CPT Theodore Lipsky Instructor Social Sciences theodore.lipsky [at] westpoint.edu About Education Theodore "Theo" Lipsky is an instructor of American Politics in the Department of Social Sciences at the United States Military Academy at West Point.Theo graduated from West Point in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science in Russian Language and Comparative Politics. Upon graduation, he commissioned as an Armor officer. He has since served in airborne and Stryker reconnaissance formations. He earned a master's degree in public administration in 2025 from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.Theo is from Brooklyn, New York. He is married to his wife, Elise. M.P.A. - Columbia University School of International and Public AffairsB.S. in Russian Language and Comparative Politics - U.S. Military Academy