Kevin P. Cullen, Colonel, US Air Force (Retired) is the Interim Director of the Ohio State Battelle Center and also serves as the Assistant Vice Provost and Director for Military & Veterans Services supporting the 2,300+ military, veteran and family member students attending the university including the Naval, Army, Air Force and Space Force ROTC units. Kevin serves as a Professor of Practice in the John Glenn College of Public Affairs Battelle Center for Science, Engineering & Public Policy. Prior to his military retirement, he served as Department Chair for Aerospace Studies and the Commander of the Air Force ROTC Det 645. Additionally, Kevin consults for Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory as a Senior Professional Staff Strategic Systems Analyst specializing in nuclear operations.
Kevin entered the Air Force in 1992 following his graduation from the United States Air Force Academy with a Bachelor of Science Degree. His military career includes numerous unit and staff positions, to include chief of nuclear security, detachment commander, squadron commander, branch chief, division chief, executive officer, group commander, field training unit commander, and wing commander as well as deployments to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq (twice) and Afghanistan.
Kevin earned a Master of Arts in Public Administration from Bowie State University and a Master of National Security Strategy from the National Defense University’s National War College. Additionally, he graduated from the US Air Force Squadron Officer School, the Defense Nuclear Weapons School, the Joint Special Operations University, the US Air Force Special Operations School, the US Air Force Air Command and Staff College, the US Army Command and General Staff College, the US Air Force Air War College, the US Air Force Safety and Accident Investigation Board President Course and the Center for Creative Leadership Development Program.
He serves on many boards, councils and committees including: National Veterans Leadership Foundation, Pat Tillman Foundation University Partner, Ohio State’s Suicide Prevention Advisory Board and MilVet Student Wellness Committee, Ohio Department of Higher Education Chancellor’s Military Strategic Implementation Team, Ohio Veterans Education Council, the Big 10 Veterans Council and the National Association of Naval ROTC Colleges and Universities.
This commentary is intended as an addendum and recent update to the original research article published in World Affairs, “The High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina: The Unusual Institutional Arrangement of a Non-Authoritarian, yet Controlled, Democracy”