David Jerome - Examining War and Conflict around the World

Editor

David Jerome has a PhD in public policy from the University of ArkansasFayetteville. His MBA is from Florida Tech in Melbourne, and his bachelor of science in marketing is from the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg. Dr. Jerome is also a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The title of Dr. Jeromes doctoral dissertation was Army Transformation: What Does It Mean? He is the author of The International Community Will Ultimately Stop the Growth of ISIS, published by ABC-CLIO in 2016 as part of its World Geography Solutions database. Dr. Jeromes research interest includes Secretary of War Elihu Root, the political history of the Civil War on the western border of Missouri, and how large bureaucratic organizations respond to significant change. He is a retired U.S. Army major. Dr. Jerome was most recently an assistant professor of political science at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville.

Contributors

Richard E. Berkebile is an associate professor of Joint, Interagency, and Multinational Operations at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. His professional interests include homeland security, protection, terrorism, and civil war. Dr. Berkebile is a retired U.S. Air Force officer, who served in a variety of assignments in the United States, Germany, and Korea. He holds a doctor of philosophy degree in political science from the University of Missouri, a master of science degree in international relations from Troy University, and a bachelor of science degree in international affairs from the U.S. Air Force Academy.

Brett R. Chloupek has a PhD in geography from the University of Kanas. Dr. Chloupek received his MS in geography, along with a certificate in GIS, from Oklahoma State University. He earned his bachelor of science degree in geography and computer information systems from the University of Nebraska at Kearney. His academic interests include culture, political, and historical geography; geopolitics; geographies of Europe, Asia, and Latin America; toponymy, historical geographic information systems; and the Visegrd Four (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, and Hungary). Dr. Chloupek travels extensively throughout Eastern Europe annually. His most recent article was A GIS Approach to Cultural and Historical Toponymic Research in Nebraska Journal of Cultural Geography, 35 (2), in 2018. Dr. Chloupek is an assistant professor of geography at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville.

O. Shawn Cupp has a PhD from Kansas State University. The title of his dissertation was An Exploratory Study of the Reasons Adult Students Attend, Persist, and Complete Graduate Homeland Security Programs. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he received a master of military art and science (MMAS). His masters thesis was Since the End of the Cold War, How Large Has the American Polity (Congress and the Public) Allowed the United States Army to Be? Dr. Cupp is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel. Throughout his career as an army officer, he served in a variety of infantry and ordnance assignments. Dr. Cupp is the author of Defense Consolidation in the US, Chapter 26, Politics of Defence: International and Comparative Perspectives, Editors: Isaiah (Ike) Wilson III & James J. F. Forest, U.S. Military Academy at West Point), Publisher: Routledge, United Kingdom. This work was published in 2008.

Jessica Loyet Gracey has a PhD in political science from the University of MissouriSaint Louis. Her doctoral dissertation was titled The Role of Money and Endorsements in Same-Sex Marriage Ballot Initiatives. Dr. Gracey received her master of political science from the University of MissouriSaint Louis and her bachelor of arts degree in political science from Truman State University at Kirksville, Missouri. Her academic interests include LGBT politics, political behavior, and direct democracy. In 2016, her most recent article was Implementing Marriage: The Issuance of Marriage Licenses in Missouri after Obergefell. Missouri Policy Journal. 4: 1115. Dr. Gracey is an assistant professor of political science at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville.

Chris Higginbotham has a PhD in political science from the University of Kansas. The title of his doctoral dissertation was Procuring the Cross of Iron: The Effect of Congressional Approval on the U.S. Defense Budget. He is a graduate of the Naval War College located in Newport, Rhode Island, where he received an MA in national security and strategic studies. The title of his thesis was Who Bravely Dares Must Sometimes Risk a Fall: The Balance Between Tactical and Operational Risk in War. A retired U.S. Navy commander, Dr. Higginbotham served in a variety of assignments pertaining to nuclear warfare. His assignments included Nuclear Command and Control Emergency Action Officer, Standards and Evaluations Branch Chief for Nuclear Command and Control, and Branch Chief for Distributed Nuclear Operations.

Terilyn Johnston Huntington has a PhD is in political science from the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. Dr. Johnston Huntingtons areas of interests include international relations, comparative politics, and military history. She has a graduate certificate in peace and conflict studies. She has an MA in political science from the University of Kansas and an MA in international studies from the University of Denver. Dr. Johnston Huntington also has an MA in theological studies from Bethel Theological Seminary as well as a BA in political science from Bethel University, both of which are located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. In addition to forthcoming work, her book review on A Theory of the Drone by Grgoire Chamayou (New York: The New Press, 2015) was published in the Special Operations Journal 1(2). Dr. Johnston Huntington is an assistant professor of political science at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, Pennsylvania, where she teaches courses in American and comparative politics, international relations, and political theory.

Jack D. Kem has a PhD from North Carolina State University in public administration. The title of his doctoral dissertation was Ethics in Times of Transition: Public Ethics and Moral Reasoning in Russia, Poland and the United States. Dr. Kem is a graduate of the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania; the U.S. Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFC, Alabama; and the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Dr. Kem deployed for two years as a member of the Senior Executive Service to Afghanistan as the deputy to the commander, NATO Training MissionAfghanistan/Combined Security Transition CommandAfghanistan. His responsibilities included providing broad oversight of the program management of the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund, serving on the U.S. Embassys Rule of Law Deputies Committee, providing oversight of the Afghan National Security Force Literacy Program, and spearheading the Human Rights and Gender Integration Initiatives for the Afghan National Army and Afghan National Police. Dr. Kems article Establishing the Rule of Law in Afghanistan: Developing a Just Society, Global Virtue Ethics Review 6(4), 3159 was published in 2014. Dr. Kem, a retired U.S. Army colonel and former member of the Senior Executive Service, is the associate dean of academics and professor at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Phillip G. Pattee has a PhD in history from Temple University. The title of his doctoral dissertation was A Great and Urgent Imperial Service: British Strategy for Imperial Defense during the Great War, 19141918. Dr. Pattee received an MSS from the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, and an MMAS from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where the title of his thesis was