Morten Ender United States Military Academy, USA

Morten Ender is an American sociologist and full professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, U.S.A. where he specializes in the study of military sociology, social psychology, and teaching sociology. He has served as chair of the Peace, War, and Social Conflict Section of the American Sociological Association and on the editorial board of the journal Teaching Sociology. He is considered a subject matter expert resource on the human dimensions of military service members and their families contributing to articles in the New York Times; Los Angeles Times; USA Today; CNN.com; National Public Radio; Army Times; Washington Post; and the Grand Forks Herald, among other media outlets.

His attended the University of Maryland European Division, Munich, Germany Campus where he received an AA in General Education. Soon after he received a BA in Sociology with Distinction and a post-undergraduate Certification in the Administration of Non-Profit Organization, both from Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California. In completed an MA and PhD in sociology from the University of Maryland, College Park, USA.

His research posts include fellowships at the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute at Patrick Air Force Base, Cocoa Beach, Florida and in the Department of Military Psychiatry, at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC. In addition to West Point, he has taught at the University of Maryland European Division; University of Maryland at College Park; American College of Norway; Marymount University; and the University of North Dakota. He is a multi-award-winning teacher at West Point and the University of Maryland. At West Point he teaches Marriage and the Family; Social Inequality; Organizational Culture and Socialization; Qualitative Research Methods; Military Films; and Armed Forces and Society, among other courses.

Ender’s books include the forthcoming A Force for Diversity?: The Past, Present, and Future of Inclusion in the U.S. Armed Forces. (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books) with David E. Rohall and Michael D. Matthews and The Millennial Generation and National Defense: Attitudes of Future Military and Civilians Leaders (London & NY: Palgrave Pivot, 2014) with David E. Rohall and Michael D. Matthews; The Routledge Handbook of War and Society: Iraq and Afghanistan (Routledge, 2011) with Steve Carlton-Ford; and American Soldiers in Iraq: McSoldiers or Innovative Professionals? (Routledge, 2009). The latter two books have received back-to-back (2010 and 2011) Outstanding Book Awards from the Peace, War, and Social Conflict Section of the American Sociological Association. His earlier books are Military Brats and Other Global Nomads: Growing Up in Organization Families (Praeger, 2002) and (with Betsy Lucal) Inequalities: Readings in Diversity and Social Life (Pearson, 2007).

His research has appeared in the journals The American Sociologist; Teaching Sociology; Death Studies; Journal of Adolescence; Journal of Homosexuality; and Armed Forces & Society, among others.