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Matthew J. Acanfora

Associate Professor

Department

College of Maritime Operational Warfare

Areas of Expertise

  • China
  • Intel
  • Leadership
  • Operational Warfare
(401) 856-5813
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Gene R. Andersen

Associate Professor

Department

College of Leadership and Ethics

Areas of Expertise

  • Leadership
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John B. Atkinson

Associate Professor

Col., U.S. Marine Corps

Department

College of Maritime Operational Warfare

Areas of Expertise

  • Amphibious Warfare
  • COIN
  • Command and Control
  • Foreign Policy
  • Joint Operations
  • Leadership
  • Littoral Warfare
  • Military Theory
  • National Security
  • Operational Warfare
(401) 856-5812
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George Baker, Ed.D.

Associate Professor

Capt., U.S. Navy, Retired

Department

College of Leadership and Ethics

Areas of Expertise

  • Leadership
(401) 856-5639
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Wesley Bannister

Associate Professor

Capt., U.S. Navy, Retired

Department

College of Maritime Operational Warfare

Areas of Expertise

  • A2/AD
  • Air Warfare
  • Command and Control
  • Joint Operations
  • JPME
  • Leadership
  • Operational Warfare
(401) 856-5816
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Guillermo E. Barrera

Professor and Distinguished International Fellow

Adm., Colombian Navy, Retired

Department

International Programs

Areas of Expertise

  • Civil-Military Relations
  • COIN
  • Ethics
  • HA/DR
  • Human Rights
  • Information Operations
  • International Relations
  • Irregular Warfare
  • Joint Operations
  • Latin America
  • Leadership
  • Maritime Strategy
  • National Security
  • Policy
  • Security Cooperation
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Albion A. Bergstrom

Professor

Col., U.S. Army, Retired

Department

Joint Military Operations Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Asia-Pacific
  • Cold War
  • Ground Warfare
  • Joint Operations
  • Leadership
  • National Security
  • South China Sea
  • Southeast Asia
  • Vietnam
  • Vietnam War
(401) 856-5470
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Jessica D. Blankshain, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department

National Security Affairs

Areas of Expertise

  • Civil-Military Relations
  • Economics
  • Foreign Policy
  • Leadership
  • National Security
  • Policy
(401) 856-5325
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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
Walter M. Braunohler

Walter M. Braunohler

Professor

Department

National Security Affairs

Areas of Expertise

  • Diplomacy
  • Europe
  • Foreign Policy
  • Information Operations
  • International Relations
  • Leadership
  • National Security
  • Southeast Asia
(401) 856-5138
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Aaron D. Bright

Military Professor

Col., U.S. Army

Department

Joint Military Operations Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Artillery
  • COIN
  • Ground Warfare
  • Koreas
  • Leadership
  • Weapon Systems
  • WWI
(401) 856-5451
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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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Lawrence T. Brown

Deputy Dean & Senior Service Advisor

Col., U.S. Army

Department

College of Leadership and Ethics

Areas of Expertise

  • Command and Control
  • Ground Warfare
  • Intel
  • Latin America
  • Leadership
  • Military Planning
  • NATO
  • Terrorism
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Michael H. Bush, Ed.D.

Associate Provost for Academic Services

Department

Office of the Provost

Areas of Expertise

  • Leadership
(401) 856-5132
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Liz Cavallaro, Ed.D.

Associate Professor

Department

College of Leadership and Ethics

Areas of Expertise

  • Leadership
(401) 856-5643
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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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Jonathan E. Czarnecki, Ph.D.

Professor

Col., U.S. Army, Retired

Department

College of Distance Education

Areas of Expertise

  • Deterrence
  • Information Operations
  • Intel
  • International Relations
  • Joint Operations
  • JPME
  • Military Planning
  • Operational Warfare
  • Southeast Asia
(831) 656-2653
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Jeff DeMarco

Military Professor

Capt., U.S. Navy

Department

Strategy and Policy Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Africa
  • Arctic
  • Counterterrorism
  • GWOT
  • Homeland Security
  • Leadership
  • Mine Warfare
  • NATO
  • Security Cooperation
  • WMD
(401) 856-5371
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Timothy J. Demy, Ph.D.

