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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.

 

Dr. Edwin H. Redman, Colonel, USAF (Retired), is Dean of Education at the US Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC). Dr. Redman is a command pilot with tours in each of the Air Force’s bomber aircraft. He served as an instructor pilot in the T-38, B-1 and B-2, and flew combat missions in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM in 2003 in the B-2. He is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy, ACSC, and the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies (SAASS). Following SAASS, Dr. Redman attended Duke University, where he received his PhD in History. His last operational assignment was Deputy Commander, 509th Operations Group, Whiteman Air Force Base. He completed his active-duty service at Air University, holding several positions, including Director of Warfighting Education at the LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education, and Director of the Grand Strategy Seminar, Air War College. He retired from the Air Force in 2014 and joined Air University as a civilian professor in 2015.

Research Interest/Expertise: Cold War History, Nuclear Deterrence, Civil-Military Relations, and US National Security.

Dr. Stephanie D. Hinnershitz is the Associate Dean of Education (Policy-Strategy).
Lt Col Michael "Deano" Dean is the Associate Dean of Education (Operations) at the Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC). Within AU, Lt Col Dean has served as the Air University (AU) Fellow Program Manager, AY23 Airpower and Contemporary Warfare Instructor, and was an AU Fellow with instructor experience at Squadron Officer School. His recent assignments include strategy and current plans development on the United States Air Forces-Europe Staff and 603d Air Operations Center. He is an Air Battle Manager with over 2,000 hours on the E-3 AWACS. Lt Col Dean has deployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom, Unified Protector, Enduring Freedom, and Inherent Resolve. Other notable missions supported are Operation Noble Eagle, SOUTHCOM Counter-Drug Operations, Presidential Overwatch, and representing Air Forces-Africa on numerous security cooperation delegations. Lt Col Dean received a Master of Arts in Education from George Fox University and a Master of Operational Art and Science from ACSC in AY22

Department of Airpower

The Department of Airpower is made up of civilian and military faculty from across the joint force and includes officers from our nation’s allies. Faculty in DEA are responsible for teaching, research, and service. The department develops and delivers two of the core courses: Airpower I and Airpower II. The first course, AP 1 examines the struggle to determine the nature of airpower and its functions from World War One to the end of the Vietnam War, and includes an analysis of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. The second course, AP 2, examines the development of airpower from 1975 to the present and into the near future, including air, space, and cyber power.

Lt Col Todd “King” Arthur is the Department Chair of the Department of Airpower at the US Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC). Lt Col Arthur is a command pilot with over 5500 hours in the C-5 A/B/M, T-1A, T-6A and E-11 aircraft. He served as an instructor pilot in all four airframes, and flew combat missions in Operations IRAQI FREEDOM, ENDURING FREEDOM, and FREEDOM SENTENEL. He is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy, ACSC, and commanded the 430 EECS. Lt Col Arthur received his Bachelor of Science from the United States Air Force Academy with a minor in Military Doctrine, Operations and Strategy. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from Touro University with an emphasis in corporate finance. Lt Col Arthur also has a Master of Military Sciences from Air University. His last assignment was Commander, 430 EECS Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arab.
Dr. Jared R. Donnelly is the Deputy Department Chair of the Department of Airpower at the US Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC). Dr. Donnelly received his PhD from Texas A&M University and was previously on the faculty of the International Affairs Department at the George H.W. Bush School of Government and Public Service. Donnelly's research focuses on war and social change in Germany and Europe with a specific interest in the period since 1945. Additionally, he studies strategic design for future security environments and conducts research on decision making in multi-domain operations.

Research Interest/Expertise: Modern Europe, Modern Germany, European War and Society, Nazi Germany, Multi Domain Operations, Strategic Design, Joint Planning.

Dr. Heather P. Venable is an Associate Professor of Military and Security Studies in the Department of Airpower and the Airpower Strategy and Operations Course Director. She has taught Airpower I, Airpower II, and electives on close air support and the historical experience of combat. She also has served as the Airpower II course director. As a visiting professor at the US Naval Academy, she taught naval and Marine Corps history. She graduated with a BA in History from Texas A&M University and an MA in American History from the University of Hawai’i. She received her PhD in military history from Duke University. She also has attended the Space Operations Course as well as the Joint Firepower Course. She has written How the Few Became the Proud: The Making of the Marine Corps’ Mythos, 1874-1918 (Naval Institute Press, 2019). Previous published work includes “‘There’s Nothing that a Marine Can’t Do’: Publicity and the Marine Corps, 1905-1917” in New Interpretations in Naval History: Selected Papers from the Sixteenth Naval History Symposium and “The China Marines and the Crucible of the Warrior Mythos, 1900-1941” in Crucibles: Selected Readings in U.S. Marine Corps History. She is also a non-resident fellow at Marine Corps University’s Krulak Center. Her professional service includes service as a managing editor for The Strategy Bridge. Her current research centers on intersections between theory and pre-war thinking and the application of airpower in combat.
Dr. Terry Beckenbaugh is an Associate Professor in the Department of Air Power at the US Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC). He came to ACSC from the US Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he taught for nine years in the Department of Military History. Dr. Beckenbaugh received his PhD from the University of Arkansas, and his Masters and Bachelors in US History and History, respectively, from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. Beckenbaugh has taught at a variety of undergraduate and graduate civilian institutions. He is currently working on a book on the White River Campaign in Arkansas in the spring-summer of 1862, and has numerous publications and conference presentations.
Dr. Joshua A. Sipper is an Assistant Professor at the Air Command and Staff College. He completed his Doctoral work at Trident University in September of 2012, earning a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership (emphasis, E-Learning Leadership). Dr. Sipper’s previous degrees were obtained from Troy University (M.Ed. Education) and Faulkner University (B.S. English). Dr. Sipper is a veteran who served honorably in the U.S. Air Force in the intelligence career field and worked for Lockheed Martin in a similar capacity on the U-2 program. More recently, Dr. Sipper shifted his focus into the cyber realm for seven years as a Systems Engineer, Chief of Cyber Standardization and Evaluation, and Cyber Exercise Manager for General Dynamics at the Air Force’s 26th Network Operations Squadron, followed by a nine-year stint as a civil servant in the Air Force cyber career field at the Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education. Just prior to his appointment at ACSC, Dr. Sipper was a Professor of Cyberwarfare Studies at the Air Force Cyber College where he designed several cyber courses including Cyber ISR, Cyber EW, and Cyber and Information Warfare Capabilities and Trends. He has numerous publications including his paper titled “The Cyber Microbiome and the Cyber Meta-reality” published at the IARIA Cyber 2020 conference for which he won a “Best Paper Award” and also has a book titled “The Cyber Meta-reality: Beyond the Metaverse, published by Rowman and Littlefield in 2022. Dr. Sipper’s research interests include cyber operations, ISR, electromagnetic warfare, and cyber warfare.
Dr. M.V. "Coyote" Smith is an associate professor in the Department of Airpower at the United States Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College. He retired from active duty in August 2016 as a command space operations officer serving as a professor of strategic space studies at the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies. He has served in various flying, space, and missile assignments and as an instructor at the USAF Weapons School. During Operation Allied Force (Kosovo) he served as a strategist and targeting officer on Lt General Michael Short's staff at the Air Component headquarters at Dal Molin Air Base in Vicenza, Italy. During Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan), he served at USCENTCOM Headquarters as a strategist on General Tommy Frank’s staff. He later served as the chief air and space power strategist on the Pentagon’s Strategic Planning Council during Operation Iraqi Freedom, providing advice to the Joint Staff and the Secretary of Defense. He is the author of Ten Propositions Regarding Spacepower, and the article “America Needs a US Space Corps,” which triggered Congressional and Presidential interest in an independent space service.
Dr. Paul J. Springer is a full professor of comparative military studies. He holds a PhD in military history from Texas A&M University. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including America’s Captives: Treatment of POWs from the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror; Military Robots and Drones: A Reference Handbook; Transforming Civil War Prisons: Lincoln, Lieber, and the Laws of War; Cyber Warfare: A Reference Handbook; and Outsourcing War to Machines: The Military Robotics Revolution. In addition, he has published hundreds of shorter pieces, on a variety of subjects including military history, terrorism, strategy, technology, and military robotics. In 2019, he was asked by CSAF General David Goldfein to co-author a book on leadership and command, which will be published by the Air University Press. Dr. Springer is a Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, and the series editor for both the History of Military Aviation and Transforming War series, produced by the U.S. Naval Institute Press. Currently, he is completing three books, including a collective biography of the West Point Class of 1829; a military history textbook (co-authored with ACSC Professor S. Michael Pavelec); and an examination of the post-Civil War creation of higher education institutions in the South. Research Interest/Expertise includes: POW operations; military leadership and command; strategy; military technology; artificial intelligence; cyber warfare; and U.S. military history.
Dr. John Terino is an Associate Professor of Military and Security Studies at the Air Command and Staff College. At ACSC, he teaches courses on Military Theory, Airpower, Contemporary Warfare, Joint Planning, Joint Air Planning, and an elective on the Air Force in Fact, Fiction, and Film. Prior to teaching at ACSC, he was a professor at the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies (SAASS). While at SAASS, he directed the school’s course on Technology and Military Innovation, courses on Airpower History, and the institution’s wargaming activities. Before coming to Air University, he taught for four years at the Air Force Academy in the Department of History. He retired from the Air Force in the grade of Lieutenant Colonel after serving for almost 23 years. He received his BA, MA, and PhD in the History and Sociology of Science from the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently researching a couple of book chapters and editing an airpower anthology book.
Dr. Michael E. Weaver is an associate professor of history in the Department of Air Power. He joined the faculty of ACSC in 2002 after completing his doctorate at Temple University under the tutelage of Russell Weigley. Weaver’s first book was Guard Wars: The 28th Infantry Division in World War II (Indiana University Press, 2010). His second, The Air War in Vietnam (Texas Tech University Press, 2022), came out in print in the Fall of 2022. In The Journal of Aeronautical History, Intelligence and National Security, Air Power History, and Diplomatic History he has published articles on the Cuban Missile Crisis, air intelligence during World War II, aircraft capabilities, and air combat training during the Cold War. Weaver specializes in aviation history, the Cold War, and World War II.  

