COL Nadine I. Ross

COL Nadine Ross is director of the Resnick Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies and chief of the American History division in the Department of History & War Studies (HWS), where she serves as an assistant professor. 

She is committed to inspiring current and future officers to study the past to understand the complex challenges facing military leaders and their roles in preventing future atrocities. As an instructor and mentor, COL Ross is passionate about helping others unlock their potential and achieve excellence.

COL Ross graduated from the Unites States Military Academy in 2001. After commissioning into the Adjutant General Corps, she served as a battalion S-1 in Germany, commanded the 151st Adjutant General Company (Postal) at Fort Hood, Texas, and served as brigade S-1 for the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Georgia. After completing her doctorate in history at the University of Texas at Austin in 2017, COL Ross deployed to Afghanistan, where she worked as a senior adviser to the Afghan Office of the National Security Council. 

Since returning to HWS in 2018, she has served as chief of the International Division and the department’s chief of faculty development and talent management.