Overview
I will place my diverse assignment history, extensive teaching record, and unique cultural experiences at the service of my mentees. My leadership experience ranges from the tactical to the strategic. From Platoon Leader time deployed to Iraq, to years spent commanding a MICO and then an HHC, to my service in key staff positions across echelons, I have worked with every warfighting function. This includes collaboration with allies and partners in a joint environment, most recently while serving as the Theater ACE Chief in Korea. As an analyst, I honed a set of rigorous academic skills while earning a PhD in US History at Columbia University, serving as an award-winning Assistant Professor at West Point, and publishing my work. I bring a cross-cultural perspective informed by extensive travel to over fifty countries, and language skills—I speak French, Spanish, and Italian, and am working on learning basic Korean. We are a dual military family with two children, aged ten and six.
Military Experience
Theater ACE Chief (532nd MI Battalion)
Eighth Army Collection Manager (Eighth US Army)
Headquarters Company Commander (HHC, 16th BEB, 1/1 AD)
Assistant Professor, Department of History, United States Military Academy at West Point
Military Intelligence Company Commander (D CO, 16th BEB, 1/1 AD)
Battalion Intelligence Officer (2-3 FA Battalion)
Brigade Assistant Intelligence Officer (1st AD, Division Artillery)
Squadron Logistics Officer (2-14th Cavalry Squadron)
Executive Officer (185th MICO, 2nd SBCT, 25th ID)
Platoon Leader during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn (185th MICO)
Education
PhD, United States History, Columbia University (2022)
M. Phil, United States History, Columbia University (2020)
M.A, United States History, Columbia University (2018)
M.O.S, United States Army Command and General Staff College (2022)
B.Sc. Comparative Politics, Economics, United States Military Academy (2009)
Select Military Awards
Meritorious Service Medal (2)
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal (4)
Meritorious Unit Citation
Iraqi Campaign Medal (2)
Korean Defense Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal
Overseas Service Ribbon (2)
Combat Action Badge
Parachutists Badge
Air Assault Badge
Knowlton Award
Order of Saint Barbara
German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge (Gold)
Order of the Combat Spurs
Order of the Golden Spurs
Academic Awards
Bancroft Dissertation Award (2023)
Department of History Excellence in Teaching Award (2021)
General Omar N. Bradley Fellowship in Military History (2018, 2019, 2020)
Distinguished Honor Graduate, Military Intelligence Captain’s Career Course (2014)
Recent Publications
How to Be a Data Literate Leader—and Why it Matters
Murder Most Fowl
Read Effectively and Write Well