MAJ Michael Weiss Senior Instructor Executive Officer to the Dean English and World Languages Dean's Staff michael.weiss [at] westpoint.edu About Education Research & Publications MAJ Mike Weiss was commissioned out of The University of Colorado Denver in 2012 as an Infantry Officer. MAJ Weiss served as a Mechanized Platoon Leader and Battalion Scout Platoon in 1-77 AR, 3ABCT, 1AD before transitioning to Military Intelligence. He then served as the Battalion Intelligence Officer in 1-66 AR, 3ABCT, 4ID. He joined the West Point faculty in 2022 after completing his MA in Literature from the University of Missouri. MA, Literature - University of Missouri Graduate Certificate International Affairs - George Bush School of Public Policy TAMU. BA, Political Science - University of Colorado, Denver Research Interests War Fiction, Modernism, Realism, Contemporary Literature Current Research I work at the intersection of Literary Realism and War fiction. Examining how Veteran authors describe combat, combatants, and non-combatants. Selected Publications Presentation at the Association of Literary Scholars and Critics (ALCSW) titled: “The Officers Gaze in American War Film,” October 2023.MA Thesis: “Beyond the Trauma Hero: The Discourse of American War Fiction from the Global War on Terror,” May 2022.