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Stanley B. Supinski, Ph.D. Director of Partnership Programs for the Naval Postgraduate School, Center for Homeland Defense and Security
Dr. Stanley B. Supinski is the Director of Partnership Programs for the Naval Postgraduate School, Center for Homeland Defense and Security and a Visiting Professor for the Long Island University Homeland Security Management Institute. He has taught and directed homeland security courses for a variety of institutions, to include the Naval Postgraduate School, the University of Denver and the University of Massachusetts. He is also co-founder and CEO of knowVit Inc. which consults on security and defense education, program development and management for a broad range of organizations.
He is formerly the Deputy for Training and Education for the North American Aerospace Defense Command and US Northern Command, where he developed the organizations’ academic training and education programs. He founded and formerly directed the Homeland Security/Defense Education Consortium (HSDEC), a network of over 250 federal, military and civilian educational institutions. The HSDEC is the nation’s premier group conducting homeland security/defense education and academic research, and has been instrumental in establishing national accreditation standards in this evolving discipline.
He retired from the United States Air Force in 2003 following 27 years of active service. Dr. Supinski served in two capacities during his military career: as an educator with the United States Air Force Academy and as an intelligence officer in numerous locations and capacities. At the Academy he held positions in the Department of Foreign Languages as an Associate Professor of Russian, Chair of the Strategic Languages Division, Director of Instructional Technology, Director of the Language Learning Center, and Director of Operations. For his last military assignment, he served as the Academy’s Faculty Squadron Commander, where he oversaw faculty personnel, administration, security, and facilities.
As an intelligence officer, Dr. Supinski served primarily in the human intelligence field, managing intelligence collection and conducting operations using the Polish and Russian languages. His assignments included Deputy Commander at Field Operating Base, Korea, Defense Intelligence Agency; Operations Officer for the European Special Activities Center in Munich Germany; and as Team Lead and Executive Officer at the Air Force Special Activities Center, Fort Belvoir VA. From December 1999 to May 2000, Dr. Supinski deployed to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he served as the Central Air Forces senior intelligence representative to Joint Task Force, Southwest Asia.
Dr. Supinski holds a Ph. D. in Instructional Systems Design from Florida State University and a master’s degree in National Security Affairs from the US Naval Postgraduate School. He has conducted research and authored numerous articles on homeland security and defense, technology support to education, and language acquisition. His research includes development of the Daily Knowledge Vitamin, a technology-based, distributed learning methodology used to maintain and incrementally increase knowledge and skills. The methodology has been used by military linguists worldwide, and has been adopted by the US Coast Guard and other DoD and civilian organizations.
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