Education
Doctor of Philosophy, History, 2019
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Master of Arts, Military History, 2009
Norwich University, Northfield, VT
Diploma, Air University, 2008
Joint Professional Military Education
Maxwell Air Force Base, AL
Bachelor of Arts, English Literature, 1997
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Academic Appointments
Permanent Military Professor, 2019-Present
Assistant Professor of History, 2019-Present
Deputy Dean for Military Affairs, USNA School of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2021-2023
Books-Academic Peer Reviewed
- Sustaining the Carrier War: The Deployment of U.S. Naval Air Power to the Pacific (Naval Institute Press, 2023)
Textbook Chapters-Peer Reviewed
-“Assault on Occupied Europe (Ch.15)” in America, Sea Power, and the World, 2nd Edition (West Sussex, UK: Wiley Blackwell Press, 2022)
Articles -Peer Reviewed
-“Naval Aviation Maintenance and the Air War in the Pacific,” New Interpretations in Naval History: Selected Papers from 2019 McMullen Symposium. (Naval War College Press, 2023)
Articles -Trade Press/Editor Reviewed
-“The Tools to Victory in World War II: Part I” in Seapower, https://seapowermagazine.org/, November, 2022
-“The Tools to Victory in World War II: Part II” in Seapower, https://seapowermagazine.org/, December, 2022
Book Reviews
-Shay, Peter D., Triumphant Warrior. In Naval Historical Foundation Book Reviews, www.navyhistory.org, (October 2019).
-Cutler, Thomas J., The Battle of Leyte Gulf at 75. In The Northern Mariner, Vol. XXIX, No. 3, (April 2020).
Other Publications
-Foreward in When Hollywood Ruled the Seas: The Naval Film Classics of World War II, by Bruce Orriss (Los Angeles, CA: Aero Associates, 2023)
Podcasts/Livestreams/YouTube
- Preble Hall, “Sustaining the Carrier War,” (Podcast), April 2023
- WW2TV, “Sustaining the Carrier War with Stan Fisher,” (YouTube), August, 2023
-Civics and Coffee, “Sustaining the Carrier War with Dr. Stan Fisher,” (Podcast), July 2023
-WWII Discussion Forum, "Sustaining the Carrier War" , October 2023
-US Naval History Podcast, “Keeping the Planes Flying in WWII,” (Podcast) November 2023
-From Balloons to Drones, "Keep 'Em Flying" (Podcast) September 2024
-The Modern Scholar, "Sustaining the Carrier War," (Podcast) November 2024
-Military Aviation History "Why Japan Could Never Beat US Carriers" (YouTube)
Conferences/Lectures/Invited Talks
- “Sustaining the Carrier War,” Hattendorf Historical Center Speaker Series, U.S. Naval War College, (November 2024)
- “Naval Aviation Maintenance in World War II,” AACPL Book Talk, Eastport Library, (November 2024)
- Guest Speaker, Airpower Scholarship for the Airpower Practitioner Conference, Maxwell Air Force Base, (May 2024)
- “Naval Aviation Maintenance in World War II,” AACPL Book Talk, Broadneck Library, (May 2024)
- “World War II Legacy of Valor” series, USNA Alumni Association, Annapolis, (April 2024)
- Panel Chair and Commenter, “Strategic Insights from WWII,” Society of Military History Annual Meeting, (April 2024)
- “The Shootdown of EC-121” Guest speaker for 55th Annual Wreath Laying/Remembrance Ceremony, Annapolis, MD, (April 2024)
- “CVE in WWII: Operations other than Combat” at Escort Carrier Sailors and Airmen Association, Arlington, VA (August 2023)
- “Sustaining the Carrier War” book talk at Office of Naval Intelligence, K360 Program, Suitland, MD. (June 2023)
-“Women, Waves, and Wrenches: The Changing Face of Naval Aviation Maintenance in World War II” at Society for Military History Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA (March 2023)
-“Sustaining the Carrier War” at Military Officer Association of America, Northern VA chapter, Ft Myer, VA (March 2023)
-“The Technician’s War: Naval Aviation Maintenance in WWII” at Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum monthly docent training, (December 2020)
- “Naval Aviation Maintenance and the Air War in the Pacific” at 2019 McMullen Naval History Symposium, U.S. Naval Academy, (September 2019).
-”Naval Aviation and Air Power History” (Panel Commenter) at 2019 McMullen Naval History Symposium, U.S. Naval Academy, (September 2019).
Committees/Reader/Editorial
- Academic Peer Reviewer for Naval Institute Press
- Judge for Chief of Naval Operations Naval History Essay Contest (2023)
- Reader for Naval Institute Press manuscript proposals contracts (2023)
- Naval Aviation History Working Group of National Museum of the U.S. Navy, Department of the Navy, Washington D.C. (2020)
-Naval History and Heritage Command, Analytical Histories section, adjunct member. Committee for the historical analysis of similarities and differences in acquisition between US previous conflicts in the Pacific and potential future Great Power conflicts. (2020)
Awards/Fellowships
Book Awards-Sustaining the Carrier War
-John Lyman Book Award for Naval History, North American Society for Oceanic History, 2023.
-Honorable mention, Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature, Naval Order of the United States, 2004.
Volgenau Fellowship, USNA, 2020
Samuel Eliot Morison Award, Naval History and Heritage Command, 2008.
Daedalian National Capital Flight Aviation History Scholarship Award, 1996.
Sigma Phi Epsilon Zollinger Scholar, 1995.
Teaching
US Naval Academy
HH104 American Naval History
HH216 The West in the Modern World
HH349 The Emergence of Modern America 1896-1945
HH387 The History of Airpower
US Naval Aviation
1997-2015: MH-60B/R/S Helicopter Pilot
Service to Community
USNA Fellowship of Christians Athletes
-Officer Rep
USNA Flight Team
-Officer Rep
-Board of Directors
Baltimore City Fellowship of Christian Athletes
-City Advisory Board