{"id":120,"date":"2023-03-24T12:27:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T16:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/mechanical\/?post_type=person&#038;p=120"},"modified":"2025-06-11T10:18:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T14:18:43","slug":"james-righter","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/mechanical\/faculty-staff\/james-righter\/","title":{"rendered":"LtCol James A Righter USMC (Ret)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>LtCol James Righter United States Marine Corps (Retired)<br>Joined The Citadel Faculty: August 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bio<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>James Righter is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Engineering (SOE) at The Citadel. He earned his BS in Mechanical Engineering at the U.S. Naval Academy, his MS in Military Studies from the Marine Corps University Command and Staff College, and his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Clemson University. 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