Our People
At the NSPC, we are committed to advancing knowledge and supporting our students as they prepare for careers in national security and public service. Our team also helps build relationships between students, academics, government practitioners, and industry experts. Through these efforts, UVA’s national security community provides a collaborative response to the nation’s greatest policy challenges.
Leadership & Staff
The NSPC’s staff has a wealth of academic, government, intelligence, and program management experience that benefits our students and government partners.
Meet our staffFaculty
Faculty affiliates at the NSPC are distinguished scholars drawn from within and outside of the University of Virginia. They represent a broad range of research areas and bring their cutting-edge work to both the classroom and the U.S. policy community.
Meet Our FacultyPractitioner Mentors
Our practitioner mentors have occupied a wide variety of roles in and out of the federal government. Their real-world experience is invaluable to NSPC students about to embark on their national security careers.
Meet Our MentorsGraduate Researchers and Interns
NSPC Graduate Researchers spend a semester working closely with Center faculty, affiliates, and leadership. Students from the Batten School’s Master of Public Policy (MPP) program are currently supporting Sea Power 2025, a NSPC research project on the future of sea power and U.S. naval policy. Students from the Schools of Law and Engineering have also supported research for the U.S. government through the NSPC.
Meet Our Researchers and InternsUndergraduate Researchers and Interns
Our undergraduate researchers and interns come from across the University to address difficult national security challenges. Beyond their research tasks, they attend our workshops and are deeply engaged in all Center activities.
In the summer of 2024, NSPC interns supported the Center’s long-term research project on the military in American democratic life. Our students compiled literature reviews, wrote policy papers, and briefed leadership on project progress and findings.
In 2024, four NSPC interns attended the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Academic Assembly in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Three interns attended the Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference, in Annapolis, Maryland.
Meet Our Researchers and InternsNational Security Scholars
National Security Scholars are students who have gained specific knowledge in the realm of national security policy while attending the University of Virginia.
These scholars have participated in national security courses and programming offered through the NSPC, the Batten School, and schools and institutes across the University. The program is currently invitation–only for both undergraduate and graduate students who have either previously taken Innovating for Defense (I4D) or completed a national security–related internship.
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