Note: For all faculty listings in this section of the catalog, the year when a faculty member joined the Academy staff follows each name. Other information includes the individual’s faculty rank, degrees earned, where obtained, professional licenses held, and military affiliation. In a department that includes more than one discipline, the faculty member’s area of specialization is indicated.
Superscripts used in this listing are:
1faculty member has received the Academy’s Vice Admiral Gordon McLintock Award for Exemplary Leadership
2faculty member has received the Academy’s Sue Alice McNulty Award for Distinguished Teaching.
3faculty member has received the Captain C.A. Prosser Award for Student Service.
4faculty member has held command at sea of an unlimited tonnage vessel.
Department Head
Michael E. Melcer (1996)
(Chemistry)
B.S., Stony Brook University (SUNY)
M.A., College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY)
Ph.D., College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY)
Assistant Department Head
LCDR Patrick J. Speelman, USMS (2012)
(History)
B.A., The Ohio State University
M.A., Temple University
Ph.D., Temple University
Professors
Melanie Ross (2004)
(English)
A.B., Princeton University
M.A., New York University
Ph.D., New York University
Joshua Smith (2003)
(History)
M.A. (Honours), University of St. Andrews
A.S., Maine Maritime Academy
M.A., East Carolina University
Ph.D., University of Maine
LCDR Jennifer L. Speelman, USMS (2011)
(History)
B.A., Pennsylvania State University
M.A., Temple University
Ph.D., Temple University
Gregory F. Sullivan (2006)
(History)
B.A., University of California, Berkeley
M.A., Yale University
Ph.D., Yale University
Jeffrey F. Taffet (2002)
(History)
B.A., Franklin and Marshall University
M.A., Georgetown University
Ph.D., Georgetown University
Associate Professors
Susan Comilang (2015)
(English)
B.A., Columbia Union College
M.A., Washington State University
Ph.D., George Washington University
Paul Devlin (2015)
(English)
B.A. St. John’s University
M.A. St. John’s University
Ph.D. Stony Brook University (SUNY)
Assistant Professors
Diana Filar (2022)
(English)
B.F.A., Emerson College
M.A., University of New Mexico
Ph.D., Brandeis University
Yonina Hoffman (2022)
(English)
B.A. West Virginia University
M.A. The Ohio State University
Ph.D. The Ohio State University
Instructor
Dan Irving (2018)
(English)
B.A., Queens College
M.A., Binghamton University
Ph.D., Stony Brook University
Administrative Assistant
Vacant
Professors Emeriti
Jane Pacht Brickman (1981)
(History)
B.A., Queens College
M.A., Ph.D., CUNY
Arthur L. Donovan
(History, 1988-2003)
A.B., Harvard University
M.S., University of Wisconsin
Ph.D., Princeton University
Robert P. Gardella
(History, 1977- 2006)
B.A., Rice University
M.S., Ph.D., University of Washington
Jacques Szaluta 2
(History, 1965-2001)
B.S., New York University
M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University
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