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Deans of Faculty and Academic Affairs

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Dean of Faculty and Academic Affairs


Advising Interests: Russia/Ukraine war, Strategic decision-making, Special Operations, NATO.

Research Interests: Soviet Union, post-Soviet republics, nuclear history, nationalism, borderlands, history of technology.   

Degrees: PhD, History, Auburn University; Master of Int'l Public Policy, The Johns Hopkins University; Master of Strategic Studies (Grand Strategy w/ Highest Academic Distinction), Air University; Master of Aeronautical Science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Bachelor of Science, Legal Studies, U.S. Air Force Academy.

Experience: Associate Dean, Air War College; Deputy Director, Center for Strategy and Technology, Air War College; Commander, 27 Expeditionary Special Operations Group and 12 Special Operations Squadron; Deputy Director, U.S. Special Operations Command Legislative Affairs, Washington, D.C.

Flight Information: Rating: Command Pilot; Flight Hours: 2,700 (875 Combat); Aircraft Flown: AC-130U, MQ-1, MQ-9.

Email: russell.allison@au.af.edu


Advising Interests: Leadership, Operational Design, Alliances.

Research Interests: Alliances, International System Structure, Air Advising, Design, Leadership.

Degrees: PhD, Political Science, Vanderbilt University, MA, National Security & Strategic Studies, Naval War College, MMAS, Army School of Advanced Military Studies, MMAS, Air Command & Staff College, BS in Biology, US Air Force Academy.

Experience: A-10 & A-29 Instructor/Evaluator Pilot, 81st Fighter Squadron Commander, Air Advisor, Airborne Battalion Air Liaison Officer, Lead Operational Planner at United States Forces Korea, Professor of Leadership & Ethics at Naval War College.

Email: ryan.hill@au.af.edu

Advising Interests: Airpower theory and practice, modern military history, recent conflicts, Central Europe, strategic theory

Research Interests: Airpower, strategy

Degrees: PhD, Modern History, University of Oxford, 2014; MA, Airpower Art and Science, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, 2007; MA, Military Operations, Air Command and Staff College, 2006; MIPP, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, 2002; BA, Political Science, University of Louisville, 1992

Publications: Broken Wings: The Hungarian Air Force 1919-45 (University of Indiana Press, 2016)

Experience: Professor, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies (2016-2019); Vice Commander, 355th Fighter Wing (2014-16); Commander, 25th Fighter Squadron (2009-2011); Olmsted Scholar, Budapest University of Economic Sciences (1999-2001). A-10 instructor/evaluator pilot. Deputy Joint Air Component Coordination Element, Erbil (2017); Deputy Director of Political Military Affairs, Kabul (2007-2008)

Email: stephen.renner.5@au.af.edu

Dean of Students


Advising Interests: Leadership, historic and contemporary campaigns/airpower, education and training, talent management, command and control, and privatized warfare.

Degrees: Master of Strategic Studies, Air War College; Master of Military Operational Art and Science, School of Advanced Military Studies; Master of Arts in Theological Studies, Liberty University; Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, US Air Force Academy.

Experience: Seminar Director, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, AL; Course Director, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, AL; Commander and DO, 99th Flying Training Squadron, JBSA-Randolph, TX; Airpower Strategist and Lead Action Officer, CSAF’s Focus Area 2, HAF/A5, Pentagon, Washington DC; Director of Staff, 437th Operations Group, JB Charleston, SC; Chief of Stan Eval, 14th Flying Training Squadron, JB Charleston, SC; Flight Commander, 48th Flying Training Squadron, Columbus AFB, MS; Operations Controller and C-17 Instructor Aircraft Commander, JB Lewis-McChord, WA.

Flight Information: Rating: Command Pilot; Flight Hours: 5000+ (1100+ Combat); Aircraft Flown: C-17, T-1A, T-6A.

E-Mail: eric.peterson.2@au.af.edu