NWC Faculty Member Functional Expertise Listing
| Functional Expertise | Name | Component |
| Economic Development and Foreign Assistance; Population, Health | Ms. Anne Aarnes | NWC |
| Insurgency & terrorism, governance, democratization, IR theory | Dr. Zachary Abuza | NWC |
| Energy and Environmental Security, Deterrence and Compellence in War, Airpower Theory, Organizational Theory and Defense Policy, Counterinsurgency and Small Wars | Dr. Rich Andres | NWC |
| Congress; Multilateral Military Interventions; National Security Policy Process; Interagency Coordination; US Foreign Policy | Dr. David Auerswald | NWC |
| Operational Art; Campaigning; Civil-Military Relations; Command | Dr. John Ballard | NWC |
| History; Military History; Clausewitz | Dr. Chris Bassford | NWC |
| International Economic Development; foreign assistance; energy/environment/urban/infrastructure policy | Mr. James Bever | NWC |
| Islamic Studies; International Terrorism Policy and Homeland Security | Dr. Kamal Beyoghlow | NWC |
| National Security Strategy, Civil Military Relations, Scenario Planning, WMD Terrorism and Proliferation Issues; Russian Political and Military Affairs | Dr. Robert Brannon | NWC |
| WMD Proliferation/Strategy/Defense; NATO and European Affairs; Interagency; International Negotiations; Curriculum Development | Ms. Lisa Bronson | NWC |
| Nuclear Weapons and Deterrence; Strategic Plans and Policy; Civil-Military Relations; Airpower; Energy | Col Mark Bucknam | NWC |
| Crisis Action Planning; Operational Art; Gettysburg Campaign; Transportation Planning; Operation Iceberg | Col Eric Buer | NWC |
| Civil-Military Relations; Congress and Legislative Process; Campaigns and Elections; American Presidency | Dr. Colton Campbell | NWC |
| Islam and globalization; Muslim minorities in Europe & America; Islam & politics in North Africa | Dr. Jocelyne Cesari | NWC |
| Conventional Arms Control and Security Cooperation | COL Jon Chicky | NWC |
| Gettysburg Campaign; Curriculum Development; Air Power--Theory, Doctrine, History; Foundations in Theory of War; Vietnam and Counterinsurgency Warfare | Dr. Mark Clodfelter | NWC |
| Asia Energy and Military Issues, Maritime Strategy | Dr. Bernard Cole | NWC |
| Energy and the Environment Issues for Strategists; Curriculum Development; Campaign Planning; Operational Art - Air Campaign Planning; Cyberspace Policy and Operations | Col Robert Colella, Ret. | NWC |
| American National Security & Defense Policy; War and Peace Issues; Low Intensity Conflict; Stability Operations | Dr. Joseph Collins | NWC |
| Military history, weather and warfare, airpower, NATO | Col Mike Condray | NWC |
| Force Protection; Command and Control; Maritime Operations; Humanitarian Civic Assistance Operations | CAPT Pete Dallman | NWC |
| Nuclear Forces and Nuclear Arms Control Policy; Missile Defense Policy; Policymaking in National Security Strategy; Domestic Context/Interagency in National Security Decision Making | Mr. Richard Davison | NWC |
| U.S. Defense Policy in Asia; State Department Operations | Mr. Joseph Donovan | NWC |
| Strategic Leadership; Executive Assessment and Development; Strategic Foundations/International Affairs | COL Vince Dreyer | NWC |
| LtCol James Dryjanski | NWC | |
| Use of force; Terrorism and Irregular Warfare; Civil-Military Relations | Dr. Bernard Finel | NWC |
| Strategic Foundations; Operational Art/Campaigning; Crisis Action Planning | CAPT Richard Fite | NWC |
| European Security Policies, NATO/EU, Balkans, Strategic Intelligence | Dr. Roger George | NWC |
| General Defense Intelligence Program (GDIP); Intelligence Community Issues; Defense Intelligence Agency; Foreign Language & Regional Proficiency Issues | Mr. Frederick Hammersen | NWC |
| Geospatial Intelligence, Geography, Homeland Security/Defense, Campaign Planning, Information Strategy | Mr. George Higgins | NWC |
| U.S. Miitary-Industrial Base; Interagency; Homeland Security; American History; National Security Studies | Mr. David Hill | NWC |
| Conflict Resolution and Prevention; Multilateral Diplomacy; | Dr. William Hill | NWC |