Professor

Cmdr., U.S. Navy, Retired

Department

College of Leadership and Ethics

Areas of Expertise

  • Ethics
  • International Relations
  • Leadership
(401) 856-5645
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James E. Donnellan

Associate Professor

Col., U.S. Marine Corps, Retired

Department

Joint Military Operations Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Afghanistan
  • Amphibious Warfare
  • Arctic
  • COIN
  • Ground Warfare
  • Iraq
  • Joint Operations
  • Leadership
  • Military Planning
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Brad P. Donnelly

Associate Professor

Cmdr., U.S. Navy, Retired

Department

College of Maritime Operational Warfare

Areas of Expertise

  • China
  • Civil-Military Relations
  • Counterdrug Operations
  • International Relations
  • JPME
  • Leadership
  • Southeast Asia
  • United Nations
(401) 856-5817
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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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Matthew S. Furlong

Director

Capt., U.S. Coast Guard

Department

International Programs

Areas of Expertise

  • Aerospace
  • Africa
  • Counterdrug Operations
  • Leadership
(401) 856-5216
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Stuart D. Furner

Military Professor

Col., U.S. Army

Department

Joint Military Operations Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Ethics
  • Ground Warfare
  • International Relations
  • Joint Operations
  • Leadership
  • Military Planning
  • Military Theory
  • Operational Warfare
  • WWII
(401) 856-5134
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Thomas J. Gibbons, Ed.D.

Associate Provost

Department

Office of the Provost

Areas of Expertise

  • Ethics
  • JPME
  • Leadership
(401) 856-5124
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Richard B. Grahlman

Professor

Cmdr., U.S. Navy, Retired

Department

College of Distance Education

Areas of Expertise

  • Air Warfare
  • Amphibious Warfare
  • Ethics
  • Foreign Policy
  • Joint Operations
  • JPME
  • Leadership
  • Nuclear
  • Operational Warfare
  • Search and Rescue
(831) 656-3540
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James A. Guimond

Military Professor

Capt., U.S. Navy

Department

National Security Affairs

Areas of Expertise

  • Afghanistan
  • Africa
  • Air Warfare
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Leadership
  • Middle East
  • South China Sea
(401) 856-5322
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Brian Hasse

Military Professor

Cmdr., U.S. Navy

Department

National Security Affairs

Areas of Expertise

  • Air Warfare
  • Joint Operations
  • Leadership
(401) 856-5330
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Christopher M. Hauver

Military Professor

Col., U.S. Air Force

Department

College of Leadership and Ethics

Areas of Expertise

  • Leadership
  • Military Planning
  • Military Theory
  • National Security
  • Policy
(401) 856-5647
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Bradley S. Hawksworth

Associate Professor

Cmdr., U.S. Navy, Retired

Department

College of Distance Education

Areas of Expertise

  • Asia-Pacific
  • China
  • Ethics
  • Europe
  • Foreign Policy
  • International Relations
  • Leadership
  • Surface Warfare
(401) 856-5556
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Lydia Hofstetter

Librarian

Department

Henry E. Eccles Library

Areas of Expertise

  • Leadership
(401) 856-5608
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Brandon L. Jenkins

Military Professor

Cmdr., U.S. Navy

Department

College of Leadership and Ethics

Areas of Expertise

  • Ethics
  • Leadership
(401) 856-5648
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Olenda E. Johnson, Ph.D.

Professor

Department

College of Leadership and Ethics

Areas of Expertise

  • Leadership
(401) 856-5649
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Lisa Marie Kerr, Ed.D.

Associate Professor

Department

College of Leadership and Ethics

Areas of Expertise

  • Leadership
(401) 856-5650
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Margaret DeLuca Klein, Ed.D.

