CPT Theodore Lipsky Instructor Social Sciences theodore.lipsky [at] westpoint.edu About Education CPT Theodore “Theo” Lipsky is an instructor of American politics in the Department of Social Sciences at the United States Military Academy (USMA).He graduated from USMA in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in Russian language and comparative politics. He commissioned as an armor officer and served in airborne and Stryker reconnaissance formations. CPT Lipsky earned a master’s degree in public administration in 2025 from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.He is from Brooklyn, New York. He is married to his wife, Elise. M.P.A. - Columbia University School of International and Public AffairsB.S., Russian Language and Comparative Politics - U.S. Military Academy