Jim Craig

Jim Craig

  • Media Contact - Military Operations and Strategy, Veterans Public Policies, Veterans in Higher Education, Veterans Support Programs, Military Culture, Role of Literature in Veteran Healing, Civil/Military Relations, Cultural Competency, Military Sociology, Military Professionalism, Veteran Literature from the Post-9/11 Wars, UMSL Experts (News and Media Relations)
  • Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Military and Veterans Studies
  • Teaching Professor, Sociology, Department of

Personal profile

About

Professor Craig is the Director of the Veterans Studies Program and has served for twenty-five years as a soldier, a cadet, and an officer in the U.S. Army. He retired at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He is a combat-infantryman whose operational assignments include command and staff positions in Light, Airborne and Stryker Infantry units. In combat, he served as the operations officer for the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, during its fifteen-month surge deployment to Iraq. His non-operational assignments include positions as deputy chief of infantry officer assignments at Army Human Resources Command, as a strategist on the Department of the Army staff in the Pentagon, as the Professor of Military Science at Washington University in St. Louis, and as an assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley. While in service, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for combat service, and he is a six-time recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal. He is a senior parachutist, a jumpmaster, and a ranger.

Contact Information

Phone: 314-516-6037

Related documents

Education/Academic qualification

Education, Ed.D., Dissertation: "Beyond 'Thanks for Your Service': Navigating the Challenges of Memorializing the Global War on Terrorism", University of Missouri-St. Louis

Award Date: Aug 25 2026

MMAS, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College

… → 2006

Organizational Leadership and Security Studies, MPA, Harvard University

2002 → 2003

Mechanical Engineering, BS, United States Military Academy at West Point

1989 → 1993

External positions

Professor and Chair, Washington University in St. Louis

Jul 1 2010 → Jul 1 2013

Research Interests

  • Military Operations and Strategy
  • Veterans Public Policies
  • Veterans in Higher Education
  • History of Veterans Support Programs in America
  • Military Culture
  • Role of Literature in Veteran Healing
  • Civil/Military Relations
  • Cultural Competency
  • Program Development
  • Advocacy
  • Strategic Planning
  • Veteran Studies
  • Military Sociology
  • Military Professionalism
  • Veteran Literature from the Post-9/11 Wars

Disciplines

  • Military and Veterans Studies
  • Sociology
  • Gerontology
  • 10 Other contribution
  • 8 Article
  • 1 Commissioned report
  • 1 Working paper
View all 20 Research outputs