- Ph.D., International Relations, University of Reading
- M.M.A.S., Strategic Studies (Honors), School of Advanced Military Studies
- M.A., Secondary Education (Honors), Ball State University
- B.S., Secondary Education, Indiana University
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- Proxy War and Proxy Warfare
- Strategic Studies
- Defense Studies
- Global History
- Military theory and the evolution of military thought
- International Relations
“The Precision Paradox and the Myths of Precision Strike in Modern Armed Conflict,” RUSI Journal (2024).
“The Israel-Hamas Conflict: “You Might Not Be Interested in Attrition, but Attrition is Interested in You,” Small Wars and Insurgencies (2024).
‘Urban Warfare and Military Strategy: Examining the Relationship Between Ends-Ways-Means-Risk and Urban Operations,’ Strategein (December 2023).
‘Comparative Proxy Strategies in the Russo-Ukrainian War,’ Comparative Strategy (August 2023). ‘Reframing Proxy War Thinking: Temporal Advantage, Strategic Flexibility, and Attrition,’
Georgetown Security Studies Review (August 2023).
‘Confronting Proxies,’ chapter in Routledge Handbook of Proxy Wars (2023).
‘On Proxy War,’ Journal of Military Studies (2023).
‘The Russo-Ukrainian War and the Principles of Urban Operations,’ Small Wars Journal (2022).
‘The Donbas in Flames: An Operational Level Analysis of Russia’s Donbas Campaign,’ Small Wars and Insurgencies (2022).
‘A Legal Review of Sieges in Modern War,’ Journal of Military Studies (2022).
‘Maneuver is Dead? Understanding the Conditions and Components of Warfighting,’ RUSI Journal (2022).
‘Russo-Ukrainian Patterns of Genocide in the Twentieth Century,’ Journal of Strategic Security (2021).
‘Strategic Relationships, Risk, and Proxy War,’ Journal of Strategic Security (2021).
‘On Sieges,’ RUSI Journal (2021).
‘Russian Hybrid Warfare: A Framework,’ Journal of Military Studies (2021).
‘Five Models of Relationship in Proxy War,’ Georgetown Security Studies Review (2020).
‘Conflict and the Need for a Theory of Proxy Warfare,’ Journal of Strategic Security (2019).
- Jennings County High School Alumni Hall of Fame, 2018
- Honorable Mention, Military Review Writing Competition, 2018
- Tom Felts Leadership Award, School of Advanced Military Studies, 2017
- Draper Armor Leadership Award, U.S. Army Armor School, 2013
- IPSA
- APSA
- RUSI
- Association of the United States Army
- U.S. Armor Association
- U.S. Army, Armor Officer, 1999-2024
- Irregular Warfare Initiative, 2022-2024
- Wavell Room, 2022-2023
- Butler University, Assistant Football Coach, 2003-2004
- Arsenal Technical High School, Indianapolis, Indiana; Assistant Football Coach, 2002-2003