As teacher at CSUB of Bakersfield, California, he had a productive life, contributing to the success of many students in art, notably by bringing them to love Shakespeare, theater and literature. Flachmann had a particular expertise in Shakespeare's work. For over 25 years, he work as dramaturg at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, founded in 1988. His family report that, in 2013, he even placed his motorized home in his Camp Shakespeare Program on the 25th anniversary of the Festival for better coordinating. Flachmann was an enthusiastic coach in tennis and judo. For years, he acted as an assistant coach to the CSUB Women's Tennis team. Beyond his coaching for female athletes, he spent a lot of time coaching them on how to reach both their personal and professional goals. In addition to his athletic prowess in judo, he acted as a guide for the academic progress of his students.
Rewards
In 1993, Michael Flachmann was awarded the CSU Outstanding Professor award.
Shakespeare in Performance: Inside the Creative Process, by Professor Michael Flachmann PhD, May 30, 2011.
;Prose readers
The Brief Prose Reader: Essays for Thinking, Reading, and Writing
by Kim Flachmann, Michael Flachmann, et al., Dec 6, 2002.
Prose Reader and TFC Swatch Kit, by Kim Flachmann and Michael Flachmann, May 11, 2012.
The Prose Reader: Essays for Thinking, Reading and Writing, MLA Update, by Kim Flachmann and Michael Flachmann, Feb 9, 2017.
Revel for The Prose Reader: Essays for Thinking, Reading and Writing - Access Card, Kim Flachmann and Michael Flachmann, February 11th, 2019.
;Nexus
Nexus & Mycomplab New Sac, by Kim Flachmann and Michael Flachmann, Dec 23, 2011.
Nexus: A Rhetorical Reader for Writers , Kim Flachmann and Michael Flachmann, January 11th, 2014.
Accelerated Learning Workbook for Nexus: A Rhetorical Reader for Writers
by Kim Flachmann and Michael Flachmann, Jul 20, 2014. ;Others
Companion Website - Flachmann, by Michael Flachmann, Sep 30, 2003.
Journal of the Wooden O Symposium 2007, by Sanner Garofalo Stephanie Chamberlain, Miranda Giles, Francois-Xavier Gleyzon, Becky Kemper, Chikako D. Mumamoto, Jean Reid Norman, John M. Sullivan, Michael Flachmann, Jan 1, 2007.
Reader's Choice: Essays and Stories, Canadian Edition, by Kim Flachmann, Michael Flachmann, et al., May 15, 2002.
