Faculty & Staff

MAJ Brennan Deveraux

Major Brennan Deveraux is a national security researcher at the US Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute. He is an Army strategist specializing in strike warfare, emerging technology management, and military innovation. Before functionally designating as a Strategist in 2020, he served in numerous leadership positions within the field artillery community, including deploying three times in support of the Global War on Terror: twice to Iraq and once to Djibouti, Africa.

Major Deveraux holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Washington, a master’s in security studies from the Naval Postgraduate School, a master of military art and science as an Art of War Scholar from the Army Command and General Staff College, and a master’s in military operations from the School of Advanced Military Studies.

Brennan has written three books, the first, an Art of War Paper, Whose Role Is It Anyway? The Inter-Service Race to Develop Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles, examines the Defense Department’s management of missiles as emerging technology in the early parts of the Cold War. The second, Lessons Learned and Unlearned: The Drivers of Indirect Fire Innovation, explores the adaptive pressure of military innovation, weighing the impacts of emerging technology, combat experiences, and shifting external threats. Both are available from the Army University Press. His third book, Exterminating ISIS: A Glimpse Behind the Curtain of a Technological War, is a personal reflection of his time as the rocket artillery liaison for Operation Inherent Resolve in 2016; it is scheduled for publication through Casemate Publishers in the summer of 2025.

Major Deveraux has been married to his wife Angela since 2009 and they have three children: Bradly (2012), Benjamin (2016), and Bryan (2020)

By Department

Director’s Office

Dr. C. Anthony Pfaff – Director of SSI & USAWC Press
Mr. Tom Kardos – Deputy Director
Melissa Holley – Administrative Officer

Strategic Research and Analysis Department (SRAD) & Outreach

COL Michael Anthony Shekleton (Shek) – Director
LTC Paul Milas – Director of African Affairs
Dr. James D. Scudieri – Senior Research Historian
MAJ Brennan Deveraux – National Security Researcher
Dr. John R. Deni – Research Professor of JIIM Security Studies
Dr. Evan Ellis – Research Professor of Latin American Studies
Dr. M. Chris Mason – Associate Professor of National Security
Dr. Richard A. Lacquement, Jr. – Research Professor of National Security Affairs
Dr. Michael E. Lynch – Research Associate Professor of the National Security Affairs

China Landpower Studies Center

COL Richard D. Butler – Director
Mr. Joshua Arostegui – Professor of Strategy, Chair of China Studies
Dr. Sheena Greitens – Visiting Associate Professor
Dr. Brian G. Carlson – Research Professor of Indo-Pacific Security Studies
Mr. Richard Gunnell – Research Professor of China Military Studies
Dr. Jake Rinaldi – Defense Analyst, China Landpower Studies Center
Mr. Jake Vartanian – Military Analyst, Landpower and Warfare
Dr. Arzan Tarapore – Visiting Professor, China Landpower Studies Center

USAWC Press

Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria II – Editor in Chief
Ms. Lori K. Janning – Managing Editor/Parameters
Mr. Richard K. Leach – Digital Media Manager
Dr. Erin Forest – Developmental Editor
Ms. Stephanie D. Crider – Copy Editor
Ms. Ellie Foster – Copy Editor
Mrs. Kristen Taylor – Visual Information Specialist/Content Manager
Ms. Kaitlyn Guettler – Visual Information Specialist

Operations and Programs

Vacant– Operations Officer

Alphabetical Listing

A – F

Arostegui, Joshua – China Landpower Studies Center Chair
Butler, COL Richard D. – China Landpower Studies Center Director
Carlson, Dr. Brian G. – Research Professor of Indo-Pacific Security Studies
Crider, Stephanie D. – Copy Editor
Deni, Dr. John R. – Research Professor of JIIM Security Studies
Deveraux, MAJ Brennan – National Security Researcher
Echevarria II, Dr. Antulio J. – Editor in Chief
Ellis, Dr. Evan – Research Professor of Latin American Studies
Forest, Dr. Erin – Consulting Editor
Foster, Ms. Ellie – Copy Editor

G – J

Greitens, Dr. Sheena – Visiting Associate Professor, China Landpower Studies Center
Guettler, Ms. Kaitlyn – Visual Information Specialist
Gunnell, Richard – Research Professor of China Military Studies
Holley, Melissa – Administrative Officer
Janning, Ms. Lori K. – Managing Editor/Parameters

K – O

Kardos, Mr. Tom – Deputy Director
Lacquement, Dr. Richard A., Jr. – Research Professor of National Security Affairs
Leach, Mr. Richard K. – Digital Media Manager
Lynch, Dr. Michael E. – Research Associate Professor of National Security Affairs
Mason, Dr. M. Chris – Associate Professor of National Security
Milas, LTC Paul – Director of African Affairs

P – Z

Pfaff, Dr. C. Anthony – Director of SSI & USAWC Press
Rinaldi, Dr. Jake – Defense Analyst, China Landpower Studies Center
Scudieri, Dr. James D. – Senior Research Historian
Shekleton, COL Michael Anthony (Shek) – SRAD Director
Tarapore, Dr. Arzan – Visiting Associate Professor, China Landpower Studies Center
Taylor, Mrs. Kristen – Visual Information Specialist/Content Manager
Vartanian, Dr. Jake – Military Analyst, Landpower and Warfare