name Johnston.

Education

Michael Grant studied at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1983. Later he also earned a Master of Arts in 1993 and Ph.D. in 1999 at the University of Kansas.

Career

Michael Grant works at Kentucky Department of Agriculture, Frankfort, as an affiliate. He worked for both state and federal government agencies, acts as an instructor in history, public speaker; consultant on grant-writing. Also Grant works as a community volunteer.

Achievements

• Michael Grant is known for his work Down and out on the Family Farm. He is also a contributor to multimedia teaching curricula and Kansas History.

Works

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• book

  • Down and Out on the Family Farm

    (Down and Out on the Family Farm examines small family far...)

    2002

Politics

Michael Grant is considered to be a democrat.

Views

Michael Grant writes about agricultural history because he has a deep love for rural America and what makes it unique. In his opinion, for decades the number of farm families has decreased, and the proportion of national income and workforce related to agricultural life has declined in the United States. Grant says that the impact of farm life on national culture has receded.

Quotations: "Still, agricultural and rural America are very relevant to the nation, and I try to express and explore their importance."

Membership

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  Michael Grant is a member of the National Grant Managers Association.

  National Grant Managers Association , United States

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  Michael Grant is a member of the Phi Alpha Theta Honour Society.

  Phi Alpha Theta , United States

Interests

• Writers

  Donald Worster, Wendell Berry, Lawrence Levine, Catherine M. Stock, Richard Hofstadter, John Mack Faragher, Richard White

Connections

Father:

Martin Grant

Mother:

Frances Grant

References

• Contemporary Authors vol. 233