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If you are interested in working at the U.S. Naval War College (NWC), are currently a member of our civilian personnel team, or are interested in other U.S. Navy career opportunities, the Human Resources department is here to assist you. Our mission is to recruit, hire, and retain the best qualified and most diverse workforce possible and to provide employees with the tools they need to succeed.

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(401) 856-5030
NWC is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal opportunity for all persons regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, or physical or mental handicap.

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The listings below are available staff and faculty job opportunities at NWC. For more information about employment at the college please see links under ‘Employment Information’ below.

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U.S. Naval War College Equal Employment Opportunity

The mission of the U.S. Naval War College’s Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Program, in accordance with federal laws, Executive Orders, and regulations, is to ensure all Naval War College employees and applicants have equal access to opportunity for employment. Our EEO program promotes an organization that’s free of employment discrimination and embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, age (40+), religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, or pregnancy), disability (physical or mental), genetic information, or retaliation.

For more information on Equal Employment Opportunity, please contact N1E_EEO.FCT@navy.mil or (703) 909-3465.

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Jessica D. Blankshain

Associate Professor | National Security Affairs

Dr. Jessica Blankshain joined the National Security Affairs department in 2014 with a doctorate in political economy & government. She teaches the Leadership Concepts and Policy Analysis sub-courses, as well as electives on Central Challenges of American National Security and Civil-Military Relations. Dr. Blankshain is a former graduate fellow with the Rumsfeld Foundation and a former research fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Her research interests include civil-military relations, bureaucratic politics, and organizational economics. She also worked for two years as an associate consultant in the Chicago office of the Boston Consulting Group.

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Samuel Helfont

Assistant Professor | College of Distance Education

Samuel Helfont is an assistant professor of Strategy and Policy in the Naval War College program at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. His research focuses on international history in the Middle East. He is the author of "Iraq against the World: Saddam, America, and the Post-Cold War Order" (Oxford 2023), and "Compulsion in Religion: Saddam Hussein, Islam, and the Roots of Insurgencies in Iraq" (Oxford 2018). Prior to his current position, he completed a post-doctoral lectureship at the University of Pennsylvania.

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