Research Interest/Expertise: Cold War, History of the Vietnam War, U.S. Military History, Aviation History, World War II, Force & Diplomacy, History of the United States.

Dr. Hurley is an Assistant Professor of Military and Security Studies in the Department of Airpower at the US Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC).  Dr. Hurley is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy Class of 1990 and a 2005 graduate of ACSC, having also earned an MA in History from the University of Washington (1991) and a PhD in History from The Ohio State University (2009).  He spent most of his military career as an intelligence officer, completing threat and theater analysis assignments in Air Mobility Command, Pacific Air Forces, US Air Forces in Europe, NATO, and US Forces Korea.  Dr. Hurley retired from the Air Force in 2014 as the Chief of USAF ISR Doctrine and Policy Integration, HQ AF/A2, The Pentagon.  Since leaving active service he has worked as a Senior Fellow at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies and an airpower history author for Helion & Co., Publishers, and he continues to serve as a volunteer guide at the National Museum of the US Air Force.  He joined Air University as a civilian professor in May 2024.
Lt Col John “Garick” Chamberlin, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Military and Security Studies in the Department of Airpower at the United States Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC). He holds a PhD in History from Purdue University, an MA in National Security Affairs from Naval Postgraduate School, and a BS in Middle East Studies from Excelsior College (USNY). Lt Col Chamberlin has split his Air Force career roughly equally between intelligence and education assignments, having taught at the Defense Language Institute and the US Air Force Academy, and commanded a Student Squadron at Squadron Officers School prior to his assignment to ACSC. In the Intelligence field, he was attached to the RC-135 both as an enlisted aviator and as an intelligence officer, and also served on the 3rd Air Force and US Air Forces in Europe staffs and as the Chief of Wing Intelligence for the 22 ARW at McConnell AFB. Lt Col Chamberlin has over a dozen deployments to the Middle East, as well as one to Kosovo. His research focuses on the diplomatic and military history of the Early American Republic, primarily related to North African affairs.
Lt Col Drew Roberts is an instructor in the Department of Airpower at the Air Command and Staff College where he teaches the Airpower Strategy and Operations and Contemporary and Emerging Warfare Courses. He is an Electronic Warfare Officer (EWO) on the RC-135 Rivet Joint with deployments in support of USCENTCOM, USEUCOM, and USINDOPACOM. He also served as an exchange officer with the Royal Air Force conducting test and evaluation and flying operations on the British RC-135. Lt Col Roberts received a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Florida State University, a Master of Arts in Intelligence Studies from American Military University, a Master of Military Operational Arts and Sciences from ACSC, and recently completed and defended his doctoral dissertation from the University of North Texas in military history. His research is focused on the integration of airpower into combined arms operations during the First World War.
Lt Col James "Motel" Six is an instructor in the Department of Airpower at the Air Command and Staff College (ACSC) where he teaches the Airpower Strategy and Operations and the Contemporary and Emerging Warfare courses. Prior to this assignment, he served as the Deputy Commander Detachment 3, Training Support Squadron, Air Combat Command (ACC) at Davis- Monthan Air Force Base, AZ. Lt Col Six is a Senior Combat Systems Officer with over 1,000 flight hours in the EC-130H “Compass Call”, including over 550 combat hours flown in various operations as an Evaluator Mission Crew Commander. Lt Col Six received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Clemson University (Go Tigers!), holds a Master of Arts in History from American Military University, and a Master of Military Operational Art and Science degree from ACSC.
Lt Col Dominic “DOG” Gaskin is an instructor in the Department of Airpower at the Air Command and Staff College (ACSC) where he teaches the Airpower Strategy and Operations and Contemporary and Emerging Warfare courses. Prior to this assignment, he served as the Commander, 343d Reconnaissance Squadron, Air Combat Command (ACC) at Offutt AFB, NE. Lt Col Gaskin is a Master Electronic Warfare Officer with over 2000 flight hours in the RC-135V/W RIVET JOINT and T-1A, including 884 combat hours. Lt Col Gaskin received a Bachelor of Science in English from Troy University, a Master of Arts in Literature from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a Master of Military Operational Art and Science degree from ACSC.
Dr. Jordan R. Hayworth is an instructor in the Department of Airpower at the Air Command and Staff College (ACSC). He previously served as the Associate Dean for Policy and Strategy. 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.
Dr. Elizabeth B. Peifer is an instructor in the Department of Airpower at the Air Command and Staff College (ACSC). 


