David Arceneaux is an Assistant Professor at the Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he contributes to the work of the Center for National Security and Foreign Affairs. He has expertise in national security, international conflict, and nuclear policy.

Arceneaux previously served as a Rossetti Senior Research Fellow at the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Institute for Future Conflict and has briefed and collaborated with institutions including U.S. Strategic Command, NATO, and the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from Syracuse University.