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Jeffrey Michael Alves profile image

Jeffrey Michael Alves

Associate Professor

Cmdr., U.S. Navy, Retired

Department

College of Maritime Operational Warfare

Areas of Expertise

  • Command and Control
  • HA/DR
  • Joint Operations
  • Military Planning
  • Operational Warfare
(401) 856-5862
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Erik M. Bickle

Military Professor

Cmdr., U.S. Navy

Department

Joint Military Operations Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Air Warfare
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Civil-Military Relations
  • Counterdrug Operations
  • HA/DR
  • Homeland Security
  • Japan
  • Koreas
  • Piracy
  • Search and Rescue
(401) 856-5450
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Jonathan W. Bott

Military Professor

Lt. Col., U.S. Air Force

Department

Joint Military Operations Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Afghanistan
  • Air Warfare
  • Civil-Military Relations
  • HA/DR
  • Joint Operations
  • Leadership
  • Military Planning
  • Nuclear
  • Operational Warfare
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Heath Jordan Brightman, Ed.D.

Professor

Capt., U.S. Navy Reserve

Department

College of Maritime Operational Warfare

Areas of Expertise

  • Conflict Resolution
  • Cyber Warfare
  • Ethics
  • HA/DR
  • Homeland Security
  • Information Operations
  • Leadership
  • Military Planning
  • Nuclear
(401) 856-5846
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Andrea H. Cameron, Ph.D., Ed.D.

Military Professor

Cmdr., U.S. Navy

Department

National Security Affairs

Areas of Expertise

  • Foreign Policy
  • HA/DR
  • Human Rights
  • Maritime Strategy
  • National Security
  • Security Cooperation
  • United Nations
(401) 856-5320
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Sean J. Carroll

Associate Professor

Cmdr., U.S. Navy Reserve, Retired

Department

College of Maritime Operational Warfare

Areas of Expertise

  • Command and Control
  • HA/DR
  • Iraq
  • Joint Operations
  • Latin America
  • Operational Warfare
  • Syria
(401) 856-5237
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Thomas J. Culora

Professor

Department

Office of the Provost

Areas of Expertise

  • Amphibious Warfare
  • Arctic
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Deterrence
  • HA/DR
  • International Relations
  • Joint Operations
  • Leadership
  • Maritime Strategy
  • Policy
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Rob A.Y. Dahlin

Associate Professor

Capt., U.S. Navy, Retired

Department

College of Maritime Operational Warfare

Areas of Expertise

  • Africa
  • Asia-Pacific
  • China
  • HA/DR
  • Indian Ocean
  • Japan
  • Military Planning
  • South China Sea
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Jonathan M. Donigan

Associate Professor

Lt. Col., U.S. Marine Corps, Retired

Department

College of Maritime Operational Warfare

Areas of Expertise

  • Amphibious Warfare
  • COIN
  • Counterterrorism
  • HA/DR
  • Intel
  • Joint Operations
  • Military Planning
  • Operational Warfare
(401) 856-5815
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Timothy G. Drosinos

Director

Cmdr., U.S. Navy

Department

China Maritime Studies Institute

Areas of Expertise

  • Asia-Pacific
  • Command and Control
  • Counterdrug Operations
  • HA/DR
  • Joint Operations
  • Leadership
  • Search and Rescue
  • Special Operations
  • Submarine Warfare
  • Surface Warfare
(401) 856-6019
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Francis Anthony Fox, J.D.

Associate Professor

Lt. Cmdr., U.S. Navy, Retired

Department

College of Maritime Operational Warfare

Areas of Expertise

  • Civil-Military Relations
  • HA/DR
  • Intel
  • International Law
(401) 856-5234
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Jamie M. Gannon

Associate Professor

Col., U.S. Marine Corps, Retired

Department

Joint Military Operations Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Amphibious Warfare
  • Desert Storm
  • Ground Warfare
  • HA/DR
  • JPME
  • Military Planning
  • Military Theory
(401) 856-5458
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Thomas A. Heaney Jr.

Associate Professor

Col., U.S. Army, Retired

Department

College of Maritime Operational Warfare

Areas of Expertise

  • Civil-Military Relations
  • COIN
  • HA/DR
  • Homeland Security
  • Irregular Warfare
  • Latin America
  • Military Planning
  • Security Cooperation
  • Special Operations
(401) 856-5864
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Daniel McVay

Military Professor

Lt. Col., U.S. Air Force

Department

National Security Affairs

Areas of Expertise

  • Air Warfare
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Command and Control
  • HA/DR
  • Joint Operations
  • Leadership
  • National Security
  • Operational Warfare
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William J. Nault

Interim Dean

Department

College of Leadership and Ethics

Areas of Expertise

  • Counterdrug Operations
  • Counterterrorism
  • HA/DR
  • Leadership
  • Piracy
  • UNCLOS
(401) 856-5632
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James Nordhill

Associate Professor

Cmdr., U.S. Navy, Retired

Department

College of Maritime Operational Warfare

Areas of Expertise

  • Command and Control
  • GWOT
  • HA/DR
  • Iraq
  • Joint Operations
  • Leadership
  • Military Planning
  • Search and Rescue
  • Special Operations
(401) 856-5868
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Timothy D. O'Brien

Military Professor

Cmdr., U.S. Navy

Department

Strategy and Policy Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Air Warfare
  • Counterdrug Operations
  • HA/DR
  • Search and Rescue
(401) 856-5376
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Steven L. Pierce, D.M.

Interim Dean

Senior Chief Petty Officer, U.S. Navy, Retired

Department

College of Distance Education

Areas of Expertise

  • Electronic Warfare
  • HA/DR
  • Homeland Security
  • Military Technology
(401) 856-5522
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Michael W. Pratt

Associate Professor

Col., U.S. Air Force, Retired

Department

College of Distance Education

Areas of Expertise

  • Aerospace
  • Air Defense
  • Air Warfare
  • HA/DR
  • Leadership
  • Policy
(401) 856-5545
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Mark V. Ross

Military Professor

Lt. Col., U.S. Army

Department

Joint Military Operations Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Afghanistan
  • Artillery
  • Command and Control
  • Europe
  • Ground Warfare
  • GWOT
  • HA/DR
  • Iraq
  • Koreas
  • Military Planning
(401) 856-5431
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Rebecca Russo

Military Professor & Senior Service Advisor

Col., U.S. Air Force

Department

National Security Affairs

Areas of Expertise

  • Asia-Pacific
  • China
  • Command and Control
  • Cyber Warfare
  • HA/DR
  • Information Operations
  • Joint Operations
  • Leadership
  • National Security
  • Wargaming
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Chris Sullivan

Military Professor

Cmdr., U.S. Navy

Department

Maritime Advanced Warfighting School

Areas of Expertise

  • A2/AD
  • Afghanistan
  • Air Warfare
  • China
  • Electronic Warfare
  • HA/DR
  • JPME
  • Military Planning
  • Operational Warfare
  • Wargaming
(401) 856-6245
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Ryan G. Vest

Military Professor

Cmdr., U.S. Navy

Department

Strategic and Operational Research Department

Areas of Expertise

  • A2/AD
  • Civil-Military Relations
  • HA/DR
  • Russia
  • Search and Rescue
(401) 856-6042
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Steven White

Military Professor

Cmdr., U.K. Royal Navy

Department

Joint Military Operations Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Command and Control
  • Counterdrug Operations
  • HA/DR
  • Leadership
  • Military Planning
  • Mine Warfare
  • NATO
  • Surface Warfare
(401) 856-5437
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