Department of Joint Warfighting

The Department of Joint Warfighting is made up of civilian and military faculty from across the joint force and includes officers from our nation's allies.  Faculty within the department are responsible for teaching, research, and service.  The Warfighting department is responsible for two core courses, Joint Air Operations Planning and Joint Warfighting. Joint Warfighting is designed to demonstrate, at the operational level, how the U.S. joint force organizes, deploys, employs, sustains, and redeploys military capabilities in support of national interest in order to prevail in war.

Dr. Christopher Stamper is the Chair of the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. A retired U.S. Navy Commander and Naval Aviator, he earned a B.S. in Oceanography from the U.S. Naval Academy and holds a M.A. in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College. He also holds a Doctorate in Public Administration from Capella University, specializing in East African affairs. Dr. Stamper served as operational flight instructor and taught as a faculty member at the U.S. Naval Academy and Air War College.
Lt Col Mary Marshall is the Deputy Department Chair of the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College.
Dr. Jon Hendrickson is an Associate Professor of Military and Security Studies in the Joint Warfighting Department and Course Director for the Air Command and Staff College capstone wargame. After being awarded a Tyng Scholarship to Williams College, he earned his Ph.D. in military history from the Ohio State University, where he was awarded a Mershon Center Fellowship to conduct research in Vienna, Rome, Paris, and London. His research led to the publication of Crisis in the Mediterranean, a book on the shifting alliances and naval races in the Mediterranean before World War I. After graduating from Ohio State, he was awarded the Class of 1957 Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Naval History at the U.S. Naval Academy and taught at Coastal Carolina University. He has published and presented several papers on naval and military history, ancient history, and diplomatic history. Dr. Henderson is a graduate of the Joint Combined Warfighting School, Joint Forces Staff College.
Dr. Brent Lawniczak is an Associate Professor of Military and Security Studies in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. A retired Marine aviator (UH-1N/UC-12), he has served in multiple theaters in various capacities. He is a graduate of Michigan State University, and the United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College, and earned his Ph.D. from Auburn University. He served as the Senior Marine Corps Advisor to the Commandant of Air Command and Staff College from 2008-2012. Additionally, Brent was qualified as a Command Pilot, Forward Air Controller (Airborne) (FAC(A)), Forward Air Controller (FAC)/Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC), and Weapons and Tactics Instructor. His interests and expertise include joint planning, operational design, joint fires, maritime and amphibious operations, aviation operations, policy formulation, American politics, international relations, the U.S. Constitution, and U.S. military history. He is the author of the book Confronting the Myth of Soft Power in U.S. Foreign Policy and a number of articles in various military journals.
Dr. Brian R. Price is an Associate Professor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. He holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles, and earned his Ph.D. in Military History from the University of North Texas. He is a graduate of the Joint Combined Warfighting School, Joint Forces Staff College. Dr. Price has conducted research for the POW-MIA Accounting Agency, deployed as a Social Science subject matter expert with SOF in Afghanistan, serving back-to-back tours as a Senior Social Scientist in Regional Command East, Afghanistan. He worked for ten years in Silicon Valley, rising to the level of Vice President, and ran his own publishing company before taking his doctorate. His research interests focus on the nexus of culture, technology, and war, and his current research focuses on the development of post-Vietnam TACAIR, a project for which he has conducted extensive archival research along with oral histories on several senior officers. He is published in numerous journals and has authored several books in his second field of interest - medieval and early modern warfare. In his spare time, he teaches historical swordsmanship and is an inductee to the Martial Arts Hall of Fame.
Dr. Ronald Shaw is an Assistant Professor of National Security Studies in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. He holds a B.S. in Oceanography from the U.S. Naval Academy, an M.S. in Meteorology and Physical Oceanography from the Naval Postgraduate School, an M.S. in Hydrographic Science from the University of Southern Mississippi, an M.A. in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College and most recently completed a Ph.D. in History from Liberty University. A retired U.S. Navy Captain, Dr. Shaw is a Joint Qualified Officer having spent over three years on the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command J3 staff. During his time in the Navy, he qualified as an Information Warfare Officer (Oceanography specialty), serving at sea, in major staff, in two command tours, and lastly as the Chief of Staff of the Naval Oceanography Program.
Dr. Jacob Lassin is an instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College.
Lt Col Darius Estavillo is an Air University Fellow and instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. He received his commission in 2009 from Virginia Tech and holds advanced degrees from American Military University and Air University. Maj Estavillo has served and led in a variety of disciplines and functional areas including as a Director of Operations at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska and five deployments in support of multiple Combatant Commands. Prior to this assignment, he served as a Deputy Branch Chief on Headquarters Air Force staff at the Pentagon, responsible for policy, guidance, and strategy in coordination with Department of the Air Force staff and field units.
Lt Col Steve “NAStY” Keefer is an instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. He earned a B.S. in Political Science from the U.S. Air Force Academy and holds advanced degrees from Pennsylvania State University and Air University. A career Weapons Systems Officer, Lt Col Keefer has over 2,600 flight hours as an instructor and evaluator in the F-15E and F/A-18F. His operational experience includes multiple combat deployments in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, as well as an exchange assignment with the Royal Australian Air Force. Before his current assignment, he commanded the 4th Operations Support Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina.
Lt Col Frank Livingston is an Instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting and Deputy Course Director for Wargaming at Air Command and Staff College. An Air Force Logistics Readiness Officer, Lt Col Livingston has held numerous key roles, including Squadron Director of Operations, two Squadron Commander tours, and three tours as a Combat/Air Advisor. His leadership experience extends to serving as Commandant of Cadet Candidates at the U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School and in various senior positions, such as Branch Chief and Deputy Division Chief at Air Combat Command, Division Chief at U.S. Air Forces in Europe, and Division Chief at U.S. Special Operations Command. He has also held several theater-level staff positions in Iraq and Afghanistan. A former U.S. Army Paratrooper, he participated in Operation DESERT SHIELD/SWORD/STORM and Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. Lt Col Livingston is a graduate of Southern Illinois University and holds a Master’s degree in Aeronautical Sciences with Honors from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. His most recent assignment was as the Logistics Liaison to International Special Operations at U.S. Special Operations Command Headquarters, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.
Lt Col Jon "Oz” Oswald is an Instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. He received his commission from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2008. A senior pilot, Lt Col Oswald has accumulated over 3,000 flying hours in the T-6, T-1, KC-135, and C-17. Before joining the faculty at ACSC, he served as Chief, Aircraft Strike for United States Strategic Command, Joint Plans and Policy Directorate, Nuclear Mission Planning Division (J53), at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. He holds a Master of Arts in Administrative Leadership from the University of Oklahoma and a Master of Science in Military Operational Art and Science from The Air University. Lt Col Oswald is married to the most amazing woman in the world, Elizabeth, and is a #girldadx3. In his limited spare time (see #girldadx3) he enjoys playing golf, smoking meat, trying new restaurants, and volunteering in his church and community.
Lt Col Blair Schaefer is an instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. A Senior Air Battle Manager with over 2,200 flight hours, he has extensive operational experience in the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System and the E-3A NATO Airborne Warning and Control System. Lt Col Schaefer holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Illinois and an M.S. in Strategic Intelligence from the National Intelligence University. He is also a graduate of the Joint Combined Warfighting School at the Joint Forces Staff College.
Lt Col Thomas A. Smicklas is an instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. A space and missile operations officer and financial manager, Lt Col Smicklas has held various operational assignments, including deployments to Amman, Jordan, and is a graduated squadron commander. He earned a B.S. in Hospital Administration from the University of Cincinnati, an M.B.A. from the University of Maryland, and a Master’s in Military Operational Art and Science from Air University. He is also a graduate of the Joint Combined Warfighting School at the Joint Forces Staff College. Lt Col Smicklas has completed two staff tours at Air Force Space Command and most recently served at the U.S. Air Force Academy as Course Director in the Department of Military and Strategic Studies and Deputy Director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Center of Innovation.
Lt Col Ryan Whitaker is an instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. He received his commission through AFROTC at West Virginia University in 2006, earning a B.A. in Communications. He has held a variety of leadership positions as a Force Support officer, including Flight Commander, Director of Operations and Commander at the Squadron level, as well as Executive Officer at the Group, Sub-unified Combatant Command and Headquarters Air Force levels. Lt Col Whitaker has extensive joint experience, having served at U.S. Special Operations Command, U.S. Central Command, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, International Security Assistance Force Headquarters, Combined Joint Task Force-101, and Special Operations Command Central. He is a joint-qualified officer with five deployments in support of joint operations in the Middle East and Southwest Asia. Lt Col Whitaker holds an M.A. in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University as well as a M.S. in Military Operational Art and Science from Air University.
Lt Col Travis Eastbourne is an instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College.
Lt Col James Somerville is an instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College.
Lt Col Andrew Long is an instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College.
Lt Col Ian Kemp is an instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College.


