Matthew Lasar

Matthew Lasar was raised in coastal New Jersey and Manhattan during the 1960s, where a lecture about Richard Nixon's alleged involvement in JFK's assassination sparked his interest in evidence gathering. He earned a BA from the City College of New York, an MA in history from UC Davis, and a PhD from Claremont Graduate School. Lasar has authored three books on community media and currently teaches courses on conspiracy theories, the Cold War, and the FBI at UC Santa Cruz. He resides in San Francisco with his spouse, Sharon Wood, and their cats, Dora and Molly.