Description: Studying politics in worlds that never were and worlds that cannot be, to better understand where we are now. I research interpersonal trust and emergent political processes through cyber-based interaction, speculative fiction analysis, and through tabletop, networked, and live-action gaming as natural experiments. I have over two decades of experience designing, executing, and assessing training…
I research interpersonal trust and emergent political processes through cyber-based interaction, speculative fiction analysis, and through tabletop, networked, and live-action gaming as natural experiments. I have over two decades of experience designing, executing, and assessing training exercises and wargames, from small-group tabletop discussions to multi-day exercises engaging 5,000+ participants.
I earned a PhD in political science from The University of Iowa in 2012 and retired from the military in 2019 after 25 years of service as a Lieutenant Colonel, Associate Professor of Political Science, and International Relations Division Chief at the United States Air Force Academy. My full CV is available here .
In addition to being an Instructor of Political Science at Colorado State University , I also teach at Cherry Hill Seminary , am the Director of the Professional and Educational Gaming Division for roleplaying game company Mobius Worlds Publishing, and consult organizations using gaming techniques. In short, I’m a professional gaming nerd and love every minute of it!