Department of Leadership

The Department of Leadership is made up of civilian and military faculty.

Dr. Lisa Beckenbaugh is the Department Chair of the Department of Leadership at the US Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC).
Lt Col Daniel Schreiber is the Deputy Department Chair of the Leadership Department at the US Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC).
Dr. Paul Johstono is an instructor in the Department of Leadership.
Dr. Amber Batura is an instructor in the Department of Leadership.
Dr. Sebastian Lukasik is an instructor in the Department of Leadership.
Dr. Daniel Connelly is an instructor in the Department of Leadership.
Dr. Brosh Teucher is an instructor in the Department of Leadership.
Dr. William Harlow is an instructor in the Department of Leadership.
Lt Col Brett Barnes is an instructor in the Department of Leadership.
Lt Col Matthew ZIEMANN is an instructor in the Department of Leadership.
Lt Col Edwin Gaston is an instructor in the Department of Leadership.
Lt Col Kristi Buczek is an instructor in the Department of Leadership.
Lt Col John Lingelbach is an instructor in the Department of Leadership.
Lt Col Lucas Berreckman is an instructor in the Department of Leadership.
Lt Col Christopher Warms is an instructor in the Department of Leadership.
Lt Col Brett Barnes is an instructor in the Department of Leadership.


Department of Joint Education

Joint All Domain Strategist was formerly Multi Domain Operational Strategist (MDOS) is an AETC award winning program for innovation in multi domain operations and joint warfighting.  It is a year-long, advanced level course focusing on developing future leaders who understand how to employ multi domain operational maneuver to counter emerging threats.  This concentration prepares selected students for operational and command assignments requiring cutting-edge knowledge of planning and operations. Students study and apply strategic and operational design, the joint operations planning process, reflexive control, decision making theory, and risk analysis.  Additionally, students participate in exercises and wargames with German and Polish War Colleges, as well as the Doolittle Wargame Series.  Post-graduation approximately 40% of MDOS students attend SAASS, SAMS or SAW, 10% are selected for command, and 50% receive operational-level assignments.

Dr. Jeffery M. Reilly, LTC, USA (Retired) is the Chairman of the Department of Joint Education at the United States Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC) and Director of the Multi Domain Operational Strategist Concentration. Dr. Reilly is a retired Army officer with 26 years of active-duty service. He began his service as a draftee and served 28 consecutive months in Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia. His theater-level planning and operations experience includes serving as a theater level combined and joint operations officer, plans division chief, and member of the Secretary of Defense’s “two major theater war” plans team. Dr. Reilly received his MA from the University of Houston and his PhD from the University of Alabama. He is an adjunct faculty member for the NATO School’s Operational Planning Course, a speaker at the USAF Weapons Instructor Course, and a member of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s Military Education Coordination Council Working Group. Dr. Reilly has also given a number of presentations at international defense colleges including: the Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr, in Hamburg, Germany, the Royal Danish Defense College in Copenhagen, Denmark, the Ethiopian Defense Staff College in Addis Ababa and the Polish National Defense University in Warsaw. Additionally, he conducted research on design in Afghanistan during 2010, 2011, and 2012 and on the future of C4ISR in Iraq and Africa during 2016. He is the author of Operational Design: Distilling Clarity from Complexity for Decisive Action. His most recent article What’s After Joint? concerning multi domain operations was published in the March 2016 edition of the Air and Space Power Journal. In 2018, he won the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) award for innovation in multi domain and joint warfighting abilities.

Research Interest/Expertise: Multi Domain Operations, Strategic Design, Operational Design, C4ISR, Operational Planning, International Relations, Irregular Warfare, Future Security Threats.


Department of Security Studies

The Department of Security Studies.

 

Dr. Kevin Holzimmer is the Department Chair of the Department of Security Studies at the US Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC).
Lt Col Brandon Buelow is the Deputy Department Chair of the Security Studies Department at the US Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC).
Dr. Ron Dains is an instructor in the Department of Security Studies.
Dr. Brian McNeil is an instructor in the Department of Security Studies.
Dr. Miruna Barnoschi is an instructor in the Department of Security Studies.
Dr. Michael Kraig is an instructor in the Department of Security Studies.
Dr. Matthew Schwonek is an instructor in the Department of Security Studies.
Dr. Shawn Cochran is an instructor in the Department of Security Studies.
Dr. Kenneth Johnson is an instructor in the Department of Security Studies.
Dr. Ann Mezzell is an instructor in the Department of Security Studies.
Lt Col John Mahan is an instructor in the Department of Security Studies.
Lt Col Gary Adams is an instructor in the Department of Security Studies.
Lt Col Jennifer Weller is an instructor in the Department of Security Studies.
Lt Col Joshua Payne is an instructor in the Department of Security Studies.
Maj Jacob Wiseman is an instructor in the Department of Security Studies.


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Dept. of Leadership

Dean of Education

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.

