{"id":24694,"date":"2019-05-03T13:13:16","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T17:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencescosmaincms.cm.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=24694"},"modified":"2020-02-13T12:32:58","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T17:32:58","slug":"military-officers-return-to-duty-with-doctorate-degrees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/military-officers-return-to-duty-with-doctorate-degrees\/","title":{"rendered":"Army Officers Return To Duty With Doctorate Degrees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24695\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24695\" class=\"wp-image-24695 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/05\/Grad-Ceremony-XXXXVII-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/05\/Grad-Ceremony-XXXXVII-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/05\/Grad-Ceremony-XXXXVII-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/05\/Grad-Ceremony-XXXXVII-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/05\/Grad-Ceremony-XXXXVII-299x199.jpg 299w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/05\/Grad-Ceremony-XXXXVII.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24695\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Col. Joseph Funderburke and Col. David Raugh (R)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Research that could shape the U.S. military\u2019s combat readiness in the world theater was the outcome of two high-ranking officers pursuing their doctorates in Security Studies.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Army Col. Joseph Funderburke and U.S. Army Col. David Raugh were both hooded today during the College of Sciences\u2019 commencement ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDave and Joe have been outstanding students: capable, intelligent, and fun to work with. We have been genuinely thrilled to have them in our program,\u201d said Tom Dolan, Ph.D., graduate coordinator for the Department of Political Science, which hosts the Security Studies program. \u201cThey have done first-rate work as researchers and we hope that they will be able to use what they gained from their program as they continue their service in the military.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both Funderburke and Raugh were sponsored by the military to pursue their degrees at a civilian university through the U.S. Army Strategic Planning and Policy Program (ASP3). Funderburke\u2019s dissertation investigated how partisan polarization among political elites affects national security decision-making. He discovered that the widening ideological gap between Republicans and Democrats impacts defense budget levels, legislative votes on national security bills and presidential decisions to use force.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m grateful to UCF and the Army for the opportunity to pursue my doctorate. Security Studies, at the graduate level, is a rapidly growing field of study and UCF is leading the way in the country,\u201d Funderburke said. \u201cComing to UCF is one the better decisions I\u2019ve made in my academic and professional career.\u00a0The faculty here has been fantastic. They have prepared me to be able to immediately contribute at the strategic level upon my return to the Pentagon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raugh explored the correlation between military institutions and soldiers\u2019 ability to make accurate forecasts. His dissertation revealed that generalist officers are more effective forecasters than specialists, and commanders with more formal education are more effective than commanders with less formal education.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My journey\u00a0as a student in the UCF Security Studies Ph.D. program has been extremely rewarding,\u201d Raugh said. \u201cThe interactions with skilled professors and fellow students have\u00a0provided\u00a0valuable alternative\u00a0insights into international relations, policy perspectives and security challenges that ultimately make me a\u00a0better critical thinker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Security Studies program tackles research topics like child soldiering, the prevalence of military coups, the effects of command philosophy on military performance and questions related to food security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are truly proud to have students from the ASP3 program in our Security Studies program, and we are particularly proud to award our first doctoral degrees to members of this distinguished group of students,\u201d said Kerstin Hamann, Ph.D., Pegasus Professor and chair of the Department of Political Science. \u00a0\u201cJoe and Dave, together with their fellow members from the ASP3 program, make valuable contributions to our program as they share their insights, experiences, and interests. And we are honored to make a contribution to the military in return by educating some of their most outstanding members.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Research that could shape the U.S. military\u2019s combat readiness in the world theater was the outcome of two high-ranking officers pursuing their doctorates in Security Studies. U.S. Army Col. Joseph Funderburke and U.S. Army Col. David Raugh were both hooded today during the College of Sciences\u2019 commencement ceremony. \u201cDave and Joe have been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":24695,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[20,40,16,28],"tags":[6201,924,1850],"class_list":["post-24694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psaclassnotes","category-graduate-student-news","category-political-science-departments","category-top-news","tag-david-raugh","tag-department-of-political-science","tag-joseph-funderburke"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Army Officers Return To Duty With Doctorate Degrees - College of Sciences News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/military-officers-return-to-duty-with-doctorate-degrees\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Army Officers Return To Duty With Doctorate Degrees - College of Sciences News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; &nbsp; Research that could shape the U.S. military\u2019s combat readiness in the world theater was the outcome of two high-ranking officers pursuing their doctorates in Security Studies. 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