Biography - Lamont Colucci

Dr. Lamont Colucci has experience as a diplomat with the U.S. Dept. of State and is today an Assistant Professor of Politics and Government at Ripon College. His primary area of expertise is United States national security and United States foreign policy. At Ripon, he is the coordinator for the National Security Studies program and teaches courses on national security, foreign policy, intelligence, terrorism, and international relations. He has published a book entitled Crusading Realism: The Bush Doctrine and American Core Values After 9/11, and was contributing author of another book entitled The Day That Changed Everything: Looking at the Impact of 9/11 at the End of the Decade. He is currently finishing a two volume series entitled - The National Security Doctrines of the American Presidency: How they Shape our Present and Future. For 2012, he was offered a Fulbright Scholarship to teach at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna, Austria. He has undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a doctorate in politics from the University of London, England. In 2007 he was the recipient of Ripon's Severy Excellence in Teaching award and in 2010 the Underkofler Outstanding Teaching Award. Dr. Colucci is also an occasional columnist for the Washington Times.