Major Adam Cucchiara is an instructor of American politics in the Department of Social Sciences at the United States Military Academy West Point. His research focuses on public sector leadership, community safety, and policing, specifically studying the performance of military veterans who continue to serve in law enforcement agencies. Cucchiara was commissioned as an Infantry officer in 2007. His past assignments include command and staff roles in the XVIII Airborne Corps and US Army Europe. He has deployed supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Resolute Support. Cucchiara is also a PhD student in public administration at the Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs at Syracuse University. He received an MPP from the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University and a BS in international/strategic history from United States Military Academy West Point.