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Here is a list of Defense Analysis Department faculty.
Department Chair: John Arquilla
| Name | Title/Research Interests | Degree |
| Arquilla, John | Chair and Professor | Ph.D, Stanford University |
| Revolution in Military Affairs; Information-Age Conflict; Irregular Warfare | ||
| Blanken, Leo | Assistant Professor | Ph.D., UC Davis |
| International Relations Theory; Conflict Processes; National Security Policy | ||
| Borer, Douglas A. | Associate Professor | Ph.D., Boston University |
| Strategy; Political Legitimacy; Irregular Warfare | ||
| Denning, Dorothy | Distinguished Professor | Ph.D, Purdue University |
| Conflict in Cyberspace; Cyber Security; Trust, Influence and Networks | ||
| Everton, Sean | Assistant Professor | Ph.D., Stanford University |
| Social Network Analysis; Political Sociology; Social Movements; Sociology of Religion | ||
| Fox, William | Professor | Ph.D., Clemson University |
| Mathematical Modeling; Combat Modeling; Modeling Terrorism; Decision and Risk Analysis | ||
| Freeman, Michael | Associate Professor | Ph.D., University of Chicago |
| Terrorism; Counterterrorism; Foreign Policy; Political Theory | ||
| Giordano, Frank | Professor | Ph.D, University of Arkansas |
| Mathematical Modeling; Optimization and Models of Conflict | ||
| Gregg, Heather | Assistant Professor | Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Religiously motivated violence; Countering ideologies; Non-kinetic means for fighting counterinsurgencies; long term goals of COIN | ||
| Greenshields, Brian | Senior Lecturer | M.A., Naval Postgraduate School |
| Air power, strategy, irregular warfare | ||
| Jaye, Michael | Associate Professor | Ph.D., Rennsselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| Mathematical Modeling; Model Validation; Climate Models | ||
| Lober, George | Senior Lecturer | MA, California State University of Fresno |
| Critical Thinking; Ethics; English Composition; Technical Writing | ||
| McCormick, Gordon | Professor | Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University |
| Terrorism; Sub-State Conflict; Irregular Warfare; Formal Modeling | ||
| Roberts, Nancy C. | Professor | Ph.D., Stanford University |
| Complex Networks; Problem Solving; Social Network Analysis; Strategic Management; Organization Theory; “Wicked Problems"; Post-Conflict Reconstruction | ||
| Robinson, Glenn | Associate Professor | Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley |
| Political Violence; Islamic Fundamentalism; Political Economy; Middle East | ||
| Rothstein, Hy | Senior Lecturer | Ph.D., Tufts University |
| Security Strategy; Irregular Warfare; Military Deception; Psychological Warfare | ||
| Sepp, Kalev (Gunner) | Senior Lecturer | Ph.D., Harvard University |
| National Security Policy; National Strategy; National Military Strategy; Special Operations; Irregular Warfare; Counter-Terrorism; Counter-Insurgency | ||
| Simons, Anna | Professor | Ph.D., Harvard University |
| Anthropology of Conflict; Military Culture; Methods of Social Control; Africa; Military Advising (advisory assessment and selection) | ||
| Strawser, Bradley J. (BJ) | Assistant Professor | Ph.D., University of Connecticut |
| Philosophy and military ethics | ||
| Tsolis, Kristen | Lecturer | M.A., Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Geospatial Analysis; Computer Security | ||
| Tucker, David | Associate Professor | Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School |
| Unconventional Conflict; Terrorism; Intelligence and Human Intelligence; Government Responses to Unconventional Conflict | ||
| Warren, Camber | Assistant Professor | Ph.D., Duke University |
| National Security Policy | ||
| Wilson, Greg | COL, SOF Chair | MS, Naval Postgraduate School |
Adjunct Faculty
| Name | Title/Research Interests | Degree |
| Berger, Marcos | Visiting Professor | Ph.D., University of New South Wales |
| U.S. Foreign Policy; Security-Development and State-Building; Counter-Insurgency/Insurgency; Illegal Drug Trade; especially the Americas, with a second regional specialty in Asia and the Middle East | ||
| Jansen, Erik | Senior Lecturer | Ph.D., University of Southern California |
| Organization Diagnosis & Design, Inter-Organizational Collaborative Capacity, Organizational Reward Systems, Career Management | ||
| Lee, Doowan | Visiting Professor | Ph.D. Candidate, University of Chicago |
| Social Movement Theory; Radical Movements; International Relations Theory; Research Design; Network Analysis | ||
| Naficy, Siamak | Senior Lecturer | Ph.D., UCLA |
| Anthropology of Conflict; Culture & Influence; Biological Anthropology | ||
| O'Connell, Robert | Visiting Professor | Ph.D., University of Virginia |
| Military History, Intelligence Support to Irregular Warfare | ||