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A

Major Eric D. Albright

Faculty Advisor

College

Areas of Expertise

Expeditionary Warfare School

MAGTF Air Integration, Close Air Support, Gulf War/OIF/OEF, Enhanced Leadership Studies

☏ (703) 432-0144

✉ eric.albright@usmcu.edu

Joshua Anderson

Military Faculty Advisor

Maj, USMC

College

Areas of Expertise

Expeditionary Warfare School

Air Command and Control, Philosophy,

History

☏ (703) 432-0145

✉ joshua.anderson@usmcu.edu

Anne-Louise Antonoff, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Military History

College

Areas of Expertise

Command and Staff College

History, Strategic Studies, Intelligence, Cybersecurity

☏ (703) 784-6892

✉ annelouise.antonoff@usmcu.edu

Zachariah Anthony

Military Faculty Advisor

LtCol, USMC

College

Areas of Expertise

Command and Staff College

Carrier Aviation, Europe and Eurasian Security

☏ (703) 432-5488

✉ zachariah.anthony@usmcu.edu

B

Major Blaine Ballard

Faculty Advisor

College

Areas of Expertise

Expeditionary Warfare School

 

☏ (703) 432-0147

✉ louis.ballard@usmcu.edu

Kirklin Bateman, Ph.D.

Chief Academic Officer

COL, USA (Ret.)

College

Areas of Expertise

Expeditionary Warfare School

Military and Strategic Studies, Irregular Warfare

 

☏ (703) 784-2537

✉ kirklin.bateman@usmcu.edu

Jorge Benitez, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of International Relations

College

Areas of Expertise

Command and Staff College

Alliances and International Security Organizations, NATO, European Politics, Russia, Diplomacy, Strategy, Great Power Competition

☏ (703) 784-6865

✉ jorge.benitez@usmcu.edu

Donald M. Bishop

The Donald Bren Chair of Strategic Communications 

 

College

Areas of Expertise

 

 

Marine Corps University Foundation Chairs

Public Diplomacy, Political-Military Affairs, East Asia

☏ (703)-432-4557

✉ donald.bishop@usmcu.edu

Donald F. Bittner

Professor Emeritus of Military History
LtCol, USMCR (Ret)

 

College

Areas of Expertise

 

 

Command and Staff College

General Military History, US Military History, British Military History, Marine Corps History, Research Methodology, General, Historical Amphibious Issues, History of Professional Military Education, Leadership

☏ (703) 659-3955

✉ bittnerdf@verizon.net

Major Mary Blair

Faculty Advisor

College

Areas of Expertise

Expeditionary Warfare School

Certified by the Department of Defensive Inspector General to serve as an Investigator, Credentialed to investigate military allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement

☏ (703) 432-xxxx

✉ mary.blair@usmcu.edu

Brandy Lyn G. Brown, Ph.D.

Director Leadership Communication Skills Center

Department

Areas of Expertise

Leadership Communication Skills Center

Feminist Pedagogies, Representations of Gender in popular culture, Hospitality in Writing Studies, and Cosmopolitanism

☏ (703) 784-4401

✉ brandylyn.brown@usmcu.edu

Nick Brunetti-Lihach

Curriculum Development

Maj, USMC

College

Areas of Expertise

Expeditionary Warfare School

History, Technology, Strategy

☏ (703) 784-1314

✉ Nicola.brunetti@usmcu.edu

C

Grant Campbell

Communication Instructor

College

 

Expeditionary Warfare School

 

☏ (703) 432-1374

✉ grant.campbell@usmcu.edu

Paige L. Chandler

Instructor

USMC (Ret.)

