Dr. Brenda F. Roth
Deputy Vice President for Academic Affairs

Dr. Brenda F. Roth is currently the Deputy Vice President for Academic Affairs at the National Defense University (NDU). Prior to that position, Dr. Roth was the Assistant Dean for Curriculum at the Information Resources Management College (iCollege), National Defense University. She began her academic career while serving in the Air Force. She taught history at the United States Air Force Academy as an Assistant Professor between 1990 and 1993, was the Chief of Curriculum Development and Integration at the Air Command and Staff College, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama from 1996 to 1998, and served as an Operations Officer at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama from 1998 to 2000, where she led a multi-service division of over 150 select field grade officers, civilian students, and international officers. Between 2000 and 2002, she was the Chief of the Professional Military Education Branch at the Pentagon and from 2003-2004, she was the Deputy for Resources at the Air Force Intelligence Analysis Agency. She retired from the Air Force in 2004 when she joined the staff at the iCollege.

Dr. Roth earned her Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in Higher Education.  She also has a Master’s Degree in American History from the University of Colorado at Boulder.  Dr. Roth’s academic interests center on non-traditional methods of education including distributed (distance), blended, and mastery learning.  She is particularly knowledgeable about professional military education programs and policy, curriculum design and evaluation, strategic planning, and faculty development.  Her current research focuses on social media in education, mobile learning, and innovative methods for improving teaching and learning.