{"id":32273,"date":"2025-09-16T12:23:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T16:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fulbrightprogram.org\/?p=32273"},"modified":"2025-12-16T08:16:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T13:16:37","slug":"christopher-rhoades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fulbrightprogram.org\/christopher-rhoades\/","title":{"rendered":"Former U.S. Army Officer Shares Skills in International Negotiation and Criminal Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:25px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/fulbrightprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rhoades_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people holding American and Hungarian flags in front of traditional village-style buildings.\" class=\"wp-image-32275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fulbrightprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rhoades_2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fulbrightprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rhoades_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fulbrightprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rhoades_2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fulbrightprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rhoades_2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fulbrightprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rhoades_2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>While in Hungary, Rhoades connected with fellow American and Hungarian Fulbrighters through an outing hosted by the Hungarian Fulbright Commission.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Christopher Rhoades, an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Liberty University, has spent his career learning how to build trust across cultures. He spent three weeks in Hungary as a Fulbright Specialist, collaborating on a project titled \u201cLeadership through Cross-Cultural Human Engagement.\u201d Specifically, he lectured on human behavior to international relations students at Budapest Metropolitan University (BMU).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHuman behavior is about knowing what we can process with our brains, the sensory inputs that we have, and understanding what our limitations are, how this might hinder the observation of a situation,\u201d Rhoades explains. \u201cAnd whether it&#8217;s in Kandahar or Kansas, whether it&#8217;s in Bogota, Boston, or Baghdad, human behavior is human behavior, and people are the same everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"32274\" src=\"https:\/\/fulbrightprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rhoades_1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Man smiling with a river, bridge, and cityscape in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-32274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fulbrightprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rhoades_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fulbrightprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rhoades_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fulbrightprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rhoades_1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fulbrightprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rhoades_1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fulbrightprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rhoades_1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" data-id=\"32276\" src=\"https:\/\/fulbrightprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rhoades_3-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"People in a classroom with green chairs and white desks, near large windows with outside greenery.\" class=\"wp-image-32276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fulbrightprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rhoades_3-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fulbrightprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rhoades_3-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fulbrightprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rhoades_3-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fulbrightprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rhoades_3-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fulbrightprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rhoades_3-2048x1638.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\"><em>Left: Outside of the classroom, Rhoades had the chance to take in some of Budapest\u2019s famous sites like the Danube River. Right: Rhoades works with a student in a communications and negotiations course at Budapest Metropolitan University.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Rhoades\u2019s combination of military and academic experience made him an ideal fit for BMU, which wanted to provide students with real-world perspectives on cross-cultural leadership and human behavior analysis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He began his path to military service as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouristate.edu\/MilSci\/default.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ROTC cadet<\/a> at Missouri State University. After college, he served in Iraq as a second lieutenant in the military police corps, and later transitioned to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goarmy.com\/careers-and-jobs\/specialty-careers\/special-ops\/civil-affairs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">civil affairs unit<\/a>\u2014the U.S. Army&#8217;s primary force for civilian engagement. He then worked as a contractor overseas, teaching human behavior courses for the U.S. Department of Defense before joining Liberty University in 2014 as a senior military science instructor for the ROTC program. Today, he is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, while also working toward a doctorate in the same field. Liberty&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/fulbrightscholars.org\/liaisons\">Fulbright Scholar <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbrightscholars.org\/liaisons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Liaison<\/a> and Fulbright alumna Dr. Edna Udobong learned of his unique background and encouraged him to apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While in Hungary, Rhoades worked with BMU faculty to shape his curriculum to align with their institution\u2019s interests and specific requirements for course content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHow does human behavior and pattern recognition and analysis all feed into this particular point in the learner&#8217;s experience in this course? How do you deal with international negotiations in a cross-cultural context? That was one way that I angled the curriculum,\u201d he says. \u201cIn another course, we talked about international security agencies, and I shared my experience with the Army and private contracting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/fulbrightprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rhoades_4-1024x483.jpg\" alt=\"Classroom with students seated at desks and an instructor standing at the front.\" class=\"wp-image-32277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fulbrightprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rhoades_4-1024x483.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fulbrightprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rhoades_4-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fulbrightprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rhoades_4-768x362.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fulbrightprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rhoades_4-1536x725.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fulbrightprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rhoades_4-2048x966.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Rhoades lectures on public diplomacy at Budapest Metropolitan University, applying his military experience to teach cross-cultural leadership.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne of my guest lectures talked about public diplomacy and how human behavior relates to a diplomat who must understand what they can give and what they can take when advocating for their countries. I can&#8217;t say enough about the support that I got from the dean and the faculty there in shaping my lectures\u2014they were just absolutely phenomenal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rhoades is excited to share his new perspectives and professional connections with students and fellow faculty at Liberty, facilitating future participation in academic exchanges. \u201cI now have a better understanding of the cultural exchange ecosystem,\u201d Rhoades says. \u201cIf a student wants to write a thesis on how police are trained in a former Eastern Bloc country or if a student wants to do an online talk about a NATO security situation, I can now connect them to faculty in Hungary &#8230; or facilitate student exchanges for Liberty students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rhoades stresses that enabling Liberty students to build relationships with fellow students and professors from other countries is imperative to developing their world perspective. He sees this as critical for students as they prepare to enter the workforce and, ultimately, for America\u2019s global relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe U.S. government made an investment to train and deploy me around the world. It was an important experience for me, and I&#8217;ll cherish it &#8211; and the relationships that I built &#8211; for the rest of my life,\u201d he says. \u201cBut if there are ways that we can build relationships ahead of time before we have to deploy into a country and make those micro-level investments, as we used to call them in the civil affairs realm, I think that&#8217;s going to yield the biggest bang for the buck and make [the United States] more secure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2\"><em>The <a href=\"https:\/\/fulbrightspecialist.worldlearning.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fulbright Specialist Program<\/a>, a short-term complement to the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, sends more than 400 experienced U.S. faculty and professionals abroad annually to serve as expert consultants and engage in education and\/or training activities for a period of two to six weeks. Specialists, who represent a wide range of professional and academic disciplines, are competitively selected to join the Fulbright Specialist Roster based upon their expertise and ability to make a significant contribution to institutions abroad. 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