Academic Leadership

Senior academic leadership officers and advisors originate and execute command-level decisions that ensure efficient operations to maximize educational effectiveness, meet academic accreditation standards, enforce NWC policies, and advise best practices for future operations.

Deans
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Michael P. O'Hara

Center for Naval Warfare Studies

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Brian D. Doherty

Dean of Students

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Edward B. Cashman

College of Maritime Operational Warfare

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Doyle K. Hodges

Dean of Academics

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Sergio Alexandre Costa

College of Distance Education

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Jeffrey R. Macris

College of Leadership and Ethics

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Robert S. Winneg

International Programs

Deputies
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Michael J. Sherlock

Dean of Academics

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Steven L. Pierce

College of Distance Education

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Rick Menard

Office of the Chief of Staff

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William J. Nault

College of Leadership and Ethics

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Robert Flannery

Center for Naval Warfare Studies

Named Chairs
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Mary Thompson-Jones

Named Chair of Women in National Security and Diplomatic Studies

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Sam J. Tangredi

Leidos Named Chair of Future Warfare

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John E. Jackson

E.A. Sperry Named Chair of Unmanned and Robotics Systems

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Andrew R. Wilson

John A. van Beuren Endowed Chair of Asia-Pacific Studies

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Chris C. Demchak

Rear Admiral Grace Hopper Named Chair of Cyber Security

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Peter J. Dombrowski

William B. Ruger Endowed Chair of National Security Economics

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Timothy D. Hoyt

John Nicolas Brown Endowed Chair of Counterterrorism

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Heath Jordan Brightman, Ed.D.

EMC Informationist Endowed Chair