 

Dr. Edwin H. Redman, Colonel, USAF (Retired), is Dean of Education at the US Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC). Dr. Redman is a command pilot with tours in each of the Air Force’s bomber aircraft. He served as an instructor pilot in the T-38, B-1 and B-2, and flew combat missions in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM in 2003 in the B-2. He is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy, ACSC, and the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies (SAASS). Following SAASS, Dr. Redman attended Duke University, where he received his PhD in History. His last operational assignment was Deputy Commander, 509th Operations Group, Whiteman Air Force Base. He completed his active-duty service at Air University, holding several positions, including Director of Warfighting Education at the LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education, and Director of the Grand Strategy Seminar, Air War College. He retired from the Air Force in 2014 and joined Air University as a civilian professor in 2015.

Research Interest/Expertise: Cold War History, Nuclear Deterrence, Civil-Military Relations, and US National Security.

Dr. Stephanie D. Hinnershitz is the Associate Dean of Education (Policy-Strategy).
Lt Col Michael "Deano" Dean is the Associate Dean of Education (Operations) at the Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC). Within AU, Lt Col Dean has served as the Air University (AU) Fellow Program Manager, AY23 Airpower and Contemporary Warfare Instructor, and was an AU Fellow with instructor experience at Squadron Officer School. His recent assignments include strategy and current plans development on the United States Air Forces-Europe Staff and 603d Air Operations Center. He is an Air Battle Manager with over 2,000 hours on the E-3 AWACS. Lt Col Dean has deployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom, Unified Protector, Enduring Freedom, and Inherent Resolve. Other notable missions supported are Operation Noble Eagle, SOUTHCOM Counter-Drug Operations, Presidential Overwatch, and representing Air Forces-Africa on numerous security cooperation delegations. Lt Col Dean received a Master of Arts in Education from George Fox University and a Master of Operational Art and Science from ACSC in AY22

Dept. of Airpower

Department of Airpower

The Department of Airpower is made up of civilian and military faculty from across the joint force and includes officers from our nation’s allies. Faculty in DEA are responsible for teaching, research, and service. The department develops and delivers two of the core courses: Airpower I and Airpower II. The first course, AP 1 examines the struggle to determine the nature of airpower and its functions from World War One to the end of the Vietnam War, and includes an analysis of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. The second course, AP 2, examines the development of airpower from 1975 to the present and into the near future, including air, space, and cyber power.

Lt Col Todd “King” Arthur is the Department Chair of the Department of Airpower at the US Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC). Lt Col Arthur is a command pilot with over 5500 hours in the C-5 A/B/M, T-1A, T-6A and E-11 aircraft. He served as an instructor pilot in all four airframes, and flew combat missions in Operations IRAQI FREEDOM, ENDURING FREEDOM, and FREEDOM SENTENEL. He is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy, ACSC, and commanded the 430 EECS. Lt Col Arthur received his Bachelor of Science from the United States Air Force Academy with a minor in Military Doctrine, Operations and Strategy. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from Touro University with an emphasis in corporate finance. Lt Col Arthur also has a Master of Military Sciences from Air University. His last assignment was Commander, 430 EECS Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arab.
Dr. Jared R. Donnelly is the Deputy Department Chair of the Department of Airpower at the US Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC). Dr. Donnelly received his PhD from Texas A&M University and was previously on the faculty of the International Affairs Department at the George H.W. Bush School of Government and Public Service. Donnelly's research focuses on war and social change in Germany and Europe with a specific interest in the period since 1945. Additionally, he studies strategic design for future security environments and conducts research on decision making in multi-domain operations.

Research Interest/Expertise: Modern Europe, Modern Germany, European War and Society, Nazi Germany, Multi Domain Operations, Strategic Design, Joint Planning.

Dr. Heather P. Venable is an Associate Professor of Military and Security Studies in the Department of Airpower and the Airpower Strategy and Operations Course Director. She has taught Airpower I, Airpower II, and electives on close air support and the historical experience of combat. She also has served as the Airpower II course director. As a visiting professor at the US Naval Academy, she taught naval and Marine Corps history. She graduated with a BA in History from Texas A&M University and an MA in American History from the University of Hawai’i. She received her PhD in military history from Duke University. She also has attended the Space Operations Course as well as the Joint Firepower Course. She has written How the Few Became the Proud: The Making of the Marine Corps’ Mythos, 1874-1918 (Naval Institute Press, 2019). Previous published work includes “‘There’s Nothing that a Marine Can’t Do’: Publicity and the Marine Corps, 1905-1917” in New Interpretations in Naval History: Selected Papers from the Sixteenth Naval History Symposium and “The China Marines and the Crucible of the Warrior Mythos, 1900-1941” in Crucibles: Selected Readings in U.S. Marine Corps History. She is also a non-resident fellow at Marine Corps University’s Krulak Center. Her professional service includes service as a managing editor for The Strategy Bridge. Her current research centers on intersections between theory and pre-war thinking and the application of airpower in combat.
Dr. Terry Beckenbaugh is an Associate Professor in the Department of Air Power at the US Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC). He came to ACSC from the US Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he taught for nine years in the Department of Military History. Dr. Beckenbaugh received his PhD from the University of Arkansas, and his Masters and Bachelors in US History and History, respectively, from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. Beckenbaugh has taught at a variety of undergraduate and graduate civilian institutions. He is currently working on a book on the White River Campaign in Arkansas in the spring-summer of 1862, and has numerous publications and conference presentations.
Dr. Joshua A. Sipper is an Assistant Professor at the Air Command and Staff College. He completed his Doctoral work at Trident University in September of 2012, earning a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership (emphasis, E-Learning Leadership). Dr. Sipper’s previous degrees were obtained from Troy University (M.Ed. Education) and Faulkner University (B.S. English). Dr. Sipper is a veteran who served honorably in the U.S. Air Force in the intelligence career field and worked for Lockheed Martin in a similar capacity on the U-2 program. More recently, Dr. Sipper shifted his focus into the cyber realm for seven years as a Systems Engineer, Chief of Cyber Standardization and Evaluation, and Cyber Exercise Manager for General Dynamics at the Air Force’s 26th Network Operations Squadron, followed by a nine-year stint as a civil servant in the Air Force cyber career field at the Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education. Just prior to his appointment at ACSC, Dr. Sipper was a Professor of Cyberwarfare Studies at the Air Force Cyber College where he designed several cyber courses including Cyber ISR, Cyber EW, and Cyber and Information Warfare Capabilities and Trends. He has numerous publications including his paper titled “The Cyber Microbiome and the Cyber Meta-reality” published at the IARIA Cyber 2020 conference for which he won a “Best Paper Award” and also has a book titled “The Cyber Meta-reality: Beyond the Metaverse, published by Rowman and Littlefield in 2022. Dr. Sipper’s research interests include cyber operations, ISR, electromagnetic warfare, and cyber warfare.
Dr. M.V. "Coyote" Smith is an associate professor in the Department of Airpower at the United States Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College. He retired from active duty in August 2016 as a command space operations officer serving as a professor of strategic space studies at the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies. He has served in various flying, space, and missile assignments and as an instructor at the USAF Weapons School. During Operation Allied Force (Kosovo) he served as a strategist and targeting officer on Lt General Michael Short's staff at the Air Component headquarters at Dal Molin Air Base in Vicenza, Italy. During Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan), he served at USCENTCOM Headquarters as a strategist on General Tommy Frank’s staff. He later served as the chief air and space power strategist on the Pentagon’s Strategic Planning Council during Operation Iraqi Freedom, providing advice to the Joint Staff and the Secretary of Defense. He is the author of Ten Propositions Regarding Spacepower, and the article “America Needs a US Space Corps,” which triggered Congressional and Presidential interest in an independent space service.
Dr. Paul J. Springer is a full professor of comparative military studies. He holds a PhD in military history from Texas A&M University. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including America’s Captives: Treatment of POWs from the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror; Military Robots and Drones: A Reference Handbook; Transforming Civil War Prisons: Lincoln, Lieber, and the Laws of War; Cyber Warfare: A Reference Handbook; and Outsourcing War to Machines: The Military Robotics Revolution. In addition, he has published hundreds of shorter pieces, on a variety of subjects including military history, terrorism, strategy, technology, and military robotics. In 2019, he was asked by CSAF General David Goldfein to co-author a book on leadership and command, which will be published by the Air University Press. Dr. Springer is a Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, and the series editor for both the History of Military Aviation and Transforming War series, produced by the U.S. Naval Institute Press. Currently, he is completing three books, including a collective biography of the West Point Class of 1829; a military history textbook (co-authored with ACSC Professor S. Michael Pavelec); and an examination of the post-Civil War creation of higher education institutions in the South. Research Interest/Expertise includes: POW operations; military leadership and command; strategy; military technology; artificial intelligence; cyber warfare; and U.S. military history.
Dr. John Terino is an Associate Professor of Military and Security Studies at the Air Command and Staff College. At ACSC, he teaches courses on Military Theory, Airpower, Contemporary Warfare, Joint Planning, Joint Air Planning, and an elective on the Air Force in Fact, Fiction, and Film. Prior to teaching at ACSC, he was a professor at the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies (SAASS). While at SAASS, he directed the school’s course on Technology and Military Innovation, courses on Airpower History, and the institution’s wargaming activities. Before coming to Air University, he taught for four years at the Air Force Academy in the Department of History. He retired from the Air Force in the grade of Lieutenant Colonel after serving for almost 23 years. He received his BA, MA, and PhD in the History and Sociology of Science from the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently researching a couple of book chapters and editing an airpower anthology book.
Dr. Michael E. Weaver is an associate professor of history in the Department of Air Power. He joined the faculty of ACSC in 2002 after completing his doctorate at Temple University under the tutelage of Russell Weigley. Weaver’s first book was Guard Wars: The 28th Infantry Division in World War II (Indiana University Press, 2010). His second, The Air War in Vietnam (Texas Tech University Press, 2022), came out in print in the Fall of 2022. In The Journal of Aeronautical History, Intelligence and National Security, Air Power History, and Diplomatic History he has published articles on the Cuban Missile Crisis, air intelligence during World War II, aircraft capabilities, and air combat training during the Cold War. Weaver specializes in aviation history, the Cold War, and World War II.  

