Speaker

Steven D. Fleming, Ph.D., is a retired U.S. Army colonel with command and staff experience in short-range air defense operations at the battalion, brigade and division levels. He also has operational combat experience with Joint and NATO staffs, twice deploying in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He served as the Deputy Head of the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at the United States Military Academy (West Point, NY). In this capacity, he performed duties in educational leadership, institutional governance, organizational management, applied research and teaching. Academically, Dr. Fleming served as an Academy Professor of Geospatial Information Science. He has taught numerous courses including Physical Geography, Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry, Surveying, Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, Military Geospatial Operations, Advanced Topics in Geography and the Environment, and Advanced Independent Studies in GIS.