LTC Guyton Robinson

LTC G. Lee Robinson is the director of the American Politics program and an assistant professor in the Department of Social Sciences at West Point. He teaches the introductory course on American politics and the capstone course on public policy.

He is a 2000 graduate of the United States Military Academy and holds a Master of Public Administration from Cornell University and a doctorate in public administration and policy from the University of Georgia. 

Before joining the USMA faculty, he spent more than 20 years as an Army aviation officer, including two deployments to Iraq and one to Afghanistan. LTC Robinson commanded the 603rd Aviation Support Battalion in the 3rd Infantry Division from 2019 to 2021 and served as a strategist for the Army Talent Management Task Force from 2021 to 2022. 

His research focuses on strategic human resource management, public management and organizational performance, and civil-military relations.