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Legacy ID
631

Services

 

USMMA strives to provide Midshipmen with a wide array of activities and services including athletics programs, culture activities, clubs and professional organizations, among many others.

 

Mission

To educate and graduate leaders of exemplary character who are inspired to serve the national security, marine transportation, and economic needs of the United States as licensed Merchant Marine Officers and commissioned officers in the Armed Forces.

Dr. Jacques Szaluta

Professor Emeritus, Department HumanitiesYear Started

1965

EducationPh.D. Columbia UniversityM.A. Columbia UniversityTeaching InterestsWestern European HistoryPsychohistorical Approach to HistoryNational Leaders in Modern TimesResearch InterestSigmund FreudMarshal PétainSteven Spielberg and...

Dr. Joshua M. Smith

Associate Professor, HumanitiesYear Started

2003

EducationPh.D. US and Canadian History University of MaineMA Maritime History & Underwater Archaeology East Carolina UniversityAS Maine Maritime AcademyMA History University of St. AndrewsTeaching InterestsMaritime HistoryNaval...

Dr. Robert P. Gardella

Professor Emeritus, HumanitiesYear Started

1977

EducationPh.D. University of Washington (Seattle)M.A. University of Washington (Seattle)B.A. Rice University (Houston, Texas)Publications

R. Gardella. Harvesting Mountains: Fujian and the China Tea Trade, 1757-1937. University of California...

Dr. Jane Pacht Brickman

Professor, HumanitiesYear Started

1983

EducationPh.D. American History, City University of NY, Graduate CenterMA History Queens College, City University of NYBA History Queens CollegeTeaching InterestsModern American HistoryHistory of PhilosophyEthical StudiesResearch InterestsMedical...

Dr. David Shinn

Associate Professor, Math and ScienceYear Started

2010

EducationPhD Physical Chemistry Emory UniversityMS Analytical Chemistry w/Marine Mining Emphasis University of Hawai'iBS Chemistry University of South CarolinaTeaching InterestsGeneral ChemistryAnalytical ChemistryInstrumental...

Dr. Alexander Retakh

Associate Professor, Math and ScienceYear Started

2010

EducationPhD Mathematics Yale UniversityBA Mathematics New York UniversityTeaching InterestsMathematicsStatisticsCryptographyResearch InterestsMathematical physicsRepresentation theoryNoncommutative algebra

Dr. Mark J. Hogan

Professor, Math and ScienceYear Started

1999

EducationPhD Physics National University of SingaporeMS Physics National University of SingaporeBS Haverford College Astronomy & PhysicsPublications

Coauthored General Physics Laboratory Manual, 4th and 5th Ed. and the Physics for Maritime...

Applications for the Class of 2030 open on 1 May 2025