COL Nadine I. Ross

Colonel Nadine Ross is committed to inspiring and empowering cadets and junior faculty to embrace their unique gifts and achieve professional success within the Army. She is passionate about creating spaces where colleagues and cadets can live in what is possible and be themselves in their work and in the classroom. In her work, Colonel Ross is known for figuring out internal systems to get things done and acting purposefully to ensure lasting success. It is through these core characteristics that she endeavors to invest in others, helping them unlock their potential and achieve excellence. 

Colonel Ross graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 2001. After commissioning into the Adjutant General Corps, she served as a Battalion S1, Postal Platoon Leader, and Detachment Executive Officer in Germany. From 2005 until 2007, Colonel Ross commanded the 151st Adjutant General Company (Postal) in Fort Cavazos. Following company command, she entered graduate school at The University of Texas at Austin, earned an M.A. in History, and returned to West Point to teach in the Department of History. Additionally, Colonel Ross  has served as the Brigade S1 for the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division in Fort Stewart. 

After completing her Ph.D. in History at the University of Texas at Austin in 2017, Colonel Ross deployed to Afghanistan where she worked as a Senior Advisor to the Afghan Office of the National Security Council. Since returning to the History Department as an Academy Professor in 2018, she has served as Chief of the International Division and the Department’s Chief of Faculty Development and Talent Management.