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Dean of Education

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Dean of Education

The Dean of Education at the ACSC Resident Program (ACSC-R) is assisted by the Associate Dean of Education (Policy-Strategy) and the Associate Dean of Education (Operations). Together, they help run the day-to-day educational operations of ACSR-R, as well as planning for curriculum integration, accreditation, faculty management and development, and coordination with Air University and other external DoD and civilian agencies.

 
Col Sarah Bakhtiari is the ACSC Resident Dean of Education (DE).  As the ACSC-R Program Manager, Col Bakhtiari is the is the principal advisor to the ACSC Commandant on all aspects of JPME. She provides leadership and strategic guidance to the ACSC-R faculty and ensures accomplishment of the JPME mission. This mission includes execution of all joint professional military education (JPME-I) curriculum requirements to include development of course materials, academic presentations, and standards for implementation, operation, and administration of ACSC-R. Further, Col Bakhtiari ensures ACSC-R complies with external inputs from the SECAF, the CSAF, the Air Staff, Air Force Major Commands, CJCS.
Dr. Jordan R. Hayworth is the Associate Dean for Policy and Strategy at the Air Command and Staff College. He previously served as an Associate Professor of Military and Security Studies in the Department of Leader and Research Development, where he was the Deputy Department Chair and Director of Electives. Hayworth received his B.A. in History from High Point University in the Piedmont-Triad region of North Carolina. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in European History from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas, where he studied under Dr. Michael V. Leggiere as a Student Fellow of the Military History Center. His doctoral dissertation won the 2016 Edward M. Coffman First Manuscript Prize through the Society for Military History and the 2017 Council of Graduate Schools and ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award at the University of North Texas. His first book, Revolutionary France’s War of Conquest in the Rhineland: Conquering the Natural Frontier, 1792-1797 was published by Cambridge University Press in spring 2019. Currently, he is writing a new history of the 1794 Campaign during the French Revolutionary Wars.
Research Interest/Expertise:  Early Modern and Modern Military History, French History, Modern European History, Political and Diplomatic History.
Lt Col Charles “Creed” Napier is an assistant professor at Air Command and Staff College (ACSC). He holds an MBA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a Masters in Military Operational Art and Science from ACSC, and a PhD in International Relations from Stanford University. Lt Col Napier received his commission from the US Air Force Academy in 2006 and is a combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter pilot with 1,500 hours in the HH-60G and HM-225. He helped save more than 120 lives in combat during deployments to Afghanistan, Chad, and Niger. Part of this operational experience included service as an exchange pilot to the French Air Force. Lt Col Napier’s research focuses on why states choose to fight one another with proxy groups or denied forces and the mechanisms through which this strategy reduces interstate conflict. 
Lt Col Jeremy “HULK” Sherman is the Associate Dean for Plans and Requirements at Air Command and Staff College. Prior to this assignment, he served as the Commander, 10th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany where he led the USAF’s sole deployed E-8C Squadron in support of both USAFE and Allied Air Command. He has flown over 2,500 hours in both the E-8C JSTARS and E-3A NATO AWACS and served as an Instructor and Evaluator Combat Systems Officer in both Major Weapon Systems’ Formal Training Units. His staff experience includes Chief of Direct Operations for Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization/Defense Threat Reduction Agency (JIDO/DTRA), Speechwriter to the AFCENT Commander, and Chief of Personnel Recovery for AFCENT. Lt Col Sherman’s professional and military education include a graduate from Southern Illinois University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management, Master of Science Degree in Aeronautical Science from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Joint and Combined Warfighting School, Master of Military Operational Art and Science Degree from Air Command and Staff College, and Air War College.  
Maj Sean Ritter is an Air University fellow, and Joint All Domain Strategist graduate assigned as the ACSC Chief Data Officer.  He teaches the Data Science and AI leadership specialization and is responsible for bringing new data science and computer aided techniques to Air Command and Staff College broadly.  Prior to this assignment, he was the Operational Assessments Team Leader at United States Strategic Command.  He has a Master’s of Science from the Air Force Institute of Technology in Operations Research and has served in a diverse range of assignments to include Combatant Command Staff, Air Operations Center Staff, and Headquarters U.S. Air Force.