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Sean Bode

By |2025-02-03T16:19:23-10:00February 3rd, 2025|Categories: Biography, team|Tags: , |

Lt. Col. Sean Bode was commissioned into the infantry in 2005 before transitioning to the Adjutant General Corps and the Active Guard Reserve in 2019. He has served in various leadership and staff positions, including his current role as an Army Broadening Opportunity Fellow at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu. He previously held positions with U.S. Army Reserve Command, Special Operations Command South, and as an ROTC assistant professor. Bode deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2007 to 2008. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Richmond and a Master of Business Administration from Duke University. His awards include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Combat Infantryman Badge, and the Parachutist Badge. In the civilian sector, he worked in management roles at Aldi and Disney World Resorts. He enjoys hiking and exploring different cultures through travel.

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Andrea Malji

By |2025-01-23T14:18:30-10:00January 23rd, 2025|Categories: Faculty, Biography, team|Tags: , |

Dr. Andrea Malji joined the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS) in January 2025. Before joining DKI APCSS, Dr. Malji served as an Assistant and then Associate Professor of International Studies and Political Science at Hawaii Pacific University (HPU) from 2017-2024.Dr. Malji holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Kentucky with a concentration in International Relations. In 2022 she received the Fulbright-Nehru senior research fellowship and carried out research throughout the state of Kerala in southern India. Dr. Malji has been actively involved in developing teaching strategies to improve learning outcomes, including games, simulations, seminars, and lectures.

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Michael Mayo

By |2025-01-27T09:57:00-10:00January 23rd, 2025|Categories: Faculty, Biography, team|Tags: , |

Special Agent Michael Mayo joined the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in 2024 after serving as Division Chief for Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) Pacific Operations. Special Agent Mayo began his career in 2008 at the NCIS Southwest Field Office in San Diego, CA, conducting counterintelligence and felony criminal investigations on behalf of the Department of the Navy (DON) and U.S. Marine Corps. Throughout his career, Special Agent Mayo was responsible for investigating and supervising investigations for criminal, counterintelligence, force protection, and terrorism matters involving Navy and USMC equities, service members, and affiliated civilian personnel assigned to DON installations, ships, and expeditionary forces in both domestic and international assignments. Special Agent Mayo holds a B.A. in Government and Political Science from Berry College and a M.A. in International Relations/Foreign Policy from Georgia State University. He obtained an M.A. in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College (in-residence, with Distinction), and holds a Harvard University certificate in Political Philosophy.

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Sean Tucker

By |2025-02-03T16:03:21-10:00September 20th, 2024|Categories: Biography, team|Tags: , , |

Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Sean Tucker joined the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies team in July of 2024 following a three-year Security Cooperation Officer assignment with the Mutual Defense Assistance Office (MDAO) at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, Japan. He is a certified USINDOPACOM Foreign Area Officer (FAO) with over twelve years of operational experience in the Indo-Pacific region, including extensive in-country experience in Japan and the Republic of Korea. He has served at the Squadron, Air and Space Operations Center (AOC), Sub-Unified Command, and Combatant Command levels. Lt Col Tucker has also served in multiple deployed positions. Additionally, as an Information Integration Officer aboard the RC-135 V/W Rivet Joint aircraft, he was awarded Flight Instructor and Evaluator qualifications. Lt Col Tucker’s education includes a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame, an M.S. in International Relations from Troy University, and an A.A. in Japanese Language from the Defense Language Institute. His military decorations include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters, and the Aerial Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters. 

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