Department

Areas of Expertise

MAGTF Instructional Group

MAGTF Operations, Marine Corps Planning Process, Amphibious Operations

☏ (703) 784-5295

✉ paige.chandler@usmcu.edu

Major Richard W. Chapman

Faculty Advisor

College

Areas of Expertise

school

Expeditionary Warfare School

☏ (727) 415-4158

✉ Richard.chapman@usmcu.edu

Sinan Ciddi, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of National Security Affairs

College

 

Areas of Expertise

Command and Staff College

Comparative Politics, Democratization, Political Ideologies, Turkey

☏ (703) 784-1027

✉ sinan.ciddi@usmcu.edu

James Cohn

Dean of Academics

College

Areas of Expertise

College of Enlisted Military Education

Curriculum Development, Teaching Methodologies, Communication

☏ (703) 432-5262

✉ james.cohn@usmcu.edu@usmcu.edu

Brian W. Cole

Joint Warfare Course Director/USMC Reserve Affairs Chair

Col, USMCR

College

Areas of Expertise

Marine Corps War College®

Global complex systems

☏ (703) 432-4543

✉ brian.cole@usmcu.edu

Major Shawn P. Connor

Faculty Advisor

College

Areas of Expertise

Expeditionary Warfare School

Military History, Maneuver Warfare, Leadership

✉ shawn.connor@usmcu.edu

D

Raymond C. Damm, Jr.

Director

Col, USMC (Ret.)

Department

Areas of Expertise

MAGTF Instructional Group

Leadership and Ethics, Planning,

Adult Education, Learning

☏ (703) 432-4500

✉ raymond.damm@usmcu.edu

Jeffrey Dennis

Military Faculty Advisor

LT COL, USAF

 

College

Areas of Expertise

 

Command and Staff College

Close Air Support, JFACC/Aviation

☏ (703) 432-4505

✉ jeffrey.dennis@usmcu.edu

Timothy J. Devlin

Associate Dean
Enlisted College DEP

College

Areas of Expertise

Enlisted College DEP

Distributed Learning, Enlisted Education, Learning Technology

☏ (703) 432-5684

✉ timothy.devlin@usmcu.edu

Richard DiNardo, Ph.D.

Professor of National Security Affairs

 

College

Areas of Expertise

Command and Staff College

German military

☏ (703) 432-4655

✉ richard.dinardo@usmcu.edu

Douglas David Downey

Faculty Advisor, Command & Staff College

LtCol, USMC

College

 

Command & Staff College

 

☏ (909) 557-7285

✉ douglas.downey@usmcu.edu

Dave Driscoll

Faculty Advisor

Major, USMC

College

Areas of Expertise

Expeditionary Warfare School

Aviation, History

☏ (703) 432-0148

✉ david.driscoll@usmcu.edu

E

Patrick F. Eldridge

Military Faculty Advisor

LtCol, USMC

College

 

Command and Staff College

 

☏ (703) 432-5464

✉ patrick.eldridge@usmcu.edu

F

Matthew J. Flynn, Ph.D.

Professor, Military History

College

Areas of Expertise

Command and Staff College

Great Power Status, Preemptive War, Cyber Warfare, Piracy

☏ (703) 784-6895

✉ matthew.flynn@usmcu.edu

Ambassador Daniel Foote

Department of State Chair

College

Areas of Expertise

MCWAR®

Diplomacy, Reconstruction, Inter-agency, Countries of Expertise:
Republic of Zambia, Haiti, Iraq, Afghanistan, Argentina, Columbia, Bolivia

☏ (703) 432-5480

✉ Daniel.foote@usmcu.edu

Kerry Fosher, Ph.D.

Director of Research

College

Areas of Expertise

Academic Affairs

Barriers to DoD’s ability to leverage science, integration of social science , Biosecurity and public health, Fieldwork and qualitative methods, Military culture change and resilience, DoD outreach to academia

☏ (703) 424-6904 (work)

✉ kerry.fosher@usmcu.edu

G

Kathleen Gallaher

Communication Instructor for Enlisted Professional Military Education

Department

Areas of Expertise

MAGTF Instructional Group (MIG)

Writing & Communication, Grammar, Public Speaking, Leadership, Learning Styles, Teaching Activities

☏ (703) 432-5529

✉ kathleen.gallaher@usmcu.edu

Paul Gelpi, Ph.D.

Professor of Military History

 

College

Areas of Expertise

Command and Staff College

U.S. military history, Aviation history and airpower theory, History of culture and ideals in the Early Republic and 20th-century America

☏ (703) 784-4513

✉ paul.gelpi@usmcu.edu

Seth Givens, Ph.D.

