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MAJ Andrew Campbell

Assistant Professor

Andrew.campbell@westpoint.edu

Biography


Andrew Campbell was born in Mobile, AL and attended the University of Houston. He received his BA in History and commissioned as an Infantry officer in 2009. He served three years in the 101st Airborne Division as a Platoon Leader and Company Executive Officer in 2-506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade and as an Aide-de-Camp on the general staff, deploying to eastern Afghanistan from 2010-11. CPT Campbell completed an MS in Organization Leadership at Columbus State University before commanding a Mechanized Infantry Company in 1-16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division from 2014-16. During that time, he also deployed to Kuwait and Iraq. In May 2018, CPT Campbell completed graduate studies in British history at Brown University in Providence, RI. His thesis “Beware the ‘Hive of Presbytery’: The Scottish Presbyterian as Folk Devil in Restoration Britain” has earned awards from Brown University and the North American Conference on British Studies. Following completion of CGSC at Fort Leavenworth, he served as the Battalion S3 and XO for 1-26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division. He deployed to EUCOM from 2022-23, leading the U.S. Task Force as part of NATO Multinational Battle Group – Slovakia and serving as the Senior National Representative for nine months. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor and teaches various course in military and British history.

Publications & Presentations


Co-authored with 1LT David Smitt and MAJ Brett Carr, “Adapting for Future Fight,” Bugler, Spring 2023, 8-12

Presented “The ‘perverse part of the Nation’: The Scottish Presbyterian as Confessional and Political Enemy in Restoration Britain” at the Enemies in the Early Modern World Conference, University of Edinburgh, March 2021

Presented “Britain in the Time of Kościuszko” at the Annual Kościuszko Conference, West Point, New York, April 2021

“Production Posters and the Arsenal of Democracy,” The West Point Material Culture Series: Conversations with Curators, October 2020. CLICK HERE TO WATCH.

Presented “Ireland: A Very Brief History of a Complex Situation,” Community Lecture, Cornwall Public Library, February 2020

Presented “World War I and the Easter Rising,” Lecture, USMA, February 2020

Presented “Conquest to ‘Glorious’ Revolution: Early Anglo-Irish Relations,” Lecture, USMA, December 2019