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Published Fall 2023
Susan E. Upward
Lieutenant Colonel Susan E. Upward ’97 is an attorney in the United States Marine Corps and is currently deployed overseas as the Deputy Staff Judge Advocate and Chief of National Security Law for Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve. In 2022, she received the Sea Service Leadership Association’s Marine Corps Major Megan McClung Leadership Award for her work as a published author and speaker on diversity, equity, and inclusion topics. She is currently a doctoral student in leadership studies at Louisiana State University Shreveport.