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Academic Leadership

Senior academic leadership officers and advisors originate and execute command-level decisions that ensure efficient operations to maximize educational effectiveness, meet academic accreditation standards, enforce NWC policies, and advise best practices for future operations.

Deans

Michael P O'Hara

Center for Naval Warfare Studies

Brian D. Doherty faculty photo

Brian D. Doherty

Dean of Students

Edward Cashman faculty photo

Edward Cashman

College of Maritime Operational Warfare

Doyle Hodges faculty photo

Doyle K. Hodges

Dean of Academics

Sergio Alexandre Costa faculty photo

Sergio Alexandre Costa

College of Distance Education

Jeffrey R. Macris faculty photo

Jeffrey R. Macris

College of Leadership and Ethics

Deputies

Michael J Sherlock

Dean of Academics

Steven L Pierce

College of Distance Education

Rick Menard

Office of the Chief of Staff

Sean P Henseler

College of Maritime Operational Warfare

Robert S Winneg

International Programs

Lawrence T. Brown faculty photo

Lawrence T. Brown

College of Leadership and Ethics

Robert Flannery faculty photo

Robert Flannery

Center for Naval Warfare Studies

Named Chairs

Mary Thompson-Jones

Mary Thompson-Jones

Named Chair of Women in National Security and Diplomatic Studies

Pauline M Shanks Kaurin

James Bond Stockdale Named Chair for Professional Military Ethics

Saira Yamin faculty photo

Saira Yamin

Ambassador Swanee Hunt Named Chair in Women, Peace & Security

Sam J Tangredi

Leidos Named Chair of Future Warfare

John Jackson Photo

John E Jackson

E.A. Sperry Named Chair of Unmanned and Robotics Systems

Andrew R Wilson

John A. van Beuren Endowed Chair of Asia-Pacific Studies

Chris Demchak Photo

Chris C Demchak

Rear Admiral Grace Hopper Named Chair of Cyber Security

Christopher Jasparro

Captain Jerome E. Levy Endowed Chair of Economic Geography and National Security

Peter J Dombrowski

William B. Ruger Endowed Chair of National Security Economics

Timothy D Hoyt

John Nicolas Brown Endowed Chair of Counterterrorism

Heath Jordan Brightman

EMC Informationist Endowed Chair