Joel is exploring post-doctoral opportunities to expand Polarities of Democracy into the NGO aid and development sector as a potential policy analysis and evaluation tool. He is a Rotarian and recently completed his dissertation on how NGOs such as Rotary International are facilitating better global governance. He explored this topic with Polarities of Democracy as the theoretical lens.

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I was born in Orlando, Florida in 1967 as an Air Force dependent and spent the rest of my childhood living in several states and Germany until my father retired from the Air Force and settled in the Florida Panhandle. I graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1990 with a BS in Political Science (Western European Area Studies, German language minor) and spent 20 years on active duty as an intelligence officer before retiring from the Air Force in 2010 as a lieutenant colonel. I completed an MS in Public Administration from Central Michigan University in 2000 and a PhD from Walden University’s school of Public Policy and Administration (Policy Analysis concentration) at the end of 2018. My specialty area concerns global governance and how international nongovernmental organizations (INGO) are increasingly filling governance gaps left by governmental organizations and nation states. I am married, and have two daughters completing their undergraduate studies. While a student at Walden University, I helped establish the Walden Student Veterans Association (SVA) as the secretary. I am a committed Rotarian of 8 years and hold the voluntary (non-profit) position as the chair of the Rotary district 1070 International Service Team (English Midlands), responsible for 85 Rotary clubs, 2500 Rotarians and support for over 20 international aid projects. I currently live and work in the United Kingdom as a defense contractor supporting United States European Command and hope to begin online teaching later this year in my time outside of work.