The purpose of the ceremony is to celebrate scholarship, recognize the world-class work of our faculty, and emphasize how central scholarship and publishing is to the teaching mission of West Point.
The ceremony will honor nine faculty members who have recently published work including Elizabeth Samet, Soldier’s Heart Reading Literature through Peace and War at West Point; James J.F. Forest, Countering Terrorism and Insurgency in the 21st Century: International Perspectives; and Isaiah Wilson III, Thinking Beyond War: Civil-Military Relations and Why America Fails to Win the Peace.
The event is open to the public and all visitors should enter through Thayer or Stony Lonesome gates. Proper identification will be required upon entering academy grounds and all vehicles are subject to search.
About West Point
West Point, The U.S. Military Academy, is a four-year co-educational federal undergraduate liberal arts college located 50 miles north of New York City. The world's preeminent leader development institution, it was founded in 1802 as America's first college of engineering. Its mission remains constant-to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a career of professional excellence and service to the Nation as an officer in the United States Army. For more information, go to www.westpoint.edu