Historian

Department

Areas of Expertise

History Division

Cold War, Civil-military relations, NATO strategy, Transatlantic relations

☏ (703) 432-4887

✉ seth.givens@usmcu.edu

Jeremy Glauber

Special Operations Forces Chair

LTC, US Army

Department

Areas of Expertise

Chair

SOF, NATO, Policy and Strategy, joint planning, military history

☏ (703) 432-8382

✉ jeremy.glauber@usmcu.edu

Ken Goedecke

Military Faculty Advisor

LtCol, USMC

College

Areas of Expertise

Command and Staff College

Artillery

☏ (703) 784-6895

✉ kenneth.goedecke@usmcu.edu

Jill Goldenziel, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of International Relations

College

Areas of Expertise

Command and Staff College

International and Constitutional Law, Human Rights, Refugees and Migration, Information Warfare, Lawfare: Law as a Weapon of War

☏ (703) 784-1040

✉ jill.goldenziel@usmcu.edu

Joseph Goodrich

Deputy Director

LtCol, USMC

College

 

Marine Corps War College®

☏ (703) 432-5481

✉ joseph.goodrich@usmcu.edu

John Gordon, Ph.D.

Professor of National Security Affairs

Col, USMCR (Ret.)

College

Areas of Expertise

Command and Staff College

Security Studies, History

☏ (703) 784-6863

✉ john.gordon@usmcu.edu

Craig A. Grant (DM)

Military Faculty Advisor

LtCol, USMC

College

 

Command and Staff College

 

☏ (703) 432-4512

✉ craig.grant@usmcu.edu

H

Andrea Hamlen-Ridgely

Communications Assistant Professor

Department

Areas of Expertise

Leadership Communication Skills Center

Writing Center Pedagogy, Strategies for facilitating creative problem solving, Information Literacy in higher education

☏ (703) 784-4401

✉ andrea.hamlen@usmcu.edu

Anil Hariharan

Military Faculty Advisor

LtCol, USAF

College

Areas of Expertise

Command and Staff College

Development Engineering

☏ (703) 784-1154

✉ anil.hariharan@usmcu.edu

Chris Harmon, Ph.D.

Donald Bren Chair of Great Powers Competition

Department

Areas of Expertise

Marine Corps University Foundation Chairs

International Security Affairs

☏ (703) 784-4663

✉ christopher.harmon@usmcu.edu

Christopher Hartley

FBI Chair

College

Areas of Expertise

Command and Staff College

Leadership, National Security, Law Enforcement

☏ (206) 423-5665

✉ Christopher.hartley@usmcu.edu

James Harvey

Military Faculty Advisor

Major, USMC

College

Areas of Expertise

Expeditionary Warfare School

Military History

☏ (703) 432-0134

✉ james.harvey@usmcu.edu

Dennis Haskin

Associate Dean

Department

Areas of Expertise

Command and Staff DEP

Adult and Higher Education, Non-resident Education Curriculum Design, National and International Security Studies

☏ (703) 432-5257

✉ dennis.haskin@usmcu.edu

Richard A. Hawkins

Senior Enlisted Mentor

SgtMaj, USMC (Ret.)

Department

Areas of Expertise

MAGTF Instructional Group (MIG)

Leadership and Mentoring, Professional Military Education

☏ (703) 432-5630

✉ richard.hawkins@usmcu.edu

Craig Hayden, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Strategic Studies

College

Areas of Expertise

 

Command and Staff College

Public Diplomacy & Strategic Communication, Diplomacy Studies, U.S. Foreign Policy, Propaganda and Digital Influence, International Relations Theory, Social Theory, Media and Technology Studies

☏ (703) 432-5037

✉ craig.hayden@usmcu.edu

Richard E. Hegmann

Central Intelligence Agency Chair

 

 

Areas of Expertise

 

Military and Doctrinal Innovation, Military History, Intelligence’s Role in National Security, Interplay of National Strategy with Military Organizational Interests

☏ (703) 784-1009

✉ richard.hegmann@usmcu.edu

John F. Hemleben, Ph.D.

Dean of Academics

Department

Areas of Expertise

Marine Corps College of Distance Education and Training

Higher Education Leadership, Distance Education Design and Delivery, Adult Education, Organizational Management, Institutional Research and Effectiveness

☏ (703) 784-0741

✉ john.hemleben@usmc.mil

Twayne Hickman

Instructor

USMC (Ret.)

