The Department of Political Science and Economics at East Stroudsburg University is proud to announce that Dr. Darrell Driver is the fall 2024 Kurt Wimer International Lecture Series speaker. His lecture will be on Wednesday, October 9 at 7 p.m. in the Niedbala Auditorium located inside the Warren E. ’55 & Sandra Hoeffner Science and Technology Center.
Dr. Driver (U.S. Army Colonel, retired) is the Co-Director of the Advanced Strategic Art Program at the U.S. Army War College. He will speak on how collectivizing European and North American security is an essential pillar of the peace and prosperity we enjoy today.
Driver previously served as the Director of the Army War College’s Regional Studies Program and Deputy Chair of the Department of National Security and Strategy. Driver has also held positions including Deputy Director of Strategy for U.S. European Command, Defense Policy Advisor to the U.S. Mission to NATO, and Strategic Planner in the Office of the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army. He was also a faculty member of the U.S. Military Academy and has published extensively. He holds a Ph.D. from Syracuse University.
The Kurt Wimer International Lecture Series is named in honor of the former chair of ESU’s social science department, which eventually was divided into the political science, history and sociology departments. The series consists of semi-annual lectures by invited practitioners and experts on topics related to foreign and international affairs.
For more information about the Kurt Wimer International Lecture Series or special accommodations, please contact Dr. Eliasson at (570) 422-3250 or jeliasson@esu.edu.