I am an Assistant Professor of International Strategy and Security at Cal Poly Maritime Academy (Solano Campus), affiliated with the Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo Department of Philosophy. Previously, International Strategy and Security (ISS) was known as Global Studies and Maritime Affairs (GSMA).
My research focuses on conflict and war termination, maritime security, historical legacies of conflict, and cybersecurity. I received my Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania in 2020, where my dissertation examined the roots of decisive war outcomes.
Before coming to Cal Poly Maritime, I was a Donald R. Beall Defense Fellow at the Naval Postgraduate School and a Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at Haverford College.
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Research Interests
International security • War and conflict termination • Maritime security • Historical analogies and political violence • Cybersecurity • Higher education policy
Recent Publications
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Skoll, A. and Chiego, C. (2025). Time for a rebrand? Examining the efforts of college departments in the California State University system to reimagine, reinvent, reposition, and rebrand themselves in response to a changing higher education landscape. Politics.
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Gilbert, V. and Chiego, C. (2025). Analogies in revolt: How historical analogies shaped resistance in Iraq, 2003–2004. Cooperation and Conflict.
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Gilbert, V. and Chiego, C. (2025). The Great Syrian Revolts: Explaining Continuity in the Geography of Syrian Violence. Nations and Nationalism 31(2), pp. 309–322.