Department

Areas of Expertise

MAGTF Instructional Group (MIG)

Leadership, Organization Development, Marine Corps Planning Process, Red Teaming / Alternative Analysis

☏ (703) 432-5541

✉ twayne.hickman@usmcu.edu

Todd Holm, Ph.D.

Communications Supervisor

College

Areas of Expertise

Expeditionary Warfare School

Oral Communication, Forensics Programs

☏ (703) 432-0139

✉ todd.holm@usmcu.edu

J

William Jacob

Military Faculty Advisor, Infantry

Major, USMC

College

 

Expeditionary Warfare School

 

☏ (703) 432-0141

✉ william.jacob@usmcu.edu

Benjamin Jensen, Ph.D.

Professor/Changing Character of Conflict Course Director

College

 

School of Advanced Warfighting

military innovation, strategic studies, security studies, international relations, foreign policy, human security

☏ (703) 784-6801

✉ benjamin.jensen@usmcu.edu

William W. Johnson

Deputy Director/Dean of Students

LtCol, USMC

College

 

School of Advanced Warfighting

 

☏ (703) 784-6890

✉ william.johnson@usmcu.edu

Anthony C. Johnston

Military Faculty

LtCol, USMC

College

Areas of Expertise

Command and Staff College

Military operations, Management and leadership, Risk analysis, modeling, and simulations

☏ (703) 432-4507

✉ anthony.johnston@usmcu.edu

Kenny Jones

Faculty Advisor

LtCol, USMC

Department

Areas of Expertise

Command & Staff College

 

☏ (703) 784-6864

✉ kenneth.jones@usmcu.edu

Michael L. Jones

Deputy Directory

LtCol, USMC

College

Areas of Expertise

Expeditionary Warfare School

Aviation

☏ (703) 784-1026

✉ michael.jones@usmcu.edu

James Joyner​​, Ph.D.

Associate Professor 

College

Areas of Expertise

Command and Staff College

Defense Policy, Civil-Military Relations, Professional Military Education, Interservice Rivalry, Conflict Intervention

☏ (703) 432-5466

✉ james.joyner@usmcu.edu

K

Frank Kalesnik, Ph.D.

Chief Historian

Department

Areas of Expertise

History Division

Marine Corps History, Military History, U.S. History

☏ (703) 432-5062

✉ frank.kalesnik@usmcu.edu

Major Louis G. Kalmar

Faculty Advisor

Department

Areas of Expertise

Expeditionary Warfare School

 

☏ (703) 432-1360

✉ Louis.kalmar@usmcu.edu

Rachelle Kamrath​

 Instructor

College

Areas of Expertise

Expeditionary Warfare School

Forensics Programs

☏ (703) 432-0111

✉ rachelle.kamrath@usmcu.edu

Stephen Kelley,(USN) Ph.D.

Military Faculty

CDR, USN

College

Areas of Expertise

Command and Staff College

US Persian Gulf Security Policy, National Security Decision Making, Diplomatic History, Strategic Planning, Scenario Planning

☏ (703) 432-5443

✉ stephen.kelley@usmcu.edu

L

James Lacey, Ph.D.

Professor of Strategic Studies/Major General Matthew C. Horner Chair of Military Theory

College

Areas of Expertise

Marine Corps War College®

Economics, Strategic Communication, Strategic Policy, Conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan

☏ (703) 432-4539

✉ james.lacey@usmcu.edu

Eddie Lipositz

Military Faculty Advisor

Maj, USMC

College

Areas of Expertise

Expeditionary Warfare School

Armor, Information Operations, New York Mets, Reading, BBQ / Smoking

☏(703) 432-1360

✉ edward.lipositz@usmcu.edu

M

Lauren Mackenzie, Ph.D.

Professor of Military Cross-Cultural Competence/Faculty Council Chair

Department

Areas of Expertise

Command and Staff College

Intercultural communication, cross-cultural competence, interpersonal conflict management, creative thinking, relationship repair strategies, the role of failure in teaching and learning.