Professor

Rear Adm., U.S. Navy, Retired

Department

College of Leadership and Ethics

Areas of Expertise

  • Civil-Military Relations
  • Command and Control
  • Ethics
  • Leadership
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Richard A. LaBranche

Professor

Capt., U.S. Navy, Retired

Department

College of Maritime Operational Warfare

Areas of Expertise

  • A2/AD
  • Air Warfare
  • Command and Control
  • Homeland Security
  • Joint Operations
  • JPME
  • Leadership
  • Military Planning
  • Operational Warfare
  • Wargaming
(401) 856-5841
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Glen S. Leverette

Associate Professor

Capt., U.S. Navy, Retired

Department

College of Maritime Operational Warfare

Areas of Expertise

  • Asia-Pacific
  • China
  • COIN
  • Command and Control
  • Foreign Policy
  • Iraq
  • Irregular Warfare
  • Korean War
  • Leadership
  • Military Planning
(401) 856-5819
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Robin Lima

Librarian

Department

Henry E. Eccles Library

Areas of Expertise

  • Leadership
(401) 856-5611
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Ivan T. Luke, Ph.D.

Professor

Capt., U.S. Coast Guard, Retired

Department

Joint Military Operations Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Counterdrug Operations
  • Homeland Security
  • Joint Operations
  • Leadership
  • Maritime History
  • Military Planning
  • Military Theory
(401) 856-5472
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Jon-Paul N. Maddaloni

Military Professor

Col., U.S. Army

Department

National Security Affairs

Areas of Expertise

  • Artillery
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Deterrence
  • Joint Operations
  • Leadership
  • Military Planning
  • Military Theory
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Jeffrey Scott McPherson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Capt., U.S. Navy, Retired

Department

College of Distance Education

Areas of Expertise

  • Air Warfare
  • Civil-Military Relations
  • Ethics
  • Joint Operations
  • JPME
  • Leadership
  • Military Planning
(831) 656-3719
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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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Kenneth Lee Meyer

Military Professor

Department

Strategy and Policy Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign Policy
  • Leadership
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Michael J. Mooney

Associate Professor

Col., U.S. Marine Corps, Retired

Department

College of Distance Education

Areas of Expertise

  • Afghanistan
  • COIN
  • Counterterrorism
  • Iraq
  • Irregular Warfare
  • Leadership
  • Military Planning
  • Military Theory
  • National Security
  • Operational Warfare
(401) 856-5538
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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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Paul W. Nickell

Military Professor

Cmdr., U.S. Navy

Department

College of Leadership and Ethics

Areas of Expertise

  • Air Warfare
  • Ethics
  • Leadership
  • Submarine Warfare
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Matthew P. Nischwitz

Military Professor

Col., U.S. Army

Department

Strategy and Policy Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Command and Control
  • Ethics
  • Joint Operations
  • JPME
  • Leadership
  • Military Planning
(401) 856-5411
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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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Peter J. Norris

Military Professor

Lt. Col., U.S. Army

Department

National Security Affairs

Areas of Expertise

  • Civil-Military Relations
  • Ground Warfare
  • Leadership
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Jonathan M. O'Gorman

Military Professor

Lt. Col., U.S. Marine Corps

Department

Strategy and Policy Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Afghanistan
  • Amphibious Warfare
  • Artillery
  • Ground Warfare
  • Information Operations
  • Iraq
  • Joint Operations
  • Leadership
  • WWII
(401) 856-5370
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Gina G. Palmer, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department

College of Leadership and Ethics

Areas of Expertise

  • Leadership
(401) 856-5652
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Leigh Ann Perry, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department

College of Leadership and Ethics

Areas of Expertise

  • Leadership
(401) 856-5653
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James Pete, Ed.D.

Military Professor

Lt. Col., U.S. Army

Department

Joint Military Operations Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Ethics
  • Europe
  • Leadership
(401) 856-5440
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Glenn C. Powers

Professor

Capt., U.S. Navy, Retired

Department

College of Distance Education

Areas of Expertise

  • Asia-Pacific
  • Leadership
  • National Security
(401) 856-5546
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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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Catherine Abigail Burke Reppert

Military Professor

Cmdr., U.S. Navy

Department

Wargaming Department

Areas of Expertise

  • JPME
  • Leadership
  • Mine Warfare
  • Surface Warfare
  • Wargaming
(401) 856-6178
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Duneley Aurelius Rochino, D.Sc.

