Dirk D. Ringgenberg
Associate Director and Senior National Security Fellow for Instruction in the Clements Center for National Security
Dirk Ringgenberg is an affiliated faculty member in the School of Civic Leadership and the Department of History, where he teaches courses ranging from surveys of military history to strategy. His research focuses on military history and military technology. He is currently completing a book manuscript on the U.S. Army Signal Corps’ adoption and development of wireless and radio from 1898 to 1917, and his future projects include a biography of Major General Adolphus Greely and a history of the 173rd Airborne Brigade.
Before joining the Clements Center, Ringgenberg served for ten years as assistant professor in the Department of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and for twenty-four years in the U.S. Army, retiring in 2011 as a major. His military career included service in the 75th Ranger Regiment, the 82nd Airborne Division, and the 173rd Airborne Brigade, with combat deployments during Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Iraq, and Afghanistan. His honors include the Silver Star, Bronze Star for Valor, and Legion of Merit.
Education
PhD in history, Iowa State University
MA in military arts and science, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
BA in history, Columbus State University
Publications
“The Battle of Bulac Kalay”