☏ (703) 432-8382

✉ lauren.mackenzie@usmcu.edu

Patrick G. Manson

Faculty Advisor

LtCol, USMC

College

Areas of Expertise

Command and Staff College

Engineering Operations

☏ (703) 432-4507

✉ Patrick.manson@usmcu.edu

Danielle R. Marion

 Defense Intelligence Agency Chair

College

Areas of Expertise

Marine Corps War College®

Africa, the Middle East, Russia and Eurasia, Counterterrorism

☏ (703) 432-5448

✉ danielle.marion@usmcu.edu

Brian "BK" McCrary

Instructor

USMC (Ret.)

Department

Areas of Expertise

MAGTF Instructional Group (MIG)

Leadership and Ethics, War, Policy and Strategy, Marine Corps Planning Process, Military History

☏ (703) 432-5276

✉ brian.mccrary@usmcu.edu

Brian D. McLean

Faculty Advisor

LtCol, USMC

College

Areas of Expertise

 

Command and Staff College

Air Command and Control

☏ (703) 784-1029

✉ brian.mclean@usmcu.edu

Kurt Mencke

Course Director, Leadership and Ethics/Air Force Chair

Col, USAF

College

 

Marine Corps War College®

 

☏ (703) 432-5447

✉ kurt.mencke@usmcu.edu

Claire Metelits, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Strategic Studies

College

Areas of Expertise

Command and Staff College

Non-state armed groups; non-state governance; Africa; critical security studies; gender peace, and  security

☏ (703) 784-6855

✉ claire.metelits@usmcu.edu

William Morgan, Ph.D.

Course Director Diplomacy and Statecraft, Professor of Strategic Studies

  

College

Areas of Expertise

Marine Corps War College®

U.S. Diplomatic History, Intelligence and Policy Making, Diplomacy and International Relations, The U.S. Foreign Service

☏ (703) 432-5449

✉ william.morgan@usmcu.edu

Troy Morton

Associate Dean of Academics

College

Areas of Expertise

College of Enlisted Military Education

Learning Theory, Psychology of Learning, and Educational Psychology

☏ (703) 432-5267

✉ troy.morton@usmcu.edu

Williamson "Wick" Murray, Ph.D.

The Ambassador Anthony D. Marshall Chair of Strategic Studies

Department

Areas of Expertise

Marine Corps University Foundation Chair

Military History

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John Nash

Faculty Advisor

LtCol, USMC

College

 

Command and Staff College

 

☏ (703) 784-1028

✉ john.nash@usmcu.edu

Matthew P. Neumeyer

Deputy Director/Dean of Students/LTG Robert Eichelberger Army Chair

COL, USA

College

Command and Staff College

☏ (703) 784-1069

✉ matthew.neumeyer@usmcu.edu

Major James A. Nilan

Administrative Officer

College

Areas of Expertise

Expeditionary Warfare School

 

☏ (703) 784-2592

✉ James.nilan@usmcu.edu

O

LtCol Jane R. Oren

Chief Instructor

College

Areas of Expertise

Expeditionary Warfare School

Interwar Period, Space-based Collections, Missile Systems, Orienteering

☏ (703) 432-0144

✉ jane.oren@usmcu.edu

P

Nathan Packard, Ph.D.

 Assistant Professor of War Studies

 LtCol, USMCR

College

Areas of Expertise

Command and Staff College

U.S. Military history, Marine Corps and Naval History, Vietnam War, Civil-Military Relations, Defense Reform, Military Innovation

☏ (703) 784-8459

✉nathan.packard@usmcu.edu

Major Jeremiah “Jerry” Peter

Faculty Advisor

Department

Areas of Expertise

Expeditionary Warfare School

 

☏ (703) 635-5180

✉ Jeremiah.peter@usmcu.edu

Jonathan Phillips, Ph.D.

Dean of Academics

College

Areas of Expertise

Command and Staff College

American Military Affairs, War and Society, Civil-Military Relations, Military Education, Private Military Contractors, Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief Missions

☏ (703) 784-1024

✉ jonathan.phillips@usmcu.edu

Q

Joern Qviller

Military Faculty Advisor

LtCol, Norwegian Army

College

Areas of Expertise

Command and Staff College

Russia, China, Intelligence,  COIN, Gray Zone Operations, Operational Planning, A2/AD, Cold Weather Operations

☏ (540) 779-3004

✉ joern.qviller.no@usmcu.edu

R

Maria Rendon-Labadan, Ph.D.

