Editing United States Naval Academy (section)

==Faculty==
Roughly 500 faculty members are evenly divided between civilian professors and military instructors. The civilian professors nearly all have a PhD and can be awarded [[tenure]], usually upon promotion from assistant professor to [[associate professor]]. Fewer of the military instructors have a PhD but nearly all have a master's degree. Most of them are assigned to the academy for only two or three years. Additionally, there are [[adjunct professor]]s, hired to fill temporary shortages in various disciplines. The adjunct professors are not eligible for tenure.

===Permanent military professors (PMP)===
A small number of officers at the academy are designated as permanent military professors (PMP), initially at the academic rank of assistant professor. All PMPs have PhDs, and remain at the academy until statutory retirement. Most are commanders in the Navy; a few are captains. Like civilian professors, they seek academic promotion to the rank of associate professor and professor. However, they are not eligible for tenure.

===Class of 1957 Distinguished Chair of Naval Heritage===
The ''Class of 1957 Distinguished Chair of Naval Heritage'' is an academic professorial chair in the history department.<ref>McMullen Seapower Symposium Program for 2013</ref> In order to preserve and promote a better understanding of professional naval heritage in midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy, the academy's Class of 1957 donated the funds to permanently endow this position. It is designed to be a visiting position for a distinguished senior academic historian, who is to hold the post for one or two years. The position was first occupied in 2006 and, in addition to teaching requirements, the occupant is expected to give the McMullen Seapower Lecture at the academy's biennial [[McMullen Naval History Symposium]].

====Chair holders====
* [[Williamson Murray]], January 2006 – June 2007
* [[Andrew Gordon (naval historian)|Andrew Gordon]], August 2007 – June 2009
* [[Ronald H. Spector]], August 2009 – June 2010
* [[John H. Schroeder]], August 2010 – June 2011
* [[Craig Symonds]], August 2011 – June 2012
* [[James C. Bradford]]. August 2012 – June 2013
* Gene Allen Smith, August 2013 – June 2014
* William F. Trimble, August 2014 – June 2015
* [[David Alan Rosenberg]], August 2015 – June 2016
* Nicholas A. Lambert, August 2016 – June 2018
* Kathleen Broome Williams, August 2018 –

===McCain-Fulbright Distinguished Visiting Professor Program===
The program was created by Congress to bring mid-career international academics to USNA to teach classes on subjects pertaining to their regional background. Scholars will also practice outreach to D.C. area think tanks and military higher education institutions around the country.

====Chair holders====
* [[Sebastian Bruns]], August 2021 - May 2022
* [[Sinderpahl Singh]], August 2022 - December 2022.