Bro. Dr. Robert A. Sanders, LP.D., J.D., LLM

Dr. Robert A. Sanders, LP.D., J.D., LLM, is an Associate Professor and Chair of the National Security Department, Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences at the University of New Haven. He is a retired Captain and multiple time Commanding Officer (CO) with the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG Corps). He was a legal/national security educator at the U.S. Naval War College and the former Director (CO equivalent) within the joint forces at the U.S. Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS). DIILS is the lead DoD security cooperation resource for global legal engagement and capacity-building with international defense sector officials, an Expanded International Military Education and Training and Defense Institution Building resource, and a U.S. Government human rights training organization under Section 333 of title 10.

Bro. Dr. Sanders was also a former federal government organization counsel (GCM and SPCM), and a prosecutor and defense counsel while in the Navy. When on active duty, the then- Captain Sanders was a member of the Task Force for DoD Recovering, Wounded, Ill, and Injured Members of the Armed Forces. Bro. Dr. Sanders first entered the Navy as a Reserve Enlisted Intelligence Specialist and served there until commissioning. While on active duty he served in theater in multiple operations in the Middle East and Africa. Before his active duty service, he was a private industry military communications and weapons systems engineer (DoD Contractor) and a Navy civilian employee. Bro. Dr. Sanders attended Northeastern University where he was initiated into Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., via Beta Alpha Chapter in Spring 1980. Bro. Sanders earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University in 1983.

Bro. Dr. Sanders is the University’s lead National Security Law professor and also teaches the Security, Sovereignty, and Slavery course concerning challenges surrounding the foundation of America and how these three components propelled colonial America into the 1860s American Civil War. In addition, the class addresses how the quest for security and sovereignty, and how centuries of slavery impacts today’s national security structures. He is the author and editor of the USNWC JMO piece, South China Sea Dispute Background, and Arbitration Case; and Chapter Co-author – “The Role of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) in Protecting Civilians” in South Sudan’s Challenges: Peacemaking, Democratic Accountability, and National Stability. Bro. Dr. Sanders is a regular contributor and expert interviewee with Bloomberg.com, CNBC, Pew Trust, Epoch News, Politico.com, U.S. Foreign Press Association, Fox TV NYC, and Connecticut CBS, NBC, and Fox News on national security, African American History, U.S. History, litigation, and COVID-19 (domestic military use/support) among other subjects.

Bro. Dr. Sanders holds the following graduate degrees: Juris Doctorate (1988); Master of Science in International Relations (1997); Master of Laws (1999); Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies (2002); Master of Science in Strategic Intelligence (2007); Doctor of Law & Policy (2013).