NWC Faculty Member Expertise Listing

Name Functional Expertise Regional Expertise
Ms. Anne Aarnes, USAID Economic Development and Foreign Assistance; Population, Health South Asia (Pakistan, Bangladesh); Middle East
Ms. Karen Aguilar Foreign Policy and Foreign Assistance; Reconstruction and Stabilization/ Integrated Civilian Military Operations; Counter Insurgency; Terrorism and Counter Terrorism Policy and Assistance; Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Reform Assistance; NATO NATO; South and Central Asia (Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, esp); Iraq; Russia; Africa
Dr. Rich Andres Energy and Environmental Security, Deterrence and Compellence in War, Airpower Theory, Organizational Theory and Defense Policy, Counterinsurgency and Small Wars  
Dr. David Auerswald Congress; Multilateral Military Interventions; National Security Policy Process; Interagency Coordination; US Foreign Policy  
Dr. John Ballard Operational Art; Campaigning; Civil–Military Relations; Command Southwest Asia; Southeast Asia
Mr. James Bever, USAID Functional:  International Economic Development; foreign assistance; energy, environment, urban, infrastructure policy Middle East, especially Egypt, Israel/West Bank & Gaza, Iraq, Morocco; South Asia, especially Afghanistan/Pakistan/India; Indonesia; Eurasia.
Ms. Lisa Bronson WMD Proliferation/Strategy/Defense; NATO and European Affairs; Interagency; International Negotiations; Curriculum Development NATO, Europe
Dr Mark Bucknam, USAF Nuclear Weapons and Deterrence; Strategic Plans and Policy; Civil–Military Relations; Airpower; Energy  
Col Eric Buer, USMC Crisis Action Planning; Operational Art; Gettysburg Campaign; Transportation Planning; Operation Iceberg  
Dr. Colton Campbell Civil–Military Relations; Congress and Legislative Process; Campaigns and Elections; American Presidency  
Dr. Mark Clodfelter Gettysburg Campaign; Curriculum Development; Air Power—Theory, Doctrine, History; Foundations in Theory of War; Vietnam and Counterinsurgency Warfare Vietnam
Dr. Bernard Cole Asia Energy and Military Issues, Maritime Strategy China, Asia
Col Robert Colella, USAF (Ret.) Energy and the Environment Issues for Strategists; Curriculum Development; Campaign Planning; Operational Art – Air Campaign Planning; Cyberspace Policy and Operations  
Dr. Joseph Collins American National Security & Defense Policy; War and Peace Issues; Low Intensity Conflict; Stability Operations Afghanistan and Pakistan
Col Mike Condray, USAF Military history, weather and warfare, airpower, NATO  
Jeffrey Corbett, USA Joint Operational Planning Operations Research/ Systems Analysis Energy Industry Studies  
Mr. Will David Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Conflict Theories, Threat and Security Discourses, Environment and Conflict, Intelligence Operations Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa (West & Great Lakes Region)
Col James Dryjanski, USAF   EUCOM
Dr. Bernard Finel Use of force; Terrorism and Irregular Warfare; Civil–Military Relations  
Dr. Roger George European Security Policies, NATO/EU, Balkans, Strategic Intelligence Europe
Mr. Frederick Hammersen, DIA General Defense Intelligence Program (GDIP); Intelligence Community Issues; Defense Intelligence Agency; Foreign Language & Regional Proficiency Issues EUCOM (Emphasis on Germany, Russia & NATO)
Mr. George Higgins, NGA Geospatial Intelligence, Geography, Homeland Security/Defense, Campaign Planning, Information Strategy Afghanistan
Mr. David Hill, DHS U.S. Miitary–Industrial Base; Interagency; Homeland Security; American History; National Security Studies  
Dr. William Hill Conflict Resolution and Prevention; Multilateral Diplomacy Eurasia, Europe, Russia
COL Hershel Holiday Strategy Development; OSD Policy  
COL Jim Johnson    
Mr. Nabeel Khoury Middle East politics, International Relations, U.S. Foreign Policy and Public Diplomacy Yemen and Lebanon
