Dr. E. Paige Reid is a Professor of Strategy and Security Studies at the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Air University, Maxwell AFB. SAASS is a selective one-year graduate school for strategists with 16 terminally credentialed faculty and 45 Air Force, Department of Defense, and international students. As a professor, Paige is responsible for creating warrior-scholars who have a superior ability to develop, evaluate, and employ airpower as a component of military force in support of national objectives.
Her teaching expertise includes collegiate and graduate courses in nuclear deterrence, coercion, security studies, and international relations theory.
EDUCATION
2009 Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC
2014 Master of Arts in International Studies, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2016 Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
CAREER CHRONOLOGY
August 2016 – July 2018 Postdoctoral Research Fellow & Nuclear Proliferation Fellow, Chicago Project on Security and Threats, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
August 2018 – May 2020 Assistant Professor, Center for Strategic Deterrence Studies, Air War College, Air University, Maxwell AFB
May 2020 – Present Assistant Professor, Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Air University, Maxwell AFB
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
2015 Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher Award, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2017 Awarded “One of the Seven Freshest Perspectives on Nuclear Weapons in 2017”, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
2017 Moody Research Grant, Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation
2020 Center for Strategic and International Studies Project on Nuclear Issues Mid-Career Cadre
PUBLICATIONS
2017 “Think Positive: How to get North Korea to Rollback its Nuclear Weapons Activity,” Bulletin of Atomic Scientists *Awarded as One of the Seven Freshest Perspectives on Nuclear Weapons in 2017
2019 “Inducements in Interstate Relations,” Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, Oxford University Press with Rupal Mehta
2020 “Hypersonic Technology as an Evolution in Nuclear Weapons Delivery Technology,” Strategic Studies Quarterly with Nathan Terry
2023 “Continuity and Change in American Nonproliferation Policy towards North Korea,” in Strategy and Negotiations for Denuclearizing North Korea: Was There Ever a Window of Opportunity? Ed. SUNY University Press
2024 “USAF Nuclear Forces: Current Posture,” Vortex Printed in both French and English
2024 “Understanding Geostrategic Competition, Adversaries, and Deterrence through Simulated Negotiations: Implementing the Joint Chiefs of Staff ‘Developing Today’s Staff Officers for Tomorrow’s Way of War’ Guidance on Experiential Learning in PME Classroom,” Joint Force Quarterly with Justin Anderson
2024 “Understanding Opportunistic Aggression in the 21st Century,” The Center for Strategic and International Studies Project on Nuclear Issues Task Report
2025 “Nuclear Responsibility in an Age of Integrated Deterrence: Does ‘Doing More’ Lead to Better Responsibility?” in Nuclear Responsibility. Ed. Lexington Books
2025 “Too Fast, Too Furious? The Challenges of Hypersonic Missiles for Crisis Bargaining,” with Rupal Mehta and Noel Troutman in Intersections of Theory and Technology: The Future of Air and Space Power. Ed. Air University Press
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
Center for Strategic and International Studies Project on Nuclear Issues Mid-Career Cadre
Bridging the Gap
International Studies Association