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Defense Analysis Department Chair
Dr. John Arquilla
John Arquilla is professor and chair in the department of defense analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School. His research interests extend from explorations of the history of irregular warfare to studies of the complex strategic implications of the information revolution. His books include In Athena’s Camp (1997), Networks and Netwars (2001), The Reagan Imprint (2006), Worst Enemy (2008), Insurgents, Raiders, and Bandits (2011), and Afghan Endgames (2012). From time to time, Dr. Arquilla has acted as consultant to military commanders in conflicts ranging from Operation Desert Storm to the Kosovo War and the Afghan campaign. His attention at present – in and out of the classroom – is focused on the great war underway between nations and networks, in particular on the need for nations to develop networks of their own to combat the terrorists and armed insurgents who bedevil our world.
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Laura Adame
M.A., Georgetown University, 1986; M.S., National War College, 2006.
Mark T. Berger
Visiting Professor (2006)
Ph.D., University of New South Wales, 1992.
Research Interests
U.S. Foreign Policy; Security-Development and State-Building; Counter-Insurgency/Insurgency; Illegal Drug Trade; especially the Americas, with a second regional specialty in Asia and the Middle East
Leo Blanken
Associate Professor (2008)
Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 2006
Research Interests
International Relations Theory; Conflict Processes; National Security Policy
Douglas A. Borer
Associate Professor (2004)
Ph.D., Boston University, 1993
Research Interests
Strategy; Political Legitimacy; Irregular Warfare
Robert Burks
Assistant Professor (2017)
Air Force Institute of Technology, 2006
Daniel Cunningham
Lecturer (2010)
M.S., Monterey Institute of International Studies, 2009
Research Interests
Visual Analytics and Social Network Analysis
Dr. Zachary S. Davis
Research Professor
PhD, International Relations, University of Virginia, 1989
Research Interests
Examining the security implications of emerging technologies and WMD-E
Dorothy Denning
Distinguished Professor (2002)
Ph.D, Purdue University
Research Interests
Conflict in Cyberspace; Cyber Security; Trust, Influence and Networks
Jennifer J. Duncan
Program and Research Manager (1992)
M.S., City University of New York, 1985
Sean Everton
Associate Professor (2007)
Ph.D., Stanford University
Research Interests
Social Network Analysis; Political Sociology; Social Movements; Sociology of Religion
William P. Fox
Professor (2006)
Ph.D., Clemson University, 1990
Research Interests
Mathematical Modeling; Combat Modeling; Modeling Terrorism; Decision and Risk Analysis
Michael Freeman
Associate Professor (2005)
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Research Interests
Terrorism; Counterterrorism; Foreign Policy; Political Theory
Scott Gartner
Visiting Professor (2015)
Brian Greenshields
Senior Lecturer (2009)
M.A., Naval Postgraduate School
Research Interests
Air power, strategy, irregular warfare
Heather Gregg
Associate Professor (2006)
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003.
Research Interests
Religiously motivated violence; Countering ideologies; Non-kinetic means for fighting counterinsurgencies; long term goals of COIN
Jesse Hammond
Assistant Professor, 2016
Ph.D., political science, UC Davis 2016
Research Interests
Political violence, applied statistics, GIS, network analysis, machine learning and text-as-data
Doowan Lee
Visiting Professor (2008)
ABD, University of Chicago
Research Interests
Social Movement Theory; Radical Movements; International Relations Theory; Research Design; Network Analysis
George Lober
Emeritus (1998)
M.A., California State University at Fresno, 1986.
Ryan Maness
Assistant Professor (2017)
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
Gordon H. McCormick
Professor (1992)
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1986
Research Interests
Terrorism; Sub-State Conflict; Irregular Warfare; Formal Modeling
Siamak Naficy
Senior Lecturer (2013)
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2010
Research Interests
Anthropology of Conflict; War & Society; Moral/Sacred Values; Media & War; Cognitive Science
Robert O'Connell
Visiting Professor (2004)
Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1976
Wayne Porter
Senior Lecturer (2015)
Ph.D., Naval Postgraduate School, 2014
Nancy C. Roberts
Professor Emeritus (1986)
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1983
Research Interests
Complex Networks; Problem Solving; Social Network Analysis; Strategic Management; Organization Theory; "Wicked Problems"; Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Elizabeth Robinson
Visiting Professor (2011)
M.A., The George Washington University, 1985
Glenn Robinson
Associate Professor (1991)
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1992
Research Interests
Political Violence; Islamic Fundamentalism; Political Economy; Middle East
Hy Rothstein
Senior Lecturer (2002)
Ph.D., Tufts University, 2003
Research Interests
Security Strategy; Irregular Warfare; Military Deception; Psychological Warfare
Kalev (Gunner) Sepp
Senior Lecturer (2003)
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1992
Research Interests
National Security Policy; National Strategy; National Military Strategy; Special Operations; Irregular Warfare; Counter-Terrorism; Counter-Insurgency
Anna Simons
Professor (1998)
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1992
Research Interests
Anthropology of Conflict; Military Culture; Methods of Social Control; Africa; Military Advising (advisory assessment and selection)
Bradley J. Strawser
Associate Professor (2012)
Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 2012
Research Interests
Philosophy and military ethics
Kristen Tsolis
Lecturer (1999)
M.S., Monterey Institute of International Studies, 1999
Research Interests
Geospatial Analysis; Computer Security
Tristan Volpe
Assistant Professor (2017)
Ph.D., George Washington
Camber Warren
Assistant Professor (2012)
Ph.D., Duke University, 2008