He currently serves as the Airpower II Deputy Course Director. Dr. Donnelly received his PhD in European History from Texas A&M University and was previously on the faculty of the International Affairs Department at the George H.W. Bush School of Government and Public Service. Dr. Donnelly's research focuses on war and social change in Germany and Europe with a specific interest in the period since 1945. In addition to teaching courses in the ACSC core curriculum, he offers elective classes on the rise and fall of Nazi Germany and German military history.