Research Interest/Expertise: Cold War, History of the Vietnam War, U.S. Military History, Aviation History, World War II, Force & Diplomacy, History of the United States.

Dr. Hurley is an Assistant Professor of Military and Security Studies in the Department of Airpower at the US Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC).  Dr. Hurley is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy Class of 1990 and a 2005 graduate of ACSC, having also earned an MA in History from the University of Washington (1991) and a PhD in History from The Ohio State University (2009).  He spent most of his military career as an intelligence officer, completing threat and theater analysis assignments in Air Mobility Command, Pacific Air Forces, US Air Forces in Europe, NATO, and US Forces Korea.  Dr. Hurley retired from the Air Force in 2014 as the Chief of USAF ISR Doctrine and Policy Integration, HQ AF/A2, The Pentagon.  Since leaving active service he has worked as a Senior Fellow at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies and an airpower history author for Helion & Co., Publishers, and he continues to serve as a volunteer guide at the National Museum of the US Air Force.  He joined Air University as a civilian professor in May 2024.
Lt Col John “Garick” Chamberlin, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Military and Security Studies in the Department of Airpower at the United States Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC). He holds a PhD in History from Purdue University, an MA in National Security Affairs from Naval Postgraduate School, and a BS in Middle East Studies from Excelsior College (USNY). Lt Col Chamberlin has split his Air Force career roughly equally between intelligence and education assignments, having taught at the Defense Language Institute and the US Air Force Academy, and commanded a Student Squadron at Squadron Officers School prior to his assignment to ACSC. In the Intelligence field, he was attached to the RC-135 both as an enlisted aviator and as an intelligence officer, and also served on the 3rd Air Force and US Air Forces in Europe staffs and as the Chief of Wing Intelligence for the 22 ARW at McConnell AFB. Lt Col Chamberlin has over a dozen deployments to the Middle East, as well as one to Kosovo. His research focuses on the diplomatic and military history of the Early American Republic, primarily related to North African affairs.
Lt Col Drew Roberts is an instructor in the Department of Airpower at the Air Command and Staff College where he teaches the Airpower Strategy and Operations and Contemporary and Emerging Warfare Courses. He is an Electronic Warfare Officer (EWO) on the RC-135 Rivet Joint with deployments in support of USCENTCOM, USEUCOM, and USINDOPACOM. He also served as an exchange officer with the Royal Air Force conducting test and evaluation and flying operations on the British RC-135. Lt Col Roberts received a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Florida State University, a Master of Arts in Intelligence Studies from American Military University, a Master of Military Operational Arts and Sciences from ACSC, and recently completed and defended his doctoral dissertation from the University of North Texas in military history. His research is focused on the integration of airpower into combined arms operations during the First World War.
Lt Col James "Motel" Six is an instructor in the Department of Airpower at the Air Command and Staff College (ACSC) where he teaches the Airpower Strategy and Operations and the Contemporary and Emerging Warfare courses. Prior to this assignment, he served as the Deputy Commander Detachment 3, Training Support Squadron, Air Combat Command (ACC) at Davis- Monthan Air Force Base, AZ. Lt Col Six is a Senior Combat Systems Officer with over 1,000 flight hours in the EC-130H “Compass Call”, including over 550 combat hours flown in various operations as an Evaluator Mission Crew Commander. Lt Col Six received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Clemson University (Go Tigers!), holds a Master of Arts in History from American Military University, and a Master of Military Operational Art and Science degree from ACSC.
Lt Col Dominic “DOG” Gaskin is an instructor in the Department of Airpower at the Air Command and Staff College (ACSC) where he teaches the Airpower Strategy and Operations and Contemporary and Emerging Warfare courses. Prior to this assignment, he served as the Commander, 343d Reconnaissance Squadron, Air Combat Command (ACC) at Offutt AFB, NE. Lt Col Gaskin is a Master Electronic Warfare Officer with over 2000 flight hours in the RC-135V/W RIVET JOINT and T-1A, including 884 combat hours. Lt Col Gaskin received a Bachelor of Science in English from Troy University, a Master of Arts in Literature from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a Master of Military Operational Art and Science degree from ACSC.
Dr. Jordan R. Hayworth is an instructor in the Department of Airpower at the Air Command and Staff College (ACSC). He previously served as the Associate Dean for Policy and Strategy. 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.
Dr. Elizabeth B. Peifer is an instructor in the Department of Airpower at the Air Command and Staff College (ACSC). 


