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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.
Lt Col Andrew J. Swartzer is the Associate Dean of Education (Operations) and an Assistant Professor of Military and Security Studies for the Air Command and Staff College. He graduated with a B.S. in Biomedical Sciences from Auburn University, an M.S.A. in Information Resources Management from Central Michigan University, and an M.S. in Adult Education from Troy University. Lt Col Swartzer received his PhD in History of Technology from Auburn University in 2020, where he graduated with distinction. His doctoral dissertation won Auburn University's 2021-2022 Distinguished Dissertation Award. Additionally, his dissertation was nominated for the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS)/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award, the most prestigious dissertation award in the nation. A career Space and Missile officer, Lt Col Swartzer has held operational assignments in the Minuteman III ICBM and the Global Positioning System (GPS), and he has served in multiple joint, training, and education assignments.
Research Interests/Expertise: Airpower, Mental Models and Institutional Change, Ideology of 20th Century Airpower, Space.
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.