Guest Editor for Spring 2025 ASOR Special Edition
Mary L. Bartlett, PhD, is an adjunct professor of Clinical Counseling at Palo Alto and Faulkner Universities and independent behavioral health consultant on resilience, risk reduction, and suicide pre- and postvention.
In 1990, Dr. Bartlett graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication. In 1997, she completed her Master of Arts degree in Counseling at the University of Maryland–College Park. In 2006, she graduated from Auburn University with a doctorate in Counselor Education. She is an international speaker with published research, manuscripts, textbook chapters, and a co-edited book. Dr. Bartlett is a Nationally Certified Counselor, Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Family Life Educator, and Military Family Life Consultant and is credentialed as a Myers Briggs Type Indicator certified practitioner, Emotional Intelligence Certified Trainer, Master Resilience Trainer, and Master Trainer for the Suicide Prevention Resource Center.
Dr. Bartlett served for 10 years as a mental health consultant and trainer for leadership across the Department of Defense. In 2016, with 25 years of teaching and clinical experience, she joined Air University to leverage her knowledge in social sciences across all Air Force professional military education. Working closely with headquarters, she developed curriculum content on prevention and resilience policy, strategy, and standard operating procedures while lecturing across all organizational levels. At AU, she held various academic positions, including associate professor at Air Command and Staff College and Air War College, while teaching the CSAF premiere Leadership Development Course for the Ira C. Eaker Center for Leadership Development. Since leaving AU in January 2025, she has resumed consulting for the DoD and was the guest editor of Air University Press’s Air & Space Operations Review Spring 2025 special edition dedicated to suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention.
Spring 2025 ASOR special edition
It is with great solemnity that we present this spring special focus issue of Air & Space Operations Review (ASOR), dedicated to a topic that affects not only the Department of the Air Force and the Department of Defense but also society as a whole. For decades, the prevalence of suicide has weighed heavily on our communities. For service members, military service introduces additional layers of complexity to the demands of everyday life. Suicide has claimed more Airmen, Guardians, Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines than actual combat or combat training. Addressing this crisis requires more than fulfilling annual training requirements or checking a box—it demands meaningful engagement and proactive solutions. Our hope is that this issue of ASOR provides frontline supervisors, mentors, friends, coworkers, and healthcare professionals with valuable insights and tools to help fight the scourge of suicide within our ranks.
Warrior Heart: The Foundation of Combat Readiness
Generational Differences. Combat trauma. Coaching. Teamwork and belonging. The pillars of Comprehensive Airman Fitness. How do these affect resilience, readiness, leadership, and performance—both personal and organizational?
The US Air Force is at the cutting edge of inquiry into these factors. Air University’s Resilience Research Task Force delves into existing research on resilience—as a mindset, a skill set, and a force multiplier.
The various topics addressed in this work were identified by students, faculty, partners, and constituents, including Air Mobility Command and the Air Force Office of Integrated Resilience. This volume offers commanders, leaders, and Airmen a deeper understanding of human behavior and provides insights into cultivating Airmen and teams that grow stronger together through chaos, disruptive change, combat, or catastrophe.
[Susan Steen, PhD; Angelle Khachadoorian, PhD; Mary Bartlett, PhD / 2024 / 194 pages / ISBN 978-1-58566-331-6 / AU Press Code: B-184 / Format: Print & Electronic]