Bio

Dr. Holman is Interim Director of Intelligence Studies and Adjunct Professor at The Catholic University of America. His work has focused on the ontology of the human person and its meaning for politics, especially in the context of twentieth century Continental thought and the tradition of American political thought. He also has interests in the relation between politics and ethics, particularly as it pertains to intelligence work and drone warfare. His dissertation focused on Hannah Arendt and Eric Voegelin's 1953 debate over totalitarianism and the human person. He is co-editor, with Richard Avramenko, of Personalism for the Twenty-First Century: Essays in Honor of David Walsh. His work has appeared in The Political Science Reviewer, Perspectives on Political Science, The Review of Metaphysics, as well as Public Discourse and Law & Liberty.

Prior to coming to CUA, Dr. Holman was an MV-22 Pilot in the United States Marine Corps. He served in the Western Pacific, Iraq (Al-Anbar Province), Kuwait, and East Africa. While in Iraq, he served as a Forward Air Controller, planning and coordinating U.S. and Coalition targeting, airborne intelligence collections, and Information Operations in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. He also served as U.S. liaison to the Iraqi Army’s Anbar Operations Command, assisting and advising in the development of their airborne collections program and integrating Coalition and Iraqi all-source intelligence reporting into operational planning and execution.