Ms. Madison Walker is the Stanton Fellow and the Acting Director of the Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense Studies. In this position, she is participating in and facilitating space and national security policy research that informs both cadets and external stakeholders. She received her J.D. and a concentration in Air and Space Law from the University of Mississippi in 2019. Since graduation, Ms. Walker has worked with start-up companies and nongovernmental organizations to represent their interest nationally and internationally. Upon leaving the private section she joined the Institute of Future Conflict as their space policy fellow. There she began focusing on the intersection between space policy and national security. Her specialty is viewing space law and policy wholistically to identify contradictions or holes in the United States' approach to the space domain.

Bachelors of Science, Psychology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida (2016)

Juris Doctorate, Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, Mississippi (2019)

Associate, ABH Aerospace LLC, Oxford, Mississippi (June 2019-December 2020)

Policy Intern, Astroscale, Fort Walton Beach, Florida (December 2020- July 2021)

Space Policy Fellow, Institute of Future Conflict, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado (July 2022- July 2024)

Stanton Fellow, Political Science, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado (August 2024-Present)

June 2024: Spoke at SAE Media Future of Military Space Panel regarding space policy and education

June 2019: Presented Exchange of Views for the National Space Society at the 62nd Session of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Space

International Space Law

Commercial Space Policy

DoD Space Policy

Planetary Defense

Space Debris