U.S. Agency for International Development Chair

College

Areas of Expertise

Marine Corps War College®

International Development Programs

☏ 

✉ maria.rendon@usmcu.edu

Anthony F. Reynolds

Military Faculty Advisor

Maj, USMC

College

Areas of Expertise

Expeditionary Warfare School

Logistics

☏ (703) 432-0149

✉ anthony.reynolds@usmcu.edu

Mike Rountree

Operational Planning Course Director

LtCol, USMC

College

Areas of Expertise

SAW

5th Generation Aviation Operations
Operational Planning

☏ (703) 432-5318

✉ mike.rountree@usmcu.edu

Heath Ruppert

Deputy Director, Dean of Students

LtCol, USMC

College

Areas of Expertise

SAW

Operational Planning and Resource Management

☏ (703) 784-6890

✉ heath.ruppert@usmcu.edu

Gordon W. Rudd, Ph.D.

Dean of Academics/Professor of Military History

College

Areas of Expertise

School of Advanced Warfighting

Military History (particularly WWII), Comparative Politics, Regional Studies

☏ (703) 784-6851

✉ gordon.rudd@usmcu.edu

S

Gregory Sand

Military Faculty Advisor

LtCol, USMC

College

Areas of Expertise

Command and Staff College

Aviation

☏ (703) 432-4512

✉ gregory.sand@usmcu.edu

Kelly J. Scanlon

Senior Enlisted Mentor

MGySgt, USMC (Ret.) 

College

Areas of Expertise

MAGTF Instructional Group (MIG)

Leadership and Mentoring, Professional Military Education, Physical Fitness, Hiking and Camping, Sports

☏ (703) 432-5527

✉ kelly.scanlon@usmcu.edu

Tammy S. Schultz, Ph.D.

Professor of Strategic Studies

College

Areas of Expertise

Marine Corps War College®

Civilian Instruments of Power, Civilian-Military Relations, Counterinsurgency, Ethnic Conflict and Civil War, Ground Forces, Stability and Reconstruction Operations, Strategy​

☏ (703) 432-5410

✉ tammy.schultz@usmcu.edu

Andrew Scobell, PhD.

Donald Bren Chair of Non-Western Strategic Thought

Department

Chair

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Eric Shibuya, Ph.D.

Professor of Strategic Studies

College

Areas of Expertise

Command and Staff College

Asia-Pacific Region

 

✉ eric.shibuya@usmcu.edu

 

Major Brian N Smith

Faculty Advisor

College

Areas of Expertise

Expeditionary Warfare School

 

☏ (703) 432-0129

✉ brian.smith@usmcu.edu

 

 

Major Clinton W. Sovie

Faculty Advisor

College

Areas of Expertise

Expeditionary Warfare School

Leadership Development, Logistics Security, Small Wars

☏ (703) 432-0144

✉ clinton.sovie@usmcu.edu

Erich C. Spragg

LTG Robert Eichelberger US Army Chair

Col, US Army

College

 

MCWAR®

 

☏ (703) 432-8024

✉ erich.spragg@usmcu.edu

Jarrod Stoutenborough

Warfighting Dept Head

LtCol, USMC

College

Areas of Expertise

Command & Staff College

Joint Fires (All-domain, kinetic/non-kinetic, global integration)

☏ (703) 784-5747

✉ Jarrod.stoutenborough@usmcu.edu

Christopher S. Stowe, Ph.D.

Professor of Military History

College

Areas of Expertise

Command and Staff College

U.S. Military History, Nineteenth-century military history, Civil War and reconstruction, Civil-military relations

☏ (703) 784-4513

✉ christopher.stowe@usmcu.edu

Lon Strauss, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Military History, War Studies

College

Areas of Expertise

Command and Staff College

U.S. in WWI, U.S. History, Military History, Modern European History, Domestic Surveillance, Society and Mobilization, Civil Liberties in Wartime

☏ (703) 432-5482

✉ lon.strauss@usmcu.edu

Doug Streusand, Ph.D.

