Faculty On Board

DRMI courses are taught by a faculty selected for their educational background, professional experience, and willingness to innovate within a curriculum designed to achieve the mission set forth by the Secretary of Defense. All of the Institute's civilian faculty are members of the Naval Postgraduate School faculty -- a fully accredited graduate institution -- and are on assignment to the Institute.

Executive Director
Francois Melese, PhD -- Economics, University of Louvain, Belgium, 1982

Professors
James H. Morris, PhD -- Organization Theory and Behavior, University of Oregon, 1976
Kent D. Wall, PhD -- Control Sciences, University of Minnesota, 1971

Associate Professors
Jomana H. Amara, PhD -- Economics, University of Houston, 2004
Diana I Angelis, PhD -- Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Florida, 1996
Jonathan Lipow, PhD -- Economics, UC Berkeley, 1994
Robert M McNab, PhD -- Economics, Georgia State University, 2001
Eva D. Regnier, PhD --Industrial Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001
Anke Richter, PhD -- Operations Research, Stanford University, 1996
Natalie J. Webb, PhD -- Economics, Duke University, 1992

Assistant Professors
Laura Armey, PhD – Political Economics & Public Policy, USC, 2008
Jason Hansen, PhD -- Economics, University of New Mexico, 2009
Cameron MacKenzie, PhD -- Industrial Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 2012
Jay Simon, PhD -- Operations and Decision Technologies, UC Irvine, 2009
Ryan Sullivan, PhD– Economics, Syracuse University, 2010

Senior Lecturers
Stephen F. Hurst -- MS, Systems Analysis, Naval Postgraduate School, 1985
Allan C. Polley -- MS, Systems Analysis, Naval Postgraduate School, 1990

Lecturers
LCDR Sam Dowell, USN -- MBA, Naval Postgraduate School, 2012
Maj Todd Ferris, USMC -- MS, Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School, 2008
LTC Steven G. Hanson, USA -- MS, State Univ of New York, 1996
Mark Hladky -- MBA, University of Colorado, 2000
Maj Michael McPherson -- MBA, Naval Postgraduate School, 2006
Luis A. Morales -- MPA, University of Missouri, 1992

Emeritus Faculty
James S. Blandin, PhD -- Management, University of Oregon, 1974
Earl J. Brubaker, PhD -- Economics, University of Washington, 1964
Peter C. Frederiksen, PhD -- Economics, Washington State University, 1974
C.J. LaCivita, PhD -- Economics, UC Santa Barbara, 1981