Chad Austin
Adjunct Faculty
Bio
Chad Austin is a Professor of Law in the Department of Law at the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado. He is serving as Fulrbight Scholar in Kosovo for the spring 2025 semester. He is teaching Leadership at the Center for University Studies and Negotiation Skills at RIT-K. At the Air Force Academy, eaches Negotiations; Law for the Air and Space Force Officer; and Advanced Topics in the Law of Armed Conflict. His scholarship has focused on teaching pedagogy and International Humanitarian Law. He has presented on a wide variety of topics throughout the world. Professor Austin served as a Fulbright Scholar to the University of Warsaw Faculty Law School during academic year 2017-2018 in which he taught a War Crimes, Genocide and Human Rights course to over eighty students from throughout the word.
He also serves as a Judge Advocate General in the Air Force Reserve and holds the rank of Colonel. Military highlights include deploying to Iraq in 2008-2009 to negotiate with Iraqi entities to help restore judicial capacity and his subsequent recognition as the Air Force Reserve Judge Advocate of the year for 2008-2009.