CAPT Frank H. Kingett Programming and Budgeting  
Dr. Elena Kovalova Democratization, Good Governance, and Security; Nexus of Transnational Crime, Terrorism, and Corruption; International Security Organizations; European Union; Security Studies, International Relations Ukraine, Russia, Central Eastern Europe, Baltics, Caucasus, Central Asia
CAPT Kevin H. Kropp National Security Strategy Development and Analysis  
COL Paul Legere, USA Construction Management; Facilities Management; Installation Management; and Systems Management; Reconstruction Planning/Execution; National Security and Strategic Studies Republic of Korea
CAPT David Mayo Joint Operational Planning (Deliberate and Crisis), Interagency Process, Operational Command and Control, Regional Ballistic Missile Defense Israel and Levant, EUCOM and AFRICOM operations
Dr. Michael Mazarr U.S. Defense Policy; International Relations Korean Peninsula
CAPT Mark F. Morris, USN Security Assistance/Defense Cooperation, Counter–Illicit Trafficking, Humanitarian Assistance, Military Sealift, Naval Mine Warfare, Reserve Affairs Latin America
Dr. Desaix Myers Foreign Assistance, International Development and Fragile States Indonesia, Russia, Africa
Col John O'Hey Strategic Resourcing – ICAF Eastern Asia
Col Pat Pihana, USAF Special Operations; Crisis Action Planning (SOCCENT); Operational Art/Campaigning (USSOCOM); Crisis Action Planning (PACAF/SOCPAC)  
Mr. Mark Pizzo Strategic Leadership, Military Operational Art (Specialty in Ground Ops and Amphibious Operations), Foundations in Theory of War, Crisis Action Planning, Insurgency, Military History (specialty in Vietnam War), Counter Drug Operations and Policy Vietnam
Col William S. Porter, USAF Cyber Operations, Command and Control Systems, Rapid Acquisition, Counterdrug Operations, Installation Management  
Dr. Theresa Sabonis–Helf Energy Security Energy Policy; Environment Climate Policy, International Political Economy Central Asia & the Caucasus
COL Gregory Schultz, USA Operational Planning, Policy and Strategy Development, Leadership Theory and Development, Strategic Communication and Information Operations, Organizational Design and Management  
Mr. Jess Soto, DHS National Security Studies/Policy; Military Strategy/Operations; Homeland Security/Defense; Latin American Culture/Affairs; National Guard/Reserve Affairs; Defense Support to Civil Authorities; Leadership Theory; Mediation/Conflict Resolution; and Program Management  
COL Christine Stark Security Sector Reform, National Guard and Reserve Component Affairs, Defense Support to Civil Authorities, and Strategic Planning.  
Dr. Omer Taspinar Political Economy Turkey, Europe, Middle East
Dr. Dave Tretler US Civil–Military Relations; Air Power Theory and History; National Security Strategy; Military History  
Ms. Karen D. Turner, USAID International Development; Foreign Assistance Middle East; Caribbean Region
Col Jean "Nick" Vité, USAF Battlefield Airmen & Application to Military Operations, Air Operations Center, Airpower   
Col Kim Waldron, USAF Weather & Application to Military Operations, Military History, Air Operations Centers Japan/Korea, EUCOM
Dr. Vivian Walker Public Diplomacy; Border Issues Afghanistan, Central Asia and South Caucasus, North Africa, Haiti
Dr. Cynthia Watson Curriculum Development; Economic/Political History; Strategic Foundations; Professional Military Education Asia Pacific, Latin America
Mr. Robert Watts Retired CG Captain: Maritime Law Enforcement (drug, migrant, bilateral relations), Shipboard Operations, USN Surface Senior Staff Liasison to Chief of Naval Operations, Chief of Contingency Planning. South America, Carribbean
Mr. LaForrest Williams, NSA Information Assurance/Cybersecurity; Intel Community; Legislative Affairs  
Col Ling Yung, USAF Military Space Operations and Capabilities; Nuclear Missiles and Deterrence; Ballistic Missile Defense