Professor of International Relations

College

Areas of Expertise

Command and Staff College

Politics and Warfare in the Middle East, South Asia and Central Asia, Political Islam and Totalitarian Islam, Geopolitics and Grand Strategy, Maritime and Naval Affairs, Comparative Religion

☏ (703) 432-4642

✉ douglas.streusand@usmcu.edu

Craig A. Swanson, Ph.D.

Associate Dean of Academics
(LtCol, USMC, RET)

Department

Command and Staff College

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Amin Tarzi, Ph.D.

Director of Middle East Studies

College

Areas of Expertise

Middle East Studies

Middle East, South/Central Asia

☏ (703) 784-1207

✉ amin.tarzi@usmcu.edu

Brian Taylor

Associate Dean/Continuing Education Program
LtCol, USMC

Department

Areas of Expertise

Continuing Education Program

Command and Control

☏ (703) 432-1909

✉ brian.taylor@usmcu.edu

Lynn M. Tesser, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of International Relations

College

Areas of Expertise

Command and Staff College

State-making and International Order, Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict, Forced Migration and Nation-Building, Ethnographic Approaches to Security Studies, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Balkans Politics and Security, European Politics and Security

☏ (703) 432-6290

✉lynn.tesser@usmcu.edu

Jeremy Thompson

Faculty Advisor

LtCol, USMC

Department

Areas of Expertise

Command & Staff College

 

☏ (703) 784-1026

✉ jeremy.thompson@usmcu.edu

Paolo Tripodi, Ph.D.

Professor of Ethics/Head of Ethics Branch 

Department

Areas of Expertise

Lejeune Leadership Institute

Military Ethics

☏ (703) 432-4832

✉ paolo.tripodi@usmcu.edu

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Brandon Valeriano, Ph.D.

Donald Bren Chair of Armed Politics

Department

Areas of Expertise

Marine Corps University Foundation Chair

Cyber Conflict Data, Russian Foreign Policy Behavior, Biological and Psychological Examinations of National Security Threats, Digital Repression

☏ (703) 432-5973

✉ brandon.valeria.vol@usmcu.edu

Major Thomas J. Vallely

Faculty Advisor

College

Areas of Expertise

Expeditionary Warfare School

 

☏ (516) 660-2384

✉ Thomas.vallely@usmcu.edu

Matthew VanEcho

Operational Planning Course Director

LtCol, USMC

College

School of Advanced Warfighting

☏ (703) 432-5411

✉ matthew.vanecho@usmcu.edu

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Jonathan Walaski

Military Faculty Advisor

Maj USMC

College

Areas of Expertise

Expeditionary Warfare School

Infantry, Military History, Automotive Engineering

☏ (703) 432-0136

✉ jonathan.walaski@usmcu.edu

Yuval Weber, PhD.

Bren Chair of Russian Military and Political Strategy

Department

Chair

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Stuart D. Weinstein

Associate Dean of Academics

Department

Areas of Expertise

Expeditionary Warfare School

Doctrine, Planning, Amphibious Operations, Leadership/Ethics

☏ (703) 784-5448

✉ stuart.weinstein@usmc.mil

Stase Wells

Communications Instructor

Department

Areas of Expertise

Leadership Communication Skills Center

Oral and Written Communication, ESL Instruction

☏ (703) 432-5524

✉stase.wells@usmcu.edu

J. Kael Weston

The Kim T. Adamson Chair of Insurgency and Terrorism

Department

Areas of Expertise

Chair

Insurgency and Terrorism

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Joseph Williams

Military Faculty Advisor

MAJ, USA

College

Areas of Expertise

Expeditionary Warfare School

Infantry, International Defense Policy, Defense Policy Reform

☏ (703) 432-0131

✉ joseph.williams@usmcu.edu

Bradford Wineman, Ph.D.

Professor of Military History

USMCR (Ret.)

College

Areas of Expertise

Command and Staff College

American Military Education, Civil-Military Relations

☏(703) 784-1044

✉ bradford.wineman@usmcu.edu

JD Work

Donald Bren Chair of Cyber Conflict and Security

Department

Chair

☏ (703) 432-5307

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Christopher Yung, Ph.D.

Dean

College

Areas of Expertise

Marine Corps War College®

Chinese Warfare Capabilities

☏ (703) 432-4542

✉ christopher.yung@usmcu.edu