Faculty

Profile

Education:

• M.A. National Security and Strategic Studies (with Distinction), U.S. Naval War College, 2006, concentration in Leadership and Ethics
• B.S. Naval Architecture, U.S. Naval Academy, 1985

Courses taught:

• FE-595S, Stockdale Group Directed Research (with Prof John Meyer)
• FE-722, The Heart of Leadership (with Prof Tom Culora)
• WE-595S, Stockdale Group Directed Research (with Prof John Meyer)
• WE-702, Leader Development
• SE-618, Strategic Leadership

Expertise:  Retired naval aviator.  Leadership Section Head, Department of Leadership, Ethics & Law, U.S. Naval Academy, 1997-2000.  Primary Professional Military Education Program Project Leader, Center for Naval Leadership, 2003-2005. 

Publications:

• "Formal Mentoring in the U.S. Military:  Research Evidence, Lingering Questions and Recommendations."  W. Brad Johnson and Gene R. Andersen. Naval War College Review, Spring 2010, Volume 63, Number 2, pages 113-126. 
• "How to Make Mentoring Work."  W. Brad Johnson and Gene Andersen.  U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, April 2009, Volume 135, Number 4, pages 26-32.
• Leadership and Human Behavior.  Gene R. Andersen, W. Brad Johnson Ph.D. and Eric M. Thomas, editors.  Pearson Custom Publishing, 1999.  ISBN 0-536-02546-0.  U.S. Naval Academy & ROTC text.
• Leadership: Theory and Application.  Gene R. Andersen, editor.  Simon & Schuster Custom Publishing, 1999.  ISBN 0-536-01938-X.  U.S. Naval Academy and ROTC text; in use through 2005.

Presentations:

• "Navy Officer Development as a Function of Service Culture," 8th annual Combat Studies Institute Conference, Ft Leavenworth, KS, 23 September 2010 (invited). 
• Series on Teaching Adults, Command Leadership School faculty development, February-May 2010.