Staff

Professor Charles J. Dunlap, Jr., the Executive Director of the Center, is a retired Air Force major general who received his undergraduate degree from St. Joseph's University (PA), and his law degree from Villanova University. Prior to retiring from the military in June of 2010, General Dunlap was responsible for assisting in the supervision of more than 2,500 military and civilian attorneys worldwide. His 34-year career included tours in both the United Kingdom and Korea, and he deployed for military operations in Africa and the Middle East. Totaling more than 120 publications, his writings address a wide range of topics including various aspects of national security law, airpower, counterinsurgency, cyberpower, civil-military relations, and leadership. A distinguished graduate of the National War College, General Dunlap speaks frequently at professional conferences and at numerous institutions of higher learning, to include Harvard, Yale, MIT, UVA, and Stanford, as well as National Defense University and the Air, Army, and Navy War Colleges.

Professor Scott L. Silliman, the Center's Director Emeritus, received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He served for 25 years as an Air Force judge advocate, retiring in the grade of colonel in 1993 just prior to joining Duke's law school faculty and establishing the Center. As the senior attorney for Tactical Air Command during the first Persian Gulf War of 1990-91, and later as Air Combat Command's senior attorney, he has extensive experience in operational and other areas of military law. He is a frequent commentator on national and international television and radio news programs, and is quoted on a regular basis by print media from around the world.

Kathy Julian, the Center’s Staff Assistant, grew up in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She recently returned to North Carolina after living in Virginia for 22 years where her work experience included technical writing and administrative assistant positions for information technology, broadcasting, and health care organizations. She has served as a United Methodist licensed local pastor and recently earned a Master of Divinity degree from the School of Theology at Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia.

(From left to right) Professor Charles J. Dunlap, Jr., Kathy Julian, and Professor Scott Silliman