Faculty and Staff
Lt. Col. Jochen S. Arndt, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Deputy Director, John A. Adams ’71 Center for Military History & Strategic Analysis
Ph.D. - University of Illinois at Chicago
331 Scott Shipp Hall
540-464-7476
arndtjs@vmi.edu
Maj. Christopher M. Blunda, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. - University of California, Berkeley
363 Scott Shipp Hall
540-464-7470
blundacm@vmi.edu
Lt. Col. Mark Boonshoft
Associate Professor
Holder of Conrad M. Hall ’65 Chair in American Constitutional History
Ph.D., Ohio State University
311 Scott Shipp
540-464-7447
boonshoftmd@vmi.edu
Lt. Col. Joel Christenson ’99, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director, John A. Adams ’71 Center for Military History & Strategic Analysis
Ph.D. West Virginia University
301B Scott Shipp
540-464-7689
christensonjc@vmi.edu
Maj. Zachary Deibel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Binghamton University
327 Scott Shipp
540-464-7085
deibelz@vmi.edu
Col. Timothy C. Dowling, Ph.D.
Professor
Holder of the Burgwyn Chair in Military History
Editor, Journal of Military History
Ph.D. - Tulane University
328 Scott Shipp Hall
540-464-7472
dowlingtc@vmi.edu
Maj. Bryant Etheridge
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. - Harvard University
333 Scott Shipp Hall
540-464-7260
etheridgeb@vmi.edu
Col. R. Geoffrey Jensen, Ph.D.
Professor
Holder of the John Biggs '30 Cincinnati Chair in Military History
Ph.D. - Yale University, History
332 Scott Shipp Hall
540-464-7243
jensenrg@vmi.edu
Col. M. Houston Johnson V, Ph.D.
Department Head
Professor
Ph.D. - University of Tennessee
330 Scott Shipp Hall
540-464-7338
johnsonmh@vmi.edu
Maj. Patrick J. Klinger
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. – University of Kansas
329 Scott Shipp Hall
540-464- 7469
klingerpj@vmi.edu
Dr. Qiong Liu
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., State University of New York, Buffalo
337 Scott Shipp Hall
540-464-7256
liuq@vmi.edu
Lt. Col. Eric W. Osborne, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Ph.D. - Texas Christian University
334 Scott Shipp Hall
540-464-7477
osborneew@vmi.edu
Maj. Alex Paul
Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D. - University of Houston
325 Scott Shipp Hall
540-464-7382
paulay@vmi.edu
Maj. Madeleine Forrest Ramsey
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. - University of Arkansas
335 Scott Shipp Hall
540-464-7475
ramseymf@vmi.edu
Maj. Liz Elizondo Schroepfer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Ph.D.- University of Texas at Austin
322 Scott Shipp Hall
540-464-7691
schroepferle@vmi.edu
Kaye Taylor
Administrative Assistant
324 Scott Shipp Hall
540-464-7338
taylorpk@vmi.edu
Emeritus Faculty
Col. Elena Andreeva, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
andreevae@vmi.edu
Col. Kenneth E. Koons, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
koonske@vmi.edu
Col. Turk McCleskey, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
mccleskeynt@vmi.edu
Col. Rose Mary Sheldon, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
sheldonrm@vmi.edu
Col. Mark Wilkenson, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
wilkinsonmf@vmi.edu