Eric Patterson
Dean of Government, Regent UniversityEric Patterson, Ph.D. is Dean of the School of Government at Regent University and Senior Research Fellow at Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs. He previously served as a White House Fellow and Special Assistant to the Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, spent two stints in the State Department's Bureau of Political and Military Affairs, and has spoken and led seminars at the U.S. Military Academy (West Point), the U.S. Naval Academy (Annapolis), the Armed Forces Chaplains Center, National Defense University, the Pentagon, the Naval Postgraduate School, the Foreign Service Institute, and other government venues. He continues to serve as an officer and commander in the Air National Guard. Dr. Patterson is the author or editor of ten books, including most recently: <i>Ending Wars Well: Just War Thinking and Post-Conflict </i> and <i>Ethics Beyond War's End</i>.