{"id":20,"date":"2022-05-16T16:48:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T20:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/political-science\/?post_type=person&#038;p=20"},"modified":"2024-06-19T13:33:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T17:33:31","slug":"ltc-jack-porter-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/political-science\/faculty-staff\/ltc-jack-porter-ph-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Jack Porter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dr-jack-porter\">Dr. Jack Porter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-department-head-and-associate-professor-of-political-science\">Department Head and Associate Professor of Political Science<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally from the Hudson Valley, NY, Dr. Jack J. Porter is an associate professor&nbsp;in the Department of Political Science at The Citadel where he teaches courses on international relations, comparative politics, U.S. national security policy, theories of peace and war and international law. Currently Dr. Porter is working on several projects that include: civil-military relations in the transition to democracy (with current research focusing on Afghanistan), counterinsurgency strategies and power, and religion in democratic militaries. Over the past few years, Dr. Porter has spent time in South Africa, Switzerland, Germany, France and&nbsp;Belgium conducting research related to the above projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Porter received&nbsp;his Bachelors of Arts degree from Colgate University in 1988,&nbsp;a Masters of International Affairs (MIA) from Columbia University\u2019s School&nbsp;of International and Public Affairs in 1990, and an MA and Ph.D. from the University&nbsp;of California, Berkeley. Prior to his doctoral graduate studies at UC Berkeley,&nbsp;Dr. Porter was a Presidential Management Intern (PMI) with the Office of the&nbsp;Secretary of Defense, DoD (1991-1993).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-degrees\">Degrees<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ph.D.&nbsp;<\/strong>Political Science&nbsp;(University of California, Berkeley)<br><strong>M.A.&nbsp;<\/strong>Political Science (University of California, Berkeley)<br><strong>M.I.A.<\/strong>&nbsp;International Security Policy and Soviet Studies (Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs)<br><strong>B.A.&nbsp;<\/strong>Political Science(Colgate University)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Jack Porter Department Head and Associate Professor of Political Science Originally from the Hudson Valley, NY, Dr. Jack J. 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