Benjamin Jones
Adjunct Faculty
Biography
Dr. Ben Jones currently serves as the state historian and director of the South 啵啵直播秀 State Historical Society in Pierre. As part of his role, he teaches classes at SDSU online. Prior to his current role, he served as South 啵啵直播秀's 15th Secretary of Education, as dean of Arts and Sciences at 啵啵直播秀 State University and as an Air Force officer for 23 years. While in the Air Force, he was on the History Department faculty at the US Air Force Academy.
Education
Academic and Professional Experience
Academic Interests
Academic Interests
- South 啵啵直播秀 history
- Military history
- Unconventional warfare
- European history
Research and Scholar Work
Areas of Research
- The nature of guerrilla warfare.
- The history of South 啵啵直播秀.
Grants
- 鈥淩ethinking K-12 Education.鈥 US Department of Education Competitive Grant, 2020, $6,883,481.
- 鈥淗umanities Connections Implementation Grant.鈥 National Endowment for the Humanities, 2018, $99,500.
- 鈥淭he Mount Rushmore Presidential and Congressional Academy for American History and Civics,鈥 U.S. Department of Education, 2016, $1,779,000.
- STEM Institute Grant from Great Plains Foundation, 2015 - 2018, $17,000.
- First In The World (FITW) 鈥淛ump Start鈥 Grant, U. S. Department of Education grant awarded to South 啵啵直播秀鈥檚 public universities and Oglala Lakota College for the purposes of supporting South 啵啵直播秀鈥檚 American Indian and economically disadvantaged students. 2014 - 2019. $283,000.
Publications
Book
- Eisenhower鈥檚 Guerrillas: The Jedburghs, the Maquis and the Liberation of France, (New York: Oxford University Press), 2016.
Book Chapters
- 鈥淲hat Works? Jedburgh Team Operations Supporting Conventional Forces,鈥 in The Competitive Advantage: Special Operations Forces in Large-Scale Combat Operations, edited by Robert M. Toguchi and Michael E Kirvdo, (Fort Leavenworth, KS: Army University Press), 2019.
- 鈥淟eaving Afghanistan鈥 in Our Latest Longest War: Losing Hearts and Minds in Afghanistan, edited by Aaron O鈥機onnell, (Chicago: University of Chicago Press), 2017.
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