Ph.D., Political Science (International Relations), University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2012

M.P.I.A., International Security Studies, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, 2002

B.A., History, University of Dayton, 1995

Partial background

Board of Directors, Association to Unite the Democracies – since May 2021, serving as Vice Chair from February 2014 to July 2018

Editorial Council, Espacio Global (Latin America) – since January 2021

International Peer Reviewer, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences International Journal, Women University Swabi (Pakistan) – since April 2019

Guest Instructor, International Relations, Tecnologico de Monterrey – Campus Cuernavaca (Mexico), 2015-2016

Guest, “The Space Show,” hosted by Dr. David Livingston, January 5, 2009

Participant, Aerospace Technology Working Group (NASA and industry-derived), 2005-2007

Director, Homeplanet Defense Institute, 2003-2004

Selected publications

Homeplanet Defense: Synergizing the Global Populace to Subdue a Brutal Universe, 2nd ed. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada: FriesenPress, 2014.

“Views of Global Leadership: Government, Business, Academia and Faith” and “Alternative Strategic Approaches to Space.” In Beyond Earth: The Future of Humans in Space, edited by Bob Krone, Ph.D., Kenneth Cox, Ph.D. and Langdon Morris, 24-35, 259-264. Burlington, Ontario: Apogee Books, 2006.

“America’s Purpose on Earth and in Space.” Space News, September 13, 2004.

“Space Security via the Olympic Spirit.” Future Takes 3, no. 2 (Summer 2004) – written in Summer 2003.

“Beating Swords, Shields and Plowshares into Planetary Defense.” Future Takes 3, no. 1 (Winter-Spring 2004).

“Constructing a Planetary Defense Regime to Reduce International Terrestrial Insecurity.” Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 89, no. 3&4 (Fall/Winter 2003): 125-140.

“A Planet Beyond Budgets: A New Economic Vision Based on Energy Abundance.” Community Journal 47, no. 1 (Winter 1999): 7.