Professor of English at the U.S. Naval Academy (1987-), and author of "Annapolis Autumn: Life, Death, and Literature at the U.S. Naval Academy" (2005), "Bridging the Military-Civilian Divide: What Each Side Must Know About the Other - And About Itself" (2010) and "Saving Our Service Academies: My Battle with, and for, the US Naval Academy to Make Thinking Officers" (2024).