Dr. Gale A. Mattox is Professor, Political Science Department , US Naval Academy (1981- ), was elected department chair (2003-7) and elected chair of chairs (2004-7). She has been awarded the Distinguished Fulbright-Dow Research Chair at the Roosevelt Center, Netherlands for Spring 2009. Prof. Mattox served on the Policy Planning Staff, Department of State (1994-95), was a Council on Foreign Relations Fellow at State Dept.Office of Strategic and Theater Nuclear Policy (1984-85)and an international affairs analyst, Congressional Research Service. She has been a Bosch Fellow in Germany, NATO Research Fellow, and Fulbright Scholar. Mattox has held the offices of President (1996-2003) and VP (1987-94) of Women in International Security (WIIS), Center for Peace and Security Studies at Georgetown University in Washington, DC and served as VP of the International Studies Association and is now Co-chair of the ISA Women’s Caucus. She has served on numerous boards, including the Tactical Advisory Council, Center for Naval Analysis and the George Marshall Center advisory board, Germany and now serves on the advisory boards of St. Mary’s College Womens Center, the Forum for Security Studies, the Swedish National Defense University and WIIS. With A. Rachwald, Professor Mattox published Enlarging NATO: the National Debates, (2001) and with C. Kelleher Evolving European Defense Policies (1987). She has co-edited Germany In Transition, Germany at the Crossroads and Germany Through American Eyes and has published widely in scholarly journals. She holds numerous awards and has appeared on the Lehrer News Hour and other media outlets.