Dept. of Warfighting

Department of Joint Warfighting

The Department of Joint Warfighting is made up of civilian and military faculty from across the joint force and includes officers from our nation's allies.  Faculty within the department are responsible for teaching, research, and service.  The Warfighting department is responsible for two core courses, Joint Air Operations Planning and Joint Warfighting. Joint Warfighting is designed to demonstrate, at the operational level, how the U.S. joint force organizes, deploys, employs, sustains, and redeploys military capabilities in support of national interest in order to prevail in war.

Dr. Christopher Stamper is the Chair of the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. A retired U.S. Navy Commander and Naval Aviator, he earned a B.S. in Oceanography from the U.S. Naval Academy and holds a M.A. in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College. He also holds a Doctorate in Public Administration from Capella University, specializing in East African affairs. Dr. Stamper served as operational flight instructor and taught as a faculty member at the U.S. Naval Academy and Air War College.
Lt Col Mary Marshall is the Deputy Department Chair of the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College.
Dr. Jon Hendrickson is an Associate Professor of Military and Security Studies in the Joint Warfighting Department and Course Director for the Air Command and Staff College capstone wargame. After being awarded a Tyng Scholarship to Williams College, he earned his Ph.D. in military history from the Ohio State University, where he was awarded a Mershon Center Fellowship to conduct research in Vienna, Rome, Paris, and London. His research led to the publication of Crisis in the Mediterranean, a book on the shifting alliances and naval races in the Mediterranean before World War I. After graduating from Ohio State, he was awarded the Class of 1957 Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Naval History at the U.S. Naval Academy and taught at Coastal Carolina University. He has published and presented several papers on naval and military history, ancient history, and diplomatic history. Dr. Henderson is a graduate of the Joint Combined Warfighting School, Joint Forces Staff College.
Dr. Brent Lawniczak is an Associate Professor of Military and Security Studies in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. A retired Marine aviator (UH-1N/UC-12), he has served in multiple theaters in various capacities. He is a graduate of Michigan State University, and the United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College, and earned his Ph.D. from Auburn University. He served as the Senior Marine Corps Advisor to the Commandant of Air Command and Staff College from 2008-2012. Additionally, Brent was qualified as a Command Pilot, Forward Air Controller (Airborne) (FAC(A)), Forward Air Controller (FAC)/Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC), and Weapons and Tactics Instructor. His interests and expertise include joint planning, operational design, joint fires, maritime and amphibious operations, aviation operations, policy formulation, American politics, international relations, the U.S. Constitution, and U.S. military history. He is the author of the book Confronting the Myth of Soft Power in U.S. Foreign Policy and a number of articles in various military journals.
Dr. Brian R. Price is an Associate Professor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. He holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles, and earned his Ph.D. in Military History from the University of North Texas. He is a graduate of the Joint Combined Warfighting School, Joint Forces Staff College. Dr. Price has conducted research for the POW-MIA Accounting Agency, deployed as a Social Science subject matter expert with SOF in Afghanistan, serving back-to-back tours as a Senior Social Scientist in Regional Command East, Afghanistan. He worked for ten years in Silicon Valley, rising to the level of Vice President, and ran his own publishing company before taking his doctorate. His research interests focus on the nexus of culture, technology, and war, and his current research focuses on the development of post-Vietnam TACAIR, a project for which he has conducted extensive archival research along with oral histories on several senior officers. He is published in numerous journals and has authored several books in his second field of interest - medieval and early modern warfare. In his spare time, he teaches historical swordsmanship and is an inductee to the Martial Arts Hall of Fame.
Dr. Ronald Shaw is an Assistant Professor of National Security Studies in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. He holds a B.S. in Oceanography from the U.S. Naval Academy, an M.S. in Meteorology and Physical Oceanography from the Naval Postgraduate School, an M.S. in Hydrographic Science from the University of Southern Mississippi, an M.A. in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College and most recently completed a Ph.D. in History from Liberty University. A retired U.S. Navy Captain, Dr. Shaw is a Joint Qualified Officer having spent over three years on the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command J3 staff. During his time in the Navy, he qualified as an Information Warfare Officer (Oceanography specialty), serving at sea, in major staff, in two command tours, and lastly as the Chief of Staff of the Naval Oceanography Program.
Dr. Jacob Lassin is an instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College.
Lt Col Darius Estavillo is an Air University Fellow and instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. He received his commission in 2009 from Virginia Tech and holds advanced degrees from American Military University and Air University. Maj Estavillo has served and led in a variety of disciplines and functional areas including as a Director of Operations at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska and five deployments in support of multiple Combatant Commands. Prior to this assignment, he served as a Deputy Branch Chief on Headquarters Air Force staff at the Pentagon, responsible for policy, guidance, and strategy in coordination with Department of the Air Force staff and field units.
Lt Col Steve “NAStY” Keefer is an instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. He earned a B.S. in Political Science from the U.S. Air Force Academy and holds advanced degrees from Pennsylvania State University and Air University. A career Weapons Systems Officer, Lt Col Keefer has over 2,600 flight hours as an instructor and evaluator in the F-15E and F/A-18F. His operational experience includes multiple combat deployments in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, as well as an exchange assignment with the Royal Australian Air Force. Before his current assignment, he commanded the 4th Operations Support Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina.
Lt Col Frank Livingston is an Instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting and Deputy Course Director for Wargaming at Air Command and Staff College. An Air Force Logistics Readiness Officer, Lt Col Livingston has held numerous key roles, including Squadron Director of Operations, two Squadron Commander tours, and three tours as a Combat/Air Advisor. His leadership experience extends to serving as Commandant of Cadet Candidates at the U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School and in various senior positions, such as Branch Chief and Deputy Division Chief at Air Combat Command, Division Chief at U.S. Air Forces in Europe, and Division Chief at U.S. Special Operations Command. He has also held several theater-level staff positions in Iraq and Afghanistan. A former U.S. Army Paratrooper, he participated in Operation DESERT SHIELD/SWORD/STORM and Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. Lt Col Livingston is a graduate of Southern Illinois University and holds a Master’s degree in Aeronautical Sciences with Honors from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. His most recent assignment was as the Logistics Liaison to International Special Operations at U.S. Special Operations Command Headquarters, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.
Lt Col Jon "Oz” Oswald is an Instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. He received his commission from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2008. A senior pilot, Lt Col Oswald has accumulated over 3,000 flying hours in the T-6, T-1, KC-135, and C-17. Before joining the faculty at ACSC, he served as Chief, Aircraft Strike for United States Strategic Command, Joint Plans and Policy Directorate, Nuclear Mission Planning Division (J53), at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. He holds a Master of Arts in Administrative Leadership from the University of Oklahoma and a Master of Science in Military Operational Art and Science from The Air University. Lt Col Oswald is married to the most amazing woman in the world, Elizabeth, and is a #girldadx3. In his limited spare time (see #girldadx3) he enjoys playing golf, smoking meat, trying new restaurants, and volunteering in his church and community.
Lt Col Blair Schaefer is an instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. A Senior Air Battle Manager with over 2,200 flight hours, he has extensive operational experience in the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System and the E-3A NATO Airborne Warning and Control System. Lt Col Schaefer holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Illinois and an M.S. in Strategic Intelligence from the National Intelligence University. He is also a graduate of the Joint Combined Warfighting School at the Joint Forces Staff College.
Lt Col Thomas A. Smicklas is an instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. A space and missile operations officer and financial manager, Lt Col Smicklas has held various operational assignments, including deployments to Amman, Jordan, and is a graduated squadron commander. He earned a B.S. in Hospital Administration from the University of Cincinnati, an M.B.A. from the University of Maryland, and a Master’s in Military Operational Art and Science from Air University. He is also a graduate of the Joint Combined Warfighting School at the Joint Forces Staff College. Lt Col Smicklas has completed two staff tours at Air Force Space Command and most recently served at the U.S. Air Force Academy as Course Director in the Department of Military and Strategic Studies and Deputy Director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Center of Innovation.
Lt Col Ryan Whitaker is an instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College. He received his commission through AFROTC at West Virginia University in 2006, earning a B.A. in Communications. He has held a variety of leadership positions as a Force Support officer, including Flight Commander, Director of Operations and Commander at the Squadron level, as well as Executive Officer at the Group, Sub-unified Combatant Command and Headquarters Air Force levels. Lt Col Whitaker has extensive joint experience, having served at U.S. Special Operations Command, U.S. Central Command, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, International Security Assistance Force Headquarters, Combined Joint Task Force-101, and Special Operations Command Central. He is a joint-qualified officer with five deployments in support of joint operations in the Middle East and Southwest Asia. Lt Col Whitaker holds an M.A. in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University as well as a M.S. in Military Operational Art and Science from Air University.
Lt Col Travis Eastbourne is an instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College.
Lt Col James Somerville is an instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College.
Lt Col Andrew Long is an instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College.
Lt Col Ian Kemp is an instructor in the Department of Joint Warfighting at Air Command and Staff College.


