People of the Academy
Faculty & academic offices
The faculty’s responsibility is to teach, examine and explain its decisions. Operational distinction does not exempt an instructor from that obligation.
Academic offices in the setting
The named officeholders below are characters in Lex Astra’s fictional institutional history. They are not a directory of players available to teach. Current teaching is arranged through an appointed instructor and a scheduled group.
Your studies and teaching assignments →Teaching, stewardship & academic service
The Academy’s academic offices connect instruction with the standards it serves. Programme leads maintain the curriculum, instructors guide practice, and examining panels establish what each candidate has demonstrated. The Registrar preserves the resulting record.
For advice on entry, course selection or recognition of prior learning, submit a study enquiry identifying your intended programme and relevant experience. Assessment reviews follow the separate standards procedure so that the original teaching team does not decide its own appeal.
Request academic guidance →6 appointments
Appointed 2951Elara Vasquez-Kohn
CommandantView appointment and teaching remit
Chairs the Academic Board and directs the command conference. Her office records curriculum changes and the reasons for examination review.
Request academic guidance →CaptainRenard Okonkwo
Dean, Fleet StudiesView appointment and teaching remit
Teaches the navigational watch and convoy planning. His practical assessments follow an order through briefing, execution and relief.
Request academic guidance →CommanderYuki Tanaka-Reis
Dean, Civil PracticeView appointment and teaching remit
Teaches reception and medical transport coordination. Her seminars ask who remains responsible after a casualty has been handed to another service.
Request academic guidance →CommanderTobias Wren
Dean, Applied IndustryView appointment and teaching remit
Teaches materials custody and recovery planning. Uses freight and maintenance records alongside practical exercises.
Request academic guidance →CaptainSoren Achterberg
Dean, Law & Public AffairsView appointment and teaching remit
Teaches delegated authority and assistance agreements. Supervises source commentaries on the corporate directive archive.
Request academic guidance →CommanderMaren Haldorsen
Director, Command StudiesView appointment and teaching remit
Directs the Crucible and convenes its examination panel. The independent safety officer remains outside the scenario command structure.
Request academic guidance →Joining the teaching faculty
Faculty preparation begins with competence in the subject to be taught. Candidates assemble evidence of their practice, complete ED 101 and undertake observed co-teaching. The review considers clarity of explanation, useful feedback, accessible participation and accurate assessment records.
ED 201 extends preparation to assessment: applying published criteria, distinguishing individual evidence from group results and moderating findings with another assessor. ED 210 prepares exercise directors to coordinate scenarios, observation, relief and recovery.
Appointment defines the courses and responsibilities entrusted to each instructor. Experienced applicants may present equivalent teaching evidence for independent review; qualification and appointment remain separate decisions.
Explore faculty development →Read appointment and equivalence standards →
Examining panels
A teaching lead may nominate examiners. Conflicts of interest require recusal and a recorded replacement. Reviews of a disputed assessment are heard by a panel independent of the original decision.
Assessment, conduct & review →