Oceanography and Maritime Security Studies Group

Kathleen (Kate) Walsh is associate professor of national security affairs at the U.S. Naval War College where she has taught policy analysis since 2006. Walsh is a member of the Faculty Advisory Council, the NWC’s Asia Pacific Studies Group (APSG) director and the founder/director of the Oceanography & Maritime Security Group (OMSG). She was a senior consultant to Washington, D.C.-area think tanks including senior associate at the Stimson Center and senior associate at a D.C.-area defense consulting firm, among other past positions there. Her research focuses on China and the Asia-Pacific region, particularly issues of security, technology, innovation and ocean or "blue" economy issues.

Associate Professor Stacy Pedrozo joined the faculty of the College of Maritime Operational Warfare after serving a 30-year career as a U.S. Navy judge advocate. Her career includes numerous operational law assignments in the Indo-Pacific region. She was the commanding officer of the Naval Justice School, a military fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations in New York City, the staff judge advocate for U.S. Pacific Fleet and for her final four years on active duty, the staff judge advocate for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.