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Dr. Chuck Cushman is Dean of Academics at the US Naval Community College, a new educational institution authorized by Congress in the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act. He is an accomplished senior academic executive, with service in both civilian and military colleges, along with experience in uniform, as a Hill staffer, and as a defense consultant.
Dr. Cushman was an associate provost at the National Defense University, where he worked on organizational reform, institutional research, library support to the students and faculty, strategic use of the wargaming center, and he helped write the University strategic plan. He was Dean of Academics for five years in the College of International Security Affairs.
In a decade at the Graduate School of Political Management at The George Washington University, Dr. Cushman directed the Legislative Affairs and Political Management master’s programs, and was Associate Dean, College of Professional Studies. In addition, he was Director of the School. He revamped GSPM marketing, doubling the size of the GSPM, and led the development of the School’s Strategic Public Relations degree. He was a lead instructor in GSPM’s innovative governance program, a joint effort between GW and 15 top universities in Latin America. He was a Senior Fellow at Georgetown’s Government Affairs Institute, teaching executive branch officials how to work with Congress.
Chuck Cushman is a graduate of the US Military Academy, earning a B.S. in International Relations. He served for nine years on active duty as an Armor officer commanding troops and serving in staff assignments in West Germany, Ft. Knox, KY, and on the faculty in the Department of Social Sciences at West Point. He earned his MA and Ph.D. in American Politics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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