DA Department Faculty - Department of Defense Analysis
Defense Analysis Department Chair
Douglas A. Borer, PhD
Douglas A. Borer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Defense Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School. A native son on Montana, Dr. Borer received his B.A. in Psychology from Ripon College in 1985, an M.A. in Political Science from the University of Montana in 1988, and his PhD in Political Science from Boston University in 1993. He has worked at a variety of academic postings, including the University of the South Pacific in Suva Fiji, the University of Western Australia in Perth, Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, the Universitii Kebangsaan in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, and the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. His scholarship focuses on the politics of legitimacy in times of war, with a regional focus on the Asia-Pacific. Over time, he has shifted from hunting bears to dragons. He is the author Superpowers Defeated: Vietnam and Afghanistan Compared (Frank Cass, 1999). He is co-editor with John Arquilla of Information Strategy and War: A Guide to Theory and Practice (Routledge, 2007); He is co-editor with Mark Berger of two books, The Long War-Insurgency, Counterinsurgency and Collapsing States (Routledge, 2008), and The Rise of East Asia: Critical Vision of the Pacific Century (Routledge, 1997). Borer has also authored or co-authored over 70 book chapters, professional articles, book reviews, and editorials. In 2007, he helped establish the Common Operational Research Environment (CORE) Lab at NPS and was named Acting Department Chair in 2020.
John Arquilla
Distinguished Professor
Leo Blanken
Associate Professor
Douglas A. Borer
Associate Professor (2004)
Ph.D., Boston University, 1993
Research Interests
Strategy; Political Legitimacy; Irregular Warfare
Robert Burks
Associate Professor (2017)
Air Force Institute of Technology, 2006
Daniel Cunningham
Lecturer (2010)
M.S., Middlebury Institute of International Studies, 2009
ABD, Naval Postgraduate School
Research Interests
Information Science; Visual Analytics; Social Networks Analysis
Dr. Zachary S. Davis
Research Professor
PhD, International Relations, University of Virginia, 1989
Research Interests
Examining the security implications of emerging technologies and WMD-E
Dorothy Denning
Emeritus Distinguished Professor (2002)
Ph.D, Purdue University
Research Interests
Conflict in Cyberspace; Cyber Security; Trust, Influence and Networks
Jennifer J. Duncan
Program and Research Manager (1992)
M.S., City University of New York, 1985
Sean Everton
Professor (2018)
Ph.D., Stanford University
Research Interests
Social Network Analysis; Political Sociology; Social Movements; Sociology of Religion
Michael Freeman
Professor (2005)
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Research Interests
Terrorism; Counterterrorism; Foreign Policy; Political Theory
Scott Gartner
Provost (2015)
Frank Giordano
Emeritus
Brian Greenshields
Senior Lecturer (2009)
M.A., Naval Postgraduate School
Research Interests
Air power, strategy, irregular warfare
Ryan Maness
Assistant Professor (2017)
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
Research Interests
Cyber Conflict and Strategy, International Relations, Quantitative Methods
Gordon H. McCormick
Professor (1992)
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1986
Research Interests
Terrorism; Sub-State Conflict; Irregular Warfare; Formal Modeling
Siamak Naficy
Senior Lecturer (2013)
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2010
Research Interests
Anthropology of Conflict; War & Society; Moral/Sacred Values; Media & War; Cognitive Science
Robert O'Connell
Visiting Professor (2004)
Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1976
Wayne Porter
Senior Lecturer (2015)
Ph.D., Naval Postgraduate School, 2014
Nancy C. Roberts
Professor Emeritus (1986)
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1983
Research Interests
Complex Networks; Problem Solving; Social Network Analysis; Strategic Management; Organization Theory; "Wicked Problems"; Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Glenn Robinson
Associate Professor (1991)
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1992
Research Interests
Political Violence; Islamic Fundamentalism; Political Economy; Middle East
Anna Simons
Emeritus
Barry Strauss
Visiting Distinguished Professor
Bradley J. Strawser
Associate Professor (2012)
Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 2012
Research Interests
Philosophy and military ethics
Kristen Tsolis
Lecturer (1999)
M.S., Monterey Institute of International Studies, 1999
Research Interests
Geospatial Analysis; Computer Security
Tristan Volpe
Assistant Professor (2017)
Ph.D., George Washington
Research Interests
Nuclear Proliferation and Counter-Proliferation, Politics of Emerging Technology, Regional Security Strategy
Camber Warren
Associate Professor
Matt Zefferman
Assistant Professor (2019)
Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 2013
Research Interests
Cooperation and conflict, cultural evolution, institutions for warfare