Dean

Capt., U.S. Navy

Department

Dean of Students

Areas of Expertise

  • Leadership
(401) 856-5501
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Rebecca Russo

Military Professor

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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Anthony N. Sama

Military Professor

Lt. Col., U.S. Marine Corps

Department

Maritime Advanced Warfighting School

Areas of Expertise

  • Amphibious Warfare
  • COIN
  • Command and Control
  • Ground Warfare
  • Joint Operations
  • Leadership
  • Military Planning
  • Operational Warfare
(401) 856-6246
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Jeffrey M. Schneider

Military Professor

Lt. Col., U.S. Army National Guard

Department

College of Leadership and Ethics

Areas of Expertise

  • Artillery
  • Civil-Military Relations
  • COIN
  • Ground Warfare
  • Homeland Security
  • Leadership
  • Military Planning
  • WMD
(401) 856-5654
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James A. Schnelle

Deputy Dean

Col., U.S. Marine Corps

Department

Center for Naval Warfare Studies

Areas of Expertise

  • Air Warfare
  • Amphibious Warfare
  • Command and Control
  • Information Operations
  • Japan
  • Koreas
  • Leadership
  • Littoral Warfare
  • Military Planning
  • Philippines
(401) 856-6002
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Pauline M. Shanks Kaurin, Ph.D.

Professor

Department

College of Leadership and Ethics

Areas of Expertise

  • Civil-Military Relations
  • Ethics
  • Irregular Warfare
  • Leadership
  • Vietnam War
(401) 856-5655
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Steven L. Shinkel

Military Professor & Senior Service Advisor

Col., U.S. Air Force

Department

National Security Affairs

Areas of Expertise

  • A2/AD
  • Aerospace
  • Afghanistan
  • Air Warfare
  • China
  • Joint Operations
  • Leadership
  • Military Planning
  • Operational Warfare
  • Weapon Systems
(401) 856-5135
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Kadiatou Fatima Sidibe

Adjunct Professor

Capt., U.S. Navy, Retired

Department

College of Distance Education

Areas of Expertise

  • Africa
  • Economics
  • Ethics
  • Islamic Studies
  • Joint Operations
  • JPME
  • Leadership
  • National Security
  • NATO
  • Russia
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Daniel J. Sieben, J.D.

Military Professor

Lt. Col., U.S. Air Force

Department

Strategy and Policy Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Afghanistan
  • Conflict Resolution
  • GWOT
  • Joint Operations
  • Leadership
  • National Security
  • UAVs/Drones
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Scott M. Smith

Associate Professor

Capt., U.S. Navy, Retired

Department

College of Leadership and Ethics

Areas of Expertise

  • Civil-Military Relations
  • Counterdrug Operations
  • Ethics
  • Joint Operations
  • Leadership
  • Surface Warfare
(401) 856-5656
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Sean Corden Sullivan

Associate Professor

Cmdr., U.S. Navy, Retired

Department

Joint Military Operations Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Air Defense
  • Amphibious Warfare
  • Command and Control
  • Joint Operations
  • Leadership
  • Littoral Warfare
  • Military Planning
  • Search and Rescue
  • Surface Warfare
(401) 856-5435
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Matthew Jason Tackett

Associate Professor

Col., U.S. Army, Retired

Department

Joint Military Operations Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Leadership
(401) 856-5463
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David T. Vacchi, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Lt. Col., U.S. Army, Retired

Department

Office of the Provost

Areas of Expertise

  • Artillery
  • Ethics
  • Intel
  • Iraq
  • JPME
  • Koreas
  • Leadership
  • WMD
(401) 856-8127
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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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Craig R. Wonson

Military Professor & Senior Service Advisor

Col., U.S. Marine Corps

Department

Maritime Advanced Warfighting School

Areas of Expertise

  • Amphibious Warfare
  • COIN
  • Command and Control
  • Ground Warfare
  • Leadership
  • Military Planning
  • Operational Warfare
  • Wargaming
(401) 856-5137
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Erik C. Wright

Associate Professor

Capt., U.S. Navy, Retired

Department

Joint Military Operations Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Air Warfare
  • Leadership
  • Operational Warfare
(401) 856-5459
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