Profile

Michael Skerker is an assistant professor in the Leadership, Ethics, and Law department. He received his B.A. in Comparative Literature from Brown University (1997) and his Masters and Ph.D. in Ethics from the University of Chicago Divinity School (1999, 2004). Before joining the faculty of USNA, he taught at the University of Chicago and DePaul University. His academic interests include professional ethics, just war theory, moral pluralism, theological ethics, and religion and politics. Publications include works on ethics and asymmetrical war, moral pluralism, intelligence ethics, and the forthcoming book An Ethics of Interrogation (Univ of Chicago Press, 2010).