| U.S. Foreign Policy, Missile Defense, Stabilization and Reconstruction, Democracy and Governance, Caspian Energy | COL Hershel Holiday | NWC |
| COL Jim Johnson | NWC | |
| Programming and Budgeting | CAPT Frank Kingett | NWC |
| Democratization, Good Governance, and Security; Nexus of Transnational Crime, Terrorism, and Corruption; International Security Organizations; European Union; Security Studies, International Relations | Dr. Elena Kovalova | NWC |
| National Security Strategy Development and Analysis | CAPT Kevin Kropp | NWC |
| Construction Management; Facilities Management; Installation Management; and Systems Management; Reconstruction Planning/Execution; National Security and Strategic Studies | COL Paul Legere | NWC |
| Senior leadership (Chief of Mission), economics, trade, foreign investment, international financial, IMF/World Bank, counternarcotics, citizen security, democracy promotion | Amb Hugo Llorens | NWC |
| Joint Operational Planning (Deliberate and Crisis), Interagency Process, Operational Command and Control, Regional Ballistic Missile Defense | CAPT David Mayo | NWC |
| Middle East History and Politics | Dr. Michael Mazarr | NWC |
| Diplomacy; Interagency Process | Mr. Alan Misenheimer | NWC |
| Security Assistance/Defense Cooperation, Counter-Illicit Trafficking, Humanitarian Assistance, Military Sealift, Naval Mine Warfare, Reserve Affairs | CAPT Mark Morris | NWC |
| Diplomacy; Inter-agency Process; Conflict Resolution/Peacekeeping | Dr. Desaix Myers | NWC |
| Insurgency; Terrorism and Irregular Warfare | Amb Richard Norland | NWC |
| Strategic Resourcing - ICAF | Col John O'Hey | NWC |
| Special Operations; Crisis Action Planning (SOCCENT); Operational Art/Campaigning (USSOCOM); Crisis Action Planning (PACAF/SOCPAC) | Col Pat Pihana | NWC |
| 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 | Mr. Mark Pizzo | NWC |
| Cyber Operations, Command and Control Systems, Rapid Acquisition, Counterdrug Operations, Installation Management | Col William Porter | NWC |
| Energy Security/Energy Policy; Environment/Climate Policy, International Political Economy | Dr. Theresa Sabonis–Helf | NWC |
| Operational Planning, Policy and Strategy Development, Leadership Theory and Development, Strategic Communication and Information Operations, Organizational Design and Management | COL Gregory Schultz | NWC |
| Gettysburg Campaign; Lesson Development; Strategic Foundations; Domestic Context; Civil War | CAPT James Shoaf | NWC |
| Strategic Foundations; Crisis Action Planning; Energy and the Environment; Logistics; Transportation Planning | COL Kenneth Shreves | NWC |
| Comparative Economic Development and International Economics | Dr. I. J. Singh | NWC |
| 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 | Mr. Jess Soto | NWC |
| African Development | Mr. Steven Stigall | NWC |
| Security Sector Reform, National Guard and Reserve Component Affairs, Defense Support to Civil Authorities, and Strategic Planning. | COL Christine Stark | NWC |
| Political Economy | Dr. Omer Taspinar | NWC |
| International Affairs, Russian Area Studies; Russian Pedagogy/ Linguistics | LTC Kathleen Taylor | NWC |
| US Civil-Military Relations; Air Power Theory and History; National Security Strategy; Military History | Dr. Dave Tretler | NWC |
| International Development; Foreign Assistance | Ms. Karen Turner | NWC |
| Battlefield Airmen & Application to Military Operations, Air Operations Center, Airpower | Col Jean "Nick" Vité | NWC |
| Weather & Application to Military Operations, Military History, Air Operations Centers | Col Kim Waldron | NWC |
| Public Diplomacy; Border Issues | Dr. Vivian Walker | NWC |
| Curriculum Development; Economic/Political History; Strategic Foundations; Professional Military Education | Dr. Cynthia Watson | NWC |
| 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. | Mr. Robert Watts | NWC |
| Information Assurance/Cybersecurity; Intel Community; Legislative Affairs | Mr. LaForrest Williams | NWC |
| Military Space Operations and Capabilities; Nuclear Missiles and Deterrence; Ballistic Missile Defense | Col Ling Yung | NWC |
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