Dr. Paul D. Ashby
Assistant Professor of Instruction and DSS Graduate Director
Dr. Paul Ashby is the Director/Advisor of the Master's in Defense and Strategic Studies (MDSS) and a Assistant Professor of Instruction in Security Studies. He teaches multiple courses across the MDSS program as well as the intelligence and National Security Studies (INSS) program. He has broad teaching expertise on the practicalities and key contemporary debates of U.S. grand strategy, national security, and foreign policy, as well as deep experience teaching core Security Studies and International Relations classes. His current research revolves around North American regional security and U.S. efforts to integrate Mexico into regional security frameworks,amidst escalating transnational security challenges. He also researches global U.S. security cooperation amidst its evolving 21st Century grand strategy..
Classes Taught:
- INSS 5304: Intel & Natl Secur Policy & Practices
- INSS 5306: Contemporary Security Studies
- DSS 5306: Us Grand Strategy
- DSS 5302: Global Security
- DSS 5312: Strategic Survey-Europe
- DSS 5313: Strategic Survey-Middle East
- DSS 5314: Strategic Survey-Indo Pacific
- DSS 5315: Strategic Survey-North America