Dept. of Leadership

Dept. of Research

Department of Security Studies

The Department of Security Studies.

 

Dr. Kevin Holzimmer is the Department Chair of the Department of Security Studies at the US Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC).
Lt Col Brandon Buelow is the Deputy Department Chair of the Security Studies Department at the US Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC).
Dr. Ron Dains is an instructor in the Department of Security Studies.
Dr. Brian McNeil is an instructor in the Department of Security Studies.
Dr. Miruna Barnoschi is an instructor in the Department of Security Studies.
Dr. Michael Kraig is an instructor in the Department of Security Studies.
Dr. Matthew Schwonek is an instructor in the Department of Security Studies.
Dr. Shawn Cochran is an instructor in the Department of Security Studies.
Dr. Kenneth Johnson is an instructor in the Department of Security Studies.
Dr. Ann Mezzell is an instructor in the Department of Security Studies.
Lt Col John Mahan is an instructor in the Department of Security Studies.
Lt Col Gary Adams is an instructor in the Department of Security Studies.
Lt Col Jennifer Weller is an instructor in the Department of Security Studies.
Lt Col Joshua Payne is an instructor in the Department of Security Studies.
Maj Jacob Wiseman is an instructor in the Department of Security Studies.


Dept. of Joint Education

Department of Joint Education

Joint All Domain Strategist was formerly Multi Domain Operational Strategist (MDOS) is an AETC award winning program for innovation in multi domain operations and joint warfighting.  It is a year-long, advanced level course focusing on developing future leaders who understand how to employ multi domain operational maneuver to counter emerging threats.  This concentration prepares selected students for operational and command assignments requiring cutting-edge knowledge of planning and operations. Students study and apply strategic and operational design, the joint operations planning process, reflexive control, decision making theory, and risk analysis.  Additionally, students participate in exercises and wargames with German and Polish War Colleges, as well as the Doolittle Wargame Series.  Post-graduation approximately 40% of MDOS students attend SAASS, SAMS or SAW, 10% are selected for command, and 50% receive operational-level assignments.

Dr. Jeffery M. Reilly, LTC, USA (Retired) is the Chairman of the Department of Joint Education at the United States Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC) and Director of the Multi Domain Operational Strategist Concentration. Dr. Reilly is a retired Army officer with 26 years of active-duty service. He began his service as a draftee and served 28 consecutive months in Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia. His theater-level planning and operations experience includes serving as a theater level combined and joint operations officer, plans division chief, and member of the Secretary of Defense’s “two major theater war” plans team. Dr. Reilly received his MA from the University of Houston and his PhD from the University of Alabama. He is an adjunct faculty member for the NATO School’s Operational Planning Course, a speaker at the USAF Weapons Instructor Course, and a member of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s Military Education Coordination Council Working Group. Dr. Reilly has also given a number of presentations at international defense colleges including: the Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr, in Hamburg, Germany, the Royal Danish Defense College in Copenhagen, Denmark, the Ethiopian Defense Staff College in Addis Ababa and the Polish National Defense University in Warsaw. Additionally, he conducted research on design in Afghanistan during 2010, 2011, and 2012 and on the future of C4ISR in Iraq and Africa during 2016. He is the author of Operational Design: Distilling Clarity from Complexity for Decisive Action. His most recent article What’s After Joint? concerning multi domain operations was published in the March 2016 edition of the Air and Space Power Journal. In 2018, he won the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) award for innovation in multi domain and joint warfighting abilities.

Research Interest/Expertise: Multi Domain Operations, Strategic Design, Operational Design, C4ISR, Operational Planning, International Relations, Irregular Warfare, Future Security Threats.


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Department of Leadership

The Department of Leadership is made up of civilian and military faculty.

Dr. Lisa Beckenbaugh is the Department Chair of the Department of Leadership at the US Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC).
Lt Col Daniel Schreiber is the Deputy Department Chair of the Leadership Department at the US Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC).
Dr. Paul Johstono is an instructor in the Department of Leadership.
Dr. Amber Batura is an instructor in the Department of Leadership.
Dr. Sebastian Lukasik is an instructor in the Department of Leadership.
Dr. Daniel Connelly is an instructor in the Department of Leadership.
Dr. Brosh Teucher is an instructor in the Department of Leadership.
Dr. William Harlow is an instructor in the Department of Leadership.
Lt Col Brett Barnes is an instructor in the Department of Leadership.
Lt Col Matthew ZIEMANN is an instructor in the Department of Leadership.
Lt Col Edwin Gaston is an instructor in the Department of Leadership.
Lt Col Kristi Buczek is an instructor in the Department of Leadership.
Lt Col John Lingelbach is an instructor in the Department of Leadership.
Lt Col Lucas Berreckman is an instructor in the Department of Leadership.
Lt Col Christopher Warms is an instructor in the Department of Leadership.
Lt Col Brett Barnes is an instructor in the Department of Leadership.


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