Written by Steve Medeiros
Anchored by program flexibility, intellectual exploration and academic excellence, the Master of Social Science Program (MSSc) has been instrumental in my development to think critically within established social science fields and current societal challenges. As an officer of the Marines for twenty-eight years (retiring as a Colonel), my degree has afforded me an opportunity to frame, analyze and solve problem sets outside of a non-traditional framework. This is especially poignant in regions where I have served, the Pacific Rim and Central and South America.
The program’s flexibility is especially relevant to service members where duty station assignments are both various (CONUS and OCONUS) and multi-durational. I hold the academic leadership of the Maxwell School in high regard as they are the best in their field and inspire rigorous intellectual exploration in their students to achieve academic excellence. To this day, thirteen years after graduation, I still find myself recalling their teaching and counsel.
Steve Medeiros is a 2002 Graduate of the MSSc Program and served 28 years in the United States Marine Corps, retiring as a Colonel in 2013. Steve served in a variety of operational and staff assignments and his final assignment was the Commander, Marine Depot Maintenance Command (Albany, GA/Barstow, CA). He is currently the Lead Logistics Engineer for Wyle Laboratories in Stafford, VA.