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Political Science Department

Faculty

Richardson, David K.
CAPT, USN Permanent Military Professor (Assistant Professor), Department Chair PhD, The George Washington University. 2018 MA, Naval War College, 2007 MS, Naval Postgraduate School, 2000 BS, U.S. Naval Academy, 1995

Bertocci, Tim
Adjunct Instructor M.A., International Affairs and National Security, Georgetown University B.S., West Point, 1999
- bertocci@usna.edu

Bishop, Linda
Educational Technician

Chock, Justin .
LCDR, USN Instructor MPhil, Oxford University BS (Honors), USNA

Conley, Ross
LCDR PMI, Associate Chair

Deng, Yong
Professor PhD, Political Science, University of Arizona, 1995

Doherty, Brendan
Professor PhD, University of California, Berkeley BA, Dartmouth College

Ernst, Howard R.
Professor PhD, University of Virginia

Friedman, Alan
Adjunct Instructor J.D., University of Maryland School of Law BA (with Honors), University of Maryland at College Park

Harbin, M. Brielle
Assistant Professor PhD, Vanderbilt University

Harris, Drew
Maj, USMC Instructor M.A., Security Studies (East Asia and the Indo-Pacific), Naval Postgraduate School, 2022 M.S., Entrepreneurship, Oklahoma State University, 2014 B.A., Political Science, University of Southern California, 2010

Kellermann, Michael R.
Associate Professor PhD, Harvard University

Laverde, Rene
CDR, USN Instructor MA, Rhodes University (RSA), 1989 BA, California State University Los Angeles, 1987

Lerner, Alexis
Assistant Professor PhD: University of Toronto (2020); MA: Georgetown University (2013); BA: McGill University (2010)

Mattox, Gale A.
Professor PhD, University of Virginia M.A., University of Virginia

Miller, Andrew
Assistant Professor PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020 MSFS, Georgetown University, 2011 BA, The George Washington University, 2007

Nutt, Cullen G.
Assistant Professor PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019 MA, King's College London, 2010 BA, Boston College, 2009

O'Gorman (Verney), Danielle
Instructor J.D., American University

Ostwind, David S.
CAPT, USN Master Instructor Master of National Security & Strategic Studies, US Naval War College Master of Public Administration, Harvard University Master of Science in Engineering Management, George Washington University BS, USNA (Political Science)

Pippenger, Nathan
Assistant Professor PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Polga-Hecimovich, John
Associate Professor PhD, MA, University of Pittsburgh, 2015 MA, Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar (Ecuador), 2006 BA, Dartmouth College, 2004

Slusser, Naomi
LCDR, USN Instructor MA, Asian International Affairs, University of Hawaii, 2022 MBA, Global Management, UCLA, 2016 B.S., U.S. Naval Academy, 2009

Smith, Brianna A.
Assistant Professor PhD, University of Minnesota

Stacy, Darrian
Assistant Professor PhD/MA, Vanderbilt University

Testerman, Matthew A.
CAPT, USN Humanities and Social Sciences Division Deputy Director (Permanent Military Professor/Assistant Professor) PhD, University of Rochester, 2012 MA, University of Maryland, 1994 BS, US Naval Academy, 1993

Vogel, Mark
Capt Instructor M.A., National Defense University B.A., University of Southern Maine

Wheeler, Deborah
Assoc. Professor PhD, University of Chicago

Wrage, Stephen D.
Professor PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 1987